SHAKELINGAM!!!™

The Long Awaited SUPER Penang Marathon Trip

2011-11-23T10:14:00.011+08:00

Hi all, I'm here taking some time out to update my blog again :) Yay! I'm not writing much cos I'm lazy but let the pictures do all the talking ba ;)

The SUPER Cast

So, who took part in this Penang trip?? They are:

The superman and superwoman (feel sweet when writing this)

The super boys (feel old when calling them boys)

The super XDT (feel farnie)

The super UTARians

The SUPER Stay

Got to know this place during the last trip (recommended by Sze Yun and Hon Sern). My dearest and I did not hesitate to book this place again as it's cheap, cozy and comfortable.

Red Inn Penang (picture taken from: http://www.redinnpenang.com/)

It's located at Love Lane (Nice name, nice place)

4 Bed Dorm at RM30 per bed

For the first day we stayed at Red Inn Penang (Love Lane) then we checked out the other day and moved to Red Inn Cabana which was ard 5 min away. They have informed us earlier when we were booking and i had this in mind: Red Inn Cabana sounds kinda old to me, its room condition must be very bad de. I was quite reluctant to book Red Inn Cabana but gave in at the end, and I never regret that! :)

The only pic we took but i can assure you that the place is worth your stay :)

The SUPER Penang Food

If u want me to give this trip another name, I'll name it Eat, Sleep, Run but there's nothing wrong about it right?? Come Penang must makan la XD

Bangkok Lane Mee Goreng (RM5 per plate)

Chulia Street Wan Tan Mee (RM2.70 per plate, cheap and nice :)

Chulia Street Curry Mee (RM3 per bowl, but not as spicy as previous trip)

Penang Road Laksa and Chendol (had these after marathon, feel super super refreshing :)

The SUPER Marathon

Stay tuned for the marathon post :)

11.11.11

2011-11-11T23:11:00.005+08:00

It's been quite a long time since i last updated this blog and finally, I'm taking some time to update it. While I'm typing this, I'm actually chatting with the one and only special person who have been through all the ups and downs with me throughout the year of 2011. It's been a wonderful year having her by my side and i want to tell her (though I've told her, nice things worth repeating rite?):

SORRY

Sorry for all the sad and difficult moments I've given u.

Sorry for my lack of patience and my "shiong-ness" at times.

Thank You

Thank you for ur patience, ur time and ur effort.

Thank you for all the sweet and wonderful moments u've given to me.

Thank you for being with me as always, supporting me and loving me.

I Love You

I love you and let us continue to seek for HIS guidance.

I love you and let us grow old lovingly and gracefully, 2gether :)

<3 Happy 8 Monthiversary <3

(more updates coming soon, stay tuned :p)

Sandwiched!!!

2011-01-20T23:20:00.001+08:00

Date: Jan 16th, 2011

Location: Persiaran Tujuan besides USJ 2

Time: 4.30pm

My fragile Proton Wira was sandwiched between Mitsubishi Triton and Proton Gen 2!!!

Ezekiel and I was on our way to church for basketball training. We stopped at Persiaran Tujuan, waiting for green light. As the traffic light turns green, the Proton Gen 2 in front of us accelerated and so were we.. Shortly and out of a sudden, the Gen 2 braked and came to a halt, of cos, we also braked and stopped.. As the braking was very sudden, the distance between the Gen 2 and my car was really close.. These two Protons managed to stop but 2bad, the Mitsubishi Triton behind us did not stop and hit my car!! Both of us were flung to the front but thank God we buckled up our seat belts just minutes before the accident.. As my car was very close to the Gen 2, it hit the Gen 2 as well..

The pictures show how my car looks like:

My car suffer the most damages while the Gen 2 and Triton only had some scratches and very light damages on its bumper.. This shows that Proton Wira is kinda paria i call it Milo Tin car.. Haha..

After the accident, we stopped at a side to negotiate, at the same time i called my dad.

The Gen 2 driver came down and had a look on his car.. He said it's ok and after passing me his name card, he drove away..

Meanwhile, the MT driver kept on saying sorry and mentioned that she'll compensate on all the losses.. Including the front part (which will be claimed under my car insurance if we make report). Later we found out that she is actually involved in recon car business which is related to car workshop.. So we followed her to her recon car showroom, negotiated and left my car there..

The results:

She will compensate on all the losses (the front and the back part of my car). Good!

She will ask her workshop ppl to fix it, paint it and return it 2 me in 1 week. Very Good!

She will lend us a car if they fail to repair it on time (maybe she can lend me the Rolls Royce in her show room!?!?).. Kekekeke... Super Good!!

She will give us massive discounts if we buy a recon car from her. I rmb her son, which is ard 5 told us this: "Buy a Porsche la.." LOL.. :) :) If i ever buy a Porsche, Shakelingamly Good!!!

Although I lost my car 4 a week, I wanna give thanks to the ONE above for watching over us so that none of us is hurt.. And of cos, thankful cos the MT driver is willing to compensate on all the losses.. :)

The FINAL month

2010-12-12T21:44:00.006+08:00

Time flies and it's the final month of my industrial training. For the past weeks I had been real busy with my project, weekly report and interview session with the Mill Adviser (MA) and UTAR supervisor. Glory be to God, I was well prepared.

Interview session with the MA:

The MA read through my weekly report and asked questions on almost each station of the palm oil mill.

What is the capacity of the mill?
What is the capacity of weighbridge?
What is the function of weighbridge?
What is the capacity of loading ramp?
What is the function of the wall on loading ramp?
What is the capacity of each CPO storage tank? Is it sufficient?
How long is the sterilization period?
What is the sterilization cycle?

And many more questions……….. Thank God I was able to answer most of the questions and I received good comments from the MA. What a relief!! I was quite stress about the interview as I heard from the manager and the assistants that the MA always ask difficult questions.

After the interview session with the MA, I was quite confident for the next interview with UTAR supervisor which was on the next day.

Interview session with UTAR supervisor:

The interview session went really well. Basically the supervisor asked about my welfare here. How is this place? How are the people here? How the manager and staffs treat me? And so on…

How I answered him? Of course I'm doing very fine here. I feel so blessed to have come here for training. The manager, the assistants and the staffs all treat me very well. Besides that, I learn a lot here. I came here having zero knowledge on palm oil processing but now I know how the oil is extracted, what are the machineries involved, etc.. The only setback is the place is very quiet and very boring but so far I'm still surviving. Haha.

Btw, I'm going home for Christmas!!! KL ppl, c u guys on christmas !!!

God bless and SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Things I like and dislike about Serdang, Kedah

2010-11-05T23:08:00.006+08:00

Things I dislike:

The cows

There are cows everywhere. No disrespect to them, I like their meat, but I don like their shits/cow dung. They poo everywhere and I have to use my skills to avoid running over it. Besides that, they move very slowly, always blocking the roads..

The lizards

Yes I do know that lizards are good. They eat all the insects in our house, but.... they also poo!! In fact, they poo everywhere, even on my bed.. Every time before I sleep I have to make sure my bed is free from lizards' poo. Otherwise, it's gonna get dirty.

The monkeys

Ok monkeys, I don't mind if you all hanging around at my yard, but please don't touch my car!!! When I was back from work, my car was full of dirt and sands. On top of that, my front passenger's window visor is torn off. The monkeys were partying on my car, dirtying my car and tearing off the window visor but that's not all, they even pee-d on my car!!! Ish ish. Monkeys you better watch out.

The roads

Driving here is dangerous, especially during night time. No street lights but thank God my car lights are bright enough. I saw some ppl riding bicycle and motor bikes which have no lights, alone!! Kudos to them cos I'll never do dat.. It's way too creepy.

The internet

No internet access in my estate house. Nowadays I usually go on9 once or twice in a week, and it is 25km away from my estate house..

Entertainment

No yum cha, no pool centre, no cinema, no bowling… Haih…

Things I like:

Cheap food

RM2.20 for a plate of wan ton mee. RM3.00 for 1 roti canai, 1 roti planta, 1 nasi lemak and 1 teh tarik. There's no way I can find that in Subang.

Flexible working hour

My working hour is from 7am to 5pm. It seems very long but I do have two break times, an hour for breakfast, an hour and a half for lunch. On top of that, I can break any time I want.

Relaxing environment

This place is really relaxing. The people here are more laid back and less stressful.

The traffic

So far I have not encounter any traffic jam here.

The people

My boss, his assistants, the staffs and workers are nice ppl. They taught me a lot of things and they are quite generous. Especially my boss, his assistants and their friends.

The church

Glory to the Lord. Grateful that I found a nice church here, thanks to my youth pastor. I've met a lot of new friends here and they are very nice people.

Industrial Training @ Batu Lintang Palm Oil Mill (BLPOM), Kedah

2010-10-08T18:26:00.008+08:00

1 week into my industrial training and finally I get the chance to blog about it. Hooyah!! It has been a great week. Honestly, I feel blessed to be accepted as trainee here. The manager, assistant managers and the staffs are treating me like one of their own.

In the past months, I have been sending my resume to a few companies and I got three offers in return. After much consideration, I decided to take up this offer and thank God it's the right decision. Haha..

My training location is at Batu Lintang Palm Oil Mill, Serdang, Kedah. It’s one of the palm oil mills belonging to KLK Berhad. This mill started its operation on 1979, so it’s an old mill and most of the machineries are old as well, but due to proper maintenance and some modifications, the mill is still running actively nowadays.

Now let’s move on to the place and people here. The place I’m staying is inside the palm oil estate and it’s only 1km away from the mill. I am the only trainee here and I’m blessed to be sent here. My accommodation is provided, which is an estate bungalow and my room is bigger than the one in Subang’s. Besides that, washing machine, refrigerator, TV with Astro and much stuff are provided. The only thing lacking here is internet connection!!! Cham.. Haha.. Overall it’s still ok.

How about people here?
So far the people I have met are all very kind, especially my manger and his assistants. They always treat me meals and even ask me out for CS gaming session or badminton. Haha.. On top of that, I have found a church here, thanks to the help of my church’s pastor. The nearest church here is 30 minutes away, located at Parit Buntar, Perak. It’s called Parit Buntar Chinese Methodist Church (PBCMC).

Btw, the food here is really cheap.. A normal plate of mee java or wan tan mee costs around RM2.20, but i usually add on for large for ard RM3.00, still cheaper than KL. Haha..

Alrite, time for some pictures:

FFB(Fresh Fruit Bunch) Grading

FFB Loading

(Loading Ramp)

(Driving at nite can be kinda creepy, and dangerous cos it's dam dark)

(Cows are evrywhr)

(The estate house im stayin)

(My safety helmet and safety boots)

Newton Run - Actual Day

2010-09-26T22:00:00.002+08:00

As expected, Newton Run 25km Challenge is very hilly. But i never expected it to be so so so challenging..

Basically i ran for an hour, and started walkin as my left knee and ankle are in pain.. I walked for an hour and the 3rd hour my calf muscles cramped and i had to walk and drag my legs for anothr 1 hour and 50 mins..

I used 3 hours and 50 minutes to finish 25km of ultra hilly roads.. No wonder they call it Newton Challenge, it's against gravity! Rested for the whole sunday before i get to continue my studies for my last paper of the year..

Although it was a bad timing, stil thank God that i finished it and managed to get a finisher T. And that is my last run of the year. This year has been a fantastic year with lots of running wit lots of frns.. But kinda regretted cos this year i dint train enuf.. Shall rest for a few months and continue running..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Newton Run - Preview 1

2010-09-18T23:00:00.004+08:00

It's been 1 month since my last run and my legs are growing mushrooms d.. Haha... 2moro i shall start my training for NEWTON RUN which is 26th of Sept..

Paiseh, I'm running 25km this time, the longest in this year.. N only 1 week of training!!! Hopefully my legs can stand the stress, especially my knees.. Running long distance is killing my knees, I rmb last year my knees were injured after I ran too much..

So, fingers crossed, and eat vitamins!! Haha..

The NEWTON vest

free 2XU Compression Sock (RM170 market price!? that's wat they say)

Alrite, gtg..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Y3S1 Semester Finals

2010-09-18T22:38:00.002+08:00

Finally, I'm taking some time out to update my blog. Well, basically nothing much happened lately. Nothing much happened bcos there's no time to do any other things except for the grueling semester finals..

So, how's my finals? 3 done, 2 more to go.

The next paper? 25th Sept, saturday.. 1 more week to go and it's time for me to take a break!!

Stressful and sleepless month - August

2010-08-24T22:10:00.001+08:00

My first post of the month, and it may well be the the last post. August has been a month packed with mid term tests and assignments. I'm glad that i'm stil alive and blogging about it.

Let's have a short review of the tests and assignments:

Control Engineering mid term test.
Unlike previous mid term tests which usually contribute 10 of the final 100 marks, this mid term was 2 hours long and carry 20/100 final marks.

Fluid Mechanics 2 mid term test
Ar... Not good, at least 50% of the test marks gone.

MED 2 Aftermarket Car Accessory Project final report and presentation
Our product: V-FEC or Vehicle Fire Extinguisher Casing, the live saving item. Haha. Unlike MED 1, less time and less effort was spent on this project but still very grateful and many thanks to all my groupmates for their effort.

MED 2 IEEE Project
Designing of rubbish harvester. 5/100 of final marks.

Fluid CFD Project
Using GAMBIT and FLUENT software to simulate the fluid flow in pipe, laminar flow and turbulent flow. A project where we spent 5 hours to vomit out 60 pages of report, once again kudos to my groupmates and many thanks to others who helped, especially Wang The PRO. Hahaha.

Econs assignments
Sap sap sui (my part). The assignment which we finish the earliest.

Matlab Test -> Matlab Assignment
It was a test which later converted to assignment. It was one of my happiest moments in this month!

MOM assignment
To be discussed on wednesday.

After all the tests and assignments, it's time to take a break and to prepare for the coming finals. God bless me and all the other MEs.

Men's Health Run 2010 - 12.3km

2010-07-31T23:35:00.000+08:00

My 1st 12.3km of the year.

My 2nd Men's Health Run, the 1st was last year's (click).

My 3rd night run, the 1st was MH 2009, the 2nd was Energizer Run.

My 4th run of the year, after Energizer Run, SCKLIM and Siemens Run.

My time for this year's Men's Health 12.3km run is 1 hour 24 min but my target was 1 hour 15 min, so i'm off target.. Haih.. But stil, glad that i finished without much injury, although i hurt my left knee and my right thigh muscles cramped. Haha...

The goodies bags were good!!! Very very good, plz hv a look:

(pic taken from Wilson)

Alrite, lazy to elaborate any longer.. As always,

SHAKELINGAM!!!™ and HOOYAH!!!

Siemens Run 2010

2010-07-18T23:30:00.000+08:00

My 1st ever Siemens Run.

My 3rd run of the year, after Energizer Run and SCKLIM.

My 2nd run of the year which i was late and started from the very very very back of the racing pack.

My 2nd run of the year which i came unprepared, without proper training and without proper warm up before the run.

Overall, it was a good run, i did not struggle while running although i did burp throughout the run (thanks to nasi lemak @ Mali Corner). My time is slightly better than SCKLIM, 1 hour 5 minutes. Although is not a very good time, i'm still satisfied as i did not train at all.. Haha..

Will i join Siemens Run 2011?

The answer is YES! It was well organised, the free gifts were decent and the registration fee was quite cheap, it's only RM20.. Surely i will join again..

Some of the free gifts:
finisher medal(not mine):

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Unpredictable week...

2010-07-07T00:36:00.002+08:00

What an eventful week with many spontaneous ideas, trips and meals.. I must say that it had been a good week although bad things do happen in between, i'm glad that i have nothing to regret.

I found one very suitable term to describe my past week, FIFA World Cup 2010. The reason is, many unexpected things happened. I could not predict the score, the winner, just as i could not predict the things happened in this week.

Anyway, wishing everyone all the best and may God bless u always..

Make friends, not enemy. :)

SCKLIM 2010

2010-06-28T22:23:00.006+08:00

My second run of the year, and i'm glad that i've registered for 10km as i never train for this run. My time for 10km without training? 1 hour 8 minutes and 32 seconds.. Although it's not my best time, i had fun throughout this run.

Finally, well done and congratulations to all my friends! C u guys on nex run!

HOOYAH and SHAKELINGAM!!!™

SCKLIM 2010 - Preview

2010-06-26T13:44:00.005+08:00

In case u dono wat is SCKLIM, it stands for Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur International Marathon 2010. Yup, it's the same marathon which i participated last year, click here for last year's post.

Recalling last year's event, it was organised by Octagon or famously known as Otak-gone for their poor event organising which messed up the marathon! This year i'm glad that they are not one of the organisers. Although the main organiser was replaced, this year shirt collection din't went as smooth as expected. Here's the story:

On thursday, which was the first day of shirt collection, Shane, Darren and I went to Titiwangsa Stadium to collect the shirts/vest for all of our frns. The first impression was great, we walked in to the air-cond indoor Titiwangsa Stadium. The shirt collection was divided according to categories and there was one section for bulk collection, which was abv 6 shirts. We decided to queue there since we needed to collect for ard 12. We waited, standing in the queue for an hour and yet the queue was stil very long.

We noticed that the 10km line is actually 100 times faster than ours, so we moved on to 10km collection. In a short while, it was our turns. To my suprise, out of the 12 participants i registered, only 2 shirts were successfully collected! 2 out of 12! They said our registration was incomplete and we had to queue up at information counter. I look to the counter, oh my, there was ard 30 ppl queuing up there. Since we had time, we decided to take turns and wait in line.

It took us around an hour for our turns, and the problem was: our registration was incomplete. Why? Something wrong with their system when i registered and ended up payment made but registration incomplete. The best part is, i was not the only one, most of them who registered online ended up with this problem, that is why the queue was long. At the end of the day, it took us 2 hours plus to collect all the shirts! Haih..

Here's the shirts/vest:

Although thursday was a disaster, today i went again with Keane and i spotted a few changes. As thursday, we walked to the 10km section, and the same problem happened. But this time, they asked us to wait at a side and they settle the problem instantly, the shirt was collected in not more than 5 minutes! Kudos to them for efficient work.

Btw, i have not trained for ages, hopefully i can finish on time 2moro. Haha.. God bless and take care to all runners!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Fifa @ my house!

2010-06-21T22:19:00.006+08:00

Yup, that's Fifa. My dad bought her 2 weeks ago and decided to name her Fifa, since FIFA World Cup is around.

She's 2 months old, Golden Retriever. More pics of her:

Crossfit @ Body Express 5

2010-06-16T23:31:00.001+08:00

It's crossfit again! My biceps are in pain right now, thanks to previous workout. Haha. Anyway, today's workout was:

MWOD

50-30-20
Rowing
Box jump

21-15-9
HeMan
Wallie (MB)
M. Crunch (KB)

100
CoreX (PB - I only managed 50 reps, and the rest was replaced by sit-ups.)
Viper (PB - Skipped! I'm not that strong yet.)

It's my second week of crossfit, hopefully I can improve as time goes by. God bless and HOOYAH!!!

Crossfit @ Body Express 4

2010-06-15T21:26:00.001+08:00

MWOD

50-30-20
Bicep (BB)
Flat bench (BB)

21-15-9
(name forgotten)
Single sumo (KB)
FSQ (KB)

100
Leg raise
CoreX

Crossfit @ Body Express 3

2010-06-11T23:30:00.000+08:00

MWOD

50-30-20
Box jump
HeMan

21-15-9
Sumo (KB)
Deadlife (KB)
Knee raise

100
Abs crunch
Oblique

Crossfit @ Body Express 2

2010-06-08T20:28:00.001+08:00

MWOD

50-30-20
Sit-ups
Corex

21-15-9
Burpees with weight
Heman
Cobra

Crossfit @ Body Express

2010-06-08T15:35:00.002+08:00

Yesterday marked the 1st day of my crossfit training at Body Express, Subang Avenue. A few months back I heard of this gym which offered Crossfit, and i was very interested. I came and enquired about it but due to financial constraint and other reasons, i did not join. Although i didn't join, i recommended it to my friends and two of them actually joined :)

After they joined, each of them entitled to 1 month free pass for a friend, and that's how i got to try out for 1 month! Haha.. Let's make it short and do a summary of what i did last night.

MWOD (Men Workout Of the Day)

50-30-20 (3 sets for each workout, 50, 30, 20 repetitions)
Deadlift
Pushpress (KB)

21-15-9 (3 sets for each workout, 21, 15, 9 repetitions)
Flat bench (bench press)
Incline bench
Back

100 repititions of
Lampost
Torex

After the workout, i couldn't feel my chest as i'd worked it on previous days. Today, my back is aching but will return to the gym later at 6pm. Hopefully the MWOD will work on other parts and not my chest or back, if not i'll be dead by tonight.. Haha..

Not sure what is the chant of Crossfit, so

HOOYAH!!!

Phuket - Thailand

2010-05-30T22:31:00.018+08:00

"Good guys go to Heaven, bad guys go to Patong!" Not sure who quoted it, but i do agree on it. Patong Beach is one of the most happening places in Phuket and it is full of hawker food stalls, beer gardens, bars, club and so on.

I'm so sure about the quote as I just came back from Patong, Phuket and hereby I'm going to share what i've experience in the island.

Transportation

There are a few modes of transportation such as public bus, tut-tut, cars and motorbikes. We opt for motorbike as it is cheap (200฿ per day for rental) and we can travel to places without being stuck in traffic. In 4 days, we had travelled more than 200km, from Airport to Patong Beach, from Patong to Phuket Town daily, Promthep Cape, Kata Beach, Karon Beach and other places and it cost us not more than 200฿ (Thai Baht Symbol). So if u are a good motorbiker, u can travel ard with bike; if u are not, try to rent a car instead and remember to always bargain!

(1 whole row of car/bike rental shops right outside the Phuket Airport.)

(HONDA WAVE - the bike we rented)

Accommodation

We never book any hotels, motels or guest house so we had to look around for place to stay. We were driving down Prabaramee Road (Patong) and i noticed some rooms and apartments located on top of the hill so i went to have a look. The rooms were very high up and i had to climb stairs to reach the office and its Hotel Manager, Frederic Perez who was a French greeted me. After asking about the price, the room, etc, we decided to rent the room. The reasons:

-the price, starting at only 390฿ per night, just pay and add on whatever u need such as TV, mini bar, breakfast, pool, jaccuzi and so on.

-the environment, very quiet, no noise or air pollution.

-the view, approx 200m from sea level, nice sea and Patong view.

The name? Swiss Villas Panaromic. Click here for the link.

Meals

Most of the meals were taken at normal thai restaurants and hawker stalls as it's cheaper. Before I came Phuket, I always thought the streets and the foods were dirty but I changed my mind after the trip. Phuket is quite clean and the food there is quite nice. There were chinese food as well, such as wantan mee and chicken rice. Not forgetting to try the pork burger at Mc'D, note that there is a price difference between Phuket Town's Mc'D and Patong's.

(same burger but difference prices, top 1 was ar Patong while lower was at Phuket Town)

(Patong Wan Tan mee)

(chicken chop rice @ Phuket Town night market)

(tom yam gung, green curry, etc, yum yum!)

(snacks? nope, i was full)

Massage

Must try thai massage! But do be careful when choosing the correct massage centre. The first massage centre we went was this: CHRISTIN MASSAGE.

We were thinking:"This must be one of the best centre around as it was very big. We went in and got a shock as it was a fishbowl massage parlor (massage parlors where men come and look at women, who are sitting separated by a glass wall and may choose whom they want, massage and sex). We did ask about the price, the person in-charge replied us with a strict looking face, 3500฿. We left the centre and went looking for other massage centres. For 2 days, we went to the normal Patong street massage centres and did not had a pleasant massage time as the masseuses keep offering us sex service midway through the massage, in which we declined. Btw, their massage was very bad. The 3rd day, we decided to try the massage at Phuket Town. This time, it is 100% pure thai massage with lots of "krik and krak" all over my body. The best massage in this trip and it cost only 200฿.

Go Go Bars/Club/Tiger Show

At night time, Bangla Road was the most happening road of Patong. Throughout the whole road, there were bars, clubs, tiger show and so on. There were promoters all over the road promoting their respective bars, clubs, etc. We went Go Go Bar for a drink, a normal beer there cost 140฿ and there were girls pole dancing (God please forgive me). Two thai girls came and sat next to us, talked to us and offered us Boom Boom (not sure what it means, but later found out it means sex) which we turned down. Curious to know about the price? 600฿ for bar fine, 2000฿ for short time, 4000฿ for long time and 600฿ for hotel. Not sure what is short time, long time.

(Bangla Road)

(the pink 1 looks very cute and pretty, but he/she was ladyboy)

Muay Thai

"You see Muay Thai, you see Thailand!", these words influenced us to buy the tickets. Throughout Patong, there were vehicles which look like this:

There were loud speakers in it which shout out:"Tuesday night, tuesday night. New Bangla Boxing Stadium, New Bangla Boxing Stadium. You see Muay Thai, you see Thailand!"

We bought the ticket at a price of 1200฿ and went to watch the fight! Here are some pictures:

(the next big fight, please place ur bet)

We can actually bet and there were brokers/bookies all over the stadium.

(3 won - 3 loses = 0 Thai Baht earned)

Other places and pictures

PROMTHEP CAPE aka Sunset View Point

Karon View Point

(sunset failed)

(Heroins Monument)

(Rawai Landing Pier)

(standing and listening to Thai national anthem before a movie)

(Hard Rock Cafe @ Patong)

Finally, to conclude my post, i would like to do a short revision on some Thai words that i had learned.

Sawatdee krab (hello for guys)

Kop kun krab (thank you for guys)

Mai kow jai (i don't understand)

Neng, song, sa, si, ha, hok, chet, puek, gao, sip (1 to 10).

Neng roy, song roy.. (100, 200..)

Neng pan, song pan.. (1000, 2000..)

Khao rai? (how much?)

Peng mai (expensive)

Mai peng (not expensive)

That's it for my post on Phuket. Is it worth a second visit? Yes, definitely!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

In 20 Years Time...

2010-05-18T01:42:00.004+08:00

Have u ever wonder how u will look like in 20 years time?

No need 2 wonder so much, just click here and try it urself..

First, all u have to do is pick a picture with clear look of your face features. Second, upload it in the website and ta-dah!!! A picture of u in 20 years time.

This is how i look like in 20 years time... Haha..

Undecided... Aiks...

2010-05-16T01:30:00.001+08:00

My exam is over! It marks the end of my first half uni life.. Well, if u do not know, i'm taking a degree course in mechanical engineering and the course duration is 4 years. On 14th of May, i took the last paper of year two and now it's break time!

I love semester break, i get to sleep as much as i want and i can do plenty of things. In fact, i had list down things to do during my break which include cut my hair, wash my car, workout, tidy up my room, watch movies, yum cha with frns and so on. The one i waited the most was to go for a vacation!! For most of the time i'll be excited, but not this time as the place i wanted to go is - THAILAND.

A few months back i'd booked the air tickets to Thailand with Keane, our plan was to stay thr for 1 week. At 22nd of May, we will depart from Penang to Bangkok. At 26th, we will leave Bangkok for Phuket and return to KL on 29th.

As u know, Bangkok is at a messy state now where the Red Shirt protesters are trying to overturn the current Abhisit-led goverment, leading to confrontations between the Thai army troops and protestors. Those are not minor confrontations, people had died in the process and the latest, as The Star reported, had 17 people killed and many more wounded.

So, should i go? Or not? I'm still undecided.

Finals!!!

2010-05-04T22:30:00.000+08:00

Semester exam is here! Time to study......... Shall update in 2 weeks time.. God bless :)

Day 3 of FREE TRIAL WEEK

2010-04-30T20:20:00.001+08:00

Oopss... I'm sorry guys.. AWOL/MIA this morning and no update for 2day...

HOOYAH!!! (quietly)

Day 2 of FREE TRIAL WEEK

2010-04-28T09:23:00.008+08:00

Yup it's day 2 of free trial week. There were more recruits compared to monday, ard 35. As usual, we started with some warm up and we were introduced to our old frns or mayb new frns for most of them - the rifles!

What is the rifles?

Ya that is a rifle but we are not using this type of life threatening target shooting rifle. Want to kill ppl meh!? Haha.

In fact, the rifle we used is very safe. It's made from PVC pipe which is filled with sand and weight ard 4kg if not mistaken, somethin like this.

Before the workout, we were partnered up and my partner was Irene (not Irene from UTAR ya). For the first exercise, we had to run along the cones in the field. At each cone, we had to get down (the whole front body on the ground), get up and run to the next cone and perform the same throughout the track. Once we reach the last cone, we had to U-turn back and start all over again from the 1st cone. Btw, no walking! Either jog, or run.

The next exercise, we had to run with our rifles above our heads and perform get-ups at each cones. Get-ups is kneeling down by bending our knees one at a time and get up.

Yup, something like praying but with rifles above head.

After the running part, we get to perform our exercises in a stationary position. The first is sit-ups, followed by low rise (not sure about the name) and squats, all performed with rifles.

Lastly, we did some stretching to warm down and with a few shouts of HOOYAH to conclude day 2 of free trial.

Day 3? Not sure what we'll be doing on day 3 but i'm looking forward to it!!

HOOYAH!!!

UTAR Semester Event

2010-04-27T15:54:00.007+08:00

Every semester, UTAR will organise some events. One of the events is Course Registration System Server DOWN.

Before every semester, we have to go online and register our subjects. When the registration time starts, every ME coursemates will log in to register. As a result, the server will go down. We have been experiencing this since N years..

Today 1pm is the start of registration, i was able to log in at 1pm but when i try to register my first subject, it took more than 10 minutes for the page to load.

For several times, the session expired and we had to log in again, this is what i got for most of the times:

It took me 2 hours to finish my registration. On top of that, i did not get what i wanted. Have a look at my time table:

1 hour class on friday. Do u expect me to drive all the way from Subang to attend an hour class? Aiks.. But i do agree on what CS said. CS said:"Very good! We can go eat lunch, watch movie and play pool after the class.." Well said!

Btw, do u know what is the next UTAR event?
Registration for Vehicle Parking Balloting.
Shall write about it when the time comes. For now, God bless and take care fellow UTARIANS. All the best in finals!

Day 1 of FREE TRIAL WEEK

2010-04-26T09:55:00.010+08:00

Hi guys! I'm back to Original Bootcamp Malaysia.. If ur not sure what i'm talking about, click here . It was my post about Bootcamp and there were more posts about it if ur free enough to read through, please go ahead! :)

Ok, it's been 3 months since the last time i joined Bootcamp and seriously i miss it very very much. Although i joined for only 2 months, i learned a lot and i was very fit, thanks to Bootcamp.

In these few months, i did do some workouts on my own but i slacked a lot. Aiks.. Last week i came across this in fb:

It's Shamil whom i met in PJ Alpha during my 2 months of Bootcamp. He was my fellow Delta (highest ranking among recruits) but now he is an instructor. Well done! On top of it, he is one of the instructors of OBC Subang Jaya. SUBANG JAYA
Yes! It's Subang Jaya! OBC is expanding and now it is here at Subang Jaya. Without hesitating, i signed up for the 3 days FREE TRIAL, along with Benny, Hua Bing and Seng Chiu.

Hua Bing and I went for today's session while Benny and Send Chiu will join us on wednesday.

How's today's session?

It was good. Met quite a few familiar faces there, such as Shamil, Angela, Cheryl, and even my previous gym instructor which i can't recall his name (sorry!). We did some warm up and followed by mini assessment which include approx 300m run, 10 military push ups, 10 grunts and 15 military sit ups. We did 2 sets and continued to run around the field until Sarge Jason asked us to stop.

Up next is military push ups. 20 seconds work and 10 seconds break for 3 sets. Followed by sit-ups and alternate lunges. My abs almost killed me. It feels like the 1st day of my Bootcamp in which my abs muscles cramped. Thank God not this time, but it was close.

After the session, every1 was very very dirty.. Thanks to the mud from all the rains... Aiks..

That's it for now, shall update after day 2 of trial week.. For now, HOOYAH!!!

My BIG 22

2010-04-02T13:30:00.000+08:00

Yup, the figures are correct. I'm officially 22. Some said i'm old, but i don mind. I think i'm getting more matured instead. Haha paiseh. Now, let me recall what happened in the past week...

29th March - I GOT A FEELING

Yup i got a feeling my church frns will come and celebrate with me. Not very sure with my feelings but for safety reasons, i decided to clean up my room. Just in case they suprise me when im asleep. Haha. Thank God they din't suprise me and chose to do it in a more peaceful way, by ringing my doorbell and came in to celebrate with me..

30th March - HOI TONG STEAMBOAT

Celebrated with a few of my coursemates in Hoi Tong, somewhere in Serdang. It's a BBQ + Steamboat Buffet restaurant.. The food there is nice, plenty of it for us to choose from and the price is reasonable, RM22 for an adult if not mistaken.. Had a great time there, we ate from 5 til 9pm.. Not bad huh...

31st March -LUCKY DAY

Went bowling in Wangsa Walk and i got this.................

HOOYAH!!! 5 strikes, 3 spares, a turkey and my BEST score ever.. I guess it's my birthday luck.. Haha.. Or mayb some1's luck instead? No1 knows.. Keke..

1st April - PRESENTATION

Moral presentation.. Was not nervous about it, i guess i'm really used to presenting stuffs.. On top of that, it's jus moral.. Glad our group presented quite well, everything went as planned.. The moments captured after presentation..

2nd April - PRESENTATION

MED presentation.. It's the last presentation of the semester.. Most of our time in this sem was spent doing this project and i'm glad dat we got the chance to present it.. Here is a short clip of our final product...

TITLE: Windmill Waterpump

Although it's not perfect, it's quite good considering this is our first ever big scale project.. Next time it will be better..

HOOYAH!!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Actual Day

2010-03-28T15:28:00.001+08:00

At 5.45pm , Chun Tat and i started our journey from USJ 2, my house.. According to Google map, it's around 27km to P2, the parking lot where we supposed to meet up with Shane.

The journey was smooth, we passed by 2 tolls in LDP and we reached a junction where we supposed to turn into. Unfortunately, the junction was blocked! We ended up going straight into Putrajaya. We were driving around Putrajaya and thank God we found a turn to Cyberjaya and continue our journey.

The journey got easier when we were in Cyberjaya, thanks to a map by Benny. We were able to locate and park our car at P2. Half an hour later, Shane is here at P2 and we took a shuttle bus from P2 to the starting line. It was ard 7pm.

We collected our head lights, met up with Hon Sern and Cheu Chyong, went toilet, check in our bags, took some pictures and off to the starting line. It was very confusing at 1st, we were not sure where was starting line, finish line and othr stations as there were no signboards for it.

We eaten the free energy bar, drank some water, did some warm up and started our 10km Energizer NightRace!! Shakelingam!

The 1st 2km was quite easy, i was running quite fast and overtook many ppl but after a while, i slowed down. My legs were not as energetic as before, and my heart was not pumping as usual, due to lack of training.. Haih. Basically i'm dragging my legs, one step after another.

After dragging my legs for quite a while, i was thinking bout stopping (run) and walk instead, then Cheu Chyong caught up with me and was running beside me. This is when i started to feel more energetic and continue to run at faster pace. With CC around i felt more motivated. "You can run very fast when ur alone, but you can run longer with frns" is so true!

After running with CC for a while, i heard the sound of the chinese drum "Gong gong gong!!" and i decided to run faster for the final 2km and left CC behind. I was trying to hit my target which was 60 minutes. At 53th minute, the volunteer shouted 1 more km! I gave my best and tried to run faster, eventhough my legs were very "lembik" at that point. I saw the finish line, and i crossed it with a timing of 59 minutes and 35 seconds!!

I managed to hit my target and I'm proud of it. Although the time is slower compared to my best 10k, i felt very grateful to have finish it in my target time as i did not have enough training.. Job well done!

Besides that, i would like to congratulate Chun Tat, Cheu Chyong, Benny, Shane and Hon Sern for a great run. I believe all of us enjoyed that run and I'm now looking forward to the next run... Which is!?!? SCKLIM? Stay tuned..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 3

2010-03-23T22:04:00.004+08:00

As promised, here are the pictures:

The running vest - Adidas Climacool

M121190 - Victor Sin

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

HOOOOO00YAAH!!!

Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 2

2010-03-22T22:22:00.004+08:00

Race kit collected! (thanks to Mr Shane the Wah)

It's been 1 month since my last energizer post and guess what!? In this period of time, I ran only 3 times! Yes! Only 3!!!! Lazy me..

For all the 3 times i recorded my lap timing and my total timing to get a clearer view of my pace..

13/03/10 - 2.5km - 13 mins 20secs

16/03/10 - 5.0km - 27 mins 50secs

22/03/10 - 2.5km - 12 mins 30secs

Based on the timing, there should be no problem for me to finish within the qualifying time of 1 hour 30minutes. But as above, the most i ran was only 5km!!! And it was a difficult run, due to lack of fitness. Haih..

For the coming few days i will jog a little but definitely won't jog more than 5km as i would like to save my energy for the real run and to avoid injuries. Hope my strategy pays off..

Alrite, time to go off. Shall post the pictures of race kit in a few days time..

For now, i shall say

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 1

2010-02-26T18:30:00.002+08:00

"After conquering South Korea, Argentina and South Africa, we are now coming to you in Malaysia! Prepare to don the headlights on and run in the sheer darkness of the night."

- Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia

I believe this is the first Energizer Night Race in Malaysia as I have not heard about it before. I have heard of other night runs such as Men's Health Run but not Energizer so I googled and found this website:

http://www.energizernightrace.com.my/

It's a simple website about Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia, giving out event details such as location, categories, age group, qualifying time and so on. After browsing through the site, I'm interested in joining the 10km run with qualifying time of 1 hour 30 minutes which should be no problem for me.

After browsing the website, I became a fan in the Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia Facebook fan page. On that page, it stated that our category was reaching the amount of targeted runners. Seeing that, i quickly sent out sms and in the end, Shane, Benny, Cheu Chyong, Hon Sern, Chun Tat and myself registered for the run. Yes! The 6 of us.

The registration fee per person was RM60 and UTAR Sports Club was supposed to sponsor RM30 for each of us but in the end, the sponsorship was cancelled. The reason? NO MONEY! At first I felt quite disappointed cause RM60 for a run is quite expensive, but once we registered, we will get a Energizer Headlight for free! The headlight is selling at RM39.90, on second thought it's quite worth it.

On top of this, I'll be running with a bunch of frns. Looking forward to it!

By the way, did some running just now. I'm feeling very unfit right now. Have to do some training and hopefully I'll be fit enough to score a personal best!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Happy CNY & Happy Belated Valentine's Day!

2010-02-17T05:00:00.004+08:00

Good morning everyone! It's been one month since I last posted, and I think it's time for a comeback! Haha. First of all, I would like to wish everyone

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Valentine's Day !!!

Such a rare coincidence that the two meaningful events fell on the very same day, wishing everyone lots of fun whether you are at your hometown or in the cities. Have a great year ahead and may God guide you through your year and you will seek for His wisdom in everything you do.

Well, that sums up a very short post of mine, a few more posts are still in process and shall be posted asap. Please stay tuned! Haha..

Lastly,

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 8 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-21T09:08:00.005+08:00

It took me some time to drag myself away from my bed, was feeling tired and lifeless. Went for blood donation ytd in uni, 450cc of blood gone, mayb it does affect my performance but I hope it can help others..

Today as usual we did our warm up and were prepared for grunts, record equalling 70 grunts thanks to AWOLs and late comers.. After the grunts, we were partnered up, Deltas were partnered up with Rangers and my partner was Hanna..

Sarge Simran lead us to our workout circuit and gave us a intro.. Today's session is to build up our will and determination.. 2 ranks, I'm in the Alpha rank while Hanna was in the Bravo rank.. While Alpha rank is sprinting (or running) around the circuit (approx 150 metres), Bravo rank have to perform various workout such as jump squat, push-ups and planks.. Once Alpha finished 1 round, we had to tap our partner of Bravo rank and perform the workouts while Bravo rank had to run 1 round and tap us back..

Had a really tough time running and performing those workouts, not sure what's wrong.. This week i've been really slow and lifeless.. Aiks.. Hopefully after some rest I'm back to top form.. On top of all, I'm going for the Platoon VS Platoon CHALLENGE on sunday where KL will compete againts PJ.. Looking 4ward to it..

HOOYAH!!!

Day 5 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-14T01:14:00.004+08:00

3 ranks, 3 circuits, 3 different workout routines for 2day..

Running with rifle

The 1st workout for Deltas.. We had to raise our rifles, right above our head while running to the next cone (5 cones in total including start and finish).. When we reached every cone (except the 1st), we had to perform get ups and continue our run to the next cone.. We did it continuously for a few minutes before having a short break.. Returned from our break, we continued the same running with same rifle but the get-ups were replaced by push-ups.. Had no problem performing the get-ups and push-ups but my shoulders were extremely tired due to the rifle.. Aiks..

Tyre flip

The 2nd workout for Deltas.. We had to flip a truck size tyre from one cone to another.. While waiting for our turn, we had to perform plank and squats..

Crawling

The last workout.. After running from one starting cone to the next cone, we had to do push-ups and continue to run to the next cone where we did bear crawl and also back crawl to the next cone..

A simply summary of 2day's workout, will miss saturday's session due to a trip to Bukit Tinggi.. Resuming on next tuesday..

HOOYAH!!!

Day 4 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-12T13:12:00.001+08:00

2day was a record breaking day.. We were lining up in two rows, waiting for our names to be called to take attendance.. To our suprise, quite a number of recruits were absent, i lost count of it.. Due to the AWOL (absent without leave), we were granted 70 grunts right after our warm up session.. Yes, 70 grunts!! Record breaking for number of grunts..

After the grunts, we were assigned to various stations in a group of 4, my group consist of Shane, Balan and Shobba.. There were around 16 stations and for each stations we had to stay there for 45 seconds for the respective workout with 10 seconds break when switching stations.. After ard 12 stations, we were rewarded with a short water break and resumed to the following stations for 30 seconds per station..

The workouts for the stations were (may not b in correct order):

*Rope waving (a super duper huge rope)

*Squat jump

*Lunges with rifle

*Shoulder press

*Squat with sand bag

*Mountain climbers

*Military sit ups with sand bag

*Star jump

To improve on our record grunts, some recruits decided to add on the grunts by dropping their equipments, or stopping during workouts.. As a result, we ended our session with a record of approx 105 grunts.. I love breaking records and i love PJ Alpha!! Can't wait for the next record breaking session..

HOOYAH!!!

Day 3 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-09T13:09:00.001+08:00

SPRINT Day!!! I love sprinting and i love today..

Today we had 2 different workout. The 1st one was sprinting and it's a very exciting 1, we named it PRISON BREAK!!!

PRISON BREAK!!!

In this exercise, there were guards and prisoners.. The prisoners would start at ard 40 meters from finish line while the guards ard 80 meters from finish line.. The starting position for the prisoners was different from the guards as they had to either lay down on the grass, hands on the back(hand-cuffed position) or they had to kneel down and hand-cuffed, depends on the rank.. The main goal of the exercise was simple, guards had to chase down the prisoners by tapping them while the prisoners had to escape from the guards by sprinting towards the finish line.. Either side who failed to do so, had to perform 5 grunts..

the starting position of Deltas as prisoners

Sprinting was one of my strengths.. I was quite confident of capturing my prisoner or escaping from my guard and on top of that, my partner was a lady!! Sorry to her as she had to perform grunts for all the 6 rounds.. Had a fun time sprinting, missed it so much!!!

The 2nd workout was quite usual.. We had to run from one cone to another, push-ups and run to another and do bear crawl, back crawl and so on (lazy to elaborate)

Overall, had a great time 2day!!! I LOVE TO SPRINT!!!

HOOYAH!!!

Day 2 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-07T08:45:00.003+08:00

Hello every1, I'm officially a DELTA! Woohoo.. DELTA is the highest rank among the recruits.. Shakelingam! Haha.. But it comes with a price, from 2day onwards, I have to work harder during each session as DELTA is the highest and also the toughest (sounds challenging and i like it).. Haha..

Today's session break up into 3 parts:

*Chest and shoulder workouts

*Thigh workouts

*Abs workouts

Chest and shoulder workouts (18 repetitions each and non-stop for 8 minutes)

1. King Kong push-ups

2. Diamond push-ups

3. Elbows to ground

4. Shoulder push-ups

5. Three-point push-ups

Thigh workouts (18 repetitions each and non-stop for 8 minutes)

1. Deep squats

2. Squat jumps

3. Lunges

4. Hindu squats

5. Get ups

Abs workouts (18 repetitions each and non-stop for 8 minutes)

1. Military sit-ups

2. Sides

3. Floated cycles

4. Jack Knifes

5. Inverted vertical T

We finished off our session with Indian Run (not sure y it is called dat way). We were broken into 3 grps, and form a circle with grp mates.. At 1 time, there will be 1 recruits sprinting along the circle while the othrs do squat and wait for the turn.. It was fun! Haha.. Had a great time in 2day's session..

HOOYAH DELTA!

Day 1 of BOOTCAMP (JAN)..

2010-01-05T11:05:00.004+08:00

1st session of every month is assessment day.. Had a bad feeling 2day as i did not sleep throughout the nite.. Intended to sleep early but ended up couldn't sleep, mainly due to nervousness.. Yes I'm serious, was laying on the bed, trying 2 sleep but my heart was beating very fast, tried to sleep but cant, so woke up and watch PPS instead..

Many recruits were already there b4 me, and quite a lot of new recruits as well.. As usual, we did some warm up and off we go.. The new recruits started the 1st assessment and they did well, better than me on my 1st assessment.. The 1st new recruits completed the circuit at a time of 9 minutes plus.. Knowing that, my pressure was building up, my target this time is to get into the DELTA rank, the highest rank among the 3, the other 2 being SEAL and RANGER..

The 1st assessment is a circuit workout which included:
*400m run
*10 military push-ups
*10 grunts
*15 military sit-ups
(Repeat the whole set 3 times)

On the previous assessment, my time was 12 minutes flat.. This time, my target is below 10 minutes.. Once started, i sprinted in front and led the whole pack.. I was not sure whether it was a rite move but i din't think much, just wanted to push and give my best! The 1st 400m was superb, i felt like turbo-charged, but after the 3 other workouts, I'm starting to get tired, still, I pushed myself and managed to sprint for anothr 400m and did the 3 workouts.. For the 3rd 400m, i slowed down significantly.. But once i reached for the 3 workouts, Sarge Sim and othr recruits were there cheering, encouring us, and i managed to give it a last push and finish it in 8 minutes and 3 seconds..
From 12:00 i improved to 8:03.. HOOYAH!

For the 2nd assessment, it was 1 mile run.. Nothing much to elaborate as i was out of gas for this run.. I guess the effect of not sleeping = no gas in the tank.. Aiks.. I finished it in a worst time compared to previous..
From 9:23 i dropped to 10:13.. Haih..

So, that my time for 2day's assessment.. Hopefully I'm good enough for DELTA, shall wait for the good news..

HOOYAH!

Christmas

2009-12-28T22:00:00.000+08:00

During the month of Christmas, i went to many places with church caroling team.. Although i had sore throat and had to take Strepsils throughout the whole month, i had a great time with the caroling team.. We went to places such as Subang Parade, Old Folks Home (I was MIA), Pantai FBC, Tanjung Sepat, Tropicana Morning Glory, Kota Kemuning and USJ 11..

I think our church carol team have improved significantly.. At 1st when i joined the carol team, i was shocked by the songs that we had to sing.. Most of the songs are quite new to most of us, it's not the usual christmas song that u will hear in ur Christmas CD.. But i thank Lord that we have a teacher who is patience enough to teach us to sing the songs, i thank Lord for having a few good pianists in our church, i thank Lord for having a good pair of carol team co-ordinators, they work perfectly 2gether and lastly thank U Lord for every1's effort.. I believe we did our best in spreading UR good news..

Alrite, enough for words, let's c some pictures taken from facebook..

Subang Parade session..

I was only moving my lips, i lose my voice in this session therefore i couldn't sing..

FBC Subang sunday worship..

On our way to Tanjung Sepat..

Group picture taken in Tanjung Sepat..

Tropicana Morning Glory..

The group pic taken in church, after counting down to Christmas..

Had a great time in this Christmas, definitely not an ordinary 1, quite special in fact.. Praise the Lord.. Amen..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 12 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-26T22:03:00.005+08:00

I totally forgot what we did on Day 12.. So, I shall share some pics taken during this 1 whole month of BOOTCAMP..

Our session starts at 5.45am, dat's y it's so dark..

Our super clean shoes b4 the session..

As abv, our shirts are always soaking wet and dirty..

Benny posing... I wonder wat's on his left?

Shane posing.. Somethin on his left oso...

Act cool...

Wah.. Show muscles..

Day 12 was one of the toughest, i can rmb we had to wave a super huge and heavy rope.. Overall, day 12 was to train our upper body.. Had a tiring but fun workout, last workout of the month! DELTA next month? Hopefully.. Haha..

HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 11 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-24T22:00:00.001+08:00

I'll make it real short.. Lazy to elaborate..

We were divided into 3 groups with 3 different workouts..

1st
2 ranks, 1 rank stay and do the required workouts such as Jack Knife and Push-ups while the other rank sprint.. 2 ranks take turn to do the workout and sprinting..

2nd
Jump squats -> situps -> pushups -> sealjacks -> getups -> torso stretch -> elbows to ground-> frogjump.. The whole process was repeated until the instructor told us 2 stop!

3rd
Oops I forgot.. Sorry....

HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 9 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-19T23:30:00.001+08:00

Today was Bring A Friend Day! But i dint bring any as i 4got bout it..

Today's workout was one of the toughest. There were ard 55 of us and we were divided into 11 groups and 11 stations. Each station had different types of workouts, and each group will stay at 1 station for around 30 seconds before moving to the next station.

For the 11 stations, the workouts included:
*Military push-ups
*Militray sit-ups
*Jack Knife with 'rifle'
*Shoulder push-ups
*Squat with sand bag
*Squat with huge rope
*Shoulder exercise with rope
*Star jump
*Squat jump
And a few more which i forgot.
After each station, we had 10 seconds recovery time before moving to the next station.

After the 11 stations, we were given a short water break before moving on to the next workout. For the next workout, we did various exercise which included plank, squat jump and so on. While 10 groups doing the workouts at their respective stations, 1 group had to sprint pass all the stations, if any member of the 10 groups was caught cheating, the sprinting group had to do 1 more round.

It was one of the toughest workout session, but i do like the sprinting part. Haha.

Had a great workout session. It's day 9 already, 3 more sessions to go!

HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 8 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-17T22:30:00.000+08:00

Not so HOOYAH today...

Went Penang for 1 day trip yesterday. As a result, was too tired to wake up this morning. Real sorry to all my fellow recruits in the BOOTCAMP..

C u guys on saturday morning..

HOOYAH!

Day 7 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-15T16:35:00.004+08:00

Another tough day at the BOOTCAMP!

Started with warm up, we were later divided according to ranks, Deltas, Seals, and Rangers. There were 3 well-prepared circuits which are:
*Monster big rope + 150 litres plastic oil barrel
*Sandbag + sprint
*Abs training

Monster big rope + 150 litres plastic oil barrel
For this exercise, we had to drag a super huge rope on 1 shoulder and sprint to another end which was ard 50m away. After sprinting, we had to push a 150 litres oil barrel for ard 20m. While waiting for our turns, we had to do various workouts which include military push-ups, military sit-ups, Jack Knife, plank, squat jump and so on.

Sandbag + sprint
We were again separated into 2 ranks. While 1 rank had to perform various exercises using sandbags, another rank had to sprint from point A to point B. We were sprinting very hard and i was kinda tired after this workout. Instead of just sprinting, we were also asked to bear-walk, crab-walk and so on.

Abs training
Finally, the last circuit which focused on abs. We did military sit-ups, monk sit-ups, side sit-ups, scissor leg crossing and a few more. After 2 sets, it was time to call it a day.

As usual, we ended our day with warm down and stretches. Had a great day working out. Hopefully thursday will be much challenging! HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 6 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-12T08:45:00.003+08:00

The previous session involved sand bag, today was TYRE DAY. All our workouts involved tyres.

1st, we were split to 2 groups. The 1st workout my grp did was pulling a huge tractor's tyre. The 1st pull was easy, i did not felt anythin. The 2nd onwards was a bit tiring but stil quite ok as i'm not the 1st or the last person pulling the rope, so the effect was less.

The 2nd workout involved a smaller tyre. 4 person in 1 team, each of us took turns to flip the tyre to and fro. While waiting for our turn, we had to do other workouts as instructed by our trainers.

Today's session was quite interesting, but i think the main focus today was leg muscles, so i'm not feeling the pain as my leg muscles are stronger compared to upper body.

Overall, nice workout, had a good session. It's Day 6 already, i'm half way there. Looking 4ward to the next half!

HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 5 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-10T23:15:00.001+08:00

As usual, warmed up and we were separated into 2 ranks, Alpha and Bravo.

Today was sand bags day. We had a competition between the 2 teams and the losing team had to do 30 grunts. I was in team Alpha and thank God we won. Haha.. No need to do the 30 grunts.

After the competition, each of us had to carry a sand bag. Using the sand bags, we did 4 sets of squats, 4 sets of push ups and 4 sets of abs exercise.

Well, that summarize it all. Lazy to elaborate. Looking forward to Day 6. HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 4 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-08T18:00:00.002+08:00

Coughing my way to the day 4 of BOOTCAMP.

Today, same as usual, we started with the same warm up routine and were divided into 2 big groups. The 2 big groups would perform 2 different routines at the same time and inter change after the 1st routine was finished.

Shane and I was in the same group and the 1st routine includes:

*Squat (12 repitations for Rangers, 14 for Seals and 16 for Deltas).

*Push-ups.

*Military sit-ups.

*Thrust.

On top of that, we had to perform those routines by carrying our heavy "rifles" (not real rifles thou, just some huge tubes with sands in it). I did those routines in a very fast speed and ended up doing a total of 4 sets including the 1st try out while others mostly did 3sets. Aiks..

The 2nd routine seemed pretty fun, it includes:

*Squat + jump + high 5 with ur partner.

*Mr. Miyagi 1 or Car Wash 1

*Mr. Miyagi 2 or Car Wash 2

*Mr. Miyagi 3 or Car Wash 3

Sounds interesting rite? Mr. Miyagi... Car Wash... To perform that, we had to position our palms with partners' palms. By staying on that position, turn our hands inward. 2nd is outward. 3rd is up and down. It looks like playing Wing Chun with ur partner, and it was tiring, especially the arms.

And, as usual, our workout ended with warm down and a chant of

HOOYAH!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Day 2 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooyah!

2009-12-03T10:30:00.004+08:00

Having just recovered from fever, i had doubts on attending BOOTCAMP. In the end, i've made up my mind and decided to GO! Although it's raining, the spirit was high, couldn't wait 2 experience the 1st real BOOTCAMP training. We reached thr ard 5.30am and the trainers were already thr, standing under the rain. We waited in our cars for a few minutes before joining them.

The training started by warming up, which was same as the 1st day warm up. After the warm up, we were divided according to ranks. Delta is the highest, Seals the 2nd and Rangers the 3rd. Thr were only ard 10ppl selected as Deltas, meanwhile i was selected as Seal (not bad ma). For these 3 diff ranks, the workouts are mostly the same but the intensities are diff. Delta is the toughest, Seal 2nd and so on.

Below is a list of some workouts dat we did dis morning (yes! just some! couldn't recall the others):

*Squat
*King kong push ups
*Grunge ( 2 types - one ended with jumps, the othr ended with stands)

*Push ups (1 hand off the ground when reach the top)

*Normal push ups

*Military sit ups

*Legs and hands raise sit ups

*Spider crawl

For most of the workouts, we had to repeat for 8 sets. Some workouts we had to repeat for 9 and 10 sets, absolutely torturing!

During the last workout, my abs muscle cramped. It was the worst cramp ever, i could not stand up properly and had to lay on the field for a few minutes b4 the cramp ended. What a way 2 end my Day 2 of BOOTCAMP!

Throughout the training, the sky did not give way as it rained for whole session. My eyes could hardly open for some workouts, and at some point i felt like vomitting, not sure whether due to my sickness or due to lack of fitness.

Anyway, had a great Day 2. Although is really torturing, i think the results will be fast. Looking forward to next session. Hopefully it will be less torturing. Haha.

HOOYAH & SHAKELINGAM!!!

Day 1 of BOOTCAMP.. Hooya!

2009-12-01T17:45:00.005+08:00

The night before, i got so excited and couldn't sleep. As a result, i managed to sleep for only an hour and took off for the training which starts at 5.45am.

By 5.25am, i reached Padang Astaka, PJ and the instructors are already there setting up the training ground by placing cones ard the field. The sky was stil dark, sun was stil sleeping but my body and legs were itchy already, can't wait to get a taste of the BOOTCAMP training. Fred, Shane and I collected our BOOTCAMP shirts, get changed and started our warm up under the guidance of 7 instructors. The most interesting instructor is of course, the main instructor who is ranked as Sarjan. Why is he so interesting? Have a look at the pic below:

(pics taken from fb)

Yes, with his moustache and beard and well built physique, instantly i thought of Gerard Butler from 300 as i think they really look alike. He made us feel that the training today will be as tough as hell!

For warm up, what we did was jogging, side steps, forward lunges, reverse lunges and some stretches. After warm up, we were separated into 2 big groups and get to know 1 partner each. My partner was Tim, a 6-foot tall mat salleh who has joined this program since June.

Today is the 1st training of the month, and for every 1st training, assessment will be done. The assessment?
* 400m run
* 10 push ups
* 10 grunges (may spelled wrongly)
* 15 sit ups

Seems ok rite? But the abv is only considered as 1 set, we have to do 3sets continuously within 15minutes.

For new recruits like us, we were given the chance to do 1st. Ready, get set and off we go! Running was easy for me, i ran the 1st 400m with ease, and the 1st set was well done. 2nd set i started to slow down, and for the 3rd set, i have to walk a lil. Ish. I managed to finish 1st among the new new recruits, my time was 12minutes flat.

Next up are seniors like Tim. He ran the 1st 400m with great speed. He did all the push ups, sit ups in just a sec. He was dam fast. I thought he would slow down in 2nd or 3rd set but he did not. He just did the 3 sets continuously without slacking and same as the other seniors. Incredible! He finished 1st in 7+minutes. Super super fast. But what suprised me the most is that the person who came last in the seniors assessment was actually faster than me! This shows how unfit we are (the new recruits).

After the 3sets assessments, we have to run 1 mile as the last assessment. The 1st to finish is of course, Tim the mat salleh in 7+min. Meanwhile i finished in 9+min.

After all the assessments, i guess most of us were quite tired, especially the new recruits. We ended our training by warming down and a shout of HOOYA! Reminisce me of the chant from 300.

The training also reminds me of my primary skool days where i used to wake up early in the morning and train with my coach and running mates. It is challenging and I LIKE IT!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Superman by Five For Fighting

2009-11-22T20:00:00.004+08:00

1 of my favourite songs of all time:

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see

It might sound absurd
But don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
But won't you conceive
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me

Up, up, and away, away from me
But it's alright
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside of me
Yeah, inside of me
Inside of me

I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
I'm only a man looking for a dream
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
And it's not easy
Oooo oooo oooo

It's not easy
To be
Me

Bootcamp Malaysia

2009-11-10T22:11:00.005+08:00

Hello there! Came across this and i want to share with all of u..

It's called ORIGINALBOOTCAMP's CORPSTRAINING. Sounds serious rite? Ya it's serious stuff.

According to its website, it started from 1991, Australia and went on to revolutionize the fitness world! NOW, it's in Malaysia.

"A military inspired, outdoor group personal training program that utilises discipline based motivational techniques, Corps Training has been scientifically designed to achieve serious results, seriously fast, no matter what their current fitness level."
Taken from http://www.bootcamp.com.my/about.php

Terror rite!? It sounds challenging and i like it!

Its basic form consists of 3 sessions per week, 60 minutes per session, for 4 weeks. The program is suitable for all type of fitness levels.

"The program begins with a Benchmark Workout which allows the instructors to not only judge your current strengths and weaknesses, but to place you into sections with other recruits of an equivalent fitness level to yourself."
(kinda lazy to type, so just copy, paste and edit)
"As the program progresses, each session increases in intensity, in order to ensure that you are constantly improving. Be aware, CORPSTRAINING is definitely no walk in the park, but we guarantee that it achieve serious results, seriously fast. "

"As part of our dedication to providing all of our recruits an inspiring and entertaining way to train, our providers are committed to ensuring that no matter how long, or how often you train with us, you will never repeat the same session twice."

"Whether you are an elite athlete, or a soon to be ex-couch potato, this program has been scientifically design to achieve maximum results, in the minimum amount of time."

There are 2 locations and several time slots available but the one I chose:
LOCATION: PJ Padang Astaka (opposite Amcorp Mall)
TIME : 5.45am-6.45am
DAYS : Tues, Thurs, Sat
I jus hand in my form on9. The price? RM299 include 1 shirt. I hvn pay thou. Haha. If everything goes as planned, I shall start on 1st of Dec..
It may be a bit pricey but i think it's worth a try. Good for health, fitness, discipline (hv 2 wake up very early!) and gain some muscles! Haha.. Btw, i gained ard 4 kilos d.. Hurray! Current weight is 70kg..
Alrite, gtg. SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Bloody toe! (may not be suitable for minors)

2009-11-08T18:00:00.000+08:00

Went for futsal session and i got this...

It's bleeding under the toe nail... Aiks.. It's not my 1st time.. I rmb i got this frm 5S6 langkawi trip, singapore marathon trip and once more which I accidently kicked something..

So, i've 2 cut the nail and let it bleed.. Sakit betul.. But it feels better after bleeding..

Look at the blood.. Haha..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

RIP

2009-11-02T01:28:00.003+08:00

Just found out dat 1 of my TARC frns passed away a few hours ago..

Shocked! Stunned! Speechless! I'm lost for words..

To her family : Will pray for them as this will be really tough..

To her, Kelly Yew Shy Gin: RIP..

God Bless..

For more info:
http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2009-11-02&sec=malaysia&art=1102mb30.txt

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/1/nation/20091101185713&sec=nation

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/42055-three-students-swept-away-in-stream-feared-drowned

2 weeks into holiday..

2009-10-13T23:31:00.000+08:00

Sudah 2 minggu saya ber-holiday..

Dalam dua minggu ini, ada hari yang sangat bosan dan juga hari yang exciting sekali..

Hari ini, jelaslah adalah hari yang lebih membosankan kerana saya sedang menulis blog menggunakan Bahasa Malaysia yang saya kurang familiar...

Anyway, mula bekerja esok, kat 1u..

Kerja saya?
Digi promoter.. Haha... Dulu Maxis, sekarang Digi..

Don care le.. Trying 2 earn some pocket money..

Alrite, gtg..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

跑！

2009-10-13T22:13:00.003+08:00

上星期六在团契里，分享了大约20-30分钟。这次是第一次分享这么久。得来的反应还不错，感谢神！

在准备这讲章的过程，让我学习了不少功课，收益不少。

如有兴趣知道我分享什么，就click以下的link。

http://fbcyouthc.blogspot.com/2009/10/blog-post.html

多多指教。

Blur me..

2009-09-23T16:00:00.001+08:00

Lately, i'm very blur, thanks to the final exam which used up my brain juice. This was wat happened:

After the Numerical & Stats paper, i went to Taman Melati Mcd, Setapak to have lunch with my coursemates. I found a place 2 sit and put my bag on another chair. So we chit chat, makan, den leave Mcd.

About 30 minutes later, i reached home. I opened the car door and noticed that my bag was not wif me! Wat!?!?

Thinkin: Eh! Where's my bag? Dam! I left it in Taman Melati Mcd.. Ish ish..

No choice 4 me, but 2 drive all the way back to Setapak.. Thank God the bag was stil there, although it was moved to another chair.. I opened and checked, everythin's stil inside, good!

Conclusion?
One of the 'blur-est' day of my life. Had to travel 35km to get back the bag, and another 35km to get home..

Anyway, gtg. As usual, sleep 1st, study later.. 2 more paper 2 go! 3months holiday! Yes!

NO MORE!

2009-08-30T00:00:00.003+08:00

Finally, the days of having tests, assignments and lab reports are all over.. Haha.. What a relieve!

NO MORE stress..

NO MORE sleepless nights..

NO MORE skipping gym..

NO MORE reading notes..

NO MORE copy & paste..

NO MORE editing..

NO! NO MORE!

NO MORE! At least for these 2 days.. After dat, have to prepare for final exam lo...

But, in the mean time, let's enjoy and as always, SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Adidas KOTR - Tribute

2009-08-04T23:00:00.001+08:00

Latest news! Remember the comment that where posted by http://runwitme.blogspot.com/ in my previous post? Well, if you din't notice, it says that a runner of Adidas KOTR, has gone missing and his family has reported it to the police station..

Today, just a few minutes ago, i found out he has passed away! :( It's really shocking to me.. I dono who is he and i never met him b4 but i feel saddened that a fellow runner like me, has passed away.. Haih..

Here's the link to the news:
http://www.mstar.com.my/berita/cerita.asp?file=/2009/8/3/mstar_berita/20090803211452&sec=mstar_berita

I'm out of words now, all i want to do now is to wish his family condolences and to pray for them.. To fellow runners and myself, take good care of yourself when running.. Hope this won't happen again..

Here's a tribute video from http://runwitme.blogspot.com/:

The King Of The Road
Gary Leon Roberts (1987-2009)

Adidas KOTR 2009

2009-08-02T12:45:00.006+08:00

Yup, bac from the run and my knees are hurting now.. Had a hard time goin up and down the stairs as my knees cant bend after the run..

Dis morning, kok eon, siow and i met up wif Benny and frns and started our journey to Shah Alam Stadium.. It took us ard 10min 2 reach thr, which is ard 10km from my home, USJ 2..

By the time we reach, it's ard 6.30am and many ppl were already thr.. We found our parking spot, did our warm up, drank water, etc..

By 7.00am sharp, the race started! If i'm not mistaken, i heard the announcer saying that there's 3000 participants in our category.. 350 medals over 3000 participants.. Of cos I have a chance!

Ard 7.20am, i was starting 2 feel the pain on my right knee, but i kept running, ignoring the pain.. Although i can continue my running, my speed was kinda slow as i saw my frn who ran and stopped and keep up wif my pace..

Ard 7.50am, dis was the time when i started to feel tired, pain.. 50min of running, i shd have completed ard 9 or 10km.. I kept thinkin that way, but i've forgotten that i was running really slow..

Ard 8.00am, 1 hour already! Was wondering why i hvn reach the finish line, starting to feel like giving up, but i feel i stil have a chance on the medal, although the qualifying time is 50min which already passed.. I started to run faster, but i stil cant catch up wif my frn who all the way running close to me..

Ard 8.13am, i saw Ah Siow was already there cheering 4 me as i crossed the finish line.. Hurray! I crossed it and stopped! Guess wat!? Instantly, i feel the pain in both my knees.. I tot it was only my right knees but it's both my knees..

I got my cert and went to greed Ah Siow.. He managed to finish it in ard 50min, kudos to him! Oh yeah! Where's my medal!? No more medal 4me.. Feel kinda disappointed but i was thinkin: those got medal surely a lot more faster den me lo.. Mana tau, i saw 2 frns which finished ard 1 o 2min ahead of me got a medal! ARRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Sayangnya!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanna go mad d! Jus a whisker away from a medal.. GERAM!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, i'm ok wif it now.. I promised myself that i'll get a medal on nex KOTR! But 1st, i shall rest my knees which had been faithful 2me, helpin me 2 run so many races.. So, rest my knees, train later and nex time, superman will be running again.. Yup, running, not flying.. Hope i'm not lame.. Haha..

Cheers ;) Btw, congrats to Ah Siow and Alfred who got medal and Benny, Kenny, Kok Eon and others who completed the run!

Stay SHAKELINGAM!!!™

God Bless..

Paise.. Only took a picture of my injured knee (R)..

:( left knee

Adidas King of The Road 2009 - Preview 2

2009-07-30T20:24:00.003+08:00

2day i've been told by them dat it's 11km, not 10km! So i'm confused now.. Blur..........

Hopefully it's 10km, but i'll just take it as 11km and try my best 2 qualify... God bless!

Adidas King of The Road 2009 - Preview

2009-07-29T23:33:00.002+08:00

Yes! Adidas King of The Road (KOTR) is back!

A few days ago after the Men's Health Run, i was feeling kinda disappointed as i was unable to achieve my target and on the way i hurt my knees.. Aiks..

2day, i'm feeling quite motivated! I'm not sure y is it so.. Mayb bcos i just collected the running vest, feel more semangat d..

Btw, this will be my 3rd time running in KOTR..

My 1st time was during secondary which i ran 7km and i remember i was running badly and stopped a few times..

My 2nd time was in year 2007 which i think was kinda good, running 10km non-stop in 53minutes..

This time, i'll be running the 10km!

Yup, it's 10km...

The weird part is...

I remember the time i register was 11km and the qualifying time is 50minutes, but 2day when i check out 4 the latest reg from, it's written 10km..

Apa terjadi?

They changed it 2 10km?

Ya, mayb many ppl complain about the qualifying time, 11km in 50minutes which was kinda hard.. Rite now, it's 10km in 50minutes which is achieve able 4 me, but only if i push myself hard enuf, den i'll qualify and of cos, get the medal!

I've decided, this run will be my last! Yup, the last 1 of this running period, mayb will continue running in 3 o 6months time.. Hv 2 rest my knees, i'm feeling the pain.. Ouch!

Alrite, my last run! Let's push myself and stay SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Men's Health Run 2009 - 11.5km

2009-07-26T23:10:00.001+08:00

Finally, it's time to blog about my run! Lately i'm feeling very lazy, lazy to study, lazy to go uni, lazy do dis, lazy do dat and i'm very lazy to run!

This is the 1st nite run of my life! Was feeling very excited before the start, but after running 4 a while, i'm getting lazy and my knees are hurting so for this run, not a very good effort as my time for 11.5km was ard 1hour 20minutes which was kinda slow..

Although i did very badly in this run, i'm stil very grateful and thank God that i finish without any serious injury.. Yup, my knees are in pain, maybe stil have not fully recover from the full marathon.. Rite now, i'm still hesitating, thinking shd i run the Adidas King of The Road on nex sunday..

Should i stop running starting 2day? Or should i stop after adidas? Any suggestion?

Anyway, here are some pics i taken (lazy to take pics oso)..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Siemen Run 2009!

2009-07-19T21:50:00.002+08:00

Yup, 2day is Siemen 10km Run 2009, Dataran Merdeka..

How's my run?

Well, i din't run. Due 2 some mistakes, i wasn't signed up for the run..

But i think it's alrite..

Mayb it's a hint from God, asking me 2 rest.. Serious! My knee was hurting a few days back so it's good dat i din't run 2day..

Dis saturday i'll b running Men's Health Run! Woohoo!

Of Brains and Muscles..

2009-07-11T00:23:00.004+08:00

Starting 2moro, it's all about brains and muscles..

For the nex few weeks,

i'll hv 2 endure the pain from reading, studying and running..

Here's a list of what i'll be facing in the next few weeks..

2moro:

Numerical Methods and Statistics mid-term test

Next week (week7):

Engineering Material mid-term test and lab

Fluid Mechanics mid-term test

Basic Electronics mid-term test and lab

Siemen Run (Dataran Merdeka - 10km)

Week 8:

Hand in Basic E lab report

Pengajian Malaysia presentation

Electrical Machines mid-term test

Men's Health Run (Putrajaya - 11.5km)

Week 9:

Hand in Engineering Material lab report

Electrical Machines lab

Fluid Mechanics lab

Pengajian Malaysia mid-term

Adidas King of The Road (Shah Alam - 10km)

And the list goes on and on and on.......

Hopefully i wont become this.....

or this............

Bless me.....

Bless u.........

Bless us.........

God bless every1....

Bad Parking Spot!

2009-07-07T14:07:00.000+08:00

Today, as usual, i parked my car beside the masjid at TBR.

Is not that i like 2 park my car there,

it's bcos thr is no where else 4 me 2 park.

After attending classes,

i walked towards my car

(5-10minutes walking distance, depends on speed).

I saw a few DBKL ppl cutting grass by the road.

My 1st thought:

"Better keep a distance,

cos small stones might fly and hit me!"

So i kept my distance.

I reached my car,

reached 4 my car keys,

and i saw THIS....................

The window, it's broken!

Ar................................................

The stone dint hit me but it hit my car!

Suprisingly, i'm ok with it!

Mayb my mood was not dat bad?

Haha.. I jus continue my journey home..

Dropped by at the workshop, asked bout the price,

RM70..

Hv 2 korek my wallet d...

Haih...

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2009

2009-07-02T14:17:00.003+08:00

Finally, i'm taking my time out to write about the run..

I think i did badly in this marathon.. The total distance was 42.195km but i ran only half, the rest i walked!

The main reason?
Muscle cramp! This is very common when running a full marathon, that is the reason why there are water stations and medical assistance along the route. Main purpose is to prevent runners from dehydrated and prevent muscle cramp (by applying plenty of heat rub).

I ran about 20km and started to feel my muscles pulling.. Was hoping to drink some water and put some heat rub, but, there was NO water and NO heat rub at 20-30km mark. What a suprise! The organiser (Octagon or better known as Otak-Gone) promised the runners water stations every 2.5km after the first 3km (written in the booklet), but there was NOT ENOUGH water in the race day! This is a very dangerous thing to happen, the runners like me need plenty of water after running for 20km, we need water to prevent dehydration, which may lead to muscle cramp or maybe pengsan!?

The other reasons?
Poor organising by Otak-Gone. There are many funny things to be laughed at throughout the whole marathon..

1st - NO water and NO heat rub at 20-30km mark. This is simply amazing! The organisers said they provided 50000 litres of water but i think wat happened is... 25000 litres for runners, 25000 litres for organisers? Haha..

2nd - Bad route.. There was a part where runners run through the city centre.. There is nothin wrong about that but there were many cars (they shd hd block the traffic!), and the route was very confusing.. At 1 point, i almost went to the wrong route but thank God i u-turned, and i found 2 policemen standing and chatting, not doing their job of controlling traffic and guiding the runners..

3rd - Inexperient volunteers.. It's very obvious that the volunteers are part-timers which were hired from some agency.. They don't really care much about the runners, they lack of passion! At 30km mark, i ran passed 2 volunteers, they were sleeping! I can't imagine what's more tiring then running a marathon! Besides that, my frn, Cheu Chyong muscle cramped at 28km mark, he asked the 1st aid ppl to help him stretch his leg but to his suprise, the ppl asked him: "Do u wanna give up?" Funny stuff!

4th - Lack of supporters.. Along the route, i did not see many supporters, just a few.. We need support! I need it too.. If there were ppl cheering along, i think most of us will improve our run..

5th - Low quality stuff.. The design of the finisher-T looks very normal to me, i expected somethin nice, something catchy like Singapore Marathon but it was no match.. The designs of the finisher-T and medal are ugly, and the quality are poor.. The quality of the shirt is cheap stuff, maybe it only cost them RM10 to get that shirt..

The vest which look kinda OK!

The bag..

Finisher-T (front)

Finisher-T (back)

I'll be back in 2010 (let me think twice!)

Ok, those are the critism i have.. I can't bliv i'm doing this, critising (i'm not used to it)..

Although it was a badly organised event, but i'm still grateful to have finished the run without any serious injuries.. Besides that, i found out that there are many kind hearted ppl around us, especially during the run.. Some went to convenient store to buy drinks for us, some runners willing to share their water and heat spray wif each other and i'm glad that i met those during the marathon..

Lastly, i'll still say this...

SHAKELINGAM!!!™ and PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2009 - The Preview

2009-06-21T00:21:00.005+08:00

Event : Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009
Date : 27th of June, 2009
Time : 5.00am
Distance : 42.195km
Time limit : 6 hours

Next sunday, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon and my 2nd race of the year.
My 1st marathon was last year december which was Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008. It was once in a life time experience. 42.195km! I do feel like superman after the race. Know y? Cos i barely can feel my feet, as though I'm flying. Haha.

This time, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon of my life! I've to prepare myself, not only physically, but also mentally.

Physically: running, jogging, working out in gym, sleep.
Mentally: relax, sleep, pray, and watch this video:

It's a route tour of SCKLM 2009, watching this will get me into the mood of running.. Haha..

That is it! Hope i can do well in the marathon..

I shall end this post with a bible verse, which gave me an impact during my Singapore Marathon, it is this:

"I can do everything through Him who gives me strength"

Philippians 4:13

Lastly, SHAKELINGAM!!!™

I'm back!

2009-06-14T00:34:00.003+08:00

After 2 weeks of MIA in the internet world, I'm very proud to announce that

SHAKELINGAM!!!™ is BACK!

There are several reasons for me being MIA:

1st

Pc and connection problems..

In the past 2 weeks, my server hanged for about 3/4 times.. I called streamyx for quite a few times in just 2 weeks time.. The answer i got were all the same.. Hang here hang thr..

2nd

For the past 2 weeks, i had been busy planning for my church's youth camp.. It was on 5th - 8th July..

How was it?

Wonderful! I think it was a blast.. I believe everyone gave their 100% during the camp.. 100% in games, 100% in preaching, 100% in performing, 100% in playing, etc..

Sorry i don't have any pictures with me now but some pictures are available in our youth blogspot which is

http://fbcyouthc.blogspot.com/

3rd

Year 2 Sem 1 of my studies had just begun.. In this sem, there will be a total of 18 credit hours, which is the highest among all semesters.. I bet this sem would be a tough 1..

Was kinda disappointed with my previous results.. Although i din't fail any, but i din't score either..

Hopefully, i can get at least 3.0 for this sem.. I would not mind getting anything higher then that.. Haha.. Cheers ;)

Those were the top 3 reasons y i was MIA..

I will try 2 update as frequent as possible.. C u guys soon.. Lastly,

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Results Are Out!

2009-05-26T00:45:00.003+08:00

Results are out! Most of my ME coursemates already knew their results, but i'm still stuck at this page:

Haih.. Server down.. Can't check my results..

Never mind.. I'll just play RC to pass my time.. Hope i can log in to UTAR portal asap, if not i'm going 2 sleep!

Btw, congrats to all who get good results.. To those who got bad results, don't give up, try harder in the new sem..

Cheers :) All the best!

New Balance Pacesetters 15km 2009

2009-05-17T21:45:00.005+08:00

Hey yo! Finally i'm free 2 sit down n blog about the run.. Haha..

Did i get a medal? Did i finish on time? Wat was my placing?

6.20am - I reach Lake Garden, found a place 2 park my car then went straight to the gather place.. I've 2 admit that the scenery, the atmosphere was totally different from yesterday's.. As i walk towards the gather place, i saw so many participants that look very professional.. Some very tall, some very dark skin (they run frequently?), some mat salleh (mat salleh always look very pro), some negro (no need to say la k? they make running seems so easy), some very muscular (from army?).. Haih.. It does affects my self confidence after i saw so many runners.. Never mind, i did wat i did, i trained wat i trained, let's just go ahead n run the race..

6.40am - I said a prayer, asking Lord Jesus to give me strength and protect me from any injuries during the run..

6.50am - I prayed again.. Maybe cos i'm kinda nervous..

7.02am - The race officially started and everyone cheers as they start the run.. I have to admit that during the start of the race, i was the one chasing them.. Basically, wat i did was trying to keep up the pace and run with them cos they were running quite fast..

7.25am - Run with their pace for 20minutes, starting to get a bit tired, then i saw a sign - 4km.. Yay! I ran 4km in 23 minutes, for me it's kinda good, i just have 2 run with this pace and i might run faster then 1 hour 30minutes for 15km..

7.37am - 6km sign appeared right in front of me.. Ok! Shakelingam! Keep up! Gambateh!

7.50am - I ran around 8km.. We were running up a hill (Bukit Tunku area), the road starting to become more difficult.. I was struggling as i ran up the hill, then i saw the 1st ever female runner that overtook me.. Wow! they started 15 minutes later then male runners but the 1 managed to run passed me.. Guess wat's written behind her vest!? POWERED BY JESUS! Inspirational!

8.17am - 12km gone! Woohoo! 3 more 3 more.. My muscles were burning and my pace became slower, but i kept running and praying..

8.37am - This is the time when i crossed the finish line.. Yes! I finished the race in 1 hour 35minutes, slightly better then the qualifying time of 1 hour 40minutes.. Thank God! I went to collect my most awaited medal and some goodies.. After having some free Milo and Yakult, i went home, took bath and went to church.. Hehe..

Well, i can conclude that this race was not easy.. Have to thank all the other runners that run faster then me as i kept chasing them and improve my pace.. Thank God for bringing me home safely without injuring myself and managed to get a medal.. Finally, thanks to all shakelingam frns who supported me.. Next race? KL marathon! Let us run together!

The medal

Some items from goodies bag..

Nivea deodorant! Cos we were too smelly after running?

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Trainin 4 New Balance Pacesetters 15km..

2009-05-16T14:35:00.003+08:00

Just came back from Lake Garden, KL where i collected my vest, bib and timing chip..

Yup, i'm going for the 15km run.. My last run was 5months ago which i ran 42.195km in Singapore..

15km compared with 42km?
No match rite?
U mite think it's easy, but i don think so, cos 5months nv train n out of no where, comes 15km..

The qualifying time?
1 hour 40minutes..

Did i hv enuf trainin? Can i get a medal?
As u all know, i'm having my 3 weeks sem break.. For the past few days, all i did was eat, sleep (about 10hours a day), play Restaurant City (it's addictive).. Other den dat, it's all used 4 trainin..

Mon: 5.5km in 37minutes.
Wed: 8.0km in 53minutes.
Thurs: 4.0km in 23minutes.
Fri: 10.0km in 60minutes.

1 week of intensive training, i'm mentally n physically stronger now.. Besides that, i finally found my pace during yesterday's training, so pray that i can run with the pace and perhaps, run better n get a medal!

Gtg.. Hv 2 prepare stuff and go youth.. Haha..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

A741

Golden Shoes with timing chip..

3 Weeks Break!

2009-05-14T23:14:00.000+08:00

Finally, it's 3 weeks semester break.. I've been waiting 4 dis break 4 such a long time..

So wat i did in the past week?

Well, i went Malacca with UTAR SHAKELINGAM the day after the last paper..

We reached thr ard 4pm.. Went 2 eat the famous chicken rice ball, satay celup, ABC n so on..

Of cos, we did celebrate Irene's bday.. I hope she had a great time cos she keep on mention bout her bday since.. em.. since bout 2, 3 weeks ago? I 4got.. Haha.. Below are some pics..

The view from Mahkota Hotel

The chicken..

The rice ball..

chicken+rice ball = Famosa Chicken Rice Ball

Before satay celup..

Durin satay celup..

After satay celup..

Eye On Malaysia

The birthday gal..

On our way bac..

Other den Malacca, i went Genting with Keane, Kenny n Hooi Yee to pay tuition fees.. Haha..

1st time in casino since turnin 21.. There's no any othr word 2 describe it other den SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Nex update: Trainin 4 New Balance 15km..

I Will Derive!

2009-05-05T16:25:00.002+08:00

Ok! Lately i've been super bz n super stress bcos of final exam..

In fact, i jus had Math paper dis morning..

My target?

Jus 2 pass.. Yea.. Math used 2 b my strongest subject but at this stage of studies, and due to my own laziness, my math level dropped significantly..

Dis mornin's paper was kinda ok, i think i can pass, at least i tried my best..

As being said in my msn message:

"Do the best u can, leave the results to God."

Wat i can do is very limited, futhermore i always sleep in classes, dint do tutorial questions and only start studyin at the very last minute (3days 2 study math).. Aiks.. Kinda regret dat..

Wat i can do in those 3 days?

Very very limited.. Wat i did was 2 try my best n do watever i can.. Those can not b done, i'll jus pray n leave it 2 God.. Same goes 4 my results.. Cheers ;)

Now, i left 1 more paper - SOLID MECHANICS! I've about 40 hours 2 study 4 it (40hours include eat n sleep).. Haha.. I think i'll hv 2 end my post here n go study SOLID MECHANICS!

By the way, i found dis link from facebook.. It's kinda cool.. U should have a look!

Lastly, SHAKELINGAM!!!

Lookalike..

2009-04-20T00:20:00.002+08:00

I was wathcing football... N i noticed dis 2 lookalike:

L- Rafael Benitez, manager of Liverpool FC.

R- Kevin James, main actor of Mall Cop (i watched it, it's nice :).

Noticed dis 4 quite some time, finally takin some time 2 edti pic n post it.. Haha..

Another 1 is dis:

L- Arsene Wenger of Arsenal FC.

R- Mr. Bean.

Actually they don quite lookalike in pics but if u watch Arsene Wenger, especially the time he celebrates the goals, he does look like Mr. Bean..

I went on9 2 search 4 Wenger's pic n i found some really really incredible lookalike

Arsene Wenger

Sven Goran Eriksson

Frank Lampard

Eric Cantona

Wayne Rooney

Cristiano Ronaldo

Wow!? Don they lookalike? Cheers :)

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

2 celebrations in 24 hours..

2009-04-19T23:35:00.000+08:00

2day is a very special day 4 2frns of mine..

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY

to 2 of my good frns...

Victoria & Shane..

Wishin them all the best in present n of cos, in future.. Stay healthy, stay happy, n stay shakelingam!!!

Btw, the present 4 Shane - RM50 notes, 7 of it.. Shane's RM350 richer 2day but 2bad, he cant spend it as the money looks like dis:

Haha... Cool rite? We take pics, edit it, print, cut n gv him a big ang pau.. Hope he keep it in safe n sound.. Otherwise we'll b in big trouble..

Picture takin..

Editing..

Haha.. Take care n God bless ya..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Worthy Is The Lamb

2009-04-11T00:30:00.000+08:00

Voca People

2009-04-10T02:22:00.000+08:00

Got this from shane...

Last..

2009-04-09T03:35:00.004+08:00

It's very early in the mornin..

It's not dat i wake up early..

It's dat i stayed up late..

Wat time is it?

Wat am i doin?

3am in the mornin..

And i'm doin my last..

I'm doin my last..

Doin my last..

My last..

Last..

Last assignment of this semester!!!

Happy man!! ;)

Finally......

It's the last assignment!

This sem:

4 subjects

6 lab reports

8 assignments

1 G-clamp project.

Now,

1 last week of classes

1 last study week

4 exam papers

Then,

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Video and Pics..

2009-04-04T04:04:00.001+08:00

Continued from previous post....

Here are some pics....

My bday cake on 28th march

My Golden Shoes

30th of march

Jogoya...
Some gifts dat i got.. thanks;)
The note...

And of course... The video.. Enjoy..

I had a great 21st bday.. Thank u all.. Hope dat i'll hv a great year ahead 2 :)

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

The past 7 days..

2009-04-03T21:03:00.002+08:00

There r ups n downs in the past 7 days.. Wat a week!

28th march - 60 Earth Hour
Got a suprise bday celebration, dint expect my youth frns 2 celebrate it wif me on dat nite.. Thanks ya..

29th march - Ching Ming
Got a suprise gift from youth frns, a running shoes!!! WooHoo.. Really unexpected! The colour of the shoes? Yellow! But, i'll name it as The Golden Shoes.. Haha..

30th march - Shakelingam Day
The actual day of my bday! Went 2 uni.. Attended tutorial n lecture..
Got a suprise celebration in lecture hall durin the last 15minutes of Dynamics lecture..

31st march - End of the month
Slept 4 the whole day, woke up at 3pm 2 study math.. Aiks.. Mid-term test on 1st of April, the nex day.

1st april - April Fool day
I stayed up til 3am, went 2 bed feeling uncomfortable. Woke up at 5 somethin, vomited! Woke up at 8 somethin, vomited again! I cant rmb when was the last time i vomited.. Aiks.. Went 2 c doc.
The doc says:"Ur 2 stress d, causing ur stomach 2 b very acidic.. As a result, u vomit out all the food u ate.."
Aiks.. I nv know stress wil cause some1 2 vomit.. After eating the med, slept 4 whole day, woke up n go take math test at 4.30pm..
At nite ,went 2 watch Shinjuku Incident.. Not a bad movie but kinda wasted cos some scenes are cut! 2 violent? Shd hv bought DVD instead..

2nd april - Sleep
Slept whole day.. Nite, go watch Fast n Furious 4.. Shakelingam! Cars + Girls..

3rd april - Sleep + Test Run
Slept again.. Went 4 a short jog, wearing new shoes.. The shoes kinda comfy.. Good shoes! Thanks man..

COMING SOON... Photos n Videos of the past week.. Haha.. Bye n c ya..

Life..

2009-03-27T22:27:00.002+08:00

I look at the time (5.30am) and think:'Ok! It's time for me to............. SLEEP!' Haih.. Stayed up all nite + morning jus 2 finish up my Dynamics assignment.. Keep on drawing diagrams and typing equations dat I don quite understand.. The fact is dat i hvn study and as a result, i did wat most of the students did - COPY! Ok, a better word, jus 2 make REFERENCE!.

Feel kinda bad cos dis sem keep on copy assignments, copy notes, copy reports, copy copy copy.. Suddenly, i remember this story......

In 1996, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.

While skating through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant resting atop a gnar half-pipe with a black bird sitting on it's head. The elephant seemed pretty bummed out, so Peter approached it very carefully.

He climbed up the huge ramp and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being pushed off the ramp and perhaps the small amount of urine discharging from his bladder. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, dropped in, and proceeded to bust out some sweet K-town air. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Ten years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his half-retarded son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son(Cam) were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1996, Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant!?! Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

Haha... Jus a funny story 2 cheer u up!

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Superman to the rescue!

2009-03-18T23:18:00.001+08:00

Date : 18th march 2009
Day : Wednesday
Time : 10.02pm
Mission: Save Hua Bing and his car

Hua Bing's car ran out of petrol.. So, as a frn, as a heng dai, as a bro in christ, as a superman, i went 2 help him.. Haha..

Step 1: Get petrol from petrol station

Step 2: Prepare 2 fill in the petrol

Step 3: Fill in the petrol

Step 4: Start the engine

Lastly, drive the car awayWoohoo!! Mission accomplished.. SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Wat a day 2 lose..

2009-03-14T23:14:00.000+08:00

2 loses in 1 day. :( Wat a day..

Youthlympic (Captain Ball)
Dis mornin we played captain ball, my team got 5th place.. Sounds very geng rite!? Top 5 wo.. Haha.. But thr's only 6 teams competing, so my team is the 2nd last lo.. Aiks.. No 1 2 b blamed.. Every 1 played their heart out, so i'm quite happy bout it :)

Man United VS Liverpool
1-4.. Dat's the final score.. Nothin much 2 comment since i jus watch the last few minute.. Wat can i say? It's jus 1 of those days when we hv 2 b generous and give out some points.. So, Liverpool, congrats on the 3 pts, and ur stil behind.. Haha..

Dat's all.. Sleepy..

Nite, SHAKELINGAM!!!

Pics..

2009-03-07T15:07:00.000+08:00

Taking some time out 2 post a few pics i took and some pics of me..

Shane n Yong Chow competing in UTAR Table Tennis..

Congrats 2 YC on his 4th place.. Shane did well 2..

Was sitting at the last row of lecture hall, bored.. So, i took dis..

Look wat we do, as students when we get really bored in lecture..

Play Left 4 Dead.. Haha..

I was caught sleepin by the course rep..

Revising? Actually is jus 4 posing.. Haha..

The incomplete G-clamp..

Dono wat happened dat day.. Stucked in a jam 4 bout 1hour plus..

Finally.. My niece.. Cute rite? :)

Week 7 and Week 8..

2009-03-07T03:07:00.002+08:00

Use 1 word 2 describe my past 2 weeks - SHAKELINGAM!!!

Use adjectives 2 describe - busy + stress + sleepy + lazy + funny + happy + so on..

Dis 2 weeks hd been my bz week.. Many things happened in this 2 weeks..
Let me just list down a few:
Dynamics test
My bro's wedding ceremony
My bro's wedding dinner
Dynamics report
Solid Mechanics report
Solid Mechanics assignment
G-clamp

Ok, let me elaborate 1 by 1..

Dynamics test
Well, actually the test is not dat hard.. But, i dint manage 2 finish the tutorial questions.. As a result, i only know how 2 do half of it.. Aiks.. This test contributes 10 marks of the final marks, so 5marks gone.. But the good news is, i stil hv anothr 90 marks.. Haha.. Positive thinkin..

Bro's wedding ceremony
Praise the Lord for His presence thru out the ceremony.. I was supposed 2 b the worship leader 4 dis ceremony, due 2 last minute consideration and advice frm Hwa Shin, i found a replacement which is Teddy.. Really appreciate his help in replacing me as the worship leader, and of cos he led well.. So wat did i do? I presented a song wif Grace.. Haha.. Cant rmb when was the last time i presented a song, so was kinda nervous..

When it's our turn 2 sing:
1. We walked up the stage.
2. We stood thr 4 a while.
3. My turn 2 start the song.
4. I sang 2 words and I.......... *stunned* I lost my words, I 4got how 2 sing..
5. Thank God thr's projector which projects the lyrics.. I paused, looked at it den start the song over again..
6. Dis time it went tru smoothly and we finished the song gracefully.. Haha..

Lastly, wanna thank every1 4 helping us out in the ceremony, appreciate it very very much.. May God bless u all..

Bro's wedding dinner
Durin the dinner, my main job is to collect ang pows.. Haha.. Shakelingam.. Collecting ang pows is 1 of the most busy task durin weddin dinner..

Basically dis is wat i do:
1. I sit thr, say hi 2 welcome the guests.
2. Ask 4 their name.
3. Locate their table.
4. Collect ang pows.
5. Rearrange their sit if thr's any problem.
6. Count the money.
7. Gao dim d, MAKAN!!
I hvn get the photos yet, sorry cant post it now..

Dynamics report
Ok la.. Got a few reports 4 me as reference, so i finished it in 1 day..

Solid Mechanics report
Hehe.. Got reference oso.. SHAKELINGAM man..

Solid Mechanics assignment
Supposed 2 pass it up on friday, 6th of march.. Guess wat happened!? At the nite of thurs, 5th of march, i went out wif Irene n Florence :) .. I hvn even start a word on dis assignment.. I was clueless, i read tru the question but i dono how 2 do.. Came bac hm at 12, after goin 1u.. Go on9, ask 4 help frm Shane, CS n CW..

Suddenly,
Shane : Due date Assignment 2 is Mon 9March09 during Lecture‏
Shane : WTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHH
Shane : WTTTTTTHHHHHHHH
ME : Due date Assignment 2 is Mon 9March09 during Lecture‏?
Shane : google group
Shane : ..
Shane : just received
and so it goes.. Solid assignment hand in on nex tues, 10 march.. Fuiyoo!! SHAKELINGAM!!! Happy man.. Can relax d.. Was feelin kinda stress..
Really... Thank U Lord.. *phew*

G-clamp
Haha.. G-clamp (*shaking my head*).. Our assignment in Manufacturing is 2 do G-clamp.. How? Take a metal, which is a C shape metal, make it smaller and smoother, den assembles the other part by screwing, drilling, grinding n so on.. It's not easy, 1st step alone took most of the ppl 5-8 hours.. Wat we did? Thanks 2 1 guy frm the workshop, we managed 2 save our time.. Haha..

For the comin few days (til monday), the things i hv 2 do are as below:
Saturday - Visit old folks hm, fix my car, mayb go 1u wif family, do solid assignment? partner Claris as MC for the talk in church.
Sunday - Go church, attend church class, attend church meeting, go Wan Shing's open hse wif CS, nite do solid assignment?
Monday - Go malacca wif family and church frns, nite do solid assignment?

Ok, i think at least i can stil find some time 2 do my solid assignment.. Haha.. Following few days will b bz as usual, i better not fall sick.. So wat shd i do? SLEEP LO...........

Nite every1, SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Xtreme Driving!!!

2009-02-19T05:59:00.000+08:00

I got this video from Kien Seng's blog.. I cant help but keep laughing as i watch this video n of cos, good things r meant 2 share wif others.. Haha.. No offence 2 all the ladies out thr but dis drivers r really xtreme (*shaking my head*).. So here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wT7zM8XgXQ

Enjoy!!

Dynamics...

2009-02-18T02:18:00.000+08:00

CS 1ed to blog bout dis but Benny has deleted most of the photos.. Due to CS' request, here i am helping out on the posting.. Haha..

Well, it's tuesday, 17th of february 2009.. Our 1st 2hours lecture was Dynamics.. Our lecturer started off with Sample Problem 3, 8am..

Just a few minutes later, Benny went fishing (sleeping)..

Of cos, the lecturer continued with Sample Problem 3..

30minutes later.. Benny was stil sleepin!!

The lecturer? Stil explaining Sample Problem 3..

1hour later.. Benny... Stil fishing.. I think he must have caught quite a number of fish..

The lecturer? Stil explaining Sample Problem 3..

Finally, 1 and a half hour later.. the lecturer finished his explaination on Sample Problem 3..

It took 1.5 hour 4 our lecturer 2 explain Sample Problem 3 (*shaking my head* i wonder it would take me how long 2 solve the question if it comes out in exam)..

Our lecturer:"Bad news 4 u guys is - this question is very hard. The good news is - this question wont come out in exam."

(*cheering and applausing from most of the students*)

By dat time Benny woke up!! He asked us wat happened.. After dat, sleep again.. Haha.. Geng!! I think he got my disease from last semester.. Last semester i was the sleeping king.. Dis sem, it's Benny's turn..

Benny, time 2 wake up lo!! Haha..

Eventful day..

2009-02-06T22:26:00.002+08:00

Wat can i say bout 2day? So many things happened!!

1. Tidy up my room
I stayed up all nite 2 tidy up my room.. It's been quite some time since i last did it..

SUPER messy.

In the process...

Gao Dim!!

Tidy le.. Hehe.. Seldom c my room so organized.

2. Wear RED shirt n go UTAR

2day our SHAKELINGAM!!!™ geng all wear red.. N of cos, all of us did wear RED.. Althou Jiay Yuan's shirt's black but at least it has some RED logo on it.. Haha..

Jus manage 2 take dis..

3. Do experiment in lab

Well, i think my group members r quite smart.. We managed 2 complete the experiment 90 minutes earlier.. Efficient man..

4. Drive bac 2 USJ
Althou rain all the way, but my mood was kinda good cos leave uni earlier 2 avoid the jam.. Next stop? Taipan USJ, buy the prizes 4 2moro's church's CNY Celebration..

The prizes - Eu Yan Sang

5. BANG BANG at Taipan USJ

As usual, i was driving skillfully in those narrow lanes (don play play, im skillful k.. haha..). A car was reversing on my front right, so i stopped.. Out of no where, another car on my front left was also reversing.. The car was super close 2mine, I tot it would stop but it dint.. Instead, it reversed even faster as it came close 2 my car.. I HONK!! But, BANG!!! Haih.. Written down the car num, owner's name, hp num, ic num n go home..

Once i tel my dad bout the accident, kena scolding again.. Haih.. My car kena BANG by 2 ppl at 2 diff place, in jus bout 2months.. Sad.. :(

A bit cacat d.. Aiks..

Basically 2 day quite SHAKELINGAM, jus the accident part.. Haih.. Wat 2 say? Accident lo..

PD Survey

2009-02-02T21:22:00.000+08:00

So, here i am, with Ricky at Golden Sand Baptist Assembly, Port Dickson. The last time i came was a few years back 4 church camp.. Dis time, the purpose of coming here is to do a survey n take some nice pics of our youth camp site. It took an hour drive 2 reach our destination.

Below are some pics taken durin the survey:

Welcome 2 PD.

Assembly Hall 1.

Girls' dorm.

Girls' toilet n washroom.

Guys' dorm.

Basketball n volleyball court.

Theater?

Ricky 1ed 2 do some performance but no audience.. Sad..

Of cos, the sand n the sea..

After Golden Sand, we went 2 Hutan Rekreasi Tanjung Tuan, Ricky said thr's a light house thr.. Wow!! Sounds cool..

The light house, not a clear shot of it..

The view from top..

B4 heading back Subang, we went 2 PD town 2 makan!! Wat we ate? KFC (cheh!) haha.. Besides KFC, Air Batu Campur..

Wat's so special bout dis ABC?

1. The ABC stall has been there for at least 30 years.. In fact, i think more cos my dad came here since he was a young boy, now he's 52, so definitely more den dat.. The stall can survive 4 so long, difinitely the ABC tastes good!

2. A Malaysian artist, 张栋梁 (eng name=Nicholas Teo), shot 1 o 2 of his music video in PD.. Not surprisingly, the ABC stall was in the MV.. 2bad i cant rmb which mv..

Aiks.. I 4got 2 take pics of the ABC stall, mayb wil take it some othr time since my hmtown very near 2 PD. Wanna know the name of the ABC stall? Its name is ABC Stall.. Really, haha..

So dat's all 4 now, every1, SHAKELINGAM!!!

Random

2009-02-02T09:22:00.000+08:00

Lately i messed up my time.. It's either im sleepin 2 much o im not gettin enuf sleep.. Some nites i slept at 10pm, some nites i dint sleep, jus like last nite, stayin awake til now!!

Mayb bcos im feelin stress (*shaking my head*).. Haih.. Thr r so many things that need 2b done.. Hv 2 play catch up in my studies, hv 2 think bout games 4 sat's CNY celebration, hv 2 choose songs 2 lead in my bro's weddin ceremony, hv 2 plan 4 youth camp, n many more..

Aiks, got headache n sore throat, dint go 2 church ytd.. God, plz 4gv me (*prayin*).. Supposed 2 b the usher in church but i dint, supposed 2 discus bout games 4 sat but i dint, supposed 2 attend a class but i dint..

So, i better keep my fingers crossed n pray 4 the strength frm abv.. Yea.. My nick is Superman, n i hv super power.. Power frm abv? Haha yup..

Alrite, gotta go.. Leavin 4 Golden Sand, PD (Port Dickson).. Wil carry out a short survey 4 youth camp.. Brb..

SHAKELINGAM? As always, SHAKELINGAM!!!

CNY $pending $pree..

2009-01-22T23:22:00.003+08:00

Chinese New Year's coming... Every1's getting ready 4 this festive season by cleaning up the house, buying new year stuff, buying new clothes n so on..

Well, usually i don spend my money on shopping (buying clothes, shoes n so on).. But guess wat!? NOT this time!

2day i spent RM400+ on buyin stuff!! Wow! Can't bliv i spent dat much, thr goes my hard-earned $$$ (*shaking my head*).. Wanna know wat i bought? Read on..

Clothes..
Pants..
Shoes..
Bag..
-I DIN'T bought any of the abv!!

In fact, i spent it on
printer,
router,
mouse,
cables..

Rm400 gone (sakit!!), but nvm, CNY can get ang pau, so can cover a bit.. Haha..
To all my frns: "Happy Chinese New Year! Have a blessed year ahead! 新年快乐！平平安安！身体健康！新年蒙恩！"

HAVE A SHAKELINGAM CNY!!!

Week 1

2009-01-17T01:17:00.001+08:00

Ok, there's my 1st week of year 1 sem 2.. Let's do some revision..

Mathematics for Engineering 2
Laplace Transform. Stil not very sure how it works, but stil plenty of time 4 it..

Solid Mechanics
So, wat i learned from the lecturer?
1. Google Group - our lecturer, Ms Lam wil upload notes n tutorial so we can download directly from it..
2. Ms - Ms is for married or unmarried while Miss is for unmarried.. Dat's wat the lecturer said.. Well, i dono bout dat..

Dynamics
Em.. Not very sure.. I 4got..

Manufacturing Technology 1
Our lecturer, Mr Nic said:
I waste my time, OK!
U waste ur time, OK!
I waste ur time, OK!
U waste my time, NOT OK!
I don waste ur time,
U don waste my time.
Dat's wat he kept saying.. Haha..

So, thr's my 1st week.. Hope nex week wil b a more productive 1..
SHAKELINGAM? Yea!!

1 week..

2009-01-05T13:05:00.000+08:00

It's

1 last week of holiday;
1 last week of yum cha's;
1 last week of stress free life;
1 last week of non stop sleeping;
1 last week of drying up my wallet;
1 last week of non stop goyang kaki;
1 last week of non stop entertainment;

1 more week 2 UTAR;
1 more week 2 getting serious;
1 more week 2 stressful classes;
1 more week 2 waking up at 6am;
1 more week 2 using my rusty brain;
1 more week 2 sleeping in lecture hall;
1 more week 2 tiring daily 70km drive;
1 more week 2 getting my pocket money ($.$);
1 more week 2 saying Hi! 2 all my coursemates;
1 more week 2 eating 'love jade ice' (爱玉冰）in TBR;
1 more week 2 Maths, Solid Mechanics, Dynamics & Manufacturing Technology (*faint*).

It's LAST WEEK of holiday..

SHAKELINGAM?

YES! SHAKELINGAM!!!

BANG

2008-12-29T00:29:00.006+08:00

It's late nite, time 2 park my car in my hse (4 the whole day, my car was parked outside of my hse).. As i walk 2wards it, i noticed dat my side mirror was slighty bended..
I was thinkin: 'Mayb my some1 bended it, so nvm le..'

I open the door, *kak!* ..

Me: 'Ei!? Y got sound 1?'

I open again, *kak!*..

Me: 'Ei!? Y ar? Ok nvm, park my car 1st cos outside 2 dark, cant c anythin..'

Parked my car, switched on the light..

Me again: 'Wa.. Look a bit different le..'

Looked carefully..

Me: 'Haih.. Bad lo.. Confirmed got hit by othr car.. Which car? No idea..'

Told parents bout it n of cos got scolded by them.. Haih.. Dis time it's SUPER SUPER NOT SHAKELINGAM!!!

I CAN!!

2008-12-14T00:14:00.000+08:00

今天在团契里，做了一个我本身觉得满长的分享。应该是我一两星期没与团契人见面，所以无意中说了比较多废话。虽然pendahuluan有点长，但结尾那几分钟所说的句句都是我的肺腑之言。在这里不重复了，但我在marathon所看到的这一节经文让我真的有所领受。

腓立比书4：13
我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。

Philippians 4:13
I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.

就这么短短的一节经文，让我的信心增加了不少。感谢神！Amen!

SINGAPORE

2008-12-10T00:10:00.001+08:00

4th Dec
Finally, me, Kien Seng n Jolene r here at Singapore!! Haha.. The place we'll b stayin? NUS Raffles Hall Hostel, thanks to Keane n Wei Liang for bringin us to NUS so we don hv 2 worry bout our accom for the nex few days.. NUS is super SHAKELINGAM, it's like a small town in Sg.. They hv football field, running track, tennis court, volleyball, basketball, u name it, they got it!! They oso hv food court, subway, McD, burger king, cheers (it's like 7-11)..

Keane: "NUS hv everythin 1, they provide all the facilities so u don hv 2 go out of the campus dat often. All they want is 4 u 2 study hard."

Dat's wat he kept saying 4 a few times which i kinda agree.. Anyway, it's a nice campus (compared to UTAR KL campus which only has ping pong tables. *shaking my head* haih)..

5th Dec

Early in the morning Keane n i join the touch rugby trainin.. It's my 1st time playin touch rugby, any comment? SHAKELINGAM!! but i think i prefer the real rugby.. Haha..

After breakfast, we took mrt to City Hall n hv a walk ard Esplanade n the malls ard it.. We hd lunch, came back n Sleep!! Haha..

Dinner time, Lai Shan n Yee Wah brought us to Chinatown, Sam joined us 2.. After dinner, we hd a walk ard Clark Quay.. 2bad we were wearing shorts, if not can club 4 a while.. Haha..

6th Dec

Keane told us thr's dis place call Queensway Mall which sells many sports stuff.. Since 3 of us r quite into sports, so we decided to go hv a look..

Results? It does exist!! It's like LowYat of M'sia but Queensway sells super super lots of sports stuff.. Wanted 2 buy shoes, but thr 2 many choices so i jus bought a running pants instead 4 the marathon.. Haha..

Dinner? Some restaurant in Clamenti.. We bought some stuff as 2moro's breakfast.. Runnin 42.195km.. Hope i wont faint.. =(

7th Dec

Jo n i woke up late, thank God we booked a cab so we don hv 2 wait.. But guess wat!? The cab=Mercedes Benz.. Cool man.. We're sitting on a luxurious car goin 4 the marathon, sudd feel like VIP.. Haha..

5.30am, dat's when my 1st marathon starts.. Dis year, thr's a total of 50000 participants.. 4 the full marathon, 42.195km, thr's 15000 participants.. Walao.. Geng man..

<--7early 8 early ppl mountain ppl sea..

The ppl thr can really run, especially the africans.. Well, i only get 2 c them twice, once not long after the race started.. The 2nd time i c them, the africans r running towards the finishing line d.. Geng!!

<-- The winner!! 2hours 13minutes for 42.195km.. GENG!!

Me? The 1st 2hours was ok.. But after dat, blister, hardly can run, so i walked.. It took me 6hours 2 finish 42.195km.. Kinda bad but thank God i dint faint.. Nex time i'll run 4hours plus.. SUPERMAN!!

After the run, suppose 2 meet up wif Jolene but couldn't find her.. Stayed thr til 1 somethin til Victoria came n find Jo 2gether.. Vic n i tried 2 find but couldn't found..

<--The church..

Victoria:"Hey thr's a church, we go inside n find! U pray la wei.."

Of cos, i prayed n i got a cal frm Lai Shan..

I was thinkin:'This better b good..' Thank God, it's good, Jo is bac at NUS, scare us.. Haha.. So Vic n i go makan, n bac 2 NUS..

To Victoria: Thanks a lot!! If it wasn't u, i dono i'll b stuck in dat place 4 how long.. Haha..

Nite, Keane, Ks, Jo n i go Prince George Park to hv dinner (it's in NUS).. Cant bliv they hv a place like condos 4 stud 2 stay.. Nice environment, far more better den Melati Utama dat we used 2 stay..

After dinner we go Raffles Hall Lounge 2 chit chat.. Keane brought his laptop, n we got 2 dis clip in youtube.. U know wat it's showing? Ks dancing!! Haha.. I dono he's good in shaking butts man.. U shd hv a look:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=channel_page&v=NL5ib3m4I9E

To Ks: U r officially a SUPERBUTT SHAKELINGAM!! Haha..

8th Dec

We woke up super late.. Pack our stuff n head 2 Sentosa!! YEAH!! Hd a walk in Sentosa, played the luge, quite fun but it was kinda short.. Below r some pics:

<-- The luge (i don know any1 frm dis pic)..

<--We've 2 take the Skyride b4 playin the luge.

<--Mr. Keane n Mr. Superman..

<-- F4?

<-- MV Doulus leavin sg..

<--In front of Merlion..

<-- Songs of The Sea.. Quite nice..

9th Dec

The final day in Sg.. Packed our stuff n say GOOD BYE 2 Singapore.. It was a nice trip :)

<--Keane lend me this pair of shoes.. Not used 2 it n got blister while runnin marathon.. Dai sei la me.. Haha.. Anyway, Thanks.. =)

<--On Aeroline bus, goin back KL..

To Keane, Wei Liang, Lai Shan, Yee Wah, Victoria:"Thank u very much!! C u nex year? Haha.."

SHAKELINGAM!!!

Bored..

2008-11-26T05:45:00.003+08:00

Unable 2 sleep, so i stay up 2 watch Champions League (Villarreal vs MU). The match started at 3.30am.

1st half
The score tied at 0-0. Ok nvm, patient 忍耐, usually the goals r scored at the 2nd half.

2nd half
Stil tied... But in the 83rd minute, Capdevila of Villarreal was dismissed, SYOK!! 1 man advantage, more chances 4 MU 2 score d.. Mana tau all the way til 90th minutes, 0-0..

闲Sien lo... Stayin up in the mid nite jus 2 watch a football match which ended in 0-0! Haih.. I hv 2 admit it, dis time i don feel SHAKELINGAM.