Trip to Leicester City

It's 10.15pm UK (Saturday), 6.15am Spore (sunday)

Just now, me & khair went to leicester city centre to explore. Went out from hostel around 9.30am and arrive back at hostel around 7pm... Went there by Arriva bus 127. The fare is damn expensive... 2.40 pounds =.=. The journey went round & round the estates before reaching bus-station.

We went there to explore the city. I found out that it is more vibrant & happening than Loughborough Town Centre, which is dull. The atmosphere is like Orchard Rd. I also found out that there were many halal food that i can eat. I went around the shops there & the prices are quite reasonable. Besides exploring the city centre, went to buy meat at a Halal butcher shop. Then, we ate at chinese buffet restaurant for just 10 pound with a drink. It was yummy. After that, went to shopping centre. The place is like vivocity. The majority of shops are high-end ones like topman, river island, etc... the clothes that are very expensive.

Then, went back by bus 127 (45 mins ride) & alight at the bus-stop near twn ctr. From there, have to walk 30 mins to hostel...

Yup, thats about it... gd nite =D

and btw, the pronounciation for leicester is "les-ter", not "le-chest-ter" !!! haha =D

OITP @ UK

It's 8.40pm UK (thursday), 4.40am spore (friday)

I had my 1 week of ITP last week & I find the things that I did was enjoyable though i get to do less things. The place that I got posted to for OITP is Department of Materials, Loughborough University. The Hostel that I stay is named Falkner-Eggington Hall, which is 15 mins walk from where I work. In other words, I have to walk to & fro everyday !!! haha

Basically, my task is to perform old experiments & try to come up with new methods to test & at the same time produce same results. Besides that, I help the researchers in anything that they do

The temperature here is very cold. It's like u step outside like a refigerator. there's sun too but not hot. There's one time got hailstorm, where small ice cubes fall from sky as rain !!! How cool is that.

Yup, thats all for now. For pictures, go to my multiply site @ http://tallguy89.multiply.com

1st day at UK

Time check

It's 2.39pm spore, 6.39am UK

I just woke up just now ard 5am

checking my email, surf net etc

Temperature is freaking cold here

7 Degree C... o.O. Damn cold sia

Total time that I took from stepping out of my house to reaching the hostel is 28 hours !!!

Damn long sia... First, we take plane to London Heathrow, transit at Abu Dhabi...

First time ride an aeroplane. The take off is my favourite part !!! Wohoo

I cant believe that I'm going to UK for ITP

Then, after reaching London, need to take coach from Central bus station to Leceister b4 transferring to another coach to Loughborough

Then, went to security gatehouse to get Hostel keys & then walk to our hostel.

At that point of time, it was raining cats & dogs !!!

Yup, thats about it =D

Overall, I enjoyed the trip very much especially all that I did so far is first time

1st time:
-take aeroplane
-went to Europe
-experiencing cold weather

ITP Placement

Yup, this is where I will be working for ITP or rather OITP =D
I will be going to UK !
Up till now, i still cant believe it that I'm going there
But, the money that I spent is such a boom to me
$1500 plus using my savings to pay for air tix
the rest, $2000 SP give me for other expenses
and $1000 for my own expenses
I'll be going with Khair
So, good luck to everyone with their postings...
It's good that if u guys get something that it's related
Sorry to those who need to travel so far to their workplace
Well, what can I say
most of the companies at Tuas, Jurong & Jurong Island mah
It's good that I live in the west
LOL
Tomorrow, last paper =)

Dad's Sickness

It's february 2009.... time files.
Just to share some sad news... my dad admitted to SGH for sudden stroke (high BP)
Incident happened last fri
my dad stopped at side road (drive taxi) coz he was feeling dizziness. A passer-by saw my dad & call an ambulance. He fainted on the way to SGH.
Found out that one of the arteries break.. causing blood to flow out to the brains.
Now, in ICU ward 52B, SGH block 5 level 2
Feeling ok, in stable condition by still very weak.
My dad did not take daily medication since last yr to reduce BP =.=
To all my friends, mind offer some prayers to my dad on speedy recovery. Thanks

Some enlightenment

I just shave just now !!!! YES !!! I just shave my moustache. haha.... hopefully this can enlighten u guys...

Anyway, it's the brand new year, 2009. New Year, new resolutions, etc. Hopefully this year will be a smooth sailing one in my life. I got back my MST results. I pass 4 papers but i fail 2 of them. Fail due to my carelessness & lack of write-up. Nvr mind, I will buck up.

Just now, I got help out in polymer scrabble, I must say that it's a good one though not so many audiences. Overall, i enjoyed it. Hopefully, there will be again nxt yr. Exams is 6 weeks away & i have not started to revise due to my homeworks & datasheets, which just keep coming in non-stop. I will start revising soon. Yesterday, I just ended my last report of the semester =D I have yet to start my exercise regime. Oh God, please give me motivation. Maybe Boon Kiat is my source of motivation =)

Yup, thats all for the update. Tmr, Japanese class @ Sultan =D

Last Day of 2008

It is the end of 2008 and many things have happened along the way.... both good & bad ones.
Well, I have faced it thorough the year 2008. Just treat it as a history behind it & i will remember it. By the way, just wanna wish all of my friends a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 !!!

May 2009 be a great year ahead for u & ur family and hoping for the best of me... Cheers !!! =D

Updates !!!

Sorry for not updating for so long
Firstly, I had MST way back before the 3 week breaks. Overall, i did ok
Then today is the last day of week 2 of holidays.
The mission that I need to accomplish is to complete all 11 Homeworks in these 3 short weeks. Here is the list:
MATSCI Case Study
POLYSCI Case Study
PMAI Group Presentation
ESA Case Study
BIA Formal Report
MATSCI Formal Report
ESA Formal Report
PI Datasheet
PMAI Datasheet
MATSCI Datasheet
German Assignment

Wow, thats a lot of things to do. Hopefully, i can finish all in time

Yup,thats about it.

YS Farewell Dinner with Bro Salleh

This afternoon after school, I went to Beach Rd food ctr after school with YS members & Bro Salleh. It's somehow the farewell dinner with him coz tmr he will be departing to Egypt on 13 nov, 2am. Well, I ate Ayam Penyet & Satay. We just have a chit chat. i had fun though we sit at separate tables. Went home from there around 6pm plus... I also met new friend named Khairul Anwar, Rashid's 2nd cousin.

Yup, thats about it

YS Chillout@ECP cum farewell party to Bro Salleh

Yesterday, I had fun at ECP. We had the YS gathering cum farewell party to bro salleh. Luckily, Bro Salleh didnt know about our secret gathering for him till me, bro rizal brought him there around 11am. Supposed to start at 10am but in the end, he woke up late. There were games such as telematchetc & food etc. The food was nice. Most of it was sponsor, thanks to YS members. I didnt participate at all coz I'm the cameraman. me & Bro Rizal bring along sis waheeda. She's going to be our assistant YDO. Great man...

The best part of this outing was i get to know each other better. Apart from that, I get to learn new skills such as playing soccer, etc... all thanks to bro salleh. The climax part was sabotaging. Our plan is to drag him to the sea... but, he's to strong. But then, he finally surrender himself & one of my friend drag him to the sea. Bro rizal was seen dragging to the sea too. me ? nearly coz i ran away, giving the excuse as my clothes. I did bring the clothes i supposed to wear for swim, but then i was lazy to change... If I changed at that time, u can drag me to the sea but then again, i prefer if i just jump to the sea myself... haha. anyway in the end, i didnt kena that but only ppl throwing flour & waterbomb at me while i'm playing soccer. haha =D. Speaking of soccer, Bro Salleh just bought it for YS & has a signature of him, so that when we play the ball, we'll always remember him.

Around the evening, something bad happened. Bro Salleh's uncle passed away. In the end, our prog have to be shifted foward as he has to go home early. We had our doa perpisahan, which i find it sad for me. After that, we did stayed at ECP for so long till 10.45pm, where they finally wants to go home !!! Went home by bro rizal car & reached home at 0115hrs.

*Btw, to Bro Salleh, even if I knew u for only 1 month, the friendship,experience,guidance (esp teaching me soccer) that u have given to me is something that I will tressure it for the rest of my life. I will never forget u though u always tease me at the mosque all the time. =D Thanks for evrything. I will see u in 3 yrs time, passing with flying colours. Friends Forever !!! =D To the 4 organisers, thank u for organising this event. it's really fun & enjoyable. I really2 appreciated ur hard work to make this event a successful one. Good job & effort !!! kudos to u guys =D

U guys might be wondering where will he heads to ? He will be heading to Egypt to continue his school at AL-Azhar uni, taking arabic lang studies.