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I've moved on...

We've had good times together. I rememeber the first time we met.. the sweet interaction of electrons being bombarded against my screen..the light emitted.. transcending as they enter my retinas... zooming up my ever-strained optical nerves... forming the words i've tapped into this cold, sleek keyboard of mine.

Yeap... this is it. I've moved on to a new blog. Aptly named to reflect the corniness/cheesy-centre within me.

josblawg.blogspot.com

See you all there.

Technical Difficulties

Harap maaf para pembaca. Kami sedang mengalami masalah teknikal.

Sila kembali sini setelah masalah ini diperbaiki.

Heh. My BM's kinda rusty... I messed around with my layout and kinda screwed my blog over. I need to get my tagbox up.. if only i could remember my username and password. Hm. Check back later guys.

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Do take two minutes of your time to sign this online petition in the interest of preserving our rights enshrined in our consititution.

Thanks.

Pics from TQ Party and AK's surprise bash!

Thank You Party - Basically a party to thank everyone who was involved in Malaysian Night...

I had a hand in preparing the food... And I have to say I literally nearly had a finger in preparing the wantan. Lol. We had 200 over pieces of chicken and roasted most of them in the afternoon for the the party. It was quite an experience.. frying wantan/mini-popiah, marinating+roasting chicken and frying keropok.

It was Julie's idea to get a cake for Julian, one of our comm. members.. whose birthday was the next day. Boy, was he surprised!

Gllloorrrious foooodd!!

Who said Malaysians don't line up??


Boy, don't they look surprised!

Surprise! Happy Birthday Julian!!

Yeah.. you can really see that I really enjoyed taking this pic. Lol.

There's nothing up my sleeves!! I swear!!

Me and Julie... Mm.. my hair looks funny from this angle..

On this bus back.. we got a lil photogenic..

Aik Kuang Surprise Bash!

That weekend.. we had another opportunity to gorge ourselves silly with Malaysian Food! (Hey.. to those back home.. this is a big thing ok??! Even here.. we still live to eat! Lol.)

Yet again.. Julie's idea. We were to lure Aik Kuang over to Rutland dining hall to surprise him for his 21st Birthday. I got into lots of trouble for this actually... I told the dining hall manager that we were having a party but he thought we were just having a party. As such, when everyone arrived with the food and stuff they weren't too happy and the porter told me I should I have gotten permission from the office for it. But he was quite nice about it and let us carry on as long as we cleaned up the place well.

A bit later though.. the Hall's Warden himself wanted to talk to me and boy, he wasn't too happy. The conversation went something like this. *read all the wardens' line with a harsh tone*

Warden: Are you the young man in charge of this affair?
Me: Yes, sir.
Warden: Did you know you need permission from the office?
Me: Yes, sir. There was a slight miscommunaction.. etc..
Warden: Ok. We don't allow food not being served by our own staff being served here. If anything were to happen, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. And those deco you're hanging on the lights, if anything gets damaged, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE.
Me: Yes, sir.
Warden: Ok, and make sure you don't play the music too loud and I want you all out by 10. I'll send the senior hall tutor down.

*Sigh* He's not the first warden I crossed path with in my time here.. I had to confront the hard-assed Cripps Hall Warden to get my bike back. Ah well... I guess in my future career in law, I've got to face lots of these sorts of characters. You know.. the hard-assed, grumpy sort. Ahh...Chalk it all down to experience.

Here, I have to note that because of Aik Kuang's Surprise (as you probably know now.. I surprised the Hall Management too!! Wahey!) Party.. Somehow, one of my hallmates couldnt have her own birthday gathering in the hall's dining hall on Wednesday.. I felt immensely guilty for that and tried to help her out and suggested to have it somewhere else. The next day, it was good to hear that they managed to cope although they only had 2 hours to relocate their party. Nevertheless, I'm still really sorry I burst your bubble, guys.

Errrr.... BACK to the party! It went well... We played some twister and this game.. Suck-a-card-and-pass-it-around or Dare (go figure!) where I did something I'm not very proud of. (I'm a bad sucker so..) Lol. Well, I can safely say that two certain individuals of the same gender can say the same! Sorry, inside joke. Don't worry, guys.. we'll have that pic circulating around uni in no time!! Muahahahahahahah!

Unfortunately, it wasn't as much as a surprise as it was for Aik Kuang as it was for Rutland Hall management. Our caterer let the cat out of the bag while chatting Aik Kuang.. Argh.. still good times we had.

Balloons kinda suggestive don't you think? Heh.

Birthday boy and his birthday cake...

Oh.. how our fates interwine...

Not as easy as it looks.../Look, ma.. no hands!

Mere mortals...

It's funny... I could write about better things but not today... At the moment I write, a Malaysian girl is in a Nottingham ICU and the doctors have not established the cause of her ailment. She was found unconscious in her room after not answering her housemate's calls for a day. The good news however is it seems she seems to be semi-conscious now and the Malaysian Society (with the help of some charitable people) has managed to arrange to get the mother to come up and visit her.

But one thing which struck me after that.. was the discovery that an acquaintance who was studying engineering here had to leave for Malaysia a month back because they discovered she had eye cancer.. and it was in the 4th and last stage. It was a real shock. I don't really know her.. I met her at a church's friend's birthday party and met her here again while lining up to pay for fees on the week zero here. Don't get me wrong.. maybe this is all new to me. I've never had someone really close to me or even someone remotely close to me.. kick the bucket. I can say I hope they don't..but I know they will...as the saying goes 'In this world nothing can be
said to be certain, except death and taxes.' It kinda puts everything in perspective and makes you realises the stuff you take for granted. Live a little more. Forgive and forget better and don't hold those grudges. Having said that.. my prayers go out to Rosalind and her friends and family. I didn't know her well but I know she deserves more years to her name.