The final semester begins. Man! It's hard to believe that it has already been 2 years since I started here. How time flies...

I remember when I first came here. I was the ever-so-quiet English boy, very nervous about the whole new environment. In fact, I went there alone, without my high-school buddies. Brave thing I did, eh? Haha...

Ok! Reflection time. Hmm...let's see:

Indulged into a new community
What a shock to find everyone speaking Chinese and Cantonese. Oook, emm...acceptable. But it's kinda hard to interact with them. Thank you. If not for them, I wouldn't have improved my Chinese, at least a little. You know what they say: A little goes a long way.

Met new people
This has got to be the most memorable part of my journey. I don't know how I managed to communicate with them, since they're Chinese-ed, but I'm glad I did. And plus, my English is deteriorating... A few books should patch things up!

Learnt new things
As a result of 2 years studying at Dasein, I'm now familiar with the Mac OS operating software, graphic softwares Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, Flash 8 animation software, sketching real life pictures and figures, and many more. Oh! And a thing or two about having a crush on someone. Hehe...

I like my college. I love it very much, and I'm glad I studied here.

So now, in my final semester, I have a few more things to learn:

-Holding an exhibition
-Creating a new brand and promoting it
-Building a website
-Advanced English
-Doing TV Commercials

I really hope this time, I'll give it my best. Good luck my classmates!

Dad's phone rang
Dad (in Hokkien): Hello? Har? What's wrong with Ah Ba?
(silent for quite a while....)
Ok... (puts down the phone)
Dad: Hey, we have to go back tonight, Ah Kong is sick. (sounded sad)

A chill ran down my spine. What? Something wrong with Ah Kong?

...............

2 hours later, we're at grandparent's place. Everyone was there. Turns out that Ah Ma tried to wake Ah Kong up for dinner. But, he couldn't wake up. Like he's in a deep sleep, and 10% awake. He slept through the whole night right up to the next morning. Dad sent him to the hospital, along with my aunts and my cousin.

Hours later, results were out, and it turns out that Ah Kong's salt levels were very low. Thank God it wasn't something serious. He's ok now, discharged from the hospital and recovering fast.

A really, really close call.

What a day! It's already Monday, and there's still many people shopping for last minute Raya shopping. Haha... I guess there's still time, eh? It's not Raya yet.

This day has been fun. The 3 ex-Schoolketeers take on the day. Well, we're missing one though. Joel's busy...Leaving Tim and John with me.

Here's the thing: I checked the schedule for The Love Guru showtimes at TGV.com. 2.45pm? Cool.
Location? Should be KLCC, that's where we will go for movies. Then, at the LRT station, John asked, " So, we are riding to the Bangsar station....." WAIT!! Hold the brakes!! Bangsar station?! Stunned, he answered me," Huh? You didn't know?". Neither of them told me! Haha... " Dude, the movie is not shown today!" Hmm...come to think of it, I didn't see the location of that exact showtime...

" Ok, let's ride to KLCC and see if they're showing the movie or not.", John said. Ok, we went.
Then......





No Love Guru. Darn.





I can hear him in my head, "I'm gonna kill you!" Turns out that the movie showtime on the website was meant for Seberang Prai cinema.....What a waste of RM2 LRT trip.

So, we went to Mid Valley instead to catch the movie. Found a new way there: Wangsa Maju LRT to Bangsar, then free shuttle bus to Mid Valley.

Just finished fixing my old Web Buster! It's an invention of mine that I made when I was in secondary school. Check it out!

It's been ( 29 August - 14 Sept= 16days) 16 days since my last post. It's a Sunday, and I still feel drained from waking up early in the morning. Maybe I didn't nap in the afternoon, because I can't. Not that I force myself not to, but I just can't.

Went to Jaya Jusco, Wangsa Maju, again, after mass. This place is really starting to bore me as I've been coming here almost every Sunday. Probably since I was a kid, too. I lived in Wangsa Maju once, it's where I grew up. Now almost 17 years later, I have to put up with my small brother's nuisance of going to MPH Bookstore every Sunday in the shopping mall. -_-"' I'm going nuts here...

There's a new attraction for him today- arcade center. Spent about RM10 on tokens (RM1 for a token, can you believe it?!).

When we came home, I went straight to bath, then tried to take a nap. As I mentioned earlier, it didn't work. The problem with having a little brother is, you can't help to feel annoyed by him. Every little thing he does, it just seems to annoy me. I don't know why. I met a girl at some dinner event once a long time ago (There was no one to talk to), she also couldn't help to feel annoyed by her little brother. Strange, isn't it? Maybe there's a common and significant behavioral pattern to this ( It is possible, I don't know). XD

Friday 29th August 2008, 8pm, the day of Avril Lavigne's concert in Kuala Lumpur, in Stadium Merdeka. Glorious day for us fans. I mean, how often can you see an international artist bringing the house down in front of your eyes?! How cool is that?!!

Who wouldn't want to see?

The performance near you, the glorious sound of the musical instruments, all perfectly tuned for optimum awesomeness, the international punk rock princess right in front of your eyes......
But there's only one disappointment...



.........





I wasn't there. Darn.




According to my friend, it was spectacular! Good. Not even PAS can stop it! Muahahaha!!!
I'm a big fan of Avril Lavigne too. Okay, maybe not that big. I got to know her when I was still in secondary school, I was around 13 years old and just starting to learn how to play the guitar. My tutor introduced me to Avril Lavigne, and I fell in love with her music ever since. That's also where my interest in punk rock and rock starts, and where I started listening to Green Day, Santana, Muse, etc. So she's kind of like a special artist to me. Haha!

So keep rocking on Avril!!

Yeap, you all heard and read about it in the news. The big headline of, " Avril Lavigne to be banned from performing in Malaysia for being too sexy, says PAS. ".

Is she really "too" sexy for us to bear? I understand about "rules and regulations" of the dressing code for women here by PAS, but come on..... She's a singer for goodness sake! International!
If that's the case, they ought to ban Jaclyn Victor or Ella too for being "too sexy".

They say she can perform but must be following certain rules. Okay, that's fine.

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Can you imagine Avril performing in "baju kurung" with "tudung"? No, I'd rather not. Would you, dear fans?