Nathaniel's Hippodrome

Its a Marathon, Not a Sprint.

2011-05-17T02:09:00.000-07:00

I haven't written anything on my blog for more then 2 months now. Its been a super challenging time for me here in India. Frustration, annoyance, disgruntlement. I was at first diagnosed with having renal calculi. I did multiple ultrasounds and a CT scan here in India but the scans showed nothing. So I thought maybe the stone had passed out and the doctors kept on saying that theres nothing to worry about. So I would go home feeling a little bit more relieved.

However, the severe pain kept coming back again and again. Pain is rather subjective. It is so difficult to describe pain to people. There are two types of pain, acute and chronic pain. In which it is further subdivided into more categories. Being a person who is active in sports and suffered so many different types of injuries, pain shouldn't be a problem for me. But this pain is totally different. I've never experienced anything like it. People who have not experienced it will not understand. If I hadn't got it, I probably could not imagine how the pain can prevent one from sleeping,talking and even causing a loss in appetite. This is by far the worst type of pain that I've experienced and I don't think I would wish that my enemies would suffer the same thing. Yeah, Its that bad and I'm not exaggerating one bit. Enough about the pain already.

So basically, this pain has prevented me from attending classes and studying like normal. I naturally became more worried because there wasn't much explanation for the pain. Why on earth is it still there if the doctors say that there is nothing there?? So I decided to go back to Malaysia and have a second opinion. (wait, not second but 4th or 5th opinion) I did all the blood tests, urine microscopy , an ultrasound and finally a MRI. I think by now, I might have had undergone more ultrasound scans compared to a pregnant lady. -.-'' Everything was clear! I didn't know if I should be happy or sad. If everything was fine, what on earth was causing this TERRIBLE pain?

I saw my urologist the next day and he suddenly came up with a diagnosis. Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome. WTH is that I thought? He said it was an auto immune disease and that there is no cure for it. Wow, Thank You doctor , thats very comforting. He referred me to a nephrologist on the same day. While waiting for the other doctor to come, I googled this unknown syndrome.

Its a SUPER rare disorder( only about 200+ cases worldwide) and 80% of the people affected are women. No cure and only pain management. I didn't want to read further at that time and so I went in to see the nephrologist. He was a much better person as compared to the stupid, uncompassionate urologist. (he should seriously improve on his people skills no matter how good he is) He said that he will not do a biopsy because it is an invasive procedure and I am young so he wouldn't want to damage anything. The most comforting part was that he said the pain will taper off after some time ( how long is 'some time' , well I don't know)

At home I read more about this unheard of disease. I bet that 80% of my lecturers have not even heard of it. It IS NOT AN AUTOIMMUNE disease so the urologist gave a bad description about it.

So I flew back to India, just hoping that the pain will be some how taper off eventually. At that time, I didn't know what was worrying me more. My health, attendance or studies. Obviously its a no brainer, Health always comes first.

I could always blame bad luck but I guess I will not do it. The first 5 months in India, I was plagued with diarrhoea and food poisoning . Just as I thought everything was fine after I got sensitized to the food here, I got this problem. Well, I can only think of it as a challenge by God to make me a better person. Maybe he wants me to understand how a patient feels so that I will study even harder. My parents and other family members have been super supportive during this tough period and I can't thank them enough. I wouldn't want to make them worried but this is not just a regular bout of flu where you will recover quickly so I had to tell them. My friends here have been helpful as well .

Anyway, hope I can sit for my final exam this time around and that they will have some mercy (those tempes think differently) However , no matter what the outcome is , this whole episode will definitely make me a stronger person and a better doctor in the future. I will not give up that easily. Like my cousin used to say ''MBBS is not a sprint, Its a Marathon'' There is still a long way to go and this is just a hurdle in life.

I'll leave you with a video I saw on Maegyvear's blog. Very inspirational.

Our Mysore Family

2011-03-03T09:31:00.001-08:00

After knowing our placements here in India, the only guy I knew rather well was Cheng. Mei Yee and Loga were my classmates in KTT but we weren't that close. I knew Wan just a little from football. Asida, always saw her playing badminton in the evenings but hardly ever talked to her. Shafiee, I barely knew he even existed. Aisyah on the other hand was a total new discovery all together during KI. All my really close friends were scattered all over Karnataka and some even in Karad. Obviously I was quite sad with the placement of everyone. I'm pretty sure the rest of my friends here in Mysore felt the same.

However, after more then half a year staying together here in Mysore, I can't help but feel that we're one big(actually its small) happy family.

The numerous meals, functions, birthday parties have made us to somewhat bond with each other. Im really grateful with what I have here in Mysore. We are close with our seniors too which is good. Maybe its because we are just a small community of Malaysians in a foreign land thus making us bond easily.

Recently, Kesha got sick and was admitted to hospital. It was beautiful to see all of us together in that small room with her. We're all in this together. Liverpool's awesome motto, 'You'll Never Walk Alone' often rings in my head at times like this. Anyway, I'll leave you with some photos before I continue nerding :)

The Ugly Side of Things..

2011-02-26T05:46:00.000-08:00

Some of us here in India haven't actually seen much of the 'other side' of India. The side not usually highlighted by the media (only occasionally)

Today, me and my housemate were one our way to our college football field when my senior called to tell that football is cancelled. We were like 200m away from our destination when we got to know about it. My friend decided to take a detour (not just turn back and back track all the way home). It was like some kind of adventure. We passed through soooooo many things that will make you just depressed. The state at which some people are living here is just so sad. Houses made from leaves,mud. All in a very crowded area, no proper sanitation, no electricity. These are the things that will just open your eyes and make you appreciate the things you have in life.

Little kids were just loitering around with sticks in their hands, some playing with stones without a care in the world. Its just sad to see that they don't really have much of a future. Something must be done to help these people. The gulf between the rich and the poor here is just too great~! Something must be done to help these people. I didn't take any pictures of the places that I passed simply because it was too depressing. How can the rich people live comfortably in their HUGE houses when these people are suffering every night? Makes you start to ponder. When has the world ever been fair?

I think the things that I've witnessed today will spur me on to work harder and be a doctor. Helping these kind of people would certainly bring me joy. God willing, I hope it'll come true in the future:)

Friday Nights ..

2011-02-25T08:10:00.000-08:00

Friday nights used to be something that I look forward to every week when I was schooling. Not now though, we have classes on Saturdays too. My current mood : bored and lazy. Its been quite some time since i've written anything here. My 3rd internals were over last week. I think I have a tendency to be overconfident with my ability to memorize and understand stuff. Thus I leave certain topics to last minute reading leading to disaster. In medicine, you'll only get confused if you do that. Causing massive confusion when you're answering the exam questions. Note to self. Never leave studies to the 11th hour .

Oh ya. I've got an interesting story about something that happened during my Physiology exam last week. Halfway into the exam, some guy from the forensic department came into the examination hall saying that some people are cheating using bluetooth devices. 2 people were caught hiding something in their ears . They used the bluetooth device to connect to someone outside the hall and read the questions to the senior helping them . Damn crazy right? So brave of them to even do that. The cool thing about it was that the Forensic professor was smarter then them because he discovered them cheating(the forensic dept was carrying out a test too, so he used his mobile phone to check if anyone was using bluetooth in the exam hall to connect with people outside).

Other then that, it finally rained yesterday. After 2.5 long and dry months! IT RAINED~! I was so excited seeing the rain. Its nothing like the rain in Malaysia but I was thankful nevertheless for the showers of blessing from God.

Anyway, I gotta go now. Should start studying. Practicals in 10 days time. Sorry for such a disjointed blog post..

~you'll never walk alone~

Dancing In the Rain

2011-02-05T01:18:00.000-08:00

Malaysia has been experiencing really bad weather the past week. I've been reading about reports of floods occurring in the Southern part of Peninsular Malaysia and also some parts of Pahang. Such great contrast to the weather over here. Its SUPER dry here. I'm not one that fancies putting lotion before sleeping but I have no choice but to apply it here. Alot of trees seem to be drying up and the grass is turning brown. (If got green patches means someone probably 'fertilized' it la *wink*) It isn't even summer yet! It still is kindda cold at night and hot in the afternoons.

I can't remember the last time it rained here. Early December perhaps? Haha..I'm complaining about it not raining now but come July/August, I'll probably be complaining about the rain. Hope to see some rain clouds sometime soon as its getting really dusty !

I miss this! Football in the rain and mud, always the best. Loved the sliding tackles:)

This is more like it. Exactly what this place looks like during the monsoon season

The Humble Umbrella...A must during that period. Though Mangalore/Manipal students use it all year round :)

Why ewwww?

2011-02-01T02:05:00.000-08:00

You need to love a place in order to live comfortably and achieve your goals. I no longer despise India but I have started to be more positive about things here. It ain't a bad place to live and study. If I was in UK or Russia, I would be practically dying there because of the cold and the food. I for one can't live without rice. Here, the food is nice (just that you tend to get bored after a while) .

I've made a few friends in college and also around the area where I live. The guy at Lemon Tree, Pascucci, our caretaker, Mr Ranganatha . I believe that getting to know the people around you makes you feel more at home. Cheng, Wan and I try to talk to them in the little Kannada that we know. We're nice to our caretaker and guess what? Today he paid for my auto because I didn't have change. I went upstairs to go grab some change and the auto driver was already leaving. See! If you do good to others, most of the time good things happen to you.

Anyway, I bought these 2 jerseys recently. I like the blue one. India's cricket jersey! I know people will say EWWW...dah macam tempe etc etc...but who cares:) I'm gonna be here for 5 years man! I will make the most of my stay here:)

Next step : try to understand how the whole cricket game is played .

~You'll Never Walk Alone~

Transfer Frenzy~!

2011-01-31T22:46:00.000-08:00

Last night was just absolutely crazy! Frantic stuff going on all over Europe especially in England. What am I talking about? The transfer deadline of cause. It was all really exciting mainly due to the fact that Liverpool were playing a big part in the whole thing. Fernando Torres's departure sparked a massive domino effect on a few clubs. Liverpool got Andy Carroll for 35 million Pounds which I still think is a ridiculous fee for someone with just so little experience at a top level. Just hopes he is a fantastic buy for the club.

I was following ESPN Soccernet throughout the night and I must say, it very much reminded me of the stock markets. All the hustle of bustle of players going here and there.Those crazy rumours. Rejected bids. One thing is for sure, there was so much drama the whole night. Liverpool fans are really bitter by the manner at which Torres has left the club. They're saying he didn't even say 'thanks' for the immense support he got from the fans all the while he was here. Some idiots went as far as burning the shirt of their former icon. I just feel that he should have at least thanked them. Moving to Chelsea as he described was a 'BIG STEP FORWARD' in his career. It remains to be seen. One of my favourite quotes about Chelsea that I came across last night was that 'they're a plastic club with a load of plastic players'. Quite true actually.

Anyway, I can't wait to see Suarez and Carroll pair up front for this club. Its a mouth-watering prospect :) It cant only get better from here as we've hit rock bottom already this season. God Bless Liverpool!

It was something like this following last night's action:)

I bet some people's reaction was the same as this when they heard Liverpool's bid for Carrol cost 35mil!

Club's most expensive player. Crazy in my opinion because he was simply unknown just 7 months ago. Hope its a masterstroke by King Kenny.

Fish Auction in Japan. Can't help feel the same way about the way football players are these days. The highest bidder gets the player.

Hope he scores loads of goals for Liverpool too. Torres wasn't a prolific goalscorer in Athletico Madrid either. Sometimes, its all about the service a striker gets.

He looks good in a LFC kit doesn't he? ;)

You'll Never Walk Alone

2011-01-30T00:44:00.000-08:00

No player is ever bigger then the club. So with the imminent departure of Fernando Torres from Liverpool, I still believe that there is still hope for this club. Its been a very long time sine I've wrote anything about football here. Not that I'm not interested in the Beatiful Game anymore, its just that Liverpool have simply been so poor this season. I simply do not want to remember anything from this season.

The arrival of Liverpool Legend , Kenny Dalglish seemed to have sparked a revival for the team from Merseyside. Many people have started believing that the good times will be back sooner rather then later.

On Friday night, before sleeping I sent a text to Selvan telling him that Liverpool have signed Suarez from Ajax. A record signing too! A real positive step in my eyes. However, the very next day, this good news was overshadowed by the fact that Fernando Torres handed in a transfer request to the club. I couldn't believe that he would do such a thing. More so after Liverpool are showing intent (with new owners, a new manager,etc? that they mean business now.

Nevertheless, perhaps he is just frustrated at the lack of trophies here. A footballer's career is a very short one and he's already 27 this year. Perhaps it really is time to go and be part of a better team. Perhaps he looked at the aging Stevie G and asked himself 'Do I want to be like him?' A fantastic player stuck in a club where they never seem to be 'RIGHT UP THERE CHALLENGING FOR TITLES'. Yeah, I definitely can understand his frustration but I also believe he should show more loyalty to the club and the fans who love (now maybe loved) him so much!

No matter how terrible, awful, woeful Liverpool are, I'll still be supporting them. Once a Red, Always a red! Torres can leave if he wants to. The money that the club gets from selling him could be used to buy many other players and thus strengthen the squad.

You'll Never Walk Alone. I sense a brighter few years ahead of Liverpool now.

Can't believe that he's even considering Chelsea. A RIVAL of Liverpool. He should go to Spain or Italy .

Dark, dark times at LFC . Just look at their faces..

In Kenny , We Trust!

Hope this guy would be a Legend at Liverpool. The missing link perhaps?

Living Skills

2011-01-27T06:45:00.000-08:00

They say that if you know how to cook, you can pretty much survive anywhere in the world. I think its true. I've been enjoying home cooked meals for more then a week now. Cooking's actually really easy. Its not rocket science, basically you just mix whatever you want and walaa! A tasty meal that somewhat resembles the awesome food you have at home. I got tired of all the masala, butter chicken, briyani, fried rice, gobi manchurian etc! Everything tastes almost the same. Solution? Cook la

I'll perhaps show some pictures of the food that my housemates and I cooked(not now, someday:)

Here are some pictures of the things I see almost everyday in India. Just a teaser..;)

The lovely pattern on the coffee from Pascucci

Goats passing in front of our house. A daily routine with the 'shepherd' leading them. I once saw a newly born goat. This is something you don't see everyday in KL

Kids peeing! Seriously, they were:) Hopefully in 10-20 years time, we won't see this in India anymore

My housemate happily playing Ragnarok . Another thing I see EVERYDAY. He's studying now by the way.

Since my housemate who always plays games has started studying, I guess its time for me to get started too. Till then, adios! :)

New Experiences ('',)

2011-01-22T09:21:00.000-08:00

It was Ponggal and a holiday here in Mysore. I woke up really early that morning just to go for a jog and experience the cold weather in the mornings. I woke shorts and a t shirt and went out. I passed by a few temples and some of them had some colourful drawing/paintings/whatever you call it on the ground in front of the temples.

At the park, I was the only one not using warm clothing. Never try to be a hero during winter! You'll end up suffering. The temperature that time was probably somewhere between 12-14 degrees C. I jogged for 2 rounds and I had to stop because I couldn't feel my hands anymore. It was a fun experience though. I did not even sweat one bit and I went back home and just jumped into bed to continue sleeping.

I do wonder how those EPL players play during winter. Its freaking crazy! In fact, its torture!

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Lectures were rather boring this week. The only interesting lecture was respiration I think. The rest was so-so. Dissection was fun. Got to play with the brain .
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Another really interesting thing happened today. We woke up and went for classes as usual. I was rather pumped up because it's a Saturday which means half day of class . When we arrived in college, I saw people walking in the opposite direction( towards the hostels). Alot of people were just standing around at the foyer of the college. Alot of discussion going around everywhere. Suddenly Wan appeared and told us that classes were cancelled due to some strike. YAY! (but burned 100 Rupees on auto fare though)
This would have never happened back home so all these new experiences are really fun. Especially when they involve HOLIDAYS. Anyway, most shops were closed till about 6 in the evening.

January is already coming to an end. Another few weeks till second internals. I've gotta study hard! ROAR!
Looking forward to the 24th of January . The A-Level results will be out then, hope all my juniors will do well. God bless. OK NEED TO STUDY NOW! BYE

My Limousine

2011-01-14T03:15:00.000-08:00

In India, public transport is easily available unlike Malaysia. Autos can be seen at almost every corner of the streets here. Since we're staying a few Km away from college we have to take these auto rickshaws to college. It costs around Rs 50 one way for 3 people. Quite alot of money actually. So basically we catch our auto from these regular group of people from a nearby auto stand. Today, like every other morning we went out. UNFORTUNATELY there were no more autos in the waiting in the stand.

We were running late already (but I wasnt too worried actually , because our first class was just a class about communication skills of a doctor) Anyway, this old uncle came along in his auto and we stopped him. We asked him the price and he mumbled something in Kannada and we could make him out saying 60 Rupees. OK whatever la uncle, just get us to class.PRONTO!
This old man 'drove' us there in WALKING PACE. Shit! haha..I bet I could run faster. He even stopped by his friend's house on the way to get 'Ponggal'(sweet rice) and was coughing and spitting phlegm all the way to college. The journey that normally takes just 10 minutes took 20 minutes today. We were 3 minutes late. Once we got down, I gave him a 100 Rupee note and he just gave me 20 bucks back. DAMN OLD FOOL! He cheated us! But we were too late to argue with him. So we just cursed at him and ran off for class. May God punish all these cheaters! On the other hand, that old fool looked really sickly to put it in a good way, perhaps we donated some money for his hospital fees. Anyway, these is what foreigners here have to deal with most of the time. They try and trick/cheat/manipulate/threaten their way into getting more money. Screw them though, we've been here long enough to know the normal rates.
I'll leave you with two pictures .

HEBAT RIGHT MY AUTO?? HAHA...IN MY DREAMS ONLY LA..

This is more like it...See that happy old man who's waiting to cheat people? Haha.

11.1.11

2011-01-10T23:36:00.001-08:00

The date's supposed to be auspicious? Highly doubt it cause I'm still having fever and flu. I kindda hate winter already (yes..even the winter in Mysore). I'm truly a Malaysian and I tend to thrive in hot and humid conditions.:) Conclusion: I need to get FATTER and boost my immune system:)

Found this online..So I'll just do this for fun while waiting for lunch.

LASTS:
1. Last beverage→ Plain Water
2. Last phone call–> Cheng
3. Last text message→ Aunty Junee
4. Last song you listened to–> This morning..Whaddya want from me ,adam lambert. Cheng was listening to it before going to class.
5. Last time you cried→ Err..2009?

HAVE YOU EVER:
1. Dated someone twice → Does dinner count? If so, then Yes
2. Been cheated on? Nope
3. Kissed someone & regretted it? → Noo
4. Lost someone special?→ Yeah, 3 people in the year I was sitting for my SPM.
5. Been depressed?→ Who hasn't?
6. Been drunk and threw up? → I don't drink @.@

LIST FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:
1.Red
2.Black
3.Blue

HAVE YOU:
1. Made new friends → In India? yeap:)
2. Fallen out of love → Nope.
3. Laughed until you cried → Yeah...probably during one of those suppers with my cousins and brother:)
4. Met someone who changed you → Yeap
5. Found out who your true friends were → Definitely
6. Found out someone was talking about you → Erm..Yea, loads of times but i pretend that I didn't hear anything
7. Kissed anyone on your friend’s list? → The facebook list?
8. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life → I know about 97% of them.
9. How many kids do you want to have→ Dunno....2? Not relevant question in my life now
10. Do you have any pets → Not now
11. Do you want to change your name→ Nope.I love my name. No one in the world has the same name
12. What did you do for your last birthday → Studied Physiology
13. What time did you wake up today → 5am (studied abit then didn't feel too good so I went back to bed) :(
14. What were you doing at midnight last night → Sleeping
15. Name something you CANNOT wait for → The next HOLIDAYS!!
16. Last time you saw your father→ 2nd Jan. Skype doesn't count
17. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life→ I'm relatively happy about it now...so nah..
18. What are you listening to right now → The sound of the fan, and a few horns going off every now and then
19. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom → Hmm...I don't think so
23. What’s getting on your nerves right now? → The fact that I'm sick and I cant attend classes:(
24. Most visited web page → Facebook obviously...followed by soccernet and twitter

WHAT:
1. What’s your name → Don't wanna answer this
2. Nicknames → Most of the nicknames I get are from my height.People used to call me Gerrard in school. Haha..
3. Relationship Status → Married to Chaurasia, Jain and Vasudevan .Single la duhh
4. Zodiac sign → Virgo
5. Male or female → -.-''
6. Elementary school→ Tudm Sbg
7. High School → TTDI jaya
8. Height →184cm, the last time i checked. Though I might have grown a Cm or 2 :)
10. Hair color → Almost black.haha.
11. good at → Sports I suppose
16. bad at → Dancing , Everything related to Art.
17. What do you like about yourself? → lalala~
18: What don’t you like about yourself? → Im shy?
19. Piercings → No..I'm not easily influenced by that stuff
20. Tattoos → A BIG NO
21. Righty or lefty → RIGHT

FIRSTS :
22. First fight → Should be with my brother
23. First embarrassment → cant remember
24. First best friend → erm...Ikram. My neighbour when I was in standard 1
26. First kiss → O
27. First pet → Fish
28. First vacation→ Haiyo..Can't remember la
29. First crush → Lol..to be honest, I don't know
30. First boyfriend → I'm not gay
49. Eating → I don't understand this question. But I would love to eat nasi lemak instead of briyani
50. Drinking → water water water .H2O is the way to go!
52. I’m about to → Have lunch
53. Listening to → I've already answered this
55. Waiting for –> Cheng and the rest to come home from class

YOUR FUTURE :
58. Want kids? → Yea, I think so
59. Want to get married? → Probably
60. Careers in mind? → Im studying medicine. So yeah

YOUR PERFECT MATE
68. Lips or eyes → Eyes
69. Hugs or kisses → Hugs
70. Shorter or taller → Shorter
71. Older or Younger → Same age or younger
72. Passive or agressive → A mixture of both
73. Personality or looks → Both
74. Quiet or loud → 50/50
75. Hook-up or relationship → ?
77. Trouble maker or hesitant → Neither

HAVE YOU EVER :
78. Kissed a stranger → No
79. Drank hard liquor → Yucks Nope. I hate the smell of it
80. Lost glasses/contacts → Nope
81. Told a big lie…or joke → A big lie? Nah..Just white lies
82. Broken someone’s heart → You have to ask them. But probably yes
83. Had your own heart broken→ Yup..lol
85. Been arrested → No no no
86. Turned someone down → Yea..please don't curse me..
87. Cried when someone died → Hmm..got tears la
88. Liked a friend that is a girl? → Yeap.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
89. Yourself → Yeah.
90. Miracles → Istanbul baybeh!
92. Hell → yeap
93. Santa Clause –> nope2
95. Kiss on the first date? → Noo
96. Angels → Yes...lazy to type already

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
97. Is there one person you want to be with right now? → More then one person.--> My family!
98. Had more than one boyfriend/girlfriend at one time? Never had one also, how can I have many!
100. Posting this as 100 Truths? → :)

T.W.E.N.T.Y.E.L.E.V.E.N

2011-01-04T23:56:00.000-08:00

Holidays have come and gone. It was a short and sweet holiday in Malaysia. I enjoyed every moment of it. It was really great to see my family again, the food and my old friends:) Didn't take many photos at home though(Didn't wanna waste precious time you see)

Its also time to say Goodbye to 2010. The year I left home and went to India. I will summarize 2010 in 1 word--> Average. and Average isn't good enough.

Here's to a more productive 2011!:) I have my own new year's resolutions but I'll keep them to myself for now. Its always better to do things silently and then BANG!:)

Some Pictures from 2010.( Since my blog posts have been really dull recently)

Memories from 2010
KI in KTT! It was really fun to meet up with all my close friends before separating in India

Now don't they look familiar? See them everyday now:) The Mysore Family

My Best friends in KTT! (sorry about your eye Selvan-tried to remove the red eyes effect)

Susu! All geared up for India
The 3 headed monsters!
Seconds before he nearly dropped my phone- he stil remembers that moment :)HAHA!

Then there was Feskott. Probably the last ever athletics meet that I'll take part in.

I then enjoyed the World Cup where the team I supported lifted the cup of life! They're the perfect example to the world that people should not give up so easily after a failure. They did not let the defeat in their 1st match effect them and they were mentally strong + had enough self confidence to eventually be the best team in the world.
After all the farewells and goodbyes, it was time to leave home and head off to land of spices! What and experience it had been I've got to say.

First glimpses of India

With my juniors, this year it'll be their turn to rock India:) I have to say, I can't wait for them to come.haha:p

We looked so happy and fresh back then. I'm very sure the intensity of the dark circles around the eys have increased greatly since then.

1 Malaysia in Mysore. When we are overseas, we don't introduce ourselves as Malay,Chinese, Indian ,etc. We just call ourselves Malaysians. People back home should follow suit.

My Family <3 style="text-align: justify;">I'm being really honest here. India is actually a great place to study. There are of cause ALOT of trials and tribulations that you will face once you are here but I believe that these are the things that will eventually build your character. Alot of people back home don't really know how India is like. They have a certain picture of India in their heads (most of it negative stuff) .While some if it may be true, other peoples' idea of India is just WRONG. One has to stay here and experience it for themselves to judge.

This year, I do not want to complain about being here but rather be thankful that I've been given a fantastic opportunity to study medicine here. So yeap! No more comparing everything to Malaysia, I'll make the most of what I've got here.

Back to more photos...

The Manipal Family come over for a short visit:) Great to see them again!
Playing badminton with Selvan in Marena!
With KTT-ians in Mangalore
The Majestic Mysore Palace. I still think it looks better when the lights are switched off.
Us at the Mysore Zoo! The animals there were damn healthy

With some of my local friends here. The people here are really friendly!:)

St Philomena's Church.

We dropped by Ooty when the Manipal family visited us

Met up with these people after so LONG! haha..I think i have put on enough weight to survive the next 7 months here.

Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! May 2011 be an awesome year for us:)
This was actually my first time ever taking a picture with the Jalur Gemilang :p This is what being away from your home country does to you.

Sensitized~!

2010-12-14T22:48:00.001-08:00

Here in India, lecturers are extremely strict/think they're always right/demand respect/vaults of knowledge. I've seen people being scolded for no apparent reason at all or very petty things such as YAWNING! I mean, yawning sometimes can't actually be avoided right? That professor being the Head Of Department of Physiology should know better (or at least one would think so)

What is yawning?
from wikipedia

A yawn (from the Middle English yanen, an alteration of yonen or yenen, which in turn comes from the Old English geonian^[1]), is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation of air and stretching of the eardrums, followed by inhalation of breath.

I guess the second sentence is the reason why they get so pissed off when people are yawning in their class.

Yawning is associated with tiredness, stress, overwork, lack of stimulation, and boredom. Yawning can also be a powerful non-verbal message with several possible meanings, depending on the circumstances. HIGHLIGHT the WORD BOREDOM!!

People who smile in class also get scolded. Like WTH right? What if I smile because I'm happy to learn the stuff that they're teaching. Anyway, we all have just got to live with their ancient methods of teaching in this country.

The past 10 days have been super stressful. I started studying too late for the portions for my internals and well, you just can't study last minute in medicine. It will lead to EPIC FAILURE. I have definitely learnt my lesson. I still have one more paper to go--> Biochemistry! and then its HOME!:)

Who said studying medicine is easy? Frankly, nobody. Its all about hard work and consistency.

Its not all rosy here in Mysore I have to say. Recently, all the Malaysian student had to see the Principal because we mass bunked classes in October. Most of my friends skipped class to study for the internals and I was sick during that time. I have naturally annoyed when they told me not to bunk. I tried telling them that I was sick during that period but obviously people here don't believe me. My attendance is low because early on, I was sick very often. But there is no such thing as Sick Leave in this stupid place. Haha! But it was a good experience though(not the being sick part la) The part where we had to see the principal. I've never been called to the Principal's Office for 'discipline problems'. I know I did nothing wrong so I can perhaps laugh it off now. Just hope I won't get sick next year. I have BIG PLANS for 2011 so I hope God will bless me with Good Health.

This bible verse is also pasted on the wall in front of me to further motivate me while I'm studying.
'' He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgement. Diligent hands will rule , but lazyness ends in slave labour. The lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possesions.''
Proverbs 12: 11,24,27

~Hope the next one week will past in a flash! Can't wait to smell the air at home!:)

~You'll Never Walk Alone~

COUNTDOWN!

2010-12-02T05:00:00.000-08:00

20 days to go before I finally head HOME! YES! Never felt like this before probably because I used to go home every weekend when I was in KTT.

What's on my mind now? HOMEEEE and FOOTBALL and SPORTS and GREAT FOOD!

If people say that I've lost weight since coming here, I'm going to blame it on DIARRHOEA! I thought I was sensitized to the food here already till I got it again today. Miss class again today which sucks!

I currently am feeling super bored here. Just 4 days to go before my Physiology Internals. Hope my preparation will be good enough. There's ALOT to read and I don't think I've felt as if I know everything from the book even after reading 2 times. Maybe I should work EVEN HARDER for the future exams so that can follow the footsteps of my seniors.

I wished there we're people who played football nearby (I could just join in whenever I want to). Badminton also has been shelved aside as everyone is having exams. I was gaining back my stamina somewhere in September/October for the badminton tournament among us Malaysians . During that tournament, I somehow managed to beat my senior who was unbeaten against me in the final.It was an epic match -just like all the games that I've played against him,it lasted 3 sets. In the end, my stamina was good enough to edge him. fter that, it has been downhill and I've also stopped going to the gym after falling sick in mid October. (must start back next year!!)

Anyways, blogging to kill time while waiting for my food to arrive now. There is a power cut here(happens everyday) now and I've switched off all the lights just to save electricity because we're using just a small generator.

Hope the next 20 days will past in a FLASH! till then, tata!

Namaste Again :)

2010-11-28T04:44:00.000-08:00

My 1st internals are done and dusted already. I did alright I think(for the 1st ever exam in India) but lots more room for improvement. My practicals were over last week and I will be having my second internals next week. I will make sure I study really really hard for that. Going back to Malaysia straight after my last paper will definitely be a great motivating factor.

Once again, I am too lazy to upload pictures on my blog. They're all in facebook so you can view them there. Like I said in the last post, surprises await you everyday in India. Both good and bad. I recently went for my first long trip in India during Diwali. It was great to meet my best friends there after a long time. Hope we all stay connected throughout the 5 years . Keeping in touch with people is a two-way thing. If you're the only one 'pulling the strings' and making an effort to keep in touch with your friends, then that friendship will not last long. Well, that is how I see it anyway. Too lazy to elaborate on this point.

Anyways, I went to Mangalore and visited Manipal as well (Manipal is about an hours bus ride from Mangalore). So Cheng and me, with two of our seniors (Albert and Yi You) bought train tickets online and we were on our way to Mangalore. We went via sleeper class ( THE SECOND WORST CLASS ) but it was a good adventure though. If you are young and healthy, it shouldn't be a problem to travel in this class. We couldn't get better classes as we booked our tickets quite late. The journey took about 8 hours and 45 minutes. It was a really long ride and I didn't really sleep well because I was rather worried about my bags about pick pockets. I was probably paranoid after hearing alot of stories about theft in the train but to be honest, it was quite safe. Better be safe then sorry though and you mustn't be complacent cause everything could happen in a split second.

I had an awesome time in Mangalore meeting up with ALOT of my friends from KTT. Thanks to those who took time off from their studies to meet us and to those who took the trouble to bring us around.

We went to Manipal on the second day. I have to say, being in Manipal , you don't really feel like you're experiencing life in India. They're so many foreigners and Malaysians there. The main admin building was not as nice as looked in the pictures but one thing that was AWESOME was MARENA. The newly built sports complex in Manipal. I wish there was one here in Mysore but I shouldn't complain. We had some Malaysian food in Manipal and I was off to Marena to play badminton with Selvan. People would probably think I'm crazy. Travel all the way just to play badminton but that makes me happy. Too simple? Maybe. It was fantastic to meet up with both my former housemates again. HAHA..it was as if we we're in KTT. The good ol days. Too bad the BDS students were having exams during that time so I couldn't really spend much time with them.

We came back from Mangalore by bus and the cold weather that greeted us back in Mysore was a welcomed change from the scorching conditions in Mangalore. Okay, maybe scorching isn't the right word but it was certainly really hot there.

I came back and had practical exams 10 days after that. It was a good exposure to practical exams. VIVAs can be really scary at times especially when you don't know what the lecturers are going to ask you. One thing I learnt from this exam was that you need a certain amount of luck during practicals. I did relatively well in my practicals and the thing I need to improve alot is my spotters for gross anatomy. Need to play around with the cadaver more often during dissection .

The weekend after our practicals ended, the Manipal Family (thats what they call themselves) came down to Mysore for a visit. Had an amazing time with them again. Thank God for enabling us to be able to meet up quite often. We went to Ooty too but the whole trip was rather a rushed one as they just spent one day to travel around Mysore and a few hours to cover Ooty. Ooty is definitely a place that everyone should visit if they're here. Its really peaceful and not polluted up there. I really enjoyed the journey through the forest reserve ( we got to see wild deers,peacocks,bixon, elephants and even a BLACK BEAR...and did i mention in the WILD?? ) haha.I prefer these kind of places rather than shopping centres and busy polluted cities.

Well, pictures can once again be viewed on facebook. I'll stop writing now. Can't wait to go back HOME next MONTH!! WHEEEE:)
Till then, You'll Never Walk Alone :)

The Republic of India~

2010-10-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

FINALLY~!! After almost 3 months here, I'm updating my blog. *blows away the spiderwebs* There's just soooooooo much to write about my new experience here in India. Studies have been okay thus far though I believe it has been disrupted quite a few times when I was sick. During the first two months, I got diarrhoea almost every week -.-'' I guess after all that, I'm finally sensitized to the food here. I should do better in the second internals as well since I'm all adjusted to this place already. Other than that, I believe India's a great place to LEARN new things. Everyday's like an adventure here.

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The weeks leading up to my departure, mama n papa cooked alot of amazing food. We even had a small family gathering on the last weekend I spent at home before leaving. Almost everyone was there so it was awesome! It was a pity I didn't manage to go to Taiping and see my uncles and aunties over there. One of the last few meals I had at home was NASI LEMAK (lol..I'd go crazy if I see it now) and Bak Kut Teh. ***************************************************************************************
Trip to the airport
We left the house rather early, just to be safe of cause (after picking Keevan up from college). Shabi akka came straight from school to send me off at the airport too. Haha! Not too long ago, I was the one sending her off to UK...but this time it was my turn ;) Alot of my juniors from KTT came too( cyaa guys next year)

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The Aeroplane
The plane was very small. Just a Boeing 737 and the seats were very cramped. I sat beside Rahim and Joanna . How ironic to have all 3 Liverpool supporters sitting side by side :p . I remember the lights of Putrajaya and KL just after taking off before were flew into darkness. The food served during the flight was good. I enjoyed it anyway (though I've read some comments from other people saying they hated the food) The thing that I remember most during the flight was the drunken old indian man in front of us. At first he was ordering glass after glass of wine. He soon started singing some songs in some unknown language and he was then mumbling to himself before falling asleep. When we were flying over the Indian Subcontinent, there was all darkness ; just a few patches of light here and there and all of a suddenly we were descending and TOUCH DOWN! BANGALORE!!
We were in INDIA already!!:) I could feel that everyone was excited as well. All the tears at KLIA seemed to have dried up by the time we reached Bangalore International Airport.

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Bangalore

The first think I noticed as soon as I landed was the different types of people here. (duhh..im in India ) Our luggage safely arrived and we were soon off to the hotel to stay for the night. Another great difference that I felt was the really cooling weather here in Bangalore. As soon as we stepped out of the airport, the cold wind greeted us. Of cause another thing you will notice soon after landing is the Honking here. For people first time here, it would seem as if they're honking for no reason whatsoever. But the honking is essential for their style of driving here .I would say they're organised on a disorganised way. O.o
The hotel was comfortable and I think I managed to catch about 5 hours of sleep. I was feeling really cold throughout the night of cause. I woke up at 6am (obviously because I wasn't used to the timezone here) . It was already getting bright at 6am and when I opened the hotel window, I just couldn't make out which was colder , the hotel room or outside. I saw lots of pictures of this hotel from my other friends who left earlier then us. The breakfast in the hotel was good.The thosai, poori, and naan was good. I was careful about the water though, I basically bought mineral water throughout the first week in India. I spend the morning looking out from the hotel room window getting excited when I see these colourful lorries with weird sounding horns. It was soon time to say goodbye to the Kolar and Karad group and we were off to Mysore! WHEEE:) The road from Bangalore to Mysore was good but of cause nothing like the highways in Malaysia. The traffic was slow. No one seems to go fast here. and Oh! how could I forget the first time when I saw an auto here . I think I was super excited that I nearly dropped my camera. How things have changed! I hate those yellow 3 wheelers now :)

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On the way to Mysore, we stopped over at Coffee Day (India's Starbucks) and had a hard time dividing the bill. Most of us brought Rs 500 notes and we weren't familiar with all the notes. We passed by Mcdonalds too on the way to Mysore . During that time, not excited to see it because they're everywhere in Malaysia and we were fresh from Malaysia. I do miss it abit now to be honest. Havent had it at all in India. I've tried KFC and it sucks! There seems to be a few spices missing in the chicken there. Weird but true especially since we're in the 'Land Of Spices'.

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Mysore
It took us 4 LONG hours by van to reach Mysore from Bangalore. Google Map said 2.5hours plus...never trust it! Anyway, we had lunch in some banana leaf restaurant. It was ok-ish la, but the banana leaf food back home is tastier. Then we headed to the college. On the way to college, we passed by the Mysore Palace side entrance( got really excited) and the St Philomena's Church ( the twin towers here). Finally...JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE. The first thing that came to my mind was Wow! This place is really green.! We met the vice principal and some other people and were served with some vegetarian sandwich that tasted quite nice at that time ( now bored of them already)
After the short meeting with the Big Shots of JSS, we went to get some stuff from a supermarket called More. We were not really sure what to get at that time because we haven't seen our house at that time. While paying at the counter, some people just cut the que . If it was in Malaysia, they would have been verbally slaughtered already, but not here. My Kiasuism kicked in and I didn't let anyone pass me by blocking the path with the ironing board and buckets.

After rushing through and buying stuff, we headed to our new home. It was an appartment in some kampung-ish area. We opened our apartment door and I think all our faces lit immediately. It was certainly better then we had expected. Much Much better then KTT's apartment.

That night, as we were walking from our house to Kalidasa Rd the whole area experienced a blackout. The first real blackout in INDIA! Many more ahead I suppose. We walked through the darkness in unknown territory and had to becareful not to step on any cow dung. As we maneuvered through the dark streets, we had to avoid passing vehicles too. The drivers of cars, lorries and buses were honking for no reason. It is annoying at first but everyone will get used to it after some time. We had our dinner in Casino Park (12.5 minutes walk from our apartment) and I ordered chicken kebab . Chicken kebabs at home will come out as chicken wrapped in bread/roti. Here, just some tandoori chicken looking dish. Anyway, it tasted good. Definitely waaay better than the ones in Malaysia . 3 months here, this place is now very familiar to me. I think I can even walk blind folded there.

Another thing we had difficulty in during the first few days was crossing the roads here in India. ( As I wrote the above sentence, 2 monkeys just entered my apartment!! LOL..SEE! LIKE I SAID, INDIA IS FULL OF SURPRISES !!
Anway, back to the traffic, well, the traffic here is really chaotic. Though people say Mysore is not so bad. I cant imagine how it is like in cities like Mumbai and Chennai. Bangalore is quite bad too. The vehicles seem to come from all directions and you need to becareful not to bump the into many animals and the PEOPLE. There are loads of people everywhere !!

Our first day in class was a real SHOCKER! The local students seemed really really smart and they answered all the questions when bombarded by the lecturers. It was like someone slapping you in the face. I always knew the Indian students were VERY good. But I was still extremely shocked by their ability to memorize stuff here. Sye akan lawan dan cuba utk mengalahkan diorng mulai skrang!

Anyway, I think I've gotten used to India already and I'm also starting to like this place. I'm too lazy to post any pictures here , you can just see them on my facebook page. I think I'll stop writing now, I've got to go and study. The main point of writing this is so that I don't forget all these in the future. I'll continue writing when I'm free.
P/S : Can't wait to go home during Xmas!!!

Till We Meet Again... =)

2010-07-25T05:41:00.000-07:00

Boon Yao, Thesdave, Ilyas and Edmund...4 of my best friends from secondary school. Just had breakfast with Thesdave and Ilyas this morning.It was just a simple farewell for Dave for will be flying off to Indonesia tomorrow. Simple,quiet, not flamboyant and nice. Just the way I like it. Goodness knows when we can all meet up again.

Edmund's already gone far far away to Perlis and lets just hope our holidays coincide in the future. Boon Yao on the other hand was busy in Melaka, flying SOLO for the first time~!! WOOHOOO~!! Damn happy for you wei!

Anyways, just want to wish all of you the best of luck for the future. May Ilyas and Edmund be super awesome engineers in the near future, conquering their respective fields.

Boon Yao, I WANNA SEE YOU IN THE COCKPIT OF THIS 'BEAUTY' ONE DAY~!

...and Dave, we'll be completing our course at around the same time. May we work hard and stay fully focused till the end and achieve our dreams! Sorry I can't send you off at the airport tomorrow. 4.30am is freaking early! HAHA!

Ilyas and I with our awesome form 5 class teacher, Puan Haslina:)

The days when we only had 2 Mega Pixel cameras. HAHA.

Anyway, CHEERS! Till we meet again.

The Clock is Ticking....

2010-07-23T20:08:00.000-07:00

Sending off those bound to MCODS last Wednesday made me realise that I have only a short time left in Malaysia. There is still 11 more days to my departure and I've completed about 90% of my packing already. Am I excited about leaving to India? You bet I am!

Seeing alot of my classmates already overseas and having completed at least the 1st year med school( some almost completing 2nd year already), the urge to continue studying has never been greater. The frustration of having wasted almost 8 months will no doubt add to my burning desire to start studying something I've always wanted to learn since I was in primary school.

Shawn's family with my parents

All the best Shawn! Maybe one day when I visit Manipal, we can play futsal again..with Selvan :)
Good luck to all of you~! =)

After reading alot about India on the internet and getting so much input about Mysore from my ever-helpful seniors, I am also mentally prepared to go there. I'll be going there with low expectations (so that I won't be disappointed) and anything that exceeds my expectations will be a bonus.

(Just in case any of you juniors stumble upon my blog in the future...)

There are so many things to do before leaving. I had to make sure I was vaccinated with Hep A and B , typhoid and I also took the H1N1 jab (doctor's advice). There are also so many little things that you have to buy before going to India so save up! The first 3 months in India will be tight as we will have to pay for so many different things ie accommodation, books etc. There will be alot of hidden costs as well so do save your money during your A Levels.

Packing is quite a headache. For those who do not have connecting flights from Bangalore Airport , I suggest you apply for the MAS Grads card from KL sentral. It enables you to carry 10 extra kgs. Those who don't have the card also shouldn't worry so much because MAS is very lenient with students. I know some people who got through with 29kgs!

My parents bought this 'Vacuum compressed bag' from Cosway which enables you to compress your clothes. It saves alot of space but of cause the weight remains the same.
I'll show you some pictures...

My clothes that have yet to be compressed

Before

After

So yeah, you can save about 50% of space by this method.

Alright then, off to rearrange my things. I'll write more when I'm in India. I have to see the place for myself :)

On Top of The World

2010-07-15T07:34:00.000-07:00

SPAIN ARE WORLD CHAMPS~! The end of the world cup perhaps marks the end of me blogging actively. I was free throughout the 31 days but now I have to get ready for India.
Spain undoubtedly deserved the title with their style of play. The final itself was a boring match. Both teams playing it safe and everyone seemed nervous. Who wouldn't be? All of them perhaps playing the most important game they will ever play in their life. A place in the history books was at stake.

The final could have gone either way in my opinion. Robben was the most dangerous Dutch player and was a constant threat whenever he got the ball. Capdevilla did a good job in trying to stop him. On the other hand, Holland had a more physical approach to the game and Van Bommel and Nigel de Jong were lucky to stay on the pitch after 90mins.

In the end, Iniesta broke the deadlock about 4 minutes the end of extra time to end Spain's long wait for the world title ; thus erasing their tag as the perennial underachievers of world football.

The man of the match of the final with the most beautiful trophy in the world :)

The awards by FIFA

Adidas Golden Ball (best player) : Diego Forlan
Adidas Golden Boot (top goalscorer) : Thomas Muller
Adidas Golden Glove (top goalkeeper) : Iker Casillas
FIFA Fair play award (the team with the least number of cards) : SPAIN!!
Best Young Player Award : Thomas Muller (this guy was really awesome!)

My Best 11 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Casillas

Ramos --Pique -- Mertesacker -- Boateng

Iniesta-- Xavi --Schweinsteiger

Forlan

Muller-- Villa

World Beaters~!! :)

Alright then, I'm off to pack :)

What's all the Fuss about this Paul?

2010-07-09T07:14:00.000-07:00

Meet Paul, Paul the OCTOPUS~! He's German but was born in England. As are many of those German players! Podolski, Klose- Polish , Ozil -Turkish , Sami Khedira- Tunisian. NOT PURE GERMAN.

Paul the Octopus seems to be overshadowing all the football news at the moment. Everyone is tweeting about him, talking about him, writing articles about him and blogging about him! Paul is a celebrity now. Why? Don't tell me you don't know why? Everyone SHOULD know about Paul by know. He has been predicting the winners of the matches in which Germany play since Euro 2008. He's record as it stands is fantastic , but NOT PERFECT. Germany have played 12 matches (Euro 08 and World Cup 2010) , Paul has been spot on 10 times! Thats better then all those football pundits who get paid on TV.

So which country will win the 2010 FIFA World Cup? Lets ask Paul...

It CAN'T be clearer than that. So Spain will win this year's tournament according to the Nostradamus of our time.

May it be TRUE~!!
VAMOS ESPANA

We're In The Final ~!!!

2010-07-09T00:10:00.000-07:00

Puyol-the man with the shaggy hair :D

62 matches have already been played and we're left with the final 2 matches. Uruguay vs Germany battle for 3rd place (no one really wants to play in the 3/4th play off) while either Holland or Spain will be crowned the WORLD CHAMPIONS for the first time in their history.

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..but first to the most dramatic match thus far in this World Cup. The quarter final clash between the only African nation left in the tournament-Ghana and Uruguay. After 90 minutes, the two teams couldn't be separated and they went into extra time. Thats where all the drama started. IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE EXTRA TIME ! YES, THE FINAL MINUTE, Ghana were denied what was surely a goal bound header by what seemed like a block you normally see in a volleyball match by Uruguay's striker, Luis Suarez.

Lee Chin's volleyball coach might have been proud of that block!

Anyway, Suarez was sent off Gyan stepped forward to FIRE Ghana into the semi finals of the World Cup. The LAST KICK of the match and you've got a chance to make the whole African Continent proud. Gosh~! Imagine the pressure that he had to go through before taking the penalty. Disaster STRUCK~! He had been Ghana's best player throughout the tournament but he succumbed to the pressure, hit shot hitting the post and the ball bounced out. The referee blew the final whistle and they were set for a penalty shoot out - after which Uruguay won.

I admire the courage shown by Asamoah Gyan in taking the penalty again just moments after his miss. He scored but little could be done to console him after the match. Well played Ghana. I'm sure the whole team made Africa proud. I wonder what they would have achieved with their star player, Micheal Essien in the starting line up. Too bad he was injured.

The intimidating presence of Micheal Essien~!! ROAR~!

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Spain are IN THE FINAL~! They showed the World why they are regarded as the best team in the world with their passing against the much fancied Germans. They dominated the match with the kind of football that they showed during the Euro 2008 championships.

Maybe the Germans showed them too much respect , they should have closed down the Spanish players faster , something like what Paraguay did they other day.

Xavi, Iniesta and Alonso were awesome. The controlled the match for Spain. Pedro too was good(apart from his selfishness which DENIED FERNANDO TORRES FROM SCORING HIS FIRST GOAL!!)

Puyol was a colossal presence at the back for Spain and his thunderous header was enough to separate the sides. The German's simply did not have the energy too I suppose to counter attack-like the way they demolished Argentina and England because too much energy was being used up by chasing the shadows of the Spanish players.

Spain's Opponents in the Final? Holland. I've not been too impressed by the way Holland have played in this tournament. They are a solid team and are difficult to beat so it would be an interesting match up in the final. Robben and Sneijder have been the stars of their World Cup campaign and the Spanish defenders would have to be weary of the threat that they possess.

My Camwhoring Kidneys

2010-07-08T07:56:00.000-07:00

I've been on exile for quite some time now. The World Cup is about to end and I have to write something about Spain for sure. Awesome stuff last night after dominating the match against the much fancied Germans thus setting up a mouth watering clash with Holland.

I haven't been well these past few days. I was admitted to hospital because of a kidney stone. My fault to be honest, I was drinking too much coke while watching football (you don't realise how much you drink when you're watching football) plus the lack of water perhaps caused this to happen. It was a painful experience and not something I would want to experience again.

Why camwhoring kidneys?? Well, I had to undergo several tests and scans to locate the stone. I experienced being scanned by a CT scan for the first time in my life. The machine is kindda cool~! I had some sort of dye injected into my veins (for better contrast during the x-rays) and I think I had about 7 X-rays taken. The whole process was worrying and not a comfortable one.

Thank God my kidneys were clear after the second day and I didn't have to go for any sort of surgery or procedure.

Right now, I'll have to take care of my health because I wouldn't want to get sick especially when I'll be leaving for India in less then 4 weeks time. My diet needs to change abit -less protein and most importantly ..MORE WATER.

Its no fun being a patient but I was quite excited seeing this machine for the first time. I suppose there is a reason why God put me through this before I leave for India.

ADEUS BRASIL~!

2010-07-02T09:17:00.000-07:00

Farewell BRAZIL~! Alot of fans would be left heartbroken tonight. Holland showed great spirit( and got abit of luck) to come back from a goal down. Brazil weren't professional enough and lacked discipline. Almost all the decisions made by the referee were questioned by those BIG HEADED players. I believe the referee did well. He did not simply go along brandishing yellow cards early on in the game. Anyway, Brazil did well in the first half when they played some simply breathtaking football at times but they somehow withered in the second half. Robben was a constant menance down the right flank for Holland and he was easily their most dangerous player throughout the game.

The happier times. Robinho scoring after just 10 minutes.

This save ended a brilliant move by Brazil which prompted the commentator to say 'Joga Bonito'(which means play beautifully)

Holland getting a lucky breakthrough after the own goal by Melo.(who was sent off who stamping Robben)

Wesley Sneijder heading Holland into the lead from the corner kick- sending shock waves around the world~!

Brazil simply lost the plot after that :)

Anyway, Holland will be meeting either Ghana or Uruguay in the semi finals. I hope Ghana will do well.( at least give some joy to Africa) As long as Spain don't fumble, I would be happy :D

2 years on...

2010-06-30T04:52:00.000-07:00

Exactly 2 years ago, Spain clinched Euro 2008. Fernando Torres the HERO on that faithful day...

Fernando Torres celebrating his winning goal against Germany.

The picture below? That is David Villa celebrating the only goal in Spain's victory against Portugal(which he scored) this morning thus clinching Spain a place in the last 8 of the World Cup.Bravo! Torres was a shadow of his self as he apparently needs more time to get fully fit after the knee surgery.

This whole blog post is however, not about football. 30th June 2008 was also the day that I officially started my college life. Kolej Teknologi Timur, that unknown, 'shop-lot' college was going to be my home for more then 1.5 years.

Those 2 years seem to pass by in a flash. I remember waking up that morning feeling extremely sleepy because of watching the finals just a few hours earlier. I wouldn't say that I was excited at that time but I was certainly looking forward to start studying again after the extra long holidays after SPM.

Upon arrival at college, I remember this Choong introducing himself as CX3( his username on recom) and asking me if I was Shawn Paul. LOL. I meet up with Shawn( whom I had met earlier during the MIED award ceremony) and we registered together, just to make sure that we get the same apartment.

Some guy led me to my new apartment and what I saw the moment I opened the door shocked me at that time. The house was in a mess and it was extremely dusty and dirty. The toilet to my utmost horror was like a public toilet in those R&Rs along the highway during the festive season. We cleaned up abit but that day, our parents did most of the cleaning because we needed to go to the hall to listen to some briefings. If it wasn't for them, we would be in a total mess that day.

I remember Selvan, as cool as ever entering the apartment in just jeans. We (Shawn and me) didn't even know his name until like about 3 days later because we couldn't really hear what he was saying when he was introducing himself. He just murmured something really fast and we didn't ask more questions after that. Perhaps we were too shy to ask at that time.

The other guy I remembered very well from the first day was Chai. During the Q & A session with JPA, this Chinese guy with spiky hair kept asking questions. LIKE NON-STOP ! At that time, I remember wondering to myself ''Are all JPA scholars like that? " (Chai, I'm sure you won't be offended by this. HAHA..we became really good friends after that)

The first game I played in KTT was football. I still remember Eric, Beh, Prittipal and me. All playing at the horrible field in KTT. At a single glance, Eric wouldn't look like a guy who plays any sports at all, being rather plump and all. However it was evident that he was a sportsman after playing with him. I soon found out that he even represented Johor in football.WOW!
Beh Jun Hua is another guy who I never thought played sports...but after just 1 day of playing football with him, I was convinced that this guy was an awesome athlete too. He kept running and running and running. So another doubt was cleared during my 1st day in KTT . NOT ALL JPA SCHOLARS ARE NERDS. Much to my relieve of cause.

Well, those are just some of the few little things that I remember happened during the first day in KTT. The orientation week just flashed by and I was very much waiting to go home at the end of the week. I have to say that I adapted really well to my new surroundings (helped by the fact that my house was just 45 mins away from college and good friends) and perhaps my biggest complaint during that time was the food. To me at least, the cafe food was horrible! But I survived and 2 years on, I'm now waiting for my departure to India. Looking forward to this new challenge that will be thrown at me. Of course it won't be easy, going to a new country and all. The pressure while studying for exams will be immense ( as I can see from the blogs and facebook statuses of various seniors) but I am very much looking forward to this new phase of my life.

I'll leave you with some pictures of my home for almost 2 years. Trust me, KTT isn't as bad as what people think. You just need to be positive and you'll do very well in that 'jungle'.

The one and only badminton court in KTT. It seems hazardous...well, in fact it is. Sharon once fell here and got a bad cut near her eye.

The 'sprawling' campus

The deserted corridors of KTT. To be honest, KTT looks way better now compared to the time I first came in. There are more plants and there are glass doors everywhere.

Pak Cik Parang's residence ;) Hope you juniors treat him nicely. He's just a poor old man who wants some peace and quiet time to spend with his ever growing family.

Tangga 11

The peaceful road leading uphill. A great place to relax and unwind for some. For me, a good jogging route.

The anthill in the middle of the football field. We live side-by-side with nature.

The view from uphill. You can see KLIA from here. What other college overlooks KLIA?? ;)

The road around the field. I've jogged here goodness knows how many times .

The great futsal court. We fully utilised it during our KI. Its also one of those improvements that KTT has made since Day 1. Well done management !

Social Networking

2010-06-27T22:25:00.000-07:00

In an age where Social Networking websites are in their prime, I find it extremely interesting to read the comments after every World Cup match. Its good to see things from various perspectives and I find it totally entertaining .

First just a little on last night's matches. Germany beat England 4-1! Well, some might say they were lucky because Lampards goal was disallowed but Germany were the better team and England simply couldn't gel well as a team. Brilliant individuals but as a team, they're poor.

Argentina too went through to the next round and will meet Germany after beating Mexico 3-1. Again, the referee was under the spotlight for allowing Tevez's first goal to stand.

Anyway, straight to those comments on facebook and twitter.

I've classified them into various categories.

First of all, those England fans. Kindda felt sad for them but Oh well, thats football.:)

# haiz...sobstime to change profile picture lor... =( try harder next time England

#and the match is decided.Nice attack england, but WTH with ur defence? =.= 2 successful counters in 5 mins, u'r better than this.Germany played better.

This next guy was mixing it with some extra history

#OMG~!!! feels like the german ghost of the 1966 world cup is back to haunt ENG~!!! DAMN~!!!!

Others were calling out for the use of video technology

#What?? NO GOAL? Its clearly time for football to use technology in refereeing! Cmon England!

while others just vented out their frustration in a short and sweet sentence

# Goodbye England

The creative one
# gg.com.uk

..and then there are those who just could not hide their anger( forgive me for the foul language-just copying it)

# the ref is an idiot.clearly the ball had crossed the line. You're a ****ing disgrace

# ****ed up ref! **** and die man..clearly a goal sial

some even went as far as to hit out at those Nazi's. Gosh
# WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY.KILLING NAZIS!!!

followed by this extremely angry fan who probably might not watch the FIFA World Cup now that England is out.
# wat an end...****d up FIFA, ****d UP REF,****d up ENGLAND....

Well, those who supported Germany were probably grinning from ear to ear having also won their bets with friends.

#sexy game Germany (perhaps a new way to describe football, creative indeed!)
#nice one Germany!!!!
#ENGLAND just got PWNED~!! :D
#Lauk England malam ni ( this guy was probably too hungry after the game)
# *smiling mockingly*
# UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Germany 4...England 1!!!!!!!!!!! OoooRAAHHHH

and then of cause there are those who are too observant and watch football for other reasons.

# Just realised dat German footballers are HOT! Go Germany!!
# England Manager looks cute with his various facial expressions. (must be a Capello fan)
# Lampard might cry tonight

There are also people who love to ponder on everything that happens
# was thinking to myself a minute ago, ''why bah ppl like England?''

Those diplomatic and fair people

#wow..every1 in turmoil now..chillax all =.=
#poor England..justice for '66?
#Nice game played by the Germans.You've shown ur potential. Lampard, you played well too! (this person even had words of consolation for Lamps)

The Steven Gerrard fan
# a night of what ifs :(:(:( yet Germany was the better team they deserved it. Still proud of you Gerrard!

The David Beckham fan
# Without Beckham, England is nothing. (LOL at this statement, total crap)

Finally, those who are far sighted enough and are perhaps already looking forward to the new EPL season.

#Fergie!! Pls snap up Ozil~!! :):)

All such interesting comments to read everytime a match ends in South Africa. To my surprise, many people who I never thought watch football also chipped in with a comment or two. I guess the FIFA World Cup really is the biggest and most largely viewed tournament on this planet.

Looking forward to tonight's games where I hope Brazil will be knocked out by Chile and it is almost certain that Holland will beat Slovakia.

Here's a picture for all YOU ENGLAND supporters out there. This was why the goal was not given! HAHA!

Finally delivering

2010-06-27T03:05:00.001-07:00

Woohoo! The world cup has finally reached the knock out stage and the past one week has been really great to watch. Goals coming from every corner especially during the Korea-Portugal match. 7-0! Who would have predicted such a scoreline. Spain crawled through to the next round with wins against Honduras and Spain. Lets just hope it gets better for them after this. France and Italy were humbled by other not to glamorous nations and are probably back home packing for their own summer vacation.

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The team of the tournament for me thus far has to be Brazil . Although they didn't win all their 3 games, you can always see that there is an extra gear in that team. They can just go up a notch or two at will.

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Players that have impressed me so far : Messi, Honda, A.Gyan and Landon Donovan, owh and not to forget David Villa.

Anyway, Im not gonna write much about the games that were played last week. Yesterday's matches saw Uruguay and Ghana progressing to the Quarterfinals .

A mouth-watering match not to be missed tonight when Germany take on a stuttering England. Everyone seems to think that Germany will steam roll over England but I expect upsets in this game. I'll be supporting Germany though because I have simply ran out of patience with the way the English play football.BORING!

Argentina vs Mexico should also be an fast game and I really hope that Messi will finally break his duck and score his first goals in the tournament. He really deserves it.

Once again...You can NEVER predict football matches.

2010-06-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

England stumbling against Algeria.Spain losing (rather unfortunately) to the Swiss.France outplayed by a strong Mexican side.Germany (10man) beaten by a resilient Serbian team. World Champs Italy held by the gritty All Whites.

Many punters would have lost alot of money after these few upsets.

Many people I'm sure would agree with me if I say that this World Cup lacks the usual excitement of other world cups. Most matches have been played at a very slow tempo. Stadiums have been unusually empty.(I've never seen that many empty seats in a previous world cups)Goalkeepers have been making so many mistakes which then leads to the criticism that the Jabulani ball is not good,too light and swerves alot. What I find most irritating so far has been the constant drone of the vuvuzelas. Goodness me...those things have got to be banned! I recently said that I have gotten used to the sound of the vuvuzelas, I take that back. They still annoy me.
Free kicks have been really bad and they hasn't been many fantastic goals scored.

FIFA! BAN THESE PLEASE~!!!

The Jabulani ball. Looks really nice though

Those CRAZY supporters!

Anyway, Brazil will be playing Ivory Coast in the next game. I hope to see some excitement there and maybe even an upset. Hopefully the world cup will burst into life in the next round of matches too!

Introducing Mysore (Pre-Departure)

2010-06-18T22:57:00.000-07:00

Since most of my friends do not know anything about Mysore, (some may have come across the name before) let me just walk you through a brief introduction to that place.

Lets start with some Geography.

Map Of India. Mysore is located in the state of Karnataka(South India)
I think you should click to enlarge this picture.

The Map of Mysore. My college (JSS Medical College) is located at the top of the map.(near JSS College of pharmacy)

Since now you all know where it is located, its time for some facts about Mysore. (Mostly from the Wikipedia)

*Mysore is the 2nd largest City in Karnataka and it is just 146km from Bangalore, the capital of that state. India is an extremely huge country so thats why I said its JUST 146km.

*The language spoken by the locals there is Kannada. (haha! nope..its not Canadian language) Its a dialect spoken there.

*Mysore is said to receive a large number of tourist since they have some beautiful places to visit(pictures of some are below).

*This next fact amused me a little. Mysore was voted the 2nd cleanest city in India and the cleanest city in Karnataka.LOL. Survey done by the Urban Development Ministry over there.

*Since it is located on the South Karnataka Plateau, its average altitude is about 700m.Therefore the temperature over there is actually quite pleasant.

*Highest temperature ever recorded = 38.5 degrees Celsius. Lowest temperature ever recorded = 9.6 degrees Celsius. (thats during winter)

Now...a few reasons why you should all come visit me here in the next 5.5 years. Look at all these places!

This is my college. Of course it doesn't look as awesome as the manipal campus, but its not too bad either. (In this picture at least)

The beautiful St Philomena's Church(built in 1936)

Brindivan Gardens

The Mysore Palace. This place is absolutely amazing.

Day time view of the place.

Thats all for my brief introduction on Mysore. Well, I will have to see the place for myself to believe it. I'll write another blog post once I'm there. HAHA..SO NOW YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT MYSORE.

~its time for my nap...pre world cup nap~

The Day When Zeus Stuck Down The Super Eagles

2010-06-18T06:29:00.000-07:00

Just a mini update before the USA vs Slovenia match. The World Cup seems to have sprung back to life after a rather boring first round. Argentina were simply magnificent against South Korea. Hatrick for Higuain but Messi was once again the stand out player during the game. Another game worth mentioning is the France-Mexico match. France were comfortably beaten 2-0 by a sharp Mexican team. Mexico outplayed France and Frank Ribery was very disappointing once again. France seem destined to be heading on the flight back home next week.

Greece beat Nigeria 2-1. Nigeria were leading at first and looked to be in total control of the match but a CRAZY moment where Sani Keita kicked out at a Greek player saw him get a straight red and he virtually won the game for Greece.

The Germany vs Serbia match just ended a few minutes ago. Germany full of confidence after they beat Australia 4-0 LOST 1-0 to a solid Serbian side. Many people were tipping them for world cup glory after their first match but you can never predict anything in football. I always believe that a team needs to slowly grow into the tournament. Not just go out of the blocks flying. There has to be a gradual improvement in a team. Well, their cause wasn't helped when Klose got sent off by a rather fussy Spanish referee early on in the 1st half.

The player of the tournament so far, for me at least. See the similarity with Maradona? Haha..Its extremely difficult to stop these kind of players when they play at their optimum level.

The Agony Of Defeat.

2010-06-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

"Perlawanan pertama Piala Dunia sudahpun berakhir..paling tak disangka,Spain tunduk 1-0 kpd Switzerland.Italy dan France pula tdk begitu meyakinkan,sekadar mencatatkan keputusan seri.England masih dihantui insiden penjaga gol yg tak berkesudahan manakala Brazil hanya mampu menang 2-1 dgn Korea Utara.Hanya Germany yg tampak selesa dgn kemenangan 4-0 dlm perlawanan pertama.Bagaimanakah agaknya perlawanan seterusnya?"

My friend's facebook shout out right after the Spain-Switzerland match. Well said.

Who would have thought that the might Spain, one of the favourites to win this year's World Cup would be defeated by Switzerland. It truth, Spain were just too slow in attack. It was all possession and zero penetration. I remember early on in the first half when the commentator was lost for superlatives to describe Spain's passing and movement off the ball. The whole match reminded me of the Champions League semi finals a couple of seasons ago when Barcelona played against Manchester United. Barcelona had like wat? 70% of the ball. In the end, Scholes scored the winner and the rest is history.

Back to Spain.It isn't looking good for Spain at all. They might meet Brazil as early as in the 2nd round if they finish second in the group. Well, you've got to beat the best to win this tournament so in a way, it doesn't really matter too. Lets just hope they regroup and play well and SCORE during their next two matches. Chile's not gonna be easy!

Cristiano Ronaldo did not play well against the Ivory Coast (though he did hit the post with a thunderous strike) and he was up to his old tricks again.DIVING!

Drogba came on late in the 2nd half but did little to influence the game. I hope he'll recover fully after breaking his hand. We all want to see the best players in action during the World Cup.

Its Time To Hang Up My Boots and Running Shoes

2010-06-14T23:34:00.000-07:00

Ever since I was young, sports was a big part of my life. I used to play football every evening without fail since I was in standard 1. I remember studying or doing my homework in the evenings and then quickly running out of the house with a pair of socks the moment it was 5.30pm. Sports helped me relax and I believe it help me make alot of friends.

Perhaps Standard 5 was my finest year in terms of sporting achievement. I won loads of medals from athletics and other games such as hand ball and football. All these without training as well. I love to play for the fun of it and really loved the competitive nature of these sports especially football.

In secondary school, I did not do as well in high levels like the district and state levels but I still enjoyed every moment of it. Still, i did not have any proper training at that time. I honestly believe that I could have reached greater heights by training hard but I felt that studies were more important. So it was basically for leisure .

In college, I probably trained on my fitness more then ever so I did rather well in competitions there. However, at the end of last year, I kept feeling some pain in my knees. I'd would either be the right or left one. I doubt anyone actually believed I was injured mainly because I kept on playing. (stubborn..I know) I played even more games during the holidays between A2 and KI. Badminton, squash, futsal and jogging almost everyday. That perhaps was to much for my knees. I even competed during Feskott with an injured knee but I guess the desire to compete was too great to I continued running anyway.

I fell awkwardly during a competitive futsal match in college and bruised my left knee badly. Thats when I thought to myself that I should stop playing too many games. At least stop playing in competitions as they normally cause injuries. Of cause its difficult to just stop playing like that but I believe I should do so as I wouldn't wanna end up in a wheelchair in the future.
Declaration : I hereby declare that I will retire from all competitive sports.
( I will still play for fun, but no more competitions for me)
This blog post is actually for me to remind myself of this promise.

Sprinting has never been my strongest event after primary school but I just wanted to give it a last try during this year's FESKOTT

The Greatest Game On Earth.

If Queenie reads this, she would be sceaming that I'm showing off. LOL..maybe I am.
My small medal collection. Of cause its nothing compared to those that have participated at higher levels (national etc)

I just love this picture, I think I was in Standard 6. 4 x 400m during my school sports. It was only the school sports but I think I'll remember this race for the rest of my life.We were last until my best friend in primary school (Syafiq-the guy celebrating at the left side of the picture) brought us up to second place and then I chased down the leader to clinch victory. Team effort:)
(haha..I hope you see this picture, Syafiq)

World Class

2010-06-14T22:58:00.000-07:00

Number 8 :Mesut Ozil , the player that impressed me the most during the game.

Those two words above(WORLD CLASS) are enough to describe Germany during their opening game against Australia. Germany won 4-0 but they score could have easily been doubled had they been more clinical in front of goal. Podolski, Klose, Ozil and Cacau scored one goal each in a very exciting game. It was easily the best match of the World Cup so far.

The other matches saw Slovenia edging Algeria in 1-0 in yet another boring encounter while Ghana beat Serbia 1-0. Japan on the other hand hang on to beat Cameroon in a match that seemed to be moving in slow motion. Holland got off to a great start by beating Denmark 2-0 but I was not impressed by Holland's gameplay. They definitely can play much better then they did last night. Finally, defending champions Italy were held to a 1-1 draw by a very strong Paraguay side.

Enough about other teams; Lets talk about Germany now. They were breathtaking at times against Australia. Players like Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira(who replaced the injured Ballack) were outstanding throughout the match and kept popping into the penalty area. The Australians didn't seem to be able to stop those perfectly timed runs from midfield.20 year old Thomas Muller who who plays for Bayern Munich was also brilliant.

Germany...Full of youth and athleticism are definitely one of the teams to watch out for this year.

Have The Goals Dried Up?

2010-06-13T09:05:00.001-07:00

After 7 games being played in the World Cup, we've all probably noticed that there aren't many goals scored thus far. I haven't seen a long range goal too and most matches have been rather boring. I have also gotten used to the buzzing sound of the vuvuzelas which were rather irritating at first. The most enjoyable match for most people would have been the Argentina Vs Nigeria game but for me it was the South Korea-Greece match.

South Korea Vs Greece
I have to say this, South Korea really impressed me.They looked so much sharper and fitter compared to their Greek counterparts.Greece simply did not show up during the whole match and I am very sure that their passion during the game would be questioned by many of their fans. The just did not fight hard enough and always seem to lose a 50/50 challenge to the Asians.Well done to Korea~! Park Ji Sung was inspirational and finished coolly to wrap up the game. Korea won 2-0 and I am really looking forward to what kind of challenge they can put up against the Argentinians in the group stage. I hope they can make it through into the round of 16.

Park Ji Sung scoring Korea Republic's second goal.

The next match was a highly anticipated match between Nigeria and Argentina.The Argentinians (on paper at least) had one of the best strike force in the tournament. I was looking forward to THE MAN of course- Lionel Messi. The World Player of The Year could have easily had a hatrick and was a constant menace throughout the game. I'm sure he silenced all his critics who said that he doesn't play his best football for the country. In the end though, Gabriel Heinze's headed goal was enough to separate the two sides. 1-0 the score although it could have been much much different -had it not been for the brilliance of the Nigerian goalkeeper.

Messi dancing pass the Nigerian defenders. He's SIMPLY THE BEST IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW~!!

Gabriel Hienze's powerful diving header in the 6th minute.At that moment, I thought it was the beginning of a goal fest.

Last match of the day was England vs USA. As with all of England's world cup games over the years, this was overhyped as well. I expected England to win (albeit narrowly) but in the end, it ended in a 1-1 draw. It was a fair result and the match will probably be remembered for the blunder by Robert Green, the England goalkeeper( view picture below) . Before the blunder which brought the US level, England seemed to be in control of the game after Gerrard's beautiful opener. However , they were shell shocked after that terrible mistake and USA slowly edged their way into the game. Gerrard,Rooney and Johnson were England's best players in my opinion.Their wingers just SUCKED~! They definitely have to play much better then this if they are to progress in to the later stages of the tournament.

Thats all for now. I'm looking forward to the Germany - Australia match.

I need not say more. -.-'

DAY 1

2010-06-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

As the dust settles down after Day 1 of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, its time for some post match comments. The first match between South Africa and Mexico was a relatively exciting game to watch. Both teams could pass the ball around very well and Mexico seemed really comfortable with the ball at their feet. The match ended 1-1 and I believe it was a fair result since both teams had good opportunities to score. My man of the match had to be Giovani Dos Santos,the 21 year old Mexican player. He was really skillful and we saw glimpses of brilliance from him. Its a wonder how he can't get a starting place for his club Tottenham.

Tshabalala hitting the ball into the top corner. Superb finish to give South Africa a dream start to the World Cup.

Their joy was short-lived though as Rafael Marquez scored a much deserved equaliser for the Mexicans.

The second match in group A was between France and Uruguay. The 2006 finalist started brightly when Frank Ribery ( who had a poor game overall) crossed in low only for Govou to miss from less then 6 yards. The match was a dull one and the only one who had a good game was Diego Forlan.The Athelico Madrid striker had a couple of shots on goal but neither side created any clear cut chances to win the game.This game saw the first Red card being brandished to a young Uruguayan player (who only just came on as a second half substitute),Nicolas Lodeiro. Final verdict on the match : BORING~!
Man of the Match : Diego Forlan.
Biggest Disappointment : Frank Ribery- he couldn't seem to dribble pass anyone. He didn't seem fit at all.

Last Minute Preparation For South Africa 2010

2010-06-11T04:44:00.000-07:00

With the kick off of the 1st World Cup match just 2 hours away, I would like to share a checklist with all of you.

1.Buy a NEW LED TV because for those of us who can't afford to be in South Africa, it would be the next best things watching the World Cup on HD.
2.Subscribe for Astro Beyond~! In comes in a package with No1. Whats the use of getting the new TV when you can't watch matches in HD.
3.Stock your fridge up with all the soft drinks etc. Ice containers must be filled up too.
4.Get tidbits. It helps keep people awake when watching some boring games especially those at 2 in the morning.
5.Test your home theater speakers hours before the match. Its vital to create the perfect atmosphere in your living room
6.Decorate your house with World Cup posters and flags of the countries that you support. It all adds up to the vibrant atmosphere.
7.Get all your football jerseys ready.
8.In a tropical country like Malaysia, mosquito sprays are pivotal!! You don't want those tiny pests to disturb you throughout the night don't you. Spray the whole house 1 hour before the start of every match.
9.For reference purposes, keep the world cup magazines that you have bought (plus newspapers ) close to you at all times. Better still if your whole house has wireless internet connection so you can just google stuff instantly (players info, stadium etc).

Well...thats all I suppose. ENJOY THE WORLD CUP.
p/s : haha..this is just my wish list, I don't have Astro Beyond and the LED TV.lol..maybe the next world cup. :)

World Cup 2010

2010-06-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

THE CUP OF LIFE

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is barely 3 days away. I have to say that I really can't wait for the whistle to be blown during South Africa vs Mexico match -initiating the start of the Greatest Show On Earth. This time around, I will make an effort to watch and enjoy all 64 matches as this might be the last time that I would be able to watch football like this.

Spain and Brazil seem to be everyone's bet to lift the coveted trophy but I believe teams like Holland and Germany can go all the way too. England as always have a strong team ( ON PAPER) and I believe there is something different with England this time around. Perhaps its the Capello factor. On the other hand, we should not write off the 5 African nations as they will be all pumped up for this year's competition.

Nevertheless, my money will still be on Spain to win their first ever World Cup. They seem to have a complete team with talent overflowing in all positions. They have 3 world class goalkeepers, decent enough defenders, awesome, classy and intelligent midfielders and not to mention the fact that they have arguably two of the best strikers in world football.

I hope England too makes it to the final as I would want Steven Gerrard (my favourite football player) to captain a winning team. I definitely have a soft spot for England this time around. The things that you learn after watching thousands of football matches is that you can never predict anything in football. Therefore, let us all sit back , watch and enjoy the Greatest Show on Earth. The most important thing is the quality of football and the passion shown by each team.
~You'll Never Walk Alone~

The Main Contenders -based on the media

1Malaysia

2010-06-07T06:06:00.000-07:00

To me, the BTN camp was a failure. We're suppose to be unifying all the races thus creating the 1Malaysia spirit. However, due to my observation during the 5 days there, the races were mostly segregated-as seen during the slide shows- for almost everything from education to population..ALL SEGREGATED!! WHY must we do that? For educational purposes? Of course we all love Malaysia and everyone has contributed to make this country a better place. I hope that in the near future, the Jabatan Perdana Menteri will review the 'syllabus' and topics that are to be discussed during this Kursus Kenegaraan. WE NEED MALAYSIANS TO BE UNITED NOT SEPARATED based on race,creed, religion and colour.

The picture below can perhaps be a perfect model for all Malaysians.

These are the people who will be joining me while I study medicine in JSS Medical College , Mysore. We will almost certainly bond with each other over the next 5 years and definitely need each others help and support while we study and live in the foreign land of India. United we Stand, Divided we FALL.

Ughhh...This whole blog post is very unlike me, I don't normally voice out my opinions on these matters in public but I believe that I should at least make a stand on this matter. It me seem small and unimportant now but it will be pivotal for our nation's growth and stability in the future

The Final Chapter

2010-06-06T03:20:00.000-07:00

The Humble Land Of KTT

4th June 2010
I finally left KTT for good. As I walked out of my apartment for the last time, so many things were running in my head. My home for almost 2 years (30/6/2008-4/6/2010) and I was finally leaving. As a whole, I definitely enjoyed my time in KTT however small and pathetic looking the college may be, it was still an awesome place to study and I met some of the best friends there. Tangga 11 was probably like a BIG HAPPY FAMILY. We all eat together, studied together, played sports together and played games together. I thank God for all the good friends He has given me in my 2 years there because without them, my college life would have been really dull indeed.

All of us probably bonded much more during KI because there wasn't anything to study during this 3 month period. I will definitely miss you guys~! Shawn, Selvan, Beh, Joel, Kelvin, Chua, Chai, Daniel, Zeff, Choong, Susu, Queenie, Shalini, Ashwin, Rahim,Joanna, Lynthia...the list goes on and on. I will definitely miss all the dinners downstairs with such mentally stimulating (lol) topics, all the sports we played at night during KI, watching those classic liverpool matches in ktt (vs MU and Real Madrid)

I think we have all grown from ..

During Bryant's farewell

Ponggal celebration( some retarded pose)

After Hui Fen's crazy birthday party

ALL/ALU 10..My Awesome Class. We are talented in so many different ways.

to this...

The only activity that I want to remember from BTN

(during BTN..see..all more matured already..yea rite)

Ah..Now this is better. (I'll reserve my comments about BTN for another time)

I've got to go for dinner now so I guess thats about all I've got to say in this post.Eating good food is one of my main missions before leaving for India.

There and Back Again

2010-05-10T23:24:00.000-07:00

MARCH 1, 2010

We were forced back to KTT once again, this time to study 3 Languages in 3 MONTHS~! (Yes I know...ITS CRAZY~!) I doubt that many people were actually looking forward to going back to the place where we had already spent 1.5 years of our lives.

On the morning of that 'fine' day, I was actually the 3rd or 4th person to reach KTT. I guess I have probably picked up a thing or two from the people in college. (Lesson Learnt during the 1st month in KTT : Sometimes, you have to be extra kiasu in a highly competitive environment)

After the 1st day which was filled with briefings and other unimportant stuff, lessons resumed the VERY NEXT DAY!

The timetable was actually very packed. Perhaps some would say worse then A Level. My battle with the 3 languages started on the very 1st day. The 1st lecturer that entered our class was MITON(Kannada Lecturer). I actually vividly remember seeing him in the cafeteria on the 1st day with his blue shirt and wearing black slacks which we wore really high up. (till his belly button) At the first glance, he looked really harmless, nice and gentle.(ok..so now back to my 1st ever class)

So Miton introduced himself im a really heavily accented way and we were soon asked to introduce ourselves too .Standard procedure everytime a new lecturer enters class. Miton started teaching and almost everyone had trouble understanding what he said. Communication was bad as he's English sucked as well. I guess that set the tone for the whole KI programme. We learnt writing and reading starting with the vowels and consonants. It was quite fun once you were able to read slowly but then it got boring after some time. The other Indian lecturers were very much better. They could easily converse in English and were really friendly. One lecturer even played futsal with us.

Some of Miton's quotes which I'm not going to forget in a very long time

"Sit PRAPARLY" ..(sit properly, when a student slouches or shows that he/she is disinterested in learning?)

"Very well writing practice all of you!" (goodness gracious me! this very sentence irritated the crap out of most students because he would repeat it in every class)

"REPEAT!"

"PLEASE..WRITING PRACTICE AAL of YOU" ( when people don't listen to his 1st command)

"very well discuss Aal of you" ( when he gives us a few sentences and then he expects us to repeat it in class over a million times)

Actually, come to think of it, his teaching method may be extremely boring but its actually very effective. I remember most of the words and sentences that he taught. lol..

I guess I'll just show you some pictures of the work that we've been doing for the past 2 months...

The amount of writing exercise we had to do.

Brings back memories of Tadika

The Kannada Alphabest (aka AKSHARA MALE)

Hindi Alphabets.

Writing the countless number of hindi sentences without actually knowing the meaning of each sentence. Hindi's definitely my weakest subject.

And lastly!!TAMIL~!!!

NOTICE THE TORN EDGES ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER.HAHA~! IT SHOWS HOW MUCH I HAD TO REFER TO THAT VERY PIECE OF PAPER. TAMIL~!!!

Well, Thats basically why I'm stuck in KTT again. Can't wait for the 27th of May when KI finally ends.
p/s : I believe Kannada is my favourite and also my strongest subject. Hopefully all these stuff will actually be useful when we get to India.

till then,

~You'll Never Walk Alone~!

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Medical College (JSS MC) Mysore

2010-05-01T20:35:00.000-07:00

It was 6.03pm, 19th of April 2010. JPA was due to come to our college on the very next day to tell us our university placement in India. Oh, and I remember the time because I remember checking my phone for Christine's misscall to go for jogging.
I was putting on my socks when alll of a sudden, Joel came bursting through our front door screaming that he got SDM ,Dharwad. He said that the list was with Miss Syaza and that we could check our names in the staffroom. Totally Unexpected~! (actually by this time, the placements for KLE,KMC , KIMS and Bapuji had come out already...so half the students already knew their placements)

So I ran downstairs and saw many people crowding around the staircase leading to the staffroom. I met Christine down there too and told her that the placement was out. (by that time, she already knew that she got MCODS) I was actually hesitating if I should go up since I was only wearing shorts at that time.

Asida suddenly popped out of the blue and told me that I got JSS Mysore.
*numb feeling*
I then asked her who else got the same place. It seems that I was the only Indian guy and there were only 8 students being sent there.Mei Yee,Loga,Wan ,Shafie, Cheng, Asida,Aisyah and me.
It took me 10 seconds for the information to sink in. *Yesss~! I got Mysore~!!*
*High 5 with Christine*
and then Shalini called to congratulate me. I don't know how but she seemed to have this 6th sense that I would be getting Mysore.AND she was correct~!
I was really grateful as I had been praying for either JSS or KLE. THANK YOU LORD~! :)

Why Mysore? Well..from what I read online and what the seniors and the Indian lecturers said...Mysore was one of the most beautiful cities in Southern India. PLUS it is only about 2-2.5hours to Bangalore. I was HAPPY. I'll blog about Mysore another time(based on my research on the net)

I quickly ran upstairs and stopped by to tell Cheng. HAHA~! I remember him dancing around too. Then I called my dad to tell him about the place. I think he was really relieved that I was not sent to Salem.

I continued my jogging after that and everyone seemed really excited about their placement. Next STEP for all of us was to GOOGLE everything about the place and ask the seniors there about the University, accommodation etc ..

So that was how I came to know that I was heading to Mysore. The LOOOONG and anxious wait was over.

Feskott 2010

2010-04-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

I've been really lazy to blog about anything recently but I feel slightly inspired to kick start my dying blog . I'll blog about the KI classes another time but rite now its time to blog about the Sports Day in KTT.

Somehow this year I got the chance to take part in it again.(my seniors last year missed the event) When Maegyvear told me during the holidays that us KI students would be able to take part in FESKOTT, I was obviously overjoyed. On the other hand, the attitude or should I say enthusiasm of my fellow KI friends sort of poured cold water over my very 'semangat' to participate. Even Christine didn't take part this year due to her ailing knee :( (You're OLD WEI!!).

Nevertheless, all these things did not deter me.... (wakaka..this sounds so wrong)REPHRASING SENTENCE : Nevertheless, I still took part because I had given my name to my lecturer and my dad had only just bought me a pair of new spikes.

The Build Up
This time, the training wasn't as fun as the previous year as I did most of it on my own. One week before FESKOTT I joined Maegyvear (my junior who's a fantastic sportsman himself) and we ran to the Stadium. I was really amazed by his stamina because never before has anyone followed me all the way from college to the stadium at a quick pace. We were in the same house so the both of us planned to take different events to increase our house's chances of winning.In fact the only time we went against each other was during the larian mesra.

'D' DAY
1st event: LARIAN MESRA,8am
This was the same as the previous year except that I knew that I would be facing tougher competition from my juniors. Well, I was right of course. At the start of the race, Victor(another one of my juniors who has such a great passion in sports as well) really sprinted like HELL. I wouldn't advice anyone to do that in a long distance race because most of the time you tend to fade away at the finish. So Maegyvear and me kept a safe distance from Victor and we tried our best not to let him run off to far away.The idea was to let him lead till 'Great Slope' and overtake him somewhere there. Maegy and me were pretty much running side by side until we entered the stadium where i started to push abit more to win the race. Victor finished in a strong 3rd place and credit must be given to him too because he had the legs to maintain his strong pace till the finishing line.

I could not save much energy during the Larian Mesra this year because of the stiffer competition. I vividly remember last year when I ran the same event the second place runner was almost 500m behind me and I did not push really hard.
It was just a small gap between me and Maegyvear in the end. MUCH MUCH closer then the previous year.

800m
My second event came just shortly after the end of larian mesra.I had that bad feeling that they were rushing to complete all the events again *just for the sake of finishing off everything* .I always hate it when they do that. It was the same in school. At the start of the 800m, I felt good and quitely confident of winning it again. I believe that this is my favourite event on the track as you can pace yourself and just follow the pacesetter and in the final lap just PUSH and beat him.

So the 800m got started with a pathetic whistle (seriously, KTT should at least get a gun to start events) and I was quite relaxed during the first lap. I remember a junior leading the way but as soon as it was the final lap, I began to close down on him. I think I remember overtaking him somewhere around the 550m mark and Ashwin was behind me so it was really good for the Red house. Indeed we finished 1-2 and it was a job well done for the team. At this moment, I still felt that I had plenty of energy in reserve which was important as I still had 3 more races to run. -.-''

I was very well behind at the end of the first lap.

The super tiny red figure there is me. Sprinting towards the finishing line

4 x 400m
My team was actually quite strong this year. Ashwin,Hazwan(a diploma student),me and Maegy.
I was the 3rd runner and Ashwin and Hazwan did well as the first two runners.Hazwan however did not use any shoes and was fading away during the last 100m. When I received the baton I was in 2nd place and had alot of work to do to catch up with the leader. The Lord somehow gave me an extra boost and I managed to pass the leader and extend the lead. So it was up to Maegyvear (our final runner) to maintain our lead and I was really confident when the baton was in his hands. In the end , our team managed to win quite comfortably and I believe that this was perhaps the most enjoyable race i had that day.

After the 4x400m was over, it was only 10.15am .Those in charge really did an excellent job in fast-forwarding everything. They should at least take into consideration that the students that are running in the events are mostly the same people and let us rest more.But Oh well..Lets just leave that to one side.
After that, I went back to KTT in Ashwin's car (he was kind enough to let me 'tumpang' throughout FESKOTT). Guess what I did when I went back to college?
STUDY ANATOMY!!! HAHAHA~! MY TEST WAS THE NEXT MORNING.CRAZY~! I KNOW.
Well, I read a few pages of anatomy and decided to lie down and rest for the afternoon's events.
I had 2 more events to go ...both sprinting events (100m and 4x100m)

4x1oom
After waiting in the energy-sapping heat for 2.5 hours, my event was finally about to start. I was hoping that we could win this race thus I'll have more confidence leading to the final race which was the 100m. However, my team could only finish second.I was really dissapointed and felt really tired after this race. Did I have enough in my reserves to win the 100m??

100m
THE ANSWER WAS NO~! sadly, i lost the 100m final. I was leading for 85-90m of the race but i just faded away in the end and my teammate from the red house won the race. "The mind was willing but the body just could not PUSH anymore.'' I was extremely dissapointed as my dreams of winning both the shortest distance race and longest distance race was shattered. I don't think I'll ever race in the 100m again and who knows, this may even be my last race ever. I'm seriously thinking of taking it easy in sports from now on because my right knee never really recovered since I injured it last November.

Oh, and in the end I was named the Olahragawan again. Not too bad considering that my knee was hurt throughout FESKOTT. AND another thing, exam was cancelled or rather postponed to a few days later as we were all given off on monday.
TATA for now...i think i'll end with a few pictures taken after the whole event was over...

Us with Mr Avadiyar, my Tamil lecturer.

KI 5 or rather whats left of KI 5

The Mascots.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA~! =D

2010-02-24T06:00:00.001-08:00

Dearest PAPA…HAPPY BIRTHDAY~! Hope you like that small present that we gave you. Thank you for all the things that you have done for us. We may not show it all the time but we really appreciate everything that you have sacrificed for our family.

"Heavenly Father,
We praise You for all Your gifts to us.
In a special way,
We thank You for PAPA.
Bless him always in Your love.
Bless us too, Holy Father,
And this day which we celebrate.
Help us all to praise You and give You glory
Through Jesus
Christ our lord.
May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord shed his light upon you,
May the Lord look upon you kindly
and give you peace.
Amen.''

LOVE,

EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY~!

First Day Of School =D

2010-01-07T04:40:00.000-08:00

I LOVE THIS PICTURE~!

After reading recent posts on facebook by some of my teachers about their young kids' 1st day of school experience, it brought back some memories of my first day of school in primary one. I still remember that my standard one class was just right beside the toilet.STINKY~!

I was very blur at that time, hardly able to speak and understand Malay at all. I particularly remember all the parents waiting around just outside the class.Some seem to be listening attentively to the teacher as if wanting to take down notes ;). Our first exercise in class : writing the alphabets a,b,c,d, and e on one full page of the small exercise book. Due to my 'very excellent Malay' at that time, i probably misunderstood what my class teacher said and wrote down ONLY the alphabet 'A'
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

My dad somehow realised that i was making that mistake (goodness knows how, I can't really remember) and he told the teacher to make me sit right beside her. YUP! I SAT NEXT TO THE TEACHERS DESK. LOL. My small desk joined the very much larger desk of my teacher at THE FRONT of the class. ( or so it seemed at that time) I don't really remember how long I sat there.Probably a month until i was not so blur and could understand more Malay.

It was 1997. I can't recall other details of that first day such as students crying, or what I ate or what other activities we had on that first day. But this one incident remains vividly in my memory. I can't imagine how on earth I survived the first few weeks with my limited malay vocabulary.BUT I SURVIVED! and have gone on to finish school. lol...even getting an 'A' in BM.lol

~I'm just writing this in my blog so that one day, If i ever lose my memory or forget these tiny details, I can look back at the archives and recall my humble beginnings ~
YNWA~!!!

My Dream Team, 2009 :)

2010-01-03T22:02:00.000-08:00

If I had all the money in the world and could buy my own players, I would choose these eleven. I would deploy a 4-3-3 formation and I believe this line up would be feared by teams worldwide.

The Goalie ---> Iker Casillas

Arguably one of the best goalkeepers in the world. He was influencial for Spain En Route to their victory during Euro 2008 and has been really consistent throughout the years. He's presence itself could instill much confidence to the defenders.

My Back Four

Centre Back 1 --> John Terry

Chelsea ROCK SOLID defender. I love his passion and never say die attitude. An typical honest English player and plays with his heart. He is really strong and marshalls the team's defence very well. He has been key to the many clean sheets that Chelsea have kept over the years.

Centre Back 2---> Nemanja Vidic
He should have won the BPL player of the season last year but probably lost it after Torres terrorised him at Old trafford during Liverpool's 4-1 demolition of the Red Devils. He's another rock solid defender and I believe his partnership with Terry would be awesome. My team won't be leaking in that many goals. He's concentration level during each game is World Class.

Left Back---> This was a hard one but I think I'll go with Ashley Cole. Although I do not really like him because of his constant complainings towards referees and his temper, I have to admit that he's really good both in an attacking sense as well and more importantly, DEFENDING! He's very quick and has a few more seasons left in him I'm sure.

Right Back-->I think many people would have gone with Daniel ALves in this position. He's a fantastic attacking player and his delivery into the penalty box is superb.Very skillful and thus goes past defenders rather easily. He's defending isn't that bad either.

MY 3 MEN MIDFIELD

Centre--> People would have gone with Barcelona duo of Xavi and Inniesta but I'll stick with the dynamic Steven Gerrard. He's passion alone during each match is enough to give an extra boost to all his teammates. He has been awesome the last two years and he's long range shooting would be useless.He's not afraid to get 'stuck in' too. Great tackler and he would easily control the midfield.

Left--> Lionel Messi
The best player in the WORLD on current form. He's really quick and one of the most skillful players I've ever seen. The ball seems to stick to his feet. He can get past players very easily and would be a great option. He can play as a forward too and can cause headaches for any defender. John Terry and Vidic would be happy not to face him :)

Right---> As much as I hate him, I'll have to choose Cristiano Ronaldo. An extremely quick player and another player that can beat defenders easily. You'll put your money on him in a one on one situation. He has also got an excellent technique of taking freekicks so he'll be deadly during set plays.

My Attacking Trio
For my 3 forwards, I've gone for POWER,PACE ,SKILL and PASSION.

Centre Forward---> Didier Drogba.
For me, he's the best forward in the world when he is on form and when he's in the mood. He's every defenders nightmare and can easily out-muscle anyone.

Right Forward--> Wayne Rooney. What can i say, this guy is a great player. He's power and determination to win the ball and every game is amazing. He's always looks hungry and together with Torres and Drogba, defenders will wish they were never born~!

*You'll Never Walk Alone*

Top 10 things that Annoy The Crap Out of me !

2010-01-03T09:14:00.000-08:00

So here's my top 10~!

10. People that just talk too much. blablablabla. Most people that talk alot don't seem to realise that they're irritating the people around them. They seem oblivious to their surroundings and the body language of the people within close vicinity.

9. LIARS~!! I normally can sense if a person is lying. These people seem to live in a World of Fantasy and I believe they lie because they feel insecure. I also like to call them ATTENTION SEEKERS! (I actually mean those people that like to talk big about what they do not have, showing off something that doesn't even exist in the first place)

8.'Monkeys' that smoke in public places especially restaurant sidewalks. I'll probably never understand why people smoke but that is not the point. The thing that pisses me off the most is that these idiots are 'killing innocent lives' with every single puff. The smoke smell may also trigger headaches among non-smokers.

7.People who don't keep their promises. Heck! These people should be hanged. I've met a couple of human beings like this and I'm sure they annoy others as well with their inconsiderate behaviour.

6.Pigeons. I've never liked pigeons. Their droppings are just disgusting and people should stop feeding them. Pigeon droppings have been scientifically proven to cause cancer too. (this is why I hate Section 14, PJ.. apart from the constant traffic jam there)

5. Manchester United supporters THAT ARE COCKY~!

4. Slow Internet Speed. HAHA... I was probably spoiled after visiting Singapore.

3.People for act ignorant. I really cannot stand people like this. It is a way of getting way with things. They often know perfectly well what is going on in their surroundings but choose to pretend and act stupid. That way, you can't blame them for anything.I know many people like this :(

2.Mat Rempits. I'm from Shah Alam, so I've seen enough of them to HATE them.

1.PEOPLE WHO DON'T REPLY MESSAGES.

Ushering in 2010 =)

2010-01-02T00:48:00.000-08:00

Adios 2009~! Hola 2010~!
2009 passed by like a flash. It was an average year for me i suppose. If a rating system for the year 2009 was introduced, I would probably give it a 6/10. The early part of the year was awesome. However I got admitted in hospital in the middle of the year and I would say that August was the worst month of the year. I spent 11 long months in KTT and I really great learning and journeying with my fellow friends. I did ok in exams and I finally won a GOLD MEDAL for a football competition during FESKOTT (my sports day in college). I've always lost in the semis so it was an amazing feeling to finally win a final eventhough it was just at college level.

December was really fun though. I really enjoyed spending time at home and meeting up with my good friends from school. Nigel , my cousin from Singapore stayed with us for about 3 weeks so it was all good. We spent X'mas in Port Dickson and it was great to meet up with sooooo many family members there. The only sour note in december was that Aunty Clare lost her battle with cancer on Boxing day. :( Well, at least she does not have to suffer anymore and she is in a better place now.

For 2010, I want to be STRONGER~! ( spiritually, mentally, physically) . I'll continue to be a fighter and a fierce competitor. I vow to study harder and smarter than I've ever studied in my life( I'd have to when I'm in India, competing with the locals there) I'm really excited about starting my medical studies this year. Something I'm extremely interested in =)

I'll have to be more independent, learn how to cook and survive on my own too. I'll be working on my fitness and enjoy my holidays playing all my favourite sports and games . You see, I'm very different from most people. I don't have to go on a holiday to a far away place to enjoy myself. You can just drop me off in a nearby sports complex, give me a ball or a badminton racket and I'll have fun~!

I'm trying to pick up tennis and squash and I hope to master freestyle swimming by the end of my holidays.

I'll end my post with a lovely prayer and hopefully I can make the most of this new year. I'm really PUMPED UP for 2010~!!!!

"A new year is unfolding—like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within.

Lord, let this year be filled with the things that are truly good—with the comfort of warmth in our relationships, with the strength to help those who need our help and the humility and openness to accept help from others.

As we make our resolutions for the year ahead, let us go forward with great hope that all things can be possible—with Your help and guidance." I ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen =)

KTT...my friends =)

2009-11-26T05:37:00.000-08:00

The past 1.5 years have been really awesome. It's been the first time I stepped out of the comfort of the house and ventured into the outside world.
I've decided to just blog about the people whom I have stayed and bonded with over the last couple of months.

I shall start with my roomie. I really thank God that I had such a great person as my roommate in KTT
A fantastic guitar player and supports Manchester United ( unfortunately...but it made it more fun anyway). We decided on becoming roommates after meeting online and at the MIED Award Ceremony He's been really awesome throughout the 1.5 years and I doubt I'll get anyone like him in India =)

SHAWN PAUL!!!

Up next is my housemate,classmate and one of my best friends in KTT. When Selvan came in with a shirt and jeans( what a 1st impression that was..haha) both Shawn and me were like who's this guy? We ended up being really close. Another crazy Man U fan( i'm outnumbered in my own apartment!!). Loves to play games. My badminton partner and kick about partner.
He's the Physics expert in out house and I think I spent more time with him then anyone else in KTT.haha...he's probably well known for disturbing girls...especially Man See;)

And then there is Dhana. A fantastic leader. He's one of those guys that you can say is born to be a leader. Well loved by alot of the juniors. A relatively new Liverpool fan =) and he's really good with project too. Dhana's probably one of the most popular guys and well known by all the lecturers.Oh! and how can I ever forget this... he's an amazing cook! I hope to come back during KI being able to cook like him.

Liverpool versus Manchester United.Who says they can't work together?

Chai Siew Yap is definitely the strongest person in KTT. An extremely positive guy and has been an inspiration to every student in KTT as he is fighting cancer. May God bless him and that he recovers completely from it. A fantastic badminton player. Chai entered KTT being really really nerdy. He hardly came out of his apartment and at that time, he worshipped a senior called Ken. Chinese New Year changed things when he came back with a new hairstyle and came out from his shell and started becoming the outgoing person like he was in school. He's my neighbour in KTT and a frequent visitor to our apartment. I can vividly remember him knocking the door everynight and entering our apartment with his laptop.

The transformation of Chai after Chinese New Year!

The following guy is a great sportsman and a wonderful friend.Beh Jun Hua is a fantastic basketball and table tennis player. A good runner and we use to race sooooo many times.lol...u owe me dinner!! jkjk
He is a guy with a mind of his own and has his own way of doing things. I'm really going to miss him and all the ' heart to heart conversations' we had :)
Keep on running beh!!

Both of us during Graduation Dinner

KELVIN YONG and ERIC TAN

These two are also my opposite neighbours. Both of them are great in sports too. Eric played football for Johor while Kelvin played tennis and table tennis for Sarawak. Both of them are my regular football mates and it has been great fun knowing them.

Eric in pink during the Cf Xmas Party

haha...i stole your facebook picture

*JOEL LIM*

One of the nicest guys in KTT. Trully a great friend and he has helped us alot from helping us buy stuff from giant to sharing exam tips. I've never heard anyone laugh as loud and as crazy as this guy, it is really unique. A very kind guy and he is KTT's movie database. He rarely came out during A2 and his favourite food in KTT is probably maggi and instant porridge (I know that you are absolutely sick and tired of eating those two things already)

*Chua Ian Bin*

This guy used to be KTT's sleeping beauty till he met lynn. He used to be the most playful guy in tangga 11 and is the basketball star of KTT =). Dota Addict! and an avid Manchester United supporter. He has since appeared to be more mature and controlled after AS..LOL

This was probably taken during his 'glory days' ;)

The next guy is really one of a kind. I'll probably never meet anyone like Daniel Chong anywhere else in the world. Really smart guy and very sociable.I think he could just go and sit at any table and make friends. He's lovingly remembered as Beautiful Boy from Orientation Week and he's the CF vice President. The picture of him after this sums him up. One of the members of my 'dinner group' and ardent supporter of Aunty Saba's food. I'm gonna miss those messages before lunch man~! :(

....and then there's Choong and Cheng. Staying really close to Pak Cik Parang. If there's anything you want to know about PCP, its best you ask them because they see him everyday. Choong's the super computer genius and he is the one who he look for if there's any problem with our laptops and games.
Cheng's a nice guy and another guy who loves sports. He's the only person I know from Kota Belud and is a great tennis player. He is also obsessed with Shawn's XPS

aww...so sweet=)

Introducing One of The Geniuses of our batch. ZEFF!! He is a really soft spoken and humble guy. I hardly heard him laugh or talk for almost one year. All that changed thanks to Daniel and Queenie. He has that coolness and calmness when he speaks. I really love it when he just has to utter 1 word...yup...just 1 word and its enough to make Daniel and Queenie dumbfounded.Pure brilliance. I'm sure he has read more books and watched more movies then anyone else in KTT.

and then there's Queenie...who basically just hangs out with the guys. Its always great entertainment for me when Daniel and Queenie start fighting. They can go on and on the whole day( or night) She looked great during prom though=)

Now all the friends I made during CF. I think all of the CF members were really close and bonded well espeacially after the various activities held.

Lim Sue Ting (AKA SUSU)

She's KTT's SUPERWOMAN! :) She's been an awesome friend. You can totally count on her for anything. A great leader that followed the footsteps of Andrew( our senior). I think she's one person whom I can sit down and talk with her in the cafe for ages.Susu is really amazing as she puts God first in everything that she does and I admire that alot.

*JOANNA*

I like her alot because she chose the rite path in supporting Liverpool. She's another person realy dedicated to CF and one of the few people smart enough to support Liverpool in KTT. I think supporting Liverpool actually builds one's character because or the torments we constantly receive from all those Man U fans. She's a great captainball player too and someone I definitely like to have on my team every Tuesdays.=)

Semangat Liverpool during Christmas Party (CF)

*Lynthia Wong*

The first thing that comes to my mind when Lynthia's name is mentioned is tennis! haha..She's a trained tennis player from Miri so don't mess with her. When it comes to watching tennis, I don't mind sitting next to year when Federer's playing because she's Federer's Number 1 fan in KTT and her expressions during the match is amazing. I want to play with her at least one time during KI( after practising with Kelvin and Cheng). She's really a bubbly and super friendly person and I'm going to miss that during the holidays.

Lynthia acting super emo after Pre A2

*Chai Lian*

A very quiet person.A Sibu gangstress. I don't really know much about her but all I really know is that she and Beh make a sweet couple.

LOL =)

JENE ( JA=) )

She's Indon bound and has already gone off to Indonesia. One of my best friends in KTT and I've never met a girl that likes Manchester United as much as her. A very friendly person and I really miss the times we all makan together in the cafe =)
ALL THE BEST IN INDONESIA!!!

*Shalini*

She's definitely one of my classmate's that I speak to the most. At one glance, one would'nt think that this petite girl from Klang watches football at all. It turns out that she's another crazy Man Utd supporter but I like the way she makes sense when saying anything about Liverpool.A very fair person and is good in English..LOL

Yup...this is what I was talking about.You'll Never Walk Alone

Next is a girl that can say beautiful prayers. Hui Fen~! She definitely had the most memorable birthday party in KTT. All the flour and water...I shall never forget that day. Hui Fen is one of the nicest people I know in KTT. She's not fondly called mummy by all the girls for nothing.

The next two people are really talented in music. Sharon and Felicia have performed many times during certain events in KTT . The performance during the Graduation Dinner was really amazing because it felt as if they were professionals.Reminded me of the times when my family went on vacation and relaxed at the hotel lobby.Sharon used to be a captainball fanatic but transformed completely during A2. Felicia on the other hand is famous for her warming up before jogging.I bet she's the only one that does proper exercise.=)

They all look elegant:)

*Joey*

One of my first friends in KTT. I think I met her on recom before coming to KTT. Shawn's Soulmate=)

*My Wildboar--> Liying*

Here's a person that I met on facebook after 3 MONTHS studying in KTT. If I can remember, it was perhaps during the water crisis in Sepang. She's an extremely smart student and can be very crazy at times.A good runner and was the Olahragawati for Feskott in KTT.She's also one of my close friends in KTT and I want to thank her for being a great friend.

After FESKOTT

@ Man SEE @

This person is the most SS girl I've ever met. hahaha. She's great fun and Selvan and me used to disturb her alot! The great thing about her is that she never gets angry at all and don't be fooled by her size, she's like a chili padi. I see her jogging almost everyday and she has got to be the most consistent people around the field.

and last but not least......

* CHRISTINE TAN*

My beloved jogging partner!!!!.She's the most athletic girl I've ever met in my short life and it was really fun to jog with her. A great company and I used to study with her for some time. She gets really scary during the exam period but most of the time, she's super nice.LOL. I'll always remember the time when I was in hospital, she was amazing=) I'm really going to miss her company though especially during the evenings..and HEY...YOU STILL NEED TO TEACH ME ONE THING!! SQUASH~!!

A Really Quick Update!

2009-11-26T05:31:00.000-08:00

BLOG!! ~COME TO LIFE~!!!!!

Finally, after months and months of neglecting my blog I've decided to start blogging again.

Lets sum up the past 4 months:

1.I got my AS results...thank God for helping me get all As'. He really guided me and my friends.
2.I got band 8 for IELTS...which is not that bad considering the fact that I started preparing just 2 days before the exam.
3.I've sat for my A2 exams and finished my last paper on the 17th of Nov. So now I'm back home.
4.I've got about 3/4 months break till KI.

~tadaaa~!!! all summed up

From Penang To Dengue with Love =)

2009-06-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

Finally I have the time to sit down and update my dead blog. AS ended about 2 weeks ago and it was ok overall...except perhaps chemistry paper 2. My semester holidays were spent in Penang, Teluk Intan and Selangor Specialist Centre(lol).

Briefly about Penang
WE (Shawn, Dhana, Selvan, Chai and me) went there via the train. I think it was the Langkawi Express. Definitely an interesting experience going by train but lets just say that I'll be taking Air Asia the next time i go there.
Penang was good. Especially THE FOOD!! I think I easily gained 1.5 kg there( all lost when I got dengue fever a week later T.T)
We went to places like Kek Lok Si and Batu Maung War Museum.Oh yea, we met up with Christine too and she brought us to the beautiful Botanical Gardens. (thanx alot ya!!) It was a fun trip la overall.
*mental note * for more about the Penang Trip, visit Shawn's blog---> see!!! im promoting ur blog here!! im too lazy to write about penang.

lets just cut it short... straight to the action...

DENGUE FEVER!!!!

The Stupid Aedes mosquito that bit me 2 weeks earlier. =(

After coming back from Penang, the second day to be exact, I had very high fever lasting 3 days. It did not go down at all for the 1st 3 days and I had to be sponged by my mum for a few nights. Imagine having a bath at 3am to cool down your body!
So on the 4th day of fever, I was still occasionally vomitting and had no appetitie to eat anything, my parents brought me for a bloodtest and tadaa!! It confirmed I had Dengue Fever and I had to be admitted in hospital for 4 days. The worst part about it was having your blood taken by the nurses at least 2 times a day.

This is just some info about dengue fever i thought would be useful for people's general knowledge
Symptoms:
'

What are the signs and symptoms of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever?

Dengue fever usually starts suddenly with a high fever, rash, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, and muscle and joint pain. The severity of the joint pain has given dengue the name "breakbone fever." Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite are common. A rash usually appears 3 to 4 days after the start of the fever. The illness can last up to 10 days, but complete recovery can take as long as a month( i hope it won't be this long)haha . Older children and adults are usually sicker than young children.

Most dengue infections result in relatively mild illness, but some can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever. With dengue hemorrhagic fever, the blood vessels start to leak and cause bleeding from the nose, mouth, and gums. Bruising can be a sign of bleeding inside the body. Without prompt treatment, the blood vessels can collapse, causing shock (dengue shock syndrome). Dengue hemorrhagic fever is fatal in about 5 percent of cases, mostly among children and young adults.'

Basically you will get this very high fever lasting a few days so thats when you shoud immediately go and get your blood checked. I didn't have all the symptoms la...no rashes and body aches.

You might want to take note about what I'm going to write next. Could come in handy for the future.Spread the word !!

REMEDIES for INCREASING BLOOD PLATELET COUNT!!!

1. Papayas..the unripe papaya juice and papaya leaves (extremely bitter)

2. Watermelon Juice (really nice to drink this!!). Perhaps the best tasting of all. =)

3. Crab soup( very delicious)
4. Black Chicken Soup ( its not as bad as it looks...its actually quite nice)
5. Date juice.

HAVE FUN TRYING!!( the remedies of cause) though...try not to get bitten by this mosquito.

Feskott , My Story

2009-04-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

(My only pictures from Feskott. Top most pic- with Li ying(Olahragawati). Centre- Getting some prize during the Sports Day. Bottom- Winning the 4x400m)

Festival Sukan Kolej Teknologi Timur(FESKOTT). It has been slightly more than a month since Feskott and I thought I might as well put it in my blog as it has got to be one of the highlights in KTT every year.( I'm writing this so that I can look back at this event when I'm old and can no longer run)

Basically Feskott is just like any school sports day except that there are more events like football, volleyball etc. During my schooling years, Sports Day was always one of the days that I eagerly wait for. There was plenty of motivation to excell in sports during my time in school ie. getting JPA, marks for KOKO. Now that I'm already in KTT, Sports Day had no real significance for me.

At the start of Feskott, I only wanted to participate in badminton and Larian Mesra( it is a very much shorter version of my school's cross country). The event that I wanted to win most was badminton because I've never entered a doubles competition before this and I really wanted to win it with Selvan.

So, Selvan and me breezed through the Yellow house selection (seriously , our house badminton team sucked) but only when we were selected did we know that badminton was a team event. There goes all the hope of winning the event. Nevertheless, me and Selvan still participated (semangat kesukanan rite? dont wanna let down ur house) and made it as a personal challenge to win all our matches. We won all of games but as expected, our teammates let us down. WE DIDN'T EVEN WIN A BRONZE MEDAL.

I mentioned earlier that the events that I only wanted to participate in was Larian Mesra and badminton. Somehow, Rahim managed to persuade me to join football and after some indecision, I entered Olahraga as well. Football has always been my favourite past time ever since 1996 but since coming to KTT, I hardly kick a ball. My team managed to win a gold medal in football and I felt that I really didn't contribute much to my team's success. Lack of match practice I suppose.haha. My first ever gold medal in football. I've played in many finals during primary and secondary school but everytime I fall short of winning it. So, it was my 1st ever win in a football final. Perhaps a good omen for Athletics and Larian Mesra.

The Feskott was held for a 1 week period ( 16-21 march). The track events were on the last day and so was Larian Mesra. Larian Mesra was an event that I trained for at least 2 weeks prior to Feskott. I ran about 4km everyday and that itself was an achievement since i never liked training in school. Running to the Stadium was really fun and a great challenge actually thanks to my training partners : Christine(the fastest girl in KTT), Shawn and Selvan.

So, on the 21st of March, I had to first run 4km for the Larian Mesra (started about 8.20am) and then take part of other events like 800m, 4x400m and 4x100m. I didn't want to take my favourite event because it would be just too tiring considering the fact that i ran 4km in the morning. Before the start of the 1st event, I couldn't help but think if it was a mistake to take part in the cross country as it could jeopardize my chances in the other events later that day. I remember the time when i was in form 5, I took part in 5 events and lost 200m because of fatigue. The only difference from then and now is that I am very much fitter now than I was then. The running to the Stadium must have surely have helped.

So there I was in the starting line of the Larian Mesra. It was the most pathetic start to a cross country that I've ever participated in.Usually there is a gun/ loud horn, but this time it was only a whistle. I didn't even hear the lecturer saying 'On your marks, Set...' So, I started about 0.5seconds slower than the rest. My strategy that day was just to follow the pacesetter and kill them off at the end. However, about 1/4th of the race( the uphill part of the race) , the pacesetters started to slow down to walking pace. Honestly Shawn, you could have beaten them with your spirit. I grabbed the chance to take over the lead(though it was not as planned). I kept glancing back after that to see if anyone was creeping up behind me. I saw nobody. So I just ran at a respectable pace , arrived at the stadium. At the stadium, it was just as pathetic as the start. The whole place was deserted apart from a few organisers and some of the girls that just completed the race. I was honestly hoping for a much better atmosphere in the Stadium but what can you expect from KTT. The finishing line was even worse. There were 2 people holding pieces of paper and pens , writing down the names of the winners. Maybe I am spoiled by the grand nature of my school's cross country and sports day but this must be a joke. Normally, at the very least there will be a tape across the finishing line with students cheering on the runners. Yes, I know I should be thankful that I won the race ( I am) but KTT should improve all these tiny things.

I rested a while untill my next event which was the 800m. Just before the race, I prayed that I would have the energy to finish the race strongly. Thank God! I managed to win it and the confidence and self believe was there in me. For the girls category, it was interesting to watch the battle of the 2 Titans ie Christine and Li ying. Both of them were a class above the other girls in the track events that day. I have to make a confession here.I was not actually supporting my Yellow house AKA Stingerz . I was just basically supporting my friends on that day. It didn't matter to me if my house lost or won. So yea, I was cheering on Susu, Ashwin, Christine, Liying and other people I knew. It is always great to share the joy with your friends. I always believe that it is better if many people succeed together than you alone being successful. I also appreciated the fact that Shawn come early in the morning( albeit to drive joey's car) and stayed in the Stadium until my events were over.

Next event in the morning was the last event for the morning session. 4x400m. I've always enjoyed this event more than any other track events. (partly due to the fact that i've never lost this event-I've been blessed with great teammates over the years) I was the 4th runner and by the time I received the baton, I was well clear of the 2nd placed team. All I had to do was to maintain the lead. So, for the 2nd time during Feskott I won an event because of the help of my teammates.( the first was football) I loved it when I ran the last 100m, finally some cheering and a sportsday-like feel to Feskott.

After my event, I went back to college, showered and rested a while before my final event, 4x100m, an event which I have never had much luck with over the years. The wait was just so energy sapping. The lecturers forced students to CRAM into the small tents in the centre of the field. It was ridiculously hot and I got a headache from just sitting there. We had to wait for ages for the VIPs to arrive. (it seems to be a KTT tradition that the VIPs arrive late at every function)

The closing ceremony was agonisingly long. DANCE after DANCE after DANCE...zzzz. Then there was a march past, formation etc. Then more dancing, speeches and dancing again. Almost not like a sporting event anymore. Finally after an extremely LONG closing ceremony, the final events started. I was quite dissapointed as it seemed that KTT had got the whole Sports Day thing wrong. Too many dances.Its like deviating from the main idea of the whole feskott. (Sorry to all the dancers, no hard feelings, the dancing was good but KTT...pls lah...Sports Day means focus more on Sporting events lah)

So, yea I went on to win the 4x100m with the help of my teammates again and was crowned the Olahragawan title. Something that I've only ever won in primary school. It was a good achievement but to me, its just a one-day thing. The next day, its back to class and people will forget all about FESKOTT.

Lastly, I would like to thank all you people for supporting me during the FESKOTT..Shawn and Selvan for supporting me. Dhana for helping me with my bags in the morning eventhough you were busy with your deco work.( Thank God I have really great housemates) Liying for your encouraging text msgs during the super long closing ceremony.=) n Christine..thanx 4 teman-ing me 2 d stadium..haha

Walk On With Hope In Your Heart !

2009-04-07T21:02:00.001-07:00

Its been ages since I last blogged. Liverpool were on a bad run of form back in January and it seemed to have ruined their chances for their quest to regain supremacy over England. I personally thought that it was all over for Liverpool after many dreadful performances and a string of draws thoughout January and February. Their defeat against Middlesborough on the 27th of February summed it up. But since their thumping of Real Madrid and Manchester United within a space of 1 week in March, they have been simply breathtaking at times. They are now back in the hunt for their 19th title with 7 matches still to go. That week ( when Liverpool thrased MU and Madrid) was really one of the best weeks for me as a Liverpool fan. My top 5 moments as a Liverpool supporter.

5. The treble of 2001. I remember watching the FA cup final against Arsenal. Micheal Owen struck twice in the last 10 minutes to help Liverpool win. I also remember the UEFA cup final against Alaves. What a final it was. Liverpool coming up top with a 5-4 victory. The other trophy that Liverpool won that season was the Carling Cup.

4. The defeat of Chelsea in the semi finals of the Champions League 04/05. Chelsea were deemed too strong for Liverpool before the match but a collective team effort saw Liverpool making it to the finals of the Champions League for the 1st time in 20 years.I'm sure most of you remember the goal (that might have/might not have) crossed the goaline by Luis Garcia. I particularly remember the 7 minutes of added time during that match. Total Crap ...and Chelsea almost scored too.

3.Winning the FA Cup 2006. That was definitely the best final in the World's Oldest Cup competition's history. Liverpool were trailing 2-0 against West Ham during the first half before a Gerrard-inspired Liverpool cameback to win the match on penalties. I vividly remember the extra time goal by Gerrard from about 40 yards out. I was on my way upstairs ( to bed) when he scored to level the scores at 3-3. Liverpool of course went on to win on penalties =)

2. The week that I had just mentioned. Beating the so called giants of Europe 4-0 at Anfield and THRASHING the English/European/World? Champions Manchester United 4-1( and did I mention it was in Old Trafford as well). The Manchester game was really amazing and I was really glad as it shut all the arrogant Man U supporters mouths for at least 1 whole night. I can remember them laughing at their team when Liverpool scored their 4th goal. God knows what was going through their minds at that time.It showed that Liverpool had the quality to challenge the top teams in Europe but I'm still not so sure about sustaining the challenge.

1. ISTANBUL 2005. The Great Comeback- Liverpool Style =). It was the best moment for me as a Liverpool fan and most of the younger generation that support Liverpool FC. 3-0 down,certainly game over but somehow they managed to claw their way back into the game and win it on penalties.

The future looks bright for Liverpool at the moment. Though I'm still not convinced that they will win the league this season, they have certainly made progress since last year.I believe that Liverpool lost the league in January when they failed to win any of their matches. Slowly but surely, they are closing the gap to Manchester United and Chelsea.
My predictions for this year :
BPL winners: Manchester United (unless they suddenly collapse...that would be a miracle)
UCL winners: Barcelona

I'll end with the lyrics of this world famous song which shows the spirit and character of Liverpool Football Club =) Enjoy! (YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE)

When you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark

Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Curtain falls on 2008...Welcome 2009!!

2009-01-27T05:21:00.000-08:00

It has been an extremely long time since i last sat down and blogged and we already well into 2009.I think I have to start where I left off. When I went back to KTT in December after the 2 weeks break, it was the beginning of the 2nd Semester. The highlight before Christmas I suppose was the CF's Christmas night.

There was carolling and we also watched a movie, Pay It Forward during the Christmas Night. The movie almost put me to sleep...definitely not my kind of movie. It was too slow. (no offense Susu)

Liverpool vs Manchester United. Equally poised =)

During Christmas Night. Tangga 11 united. (Eric'c 1st time in CF also)

Look how excited Chua and me are being the ushers before the event.

Christmas was really great. We had a family gathering in Kulai and almost everyone in my mum's side were there. Some of whom I haven't seen for about 5 years. I went for mass at CDM, Shah Alam and travelled to Johor on Christmas day itself. I drove about half the journey to Johor. It was definitely the furthest I've ever driven. One bad thing about the highway leading down South is that its only 2 lanes. Hope they upgrade the highways in Johor. Pity all those Johorians people especially when there are many crazy lorry drivers that overtake and hold up traffic in the process.

During Christmas, I played a game that I've never played before. PAINTBALL!! Paintball was really awesome.Everyone should play this game at least once in their life time.But be forewarned, when you get shot especially at close range, it hurts. Well, you can't call it paintball without the Pain right? My advice to those people who have not played this game, wear at least 2 layers of clothing to lessen the impact of getting shot. I got a couple of bruises on my leg and a few cuts on my arm.I also think that being taller is a disadvatage in paintball as you're an easy target for opponents as I found out on numerous occasions.I thoroughly enjoyed playing with all my uncles and cousins and I will definitely want a rematch as my team lost the game badly.( No beginners luck for me)

Me and my family, before going for midnight mass.

The 'Paliath War' . My team is just about to step into the battlefield...and get annihilated!! ;)

Me with a few of my cousins in Kulai.

One of the best moments during each Christmas=)

Yup...thats my Liverpool bag.

I played a friendly futsal match for my cousin's team in Kulai too. It was though. I never liked futsal that much because you can't really run with the ball. Field football is obviously way better.(because I can run pass people)

Oh yea, I almost forgot. I played badminton in an indoor court. Something that we KTTians can only dream off in our college. A really fun Xmas indeed, just the way I like it with all te sporting activities.

After Christmas, Shawn, Selvan and me decided came back to KTT on the 29th of December. We decided prior to the Christmas break that we should come back early to study here(although classes only begin on the 5th of January)Exams were only 3 weeks away thus the reason for our decision. I guess we covered alot during the few days that we were there so it was a benefitial stay. KTT was deserted apart from a few Malay students and the cafe food was really bad. Ended up eating bread most of the time.

On New Year's eve, i went out to Sunway Pyramid with Shawn, Selvan, Joey and Li Ying. Joey drove and I experienced something that I've never experienced in a car before... screeching tyres. Not that she's bad driver, but we nearly overshot a turning. (She's not a bad driver in actual fact,better then Chua)

It was about 8pm that day when we all decided to go to KLCC for the countdown. Great experience there as well. The fireworks there was the best i've seen live.( Beijng Olympics not counted la)

At KLCC park...just before midnight.

Interesting deco in front of Sunway Pyramid.

One of the longest waits for the lift, got bored so Shawn started camwhoring.=)

2009!!!

Well, people normally have new year's resolutions at the start of each year. I don't normally have one because my target at the start of each year is basically to do my best in studies and get good results. This year, I've decided to write them down.

1.Get 4 As' for AS and A2.

2.Be fitter, improve football and badminton

3.Try to read the bible more often.

4.Make sure I'm not underweight ;)

5.Pick up as many tamil and mandarin words

Thats about it I guess.Short but certainly not simple.

Now about the 1st day of class in 2009.5th January, I'll remember this day for a very very long time. I woke up earlier than usual( 1st day, so extra semangat). Got ready, had breakfast and just skimmed through a few pages of the physics textbook before the class.But then, some drama before class. I tried to open the lock on the grill and once again I couldn't open it. I tried for 5 minutes at least but the lock just wouldn't open. A sense of deja vu overcame me. I wasn't going to miss the 1st class of 2009 so I had this crazy idea of climbing down the grill( down 2 floors) from the kitchen area. Selvan and I managed to climb down safely and we were in class. So much effort just to attend a physics class. Dhana called the warden after that and they cut open the lock with more effort then the previous occasion because this Solex lock is suppose to be hardened.

(stole this picture from shawn's blog) This is basically how high he climbed down.Not that high but you will certainly fracture your leg if you jump down.

Another lock bites the dust. No more locks for 11-2-a2 after this.

The heroes of the day. Mr Shurabil must be getting really good at this.

This is how they cut open the lock.

Lastly, for the Ponggal festival in KTT.It was organized by the ICS( Indian Cultural Society) headed by Dhana.He did a good job considering the limited time and budget.A good experience for KTT's students.On that day, Dhana lent his Kurta to us and we had a good time afterwards doing stupid poses.

Us doing Sharon's pose.( We're making this pose famous)

Who's the odd one out??

Me with Joel and 3/4 Chua and Daniel's head.

The dance during Ponggal. Miss Rajes(my bio lecturer in the dark blue saree) was the best dancer.

Usain Bolt or Fernando Torres? Neither...just copying Christine.

Pouring the milk into the container filled with rice.

The "best" picture.lol

Me testing Selvan's destroyed bed.

This was pretty much what happened on Selvan's bed.You can clearly see Selvan displaying his SuperCow Abilities.

BEHOLD...What you are Going to see next is very rare.The photographer of this picture risked his life and ran the whole length of KTT just to capture the next picture.

TADAA!!! PAK CIK PARANG!!! I ran from the Chemistry Lab just to take a picture of him. Had to pretend I was calling someone when I took this picture.On the right is his wife, Mrs Parang. Notice the resemblance with Voldemort.=)

Dhana...with his golden hair just after he came back from some Ponggal Party

So...thats about all for this blog update.Happy Chinese New Year to all my chinese friends.

A special messege to Keevan: Study hard and all the best for SPM this year!!! haha

World Player of the year??

2008-12-07T04:39:00.000-08:00

CHRISTIANO RONALDO- What Liverpool fans think of him.

Last night, I was watching Manchester United vs Sunderland. It was the most one sided match that i've seen in ages. Something I saw during that match prompted me to write about my ' favourite player'.

It was halfway through the second half and Ronaldo seemed to be caught by a Sunderland defender. He was holding his ribs/hips for some time but 5 minutes later I definitely saw him dribbling again.Another 5 minutes later, he totally misskicked the ball and straight away held his hips in agony.What playacting....he was then substituted much to my pleasure.(I immediately texted Selvan after seeing that incident,couldn't help it)

ok..straight to the point.What do Liverpool fans(best in the world of cause) think of him?

#Quote from Ronaldo " I am the best player, 2nd best player and 3rd best player in the world"

Liverpool fans- Yea right!...he always goes missing during big matches and doesn't seem to have much impact while playing against top defenders.

from Liverpool's point of view... best player in the world: Steven Gerrard,2nd best: Fernando Torres,3rd best: Jamie Carragher

Steven Gerrard

Fernando Torres

Jamie Carragher

#Ronaldo was recently voted as European player of the year.

Liverpool fans- Wrong award to give him indeed.He should have been awarded the Oscars ,best actor.Probably for 2 years in a row now.

#General view of football fans: Ronaldo is extremely skillful. The best in the world.(I'm getting bored hearing that Ronaldo is the best in the world)

Liverpool fans- All he can do are stepovers...other than that, Ronaldinho and Messi beat him flat.His freestyle football skills are just an exact copy of Ronaldinho.

#Ronaldo thinks its alright to be extremely arrogant as he is ' the best player in the world'.Many football pundits say he has a right to be arrogant.

Liverpool fans- OMG!!..this young lad from Portugal is just vain. Alright, we have to admit, he is quite good, but nobody has the right to be arrogant no matter how good you are.You always have to keep your feet on the ground.Example of humble players- Steven Gerrard.=)

#Ronaldo thinks he is really handsome.Best looking footballer perhaps?

I'm not going to comment further, You judge for yourself.:p

#Ronaldo thinks that he is bigger than Manchester United.He may be an important player, but no one is bigger than a football club. Shown clearly by how he almost abandoned Manchester United in the summer. He should have shown more respect to the club that nurtured his talent.

Liverpool fans- Not our problem, we just don't care!!

haih...i can go one saying many things about Ronaldo, but I don't want my blog to be contaminated by him. I'll write on the 'true' WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR very soon.

Till then, You'll Never Walk Alone.

Where Monkeys and Pigeons Thrive =)

2008-12-05T07:04:00.000-08:00

I have always wondered how so many people could climb up Batu Caves during Thaipusam and how people manage to pray with so much distractions on that festival. What would happen if someone loses his/her footing while climbing up to the temples. The probability of a person tripping is high considering that there are 272 steps to climb up and down gain (544 + at least a hundred more as there are more steps to climb once you reach the top). Will it cause a 'dominos effect'?

I went there on the 3rd of Dec just to take a look.I have been staying in Selangor for 18 years and this will only be my second time climbing up Batu Caves.( Actually, I went there because my grandmother's sister came down from India so my dad just wanted to show her the place where more then 1.5 million people come each year during Thaipusam)

As you enter the premises of the temples, one thing that will surely catch the eyes of all visitors will probably be the colossal statue of Lord Murugan. I've never seen such a formidable looking statue.(I've not gotten a chance to see statues overseas so hope you can understand my excitement)

Just had to take a picture of the statue.My grandma's sister with me and my brother.(I googled and found out that this statue is the tallest statue of Lord Muragan in the world-42.7m,not bnad)

Another thing that caught my attention was the large numbers of pigeons at the foot of the stairway.Pigeons are my second most hated birds( nothing beats the crow of cause) because of their dropping. Extremely disgusting!!

See what I mean.I wished I had boots on that day.Yuck!!They should stop feeding pigeons

Enough about pigeon faeces. Next: Monkeys. The monkeys there were climbing up and down the steps and there were even more once you reach the top ( entering the temples). One should think that the monkeys there will be extremely friendly as they have alot of exposure to humans. Well, I really don't think so.I saw numerous people being attacked/chased/disturbed by these monkeys while climbing up.I guess they must have been provoked by humans.

They are just adorable aren't they? ;)

272 steps up.Not that tiring the honestly.But I don't know how people can do it with a kavadi on their back.

Those who have Acrophobia are advised not to look down.Very steep.

After climbing to the top, we just spent a while in the cave.I must say, it was very beautiful indeed. It must have taken millions of years to form or something like. I particularly like the sight of water dripping down from the top into the cave.

Pictures...

Up in the caves.

My brother, dad and me

One of the many statues up there

The view from the top.

1st Semester Ends =)

2008-12-03T18:10:00.000-08:00

Time flies. Its already the end of the first semester. After Deepavali holidays, I didn't go home at all. So i calculated that i stayed in KTT for 25 days straight( an amazing feat for me). I don't think i'll ever do there is study.Just a few highlights during my record-breaking stay =) want to stay that long without going home again but i have to say,the weekends at KTT were productive because the only thing one can do is to study.

# Volleyball court demolished :(
date: 3rd November 2008.

So sad. A new futsal court will be built there. I am supposed to be happy right? football being my favourite sport and all. Well, somehow im not. For the first few days after the demolition, all of us were kind of lost. Evenings were so boring in this already dull place. Thank God for the badminton court. We conquered the court and started playing badminton every other evening. About the new futsal court, I heard rumours that those who want to use the court next time have to pay for it. I also can't imagine how everyone is going to fit inside a small futsal court. There are already 6 groups of guys playing football in the evenings here. We will probably see fights soon in KTT I suppose over who gets to play in the court.
The proposed plan of the futsal court.Yea right...i don't even think the land is big enough for this. Conclusion : FUTSAL COURT= BAD IDEA!

# Evelyn's Birthday Party

7th November 2008
This is probably one of the craziest birthday celebrations in KTT thus far. Definitely the messiest. Thank God her housemates Sharon, Christine and Sylvia didn't buy eggs. Flour, water and chocolate cake are already enough to cause maximum damage.
OK..so there we were, a group of 30 people hiding behind the abandoned shoplots in front of KTT waiting for the birthday girl to arrive.Poor Evelyn =) , all she wanted to do was to spend the evening jogging with her housemates. LOL..But this is wat happened to her instead ...

I didn't have the heart to throw anything at her.She is such a sweet girl.No way am I throwing anything at her.After attacking her, it was total carnage =)Flour flying here and there. Cake being smashed at people's face. Even shaving cream was used as a weapon.This was what Shawn, Selvan, Joel, Beh and me brought to the party.

We added many different things inside the water from shampoo and washing detergent and ikan bilis and curry powder.
I guess I'll just show pictures of what happened next.

# Manchester United Loses To Arsenal!! (2-1)

I just have to write something about football.KTT has been a great place for me to watch football matches.Man U can't seem to win whenever I watch them play. I must be their unlucky charm or something.Long may it continue! Its always a pleasure for every Liverpool fan to watch Manchester United lose in the presence of so many fans. You get to rub it in them and I suppose we should all enjoy it while it lasts.

#All of us found a great place to study. Though it is illegal to study in the classroom(cr), its a perfect place. It has everything...comfortable chairs and tables, air cond,the SILENCE!, etc.At first, most of the tangga 11 residents used to study at the same staircase itself. 1 day however, we played a trick on the guard and it didn't turn out so well so I guess he must have got angry so he locked the cr after 7pm from that day onwards.Not a problem for us. There's always Tangga 2 and 3(tangga 3 will never be locked because of the spoilt doorknob)So, this is where I usually spend the mornings and afternoons during weekends at KTT.

#Life in 11-2-A1 would never be complete without encounters with Pak Cik Parang(PCP),our beloved neighbour who lives directly below us. I remember one night after coming back from the CR, Dhana accidentally dropped his bottle of water on the floor.(yes...just an empty water bottle)If it were to happen in any other apartment, it would not be so significant to be written in a blog.But, we're PCP's neighbours. Something exciting is bound to happen right? About 40 seconds after Dhana's bottle fell, we heard a loud kick on the door. At that time, we thought Dhana dropped something again in the kitchen but he came out of the kitchen telling that PCP kicked the door. So...YAY!! something to brighten up our lives after studying. Lucky for us, Dhana locked the door after he dropped the bottle after sensing that our neighbour would make an unwelcomed visit over such a petty thing. I guess you all can see how stupid this guy is. Any normal human being would probably have just cursed and gone back to sleep.But not PCP, he loves the walk upstairs. Just an excuse to get out of his house I suppose.

That is not all. The next encounter has got something to do with Solex locks and tissue paper.haha

#The mystery of the locked grill(LOL)

Imagine yourself being locked inside your own house or apartment from morning to about 2 in the afternoon.Any sane person studying for an exam can go crazy.Why were we locked inside our own house? Well, we believe its the work of PCP again.(Oh boy! This guy is multi-talented)

The night before we found out that we were locked in, PCP suddenly popped up at our doorstep.(His evil stare, bloodshot eyes and millitary haircut would scare anyone , but not us..LOL..we have seen him too many times I suppose.He would probably make Shawn yawn in boredom)

Joel was just about to leave our apartment after using the oven to make his burger when PCP came.Lucky for him, he didn't unlock the grill yet.

PCP: Buka pintu!!! cepat!

Joel: (glancing back) err....Shawn??

PCP: Siapa baling tissue atas kereta pak cik????

(confused looks on all of us) what the hell is this mad guy talking about?After that, he was crapping about some tissue on top of his car.I was concentrating on the Liverpool game so I didn't really care about what he was saying.Probably the seniors had thrown something on his car.After all, their exams were just over.PCP said something else but I don't really remember much. Just threatening us.zzzzz. I just can remember his last words...

PCP: 1,2,3,4,5( whoa, he can count.nice...not that stupid after all). Awak 5 orang jaga!.

Alright. goodnight old man.Sweetdreams.=)Owh yea, after that we all looked down at his car which is always parked in a permanent slot directly below our apartment. There was just 1 miserable tissue on the top of his car and perhaps 2 others just lying at the side.So that was what all the fuss was about.LOL...a tissue on his beloved car.Apparently he thought that his 'favourite neighbours had something to do with it.A few minutes after that, Chua and his roommate came over.News spreads extremely fast in KTT. It was Chua's roommate that threw the tissue paper on PCP's car. Bloody hell, just asking for more trouble only!

So the next morning, the 3 of us( Dhana went back that weekend) were studying in the apartment when Chai appeared at the door asking for his laptop. I just threw the key to him but he was struggling to open it. I went to the door to help him open it. How difficult can opening the lock of a grill be? I failed.OMG! Shawn tried with his key.Also couldn't open.We realised that we were stuck in the apartment now. Apparently, 'someone ' has tampered with the lock and the key could not go in completely.

Shawn called the warden at 11 something and at about 2 pm, En Shurabil came with a huge lock cutter and we were free.wheeee~!!( we had to eat maggi and mee sedap that day because we were trapped in)Joel offered to buy us food though. Thanks Joel.=)PCP destroyed our Solex lock. Total damage caused by him now might be close to RM 100 already. Owh yea,i forgot to mention. Chai kept coming every half an hour to check if his laptop was alright.LOL.

# KTT CF farewell for seniors.
date: 21st November 2008, LH 5

This was the last CF for most of the seniors. I went because of Andrew.I'm sure most of us did because of him too. Was quite sad to see our leader, role model leaving already. He was trully the best senior in KTT without doubt.Pictures...

Us with Andrew.

All of us will definitely miss him.:)

Group Picture...Susu will be proud.

# Final Semester Examination

24-27 November 2008

I will describe all the papers as I always do. They were OK! Just have to wait for the results and see. I also hope that there will be no more mistakes in taking down the marks as last time

LASTLY~!! ...just a shout out to Hidhaya Selvan..HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (5th December 2008)

STAMFORD BRIDGE BREACHED!!

2008-10-31T21:54:00.000-07:00

Stamford Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...

Stamford Bridge is falling down..bla bla blabla..

Well, the title says it all i guess. 26th October 2008 was a day that many younger Liverpool fans like myself will cherish for a very very long time. We annihilated Chelsea at their home ground where they were unbeaten for 4 YEARS an 8 MONTHS!!(okay..okay, that was an exaggeration) So , Stamford Bridge is a fotress no more. :)

This match was perhaps the biggest match of the season so far as both teams were locked together on the top of the table, still unbeaten after 8 matches. I usually have my own pre-match ritual. Praying, sitting in a lucky spot in the hall of my house. All those kind of things.My hands tend to get cold during big matches but during this game, i was like a normal warm blooded mammal.Probbably due to the fact that my brother bought a Burger King Set meal just minutes before the kick off...so that sort of warmed me up.

Before the match, i watched the pre-match analysis where football pundits and so called football experts predicted the outcome of the match. It was very negative as each and every one of them said that Liverpool were not good enough, blablabla, didn't have Torres, lack strength in depth, balablabla. Alright, time to prove the doubters wrong.

Ok... Straight to the kickoff. I believe Liverpool started the better of the 2 teams, closing down the Chelsea players that got the ball really quickly. 10 minutes into the game, a lucky break for Liverpool. Xabi Alonso's shot somehow got deflected and beat Petr Cech in goal. YESSSS!!! I didn't really celebrate much when the ball went in. It was too early and Chelsea at home were almost unbeatable. After the goal, Liverpool were just defending for the rest of the 1st half. Chelsea rarely threatened Liverpool but they bossed Liverpool around in terms of ball possesion. My dad was starting to criticise Liverpool ( as he always does during matches) but I just turned a deaf ear at all his criticism.

(Liverpool players celebrating after the rather fortunate goal)

First half over, a great relieve for me. Only 45 minutes left but if Liverpool continued to play like they did at the end of the 1st half, it would be just a matter of time for Chelsea to score. Liverpool came out in the second half with more self believe. Whatever Benitez said to the team must have really worked. Gerrard was at the heart of all Liverpool's moves as usual. Kuyt's work rate was immence, Mascherano was awesome, shadowing all the Chelsea attackers and Carragher was the best of the lot... blocking and tackling. Did I mention, Liverpool didn't even have Fernando Torres for the game that day as he was out with a hamstring injury. Awesome stuff! Who says Liverpool are a 2 man team? Midway through the second half, Xabi Alonso came extremely close to doubling Liverpool's lead. arghhh!!! Hit the post!...great freekick anyway, Petr Cech was rooted to the spot.

With 10 minutes remaining, I was starting to feel nervous. I kept on praying so that Liverpool would hold on for a historic victory. Common!!! With 3 minutes to go, i was actually perspiring as if I was the one running on the field at Stamford Bridge. 1 minute to go, Liverpool were still hanging on to the lead. No mistakes pleaseeee!!

Common ref...blow the damn whistle!!

Preet preeeet preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!! (for those of u who don't know, the refree blows the whistle 3 times to signal the end of the game)YESS~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD!! Victory against Chelsea and at Stamford Bridge too.

Liverpool played really well and I can't remember Pepe Reina having a save to make during the game. Credit to Liverpool's strong defence. After the game, I kept on getting sms's from Liverpool fans and also Man U supporters. Historic moment indeed... CHELSEA'S 86 UNBEATEN STREAK AT HOME is OVER!!

Okay, this time I did upload some pictures of the game:).

So, with Liverpool top of the league after 10 games(still 28 games to play), all was well for the fans who have endured 19 long miserable years without the league title. Who knows, maybe after 19 years, Liverpool might win their 19th league title.

NEXT GAME... Totenham vs Liverpool

~You'll Never Walk Alone~

Personal Milestone

2008-10-30T09:21:00.000-07:00

This will be my first ever blog posting, so I figured I would start with something special. Probably one of the very few highlights in KTT.( I guess I have succumbed to peer pressure and finally created my very own blog).Before coming to KTT, I have never touched volleyball.

All of this changed during the fasting month. Normally, i would play football with the Malay guys, but during Ramadhan i had no choice but to play volleyball with all my non- Muslim friends. I have to say, playing volleyball with all of them (mostly tangga 11 residents) ,helped us bond.Anyway..Back to volleyball. The first time I played this game, my hands just couldn't take the impact of the ball. It was red and really painful so I didn’t really enjoy the game at first.The following weeks, i guess all of us got better and we were even playing with the Indian seniors.(we juniors till today have not beaten them).

So, after the Hari Raya holidays, when the Diploma students organised a volleyball competion, Eric had a crazy idea that we all ( relatively still noobs in this sport) created a team. So... we named ourselves Parang Juniors ( after the great and EVIL PAK CIK PARANG).OUR TEAM --->Beh(captain), Eric, me, Selvan , Kelvin, Chua, Shawn, Joel and Prashan.So..

Straight to the action then. Our first game was with some Malay seniors. Our team was quietly confident i guess.Prior to that day, we had thrased those seniors so we all thought it would be easy. Our opponents were first to serve and not long after that, we were trailing 10-0 (there was only one set,the team that reached 21 points won). All of us looked at each other in utter disbelieve. Everyone was making silly mistakes and I guess we were all really nervous. Somehow, we managed to get the serve back at 10-0, but soon lost the point and trailed 13-2. I guess it was all over for us. Surely no way back now. Our opponents soon got quite cocky and were really confident that they would easily win this match.

Can't blame them for thinking that way though, anyone in that position would easily become complacent. This is where the Liverpool comeback spirit came into each and everyone of us that evening. I looked to the side of the court, my goodness; our fans outnumbered our opponent’s fans by 10 to 1 i guess. At least give them something to cheer about ( lol...sounds dramatic). Somehow, our character in the next few points showed and we were definitely not giving up without a fight. At least make them work harder for the victory. We then miraculously caught up to 14-19. Wow!! We do have some chance, Eric and Kelvin were serving well. My serve was not bad either. Beh was great near the net and his setting was awesome. Chua and Selvan found their form at the right time. Suddenly, it was 20-20. YES!!... Our self believe came back. Looking at our opponent’s faces, all of them were just shocked. NEVER EVER LOOK DOWN ON YOUR OPPONENTS!! TAKE THAT!!20 All...so, it was deuce.

I think the first team to reach 23 would win. The seniors got back a point and were leading 21-20. At that point, it was all really tense; all mistakes at that moment would be really costly. We played cautiously. Just letting our opponents make mistakes. Finally, match point. 22-21. WOW!. I can't remember who served. Most probably Eric. When the seniors hit the ball out, we were jumping as if we just won the world cup. I could hear our supporters. Credit to them for not leaving.haha.We didn't shake hands with our opponents that day probably because we were too busy celebrating. I remember Istanbul. The greatest COMEBACK! This would rank close to that.Well, we didn't win the volleyball competition as we lost in the semifinals to Masterbedroom( the Indian seniors team).But, that 1 game, really will be a highlight for most of us in the dull KTT.That’s all for my first post.

I read to much football news and match analysis so pardon me for the very detailed game narration. I don't have pictures at the moment but I will try to take some shots of us playing volleyball. Just for memory's sake. :)

Nathaniel's Hippodrome

Its a Marathon, Not a Sprint.

Our Mysore Family

The Ugly Side of Things..

Friday Nights ..

Dancing In the Rain

Why ewwww?

Transfer Frenzy~!

You'll Never Walk Alone

Living Skills

New Experiences ('',)

My Limousine

11.1.11

T.W.E.N.T.Y.E.L.E.V.E.N

Sensitized~!

COUNTDOWN!

Namaste Again :)

The Republic of India~

Till We Meet Again... =)

The Clock is Ticking....

On Top of The World

What's all the Fuss about this Paul?

We're In The Final ~!!!

My Camwhoring Kidneys

ADEUS BRASIL~!

2 years on...

Social Networking

# haiz...*sobs*time to change profile picture lor... =( try harder next time England

#and the match is decided.Nice attack england, but WTH with ur defence? =.= 2 successful counters in 5 mins, u'r better than this.Germany played better.

Finally delivering

Once again...You can NEVER predict football matches.

Introducing Mysore (Pre-Departure)

The Day When Zeus Stuck Down The Super Eagles

The Agony Of Defeat.

Its Time To Hang Up My Boots and Running Shoes

World Class

Have The Goals Dried Up?

DAY 1

Last Minute Preparation For South Africa 2010

World Cup 2010

1Malaysia

The Final Chapter

There and Back Again

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Medical College (JSS MC) Mysore

Feskott 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA~! =D

First Day Of School =D

My Dream Team, 2009 :)

Top 10 things that Annoy The Crap Out of me !

Ushering in 2010 =)

KTT...my friends =)

A Really Quick Update!

From Penang To Dengue with Love =)

Feskott , My Story

Walk On With Hope In Your Heart !

Curtain falls on 2008...Welcome 2009!!

World Player of the year??

Where Monkeys and Pigeons Thrive =)

1st Semester Ends =)

STAMFORD BRIDGE BREACHED!!

Personal Milestone

# haiz...sobstime to change profile picture lor... =( try harder next time England