frozen... in ice village

mom, you are inspirational~
ever since you mentioned something called "frozen lake" this morning, i couldnt shake it off my head...
the idea grows like a seed into a fine tree and fences off the chilly wind that is constantly trying to say "dont go out!" (and sometimes chilly wind can be in the form of human voices ^^)

curiousity kills the cat
but i'm not a cat... so here are your pictures ^^
natural colours, no edit done! all the same, click on them to enlarge.

geez! i've never seen such a big piece of ice in my whole life! everything was so still that i thought i was in a picture... the frozen lake still reflects light like it is wavy but the waves are not moving... tranquility beyond description... my soul was in heaven ^^

wanted to just lie down and look at the lake and forget about time... but then if i do that my soul will probably really go to heaven... :P

here comes a frozen bench... i wouldn't want to sit on it...


frozen and broken pool of mud...


frozen piece of leaf...


and frozen me ^^

not really... only my hands were quite frozen... because they were exposed for picture shooting :) it's not all that cold once you get used to it :)

visit my flickr account for more frozen stuffs...
i also included a picture of the cheapest meal around (coz mom asked wot's on today's menu...) with this you can probably live on RM3 a day :P

oh yeah, forgot to mention that flickr is restricting number of photos that can be stored, i'll be constantly deleting some uploaded ones.

forgot to mention another thing... it was around 3pm when the photos above were taken. temperature was -6 degrees.

Kuning

Tuan-tuan and puan-puan, saudara and saudari sekalian:
i cakap nak tulis dgn BM ma...
jadi tulis dgn BM lo...
tapi BM i lebih teruk drpd BM pasar dan pasar malam tambahkan sekali...
kalau tak faham ketawa aje la...

still tak tau kenapa bukan "sehelai" pintu... azura cakap pintu tak blh guna helai... kan shape pintu sama dgn kertas... blh diflipkan juga... kenapa tak blh helai? ...

tak pe... sebab post ni nak tanya sikit-sikit tentang Revolusi Kuning
bukan nak tau ape berlaku, tapi nak tau ape yg average msian tau tentang Revolusi Kuning ni...
sebab i baca khabar atas chinese.cari.com.my,
khabar yg dipamerkan sana adalah reciprocal apa yg dipamerkan oleh bloggers msia... baca dari link-link yg dibagi oleh june. juga baca satu article ditulis oleh seorang australian...
badawi cakap trafik jam ialah sebab lain... bukan sebab Revolusi... dia tipu budak ah???

sekianlah pos saya dlm BM ni... nikmatilah gambar-gambar fellow country men/women kita yg cantik...

links:

http://quaintly.net/2007/11/12/we-know-what-we-want/ A beautiful account of what happened by one of june's favourite bloggers - an 18 year old girl who went there. Read the heartwarming scenarios from here.

http://joshua3.com/blog/index.php/diary/2007/11/11/it-was-all-yellow/ Some lyrics and pictures.

Look at the stars; look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along; I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

So then I took my time
Oh what a thing to’ve done
And it was all yellow

Arm-to-arm to form a human shield to protect the people.

It was great to see so many different races coming together to show their support. It was great to see so many ordinary people from all walks of life joining in this rally - a mom who came alone since her friends chicken out, students, a man who walked with a stick, engineers, techies, teachers, and even a pastor.

pictures and words by Josh Incorrigible!

三个月了~长长的一篇给 你们

刚刚整理了一个叫my fav的 playlist
列完后才发现里面的歌95%都是从澳洲回来这一年半来学的
记得刚回来第一次去唱K的时候差不多每一首歌都不会唱啊 >.<
只好旁观
还被anO, ferfer和阳笑我out。。。
不甘心就猛泡anO 的ipod shuffle
被JJ的“会有那么一天”电到了
被fish的“丝路”电到了
所以它们都在playlist里面

然后和爸妈anO和轩去阔别了五年的槟城外婆家
很久没有那样舒服的感觉了
跟家人出游的感觉和自己backpack的感觉差别好大好大
一路都在听jay的“十一月的肖邦”
还有一车人都很喜欢的“童话”
所以 “童话”，“枫”和“黑色毛衣”也在playlist里面。。。

然后就是不停不停的唱K
KL的死党们
不乏K歌之王^^
妖艳仔和慧颖的“天天夜夜”实在是。。。好听到我好感动
广宏的“世界末日”也有够inspiring。。。对我后来爱上“死了都要爱”有一定程度的影响。。。
这些歌
也在playlist里面。。。

工作了
阳在myvi里面留下了两张cd
一张是南拳妈妈的“调色盘”
另一张是jay的“依然范特西”
上下班，上下senawang都在听同样的两张cd
Playlist里面有“离家不远”，“夜的第七章”，“听妈妈的话”（和妈妈一起在myvi里面听的 ~）

住芙蓉的时候离不开my fm （不然晚上要干嘛？对吗？^^）
那时候听的歌就多了
燕姿的歌，学友的歌，SHE的歌，宇中的歌。。。
都在playlist里面

后来
favco人也开始一起唱K了
原来K歌也有那么多种不一样的K法
Playlist里面有好多力宏的歌
还有坦克的歌

最后
飞了
某隐形人让我记起了
某favco DJ播出张震岳的“思念是一种病”（音乐果然可以把人拉在一起呀）
某些事情让我爱上了
某人copy进我电脑阿信的“知足”
某个夜晚让我沉沦在
某年前熊天平笔下简单温暖的“火柴天堂”
某种期待让我沐浴在
某月后SHE和声中海风咸咸的“五月天”

我们下一次见面
一定要去海边。。。

一个人的生活
就依赖着这样的回忆
让我能够在寂寞中微笑
在孤独中找到源源不绝的力量

我的独立
来自对你的精神依赖


************
后记：
很明显就是想家了^^
人想家，是不是都是哭得稀里哗啦的？
我想家，就会开始对着空气笑。。。这样算是想家吗？
是因为长期在外让想家的方式变异了？
这里的人，半个地球外的人，好多好多都问我两年后何去何从。
如果你半年前问过我这个问题
如果你在我走之前问过我这个问题
如果你昨天问过我这个问题
答案都没变
我不知道。。。
我也希望快些知道。。。但是反正变数一箩箩，就直接跳过算了。或许要到决定论文题目的时候才能下决心吧。。。
就像要买机票的前一刻才决定了明年夏天的旅行一样。。。
船到桥头自然直。玮玮的名言。

读书的，加油！
放假的，一二三，深呼吸，好好享受放松的感觉吧
工作的，每天都一样啦~今天多塞一篇长长的文章咯。。。
在外的，asa与你同在！不要找奇怪的寄托，找我比较好，哇哈~

多少年才算老友？

“仿佛听见你们向我灌输你们的篮球偶像，你们的赛车手。。。我就是在讲你们，希望会有以后，会友我们。”。。。我吗？

“阿傻，用功读书？？ 好希奇哦，多久没用功读书啦？？”。。。我晕~

两个至少5年不闻不见的朋友msn的pm。

第一个讲的不确定是不是我啦，表错情就不好。。。不过应该是咯。。。除了我和她(我们)，还有谁看到人就讲篮球讲赛车的？你也和她联络上了吗？^^

以前的我是个很有趣的小鬼呢 ^^

乍看到这样的pm，心里也会暖暖的
有人记得那时候的我
那个整天扮酷耍帅的我
那个自己都已快忘记的我
:)

+ve again ^^

ooo~ sun!!
ears not freezing any more~ we are going to have positive temperatures for a week from today ^^

melting ice~ click to enlarge :)



why cant we have weather like this when we need to travel to Mölndal for classes...
i looked like a white ninja for a week....
that is if ninja looks like dumpling....

apia's scarf very warm ^^
de hooded jumper from UT (nej, not ultrasonic test...) also very warm ^^
yet to wear the thermal underlayers
yet to wear my ultimate kit (de heavy and water proof jacket and pants that weight 10tonne....)
i'll save them for the aurora borealis ^^

snow

right, it snows...
pictures are taken with k510i my sony ericsson handphone :P
but i still like de first one~
click on de pix to enlarge :)

morning, on my way to de bus stop, just outside my place at splintvedsgatan.


need to take a bus from central, it started to snow harder then... and many buses were late, including mine...


and the ice poles i shouldve posted in de last post. beg your pardon, k510i dun have any flash...

dun feel like studying tonight, so blog

ah, june, i missed your comment on the environmental conscience post! u and LL memang always bei4 dian3 ming2 de, woeiwoei also...
yeah, continue believing, and continue contributing!!
used to write specificly to ppl on de blog like this but nowadays less so :P
anyway, wish NZ have good weather this week since... ahem... you are working outdoor, and... ahem... someone's (or somethree's) birthday is (are) coming ^^ oh, then have to include Brissy for good weather.

good, now we can link into the weather topic~ no snow in gothenburg yet but ice columns are getting common... they hangs everywhere they like, dripping when temperature goes slightly above Tm (melting point my friends, i'm an engineer...), then growing again when T < Tm... (get use to it...) took a picture of them while making a desperate attempt to get some walk, getting off the bus one stop earlier. but it proved to be too much... maybe i shouldnt take anymore walk if the temperature stays around 0... no lepak >.< perhaps museums are still open... should check it out next week :)

why next week? long days again this week, since ceramics classes are on schedule. and that means travelling in negative temperatures... nej...
and de travelling is really tiresome... hope those party folks wont suggest another crazy friday... no... maybe they will... de friday discussion is fixed at late hours again... have you ever make a discussion appointment at 6pm? the reason behind that is so that the meeting will end up in a pub... i'm learning... for those who are frowning already, dun worry... first of all, i only go to socialize with others (dun you think all foreigners are interesting subjects? ^^). second thing is, i dun drink a lot. and the last, even if i drink a lot, i dun really have enough money to buy so much alcohol...

fun things happen in pubs, but they might not fit into this post since it's getting long again :)

Xuan di di

congratulations! well done ^^
keep it up and continue to be a good boy :)

distant memories and the elating news

many might know parts of this story, but here's a short version of mine. i'll write til tomorrow morning if the full version is to be told. and there are too many dark secrets ^^

the lead character in this story is a girl who help shaped almost half of who i am today. we met each other at the tender age of 13, and fused together almost immediately. the reason behind my love of basketball, MU and football, and many other sports; i wouldnt even be known as "asa"...

it's not a secret how many school rules we broke together and for each other. originally binded by traditional chinese teachings and obligations, she freed me to a level that i couldnt really control myself. thus the sudden transition from an obedient kid to a rebelious teen.

obviously my family sensed something, although they were very much concealed from most of the outrageous things that we've done :P so we fought. and i made it clear that no one should say any bad thing about her infront of me. becoz she would have done nothing less for me.

but they were right. things got really messy for her when we got a bit older. it was not just about mickey mouse school rules anymore...

then there came a day when i wasnt able to help her anymore, and another day when we totally lost contact. that was about 3 or 4 years ago. unanswered calls, unreplied sms, emails, msgs... i wasnt even sure if they've ever reached her...

last week, i sent another one, which was also prepared to be unanswered. but as you've guessed, i've got a reply this time :) we exchanged a few more messages. she wrote honestly. my heart swells reading every single word. she was able to talk about it in a playful (no, her core didnt change at all ^^) yet sincere tone. she must be mighty proud of herself being able to get out of de mess with her own effort :) how many struggles and determinations were put behind? i could never know. but now the storm is over. and the only thing in her mind seems to be going back to study again :)

a happy ending?
or is it just another new beginning?
did she save this reply until i can read it when everything is fine again?
i am a terrible friend....

we probably wont be as close as before ever again...
but i'm mighty contented.
and thankful...

and also thanks for those who've gave her your blessings... even if you dont remember ^^

rice finally

for the first time in these many weeks in sweden,
i felt like eating rice...
so i went to buy a kilo of rice. (happy mom? ^^)
then with rice, i'll need dishes...
eggplant is on special, chicken breast is on special! happy~
curry it is!

and there's no way i could finish a curry pot alone,
so i decided to invite de malaysian who now lives opposite for dinner.
but aik yean's got porridge cooking in de pot and invited me over before i did...
dont we call this shou3 wang4 xiang1 zhu4? ha~
anyway, de final decision is, maybe nxt time...


curry that is not spicy ^^
this will at least last 3 or 4 days...

de 2nd term - overview

right, in a wk's time i've forgot everything about metals and switch from a metallurgist to a pottery master. Ceramics. that's the theme of this term. the other one is a cambridge engineering selector course (which makes CESC in short... geez... does it remind anyone else of a guy called fabregas?) we've worked with CES in melbourne uni, but the course is promising to be in greater depth :)

de ceramics course is not given in chalmers. which means we had to travel one hr on bus to lectures (from chalmers, from my house it's 1.5hrs...). and which also means they make the lectures packed in certain days... and which then means we had three consecutive 7am - 6pm days last week... it's so tiring i din want to do anything after i got home but still have to go through the ever piling lecture materials :P and guess the price for single trip bus tickets... 40kr (~RM20) >.< but the bus drivers always just wave me off, haha... maybe as anO says, i have refugee face...

the name tag we need to wear while visiting ivf for de ceramics course

planning to apply for swedish course. heard that the queueing time is more than 3 months. so if i'm lucky i'll be able to start in february. at the mean time, well, read more and listen more...

again something funny, instead of trying to make me eat more, my landlady and her daughter are now constantly trying to make me work less... "why are you always working working working?"... "you should go out more!"... "dont work so much it's not good for your health."... "12 o'clock, still working. 1 o'clock, 1.30, still working..." nearly gave her another heart attack when i told her i usually work til 3 or 4 when i'm serious, haha... well, i still have no intention to change that this term. work hard, play hard! i do play! and i play when i work, i work when i play ^^

oh yeah, one unexpected good news this morning. the only malaysian that i've met so far so happens to move into de student residence opposite my place! ^^ we met again for the 2nd time this morning and got all excited, haha~

another unexpected good news that made me explode with joy. but it's not related to the 2nd term and this post is getting very long already ^^ see if we have space for it next time~

ah, just one more thing~ it's snowing in the north of sweden already. and snow forecast for göteborg on de coming saturday ^^

for fellow kimi fans who still have problems 1 year after the move

Callum Bailey (South Africa)
This is tough. I have always loved to hate Ferrari, because I am a Raikkonen fan, before that Hakkinen, Prost, Senna etc. Now my main man is driving for the enemy, and I find myself chearing when a red car wins. Am I wrong to hope Massa crashes to even the score? Well, at the moment, I just want him to take points off McLaren, who will hopefully fall over each other next time out, and then Massa can crash.

Inderpreet Singh (India)
i was always a great mclaren fan with hakkinen and then kimi..
but now since hes joined ferrari and with alonso (really hate that man) into mclaren i give all my support to the scarlets.. and i really have no fear of massa.. hes just no match for kimi ;)

Helen Jackson (Manchester)
I have despised Ferrari for years but have followed Kimi since his Sauber days.........its definatly a tough one.......however if Massa were to win I wouldn't give a toss, its just all about Kimster !!! :-)

Kastrinakis Anestis (no network)
Exactly!! It was the worst scenario! But at least now we have an excuse and someone to blame with no demur for bad races and above all, bad luck! :P
Hopefully I was always a driver's supporter...
(he means we can blame ferrari for kimi not winning? wakaka...)

Dave Toynton (no network)
I strictly support Kimi as opposed to Ferrari, though i supported Mclaren too when he was there. The original poster is spot on- i hate Massa just so i can say i don't support Ferrari! If Kimi doesn't win, then it's Hamilton (was Mclaren but i now despise Alonso) over Massa every time.

Kate Day (London)
This is exactly what I have tried to explain to my friends and family after years of trying to work some voodoo magic on Ferrari and Schumacher ! I have hated Ferrari with a passion for as long as I can remember but had to swallow my pride when Kimi joined them. It was especially hard when I bought the T-Shirt with the huge Ferrari logo and a small Finnish flag the only thing to identify me as a Kimi fan !
But, it looks like we've all made the right decision in supporting his move to Ferrari when you've got all the skullduggery going on at Mclaren. I mean, would you honestly want to support a team where you have a little weasel like Alonso !

Louise Heatley (University of Manchester)
Good to see I'm not the only one who had problems with the idea of supporting a Ferrari driver. Pretty much the whole time I've followed F1, I've disliked Ferrari. It feels quite strange to be hoping one of their cars wins. I still don't like them; I just like Kimi more than I dislike Ferrari.

Abdulrahman Almokla (no network)
I'm a Kimi/McLaren fan and a Ferrari hater...
Now I started to hate McLaren for what happened this year, but I never loved Ferrari, I would be happy if Massa scores good lap times in the practice, because that means that they have a nice car for the weekend, but I wouldn't give a rat's ass if he won or if Ferrari got the WCC
so I'm much in line with the Original Poster

and the ultimate last....

Euan Charles (Australia)
F1 is a driver's sport, yes there is a team, but thats got fuck all to do with it, rich teams make better cars.... its that simple, anyone who claims to be a formula 1 fan should understand that loyalties should lie with drivers, not teams, its not fucking football!!!

asa (Malaysia)
team sport or not, having cheered for senna in a mclaren-honda on dad's lap almost two decades ago, then mika and kimi for the past decade, all year long it had been kimi for WDC and macca for WCC... kimi can win every race with lewis coming 2nd. lolonso can be 4th or 5th so that de sauber, i mean BMW guys dont over take and become WCC, that would be lame... as per de first post, massa could crash everytime he's on track.
but kimi couldnt have won the world championship without massa or de prancing poney, i mean horse... so next season massa has no need to crash. he can fight for 4th or 5th with alfonso.

disclaimer: i dun agree with everything above, just re-posting others' opinions. and sorry kids... for bad language.

november rain

november rain is a song i put as background music for my page in our high school graduating class CD. and it has to be one of my all time favourites.

november in malaysia is just like any other month in the year (yes? no? maybe?). november in melbourne is like lovely may in northen hemisphere. november in gothenburg is defined by never ending rain.

in fact, the rain started since late october... when the sun just refuse to come out anymore. but slottskogen was beautiful even in such a gloomy day... and i was happy just to let the cold wind take me anywhere...

then the weather somehow got worse... and got really awful on monday... inspite of it, IFK göteborg's game was on schedule since weeks ago. shrugging off every inch of unwillingness, i went. in miserable 4 degrees rain, the stadium was packed by 41470 anxious others. without knowing the stake and context of the game, i was lucky to be part of it... the outcome of the match is the cumulative joy of 40000 ppl... it's like a light that burns so brightly all the cold and darkness just went away... hope this will also brightens up your day =)