It has always been cooling and cold (at night) in Ipoh since I came back from Petaling Jaya on Thursday night. Making use of the Merdeka Day break, I joined thousands of Klang Valley folks (mostly young working adults and university/college students) travelling back to our respective hometowns; sometimes they call it mass exodus, though I was a bit earlier. Try to avoid the forseen heavy traffic along the PLUS highway.

Fooji: You reached? are flying? will fly? to Negeri Di Bawah Bayu, Sabah. Hey, enjoy man your vacation there! Hope you are able to read this before you are back in Peninsular.

Okies, how about me? What have I done since I was back on Thursday night? Nothing much except been printing my lecture notes, surfing some extra information for my thesis presentation after the Merdeka break, less blogging and embarking in blogs, reading up tutorials, articles, journals and books for my thesis. In fact, my main objective for the weekend is to concentrate and focus on my thesis.

You might be asking? Have I really achieved my objective? Nope really though I did spend a lot of time on it! I didn't go out "yum cha" and windows shopping and eyes washing but I spent 4 and a half hours just now, watching Justice Bao which was shown on TVB8 channel (channel34 of astro). Goodness! Madness!

Come back to my thesis... yeah! what am I doing for my thesis? The title is "Simulation of Quantum Gates"!!! Pretty complicated and complex huh?!?! I extremely, no doubt, feel so! I have been trying very hard indeed to figure out those calculations and algorithms. Phew! It takes effort, focus, concentration of 100% altogether. What a quantum world we are living in?!?!? HAHA...

Fooji has, too highly, looked up upon me, acknowledging me as one of the would be computer experts. Just to be frank, I know a little about computing even though I will be graduating as a UM computer science graduate in just a few months time. Hmmm... my foundation in programming, in C or C++ or Java, has never reached the amateur level yet! And I doubt, will I ever reach? I learned some basic, very very very basic indeed, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP, JavaScript, SQL Server 2000, IIS. I may know a lot on theoritical part (reading journals, forums, books, news, surfing the net) about almost anything in Computer Science. Technology and Engineering, but when when it comes to the technical part (programming or coding or anything else), I am just a mere toddler still learning how to make the first step with my own feet.

To know that I am supposed to know many things, yet I know nothing, I feel nervous and apprehensive. Perhaps, what Fooji always tell me is true... I am still young and raw, experience belum ade lagi... I shall see...

Tai Go Jai Lo: Pat Yip, jek hai Sat Yip

We have said it many times. But yet, the fact still keeps staring at us.

The fact, most of us would be graduating next year, with the prospect of 'menganggur' (Teong says)

Li Yien, Fern, E-lin would get their B.Sc's. Teong, KarKin, Koy Yee,Chee Wyai, etc would be officially computer experts. Wai Kean, Ah Yat would be one of the UTP pioneers. Meanwhile, Ah Kai and Kay Keat had already graduated this year, and both found a good job as an engineer.

Well, the people in the healthcare sector belum lagi. But the tide and waves is already changing. Kah Jin would leave for Scotland to finish the MPharm next year. Sze Leng would also be going abroad by early next year, while the rest of the local gang would be having tight ward schedules, and renewed and enhanced pressure.

Looks like the dynamics and the bonding of these Ipoh Tauges would take a new twist, and restructuring ? Anyway, this is definitely a sign that we have aged, my dear friends. Getting thrown into the Grown-ups/working adults category.

What can we do? Sit back and enjoy the transition.........

currently, there are problems with the commenting

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Fooji: One request here. Could you please put up the commenting function in Ipoh Tauges?

Ennie is blogging and maintaining a weblog? Rather surprised! Since when she has such an interest in BLOG? Anyway, maybe you had done a great job in explaining and encouraging her to do so. ;-)

Wow! This is madness! The time now is near 2.10am, but I am still very much alive and awaken! Can't sleep lah! :-/

Hello again,... looks like another person I have bloggerise the mind.
Ennie has produced her own blog - Upside DownS. i hope she has time for this. Then, we can read the treasures she can share with us. Go write, gurl !

Haven't heard of the Lee Ban Chen's book. But I have read Farish Noor's the Other Malaysia, that one is an excellent read, loaned it from Piow, i tell you, it could be a good Sejarah textbook,.. which is definitely much better, and makes more sense than Mahathir's The Malay Dillemma.
Another good book I would recommend if you want to understand Mahathirism would be
Paradoxes of Mahathirism - Khoo Bhoo Teik, Oxford Press, 1995.

In that book, Khoo Bhoo Teik cleverly outlined the traits of Mahathirism - populism, authoritarianism, social darwinism/racism/, Islam, modernisation - it is full of paradoxes, sometimes you can even see it as hypocrisy. Yeah, sometimes, Mahathir has a lot that contradict himself.

I think this man has a great wealth of wisdom, in him, but also wrong impressions and wrong decisions, which he does not want to admit.

"Mahathirism and 'Selamat Tinggal Era Mahathir'"
Comments, views, opinions from you people are much needed. I was deeply triggered by a book entitles "Selamat Tinggal Era Mahathir" written by a Chinese; named Lee Ban Chen. Definitely this book is going into my "shopping basket" alongside "The Other Malaysias" by Farish Noor.
I am thinking and wondering, could it be Mahathirism = Materialism ? Nonetheless, Mahathirism has changed the scenarios and limelight of Malaysia, prospering the Malays and the Chinese, as well, and at the same time, provoked the least desired, reformation to take root among the new generation of Malays.

BTW, I attended a seminar in my fac today. It was a talk actually given by a Prof from Leiden University in the Netherlands. It was about Natural Computing which comprises of among others, Molecular Computing, Evolutionary Computing, DNA computing. I was amazed because they are so smart! Geniuses man! Not only they know everything about Bio and those complicated DNA stuffs, they do know how to do the computation of it as well, which is extremely complex and you just need to acquire deep understanding in both computing and bio. Bravo!!! I respect those researchers! I salute them! I commend them!

Ben : All the best man! I know you can handle it :-)
Kok Ming : Ronaldinho, no matter what, is still a great player. Last time, I was not admiring him that much, but now I do respect his skills. Why? After I downloaded so many video clips about him, I truly appreciate his talents! But Zidane is still my fav, look at his dribbling, ball control, passing, and etc. Amazing!
Fooji : Lately, I really don't have much to blog, here and in Ikan Bakar. Maybe I am too occupied with my studies, tests, and assignments. Keep up the good show at Warung man. So, how's the big thing going on? I shall be back in Ipoh during the Merdeka week. Hopefully I can meet up with you before you leave for Kinabalu.

Hmmm...what else I have to say? :-/ Nothing! Just long to hear news from you people! Would really appreciate if you guys were to spread some news to my ears! HAHA...cheers!!! :-)

it's perfectly ok to flunk, after that's part of UNI life, esp in Medic. live with it. there is always something else u can learn from it.hehehe....all the best in ur next exam then...me here..dying with endocrine and hormones and diseases....people, any one watched Man U match lately? Ronaldo is such a fresh gem, to hell with Ronaldinho la....hehhehehe

i flunk my medicine posting. the examiner failed me in my clinical paper. another told me that my theory paper was very good. he told me that i could have passed any other day. it was just my luck. i dun blame myself for failing. after all, i got an un-cooperative patient and an examiner who is tough and also a racist. guess , this is my first firsthand experience in racism. i'm not crestfallen, i'll continue this battle and emerge as the victor

Ben : I have since long forgotten about whether this blog is going to be successful. I know, for sure, that the rest are just not like us, and please don't waste your time bothering yourself whether they are going to blog or not. After all, I have "regarded" Ipoh Tauges as a blogsite for you, Fooji, Kok Ming and me. The rest... tak payah lah kisah banyak... we guys blog to each other will make it man!!! cheers!!!

is this blog reallyu successful? i mean, how many of us are blogging? what happened to the rest?

No shit

Ignorance by choice
to sin in total defiance
to give in just to fall
to give no shit
to give no face

guilty as charged
yet the mask is too appealing
no one knows a thing
they're too scared to ask
bliss is always sweeter
than the real hot sun

W32.Blaster.Worm lurking and encroaching
Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000/2003 users have been wondering what has gone wrong with their operating systems these 2 days! Everyone was confused and perplexed. Windows have been reported to crash and restart automatically, regularly! Problems as such are known to have been caused by the Blaster! In fact, Microsoft have been notified of this and immediately produce their latest security patch in order to counter this worm outbreak and threat. This worm has made me thinking a while... the codes of Ipoh Tauges might have had been screwed up by those worms (and their owners)... I am not sure... I suddenly feel that I am having such a shallow knowledge about the overall computing world... though I am calling myself a Computer Science undergraduate... :/

hello people,....

last night someone screwed up the codes for this page, and could not load.....who did it????

anyway,.....lookslike Ipoh Tauges need a revival................need a remake........I thought of including commenting system....but....would you all use or not?

its been quite some time since i blogged. here i m again. i'm doing my surgery posting now. more hectic than medicine. have to finish a stupid log book by taking signatures for all the procedures that we see. reminds me of orientation. results not out yet. quite scared lah....putting my trust in GOD.hopefully can pull thru..

Teong, I posted your entry in Ikan Bakar, alright?

another thing, I got an email...

hey boys,

coming to the meetup?

please come!

need to meet the infamous duo before i leave!

:)

hugs,
rach
http://racheal.thewarmcompany.com

Visit that site, and you will your name listed as one of the VIP she is expecting,...
so are you gooing?
I am not going,...shy person I am.

aih fooji ... was the sex guide necessary .. :P hehe ...

argh ... today 10 am - 6pm ahh!!!!!!!!!!!! hope can tahan. nothing much to blog. been quite deep in thought lately. guess it's the valleys again .. sigh. hope you guys are doing much better.

I was reading the headlines of Malaysiakini and from one of the many links, I found myself embarking in the website of Selangor Daily. I am rather sure, though not 100%, that this site belongs to Selangor UMNO. OK, what's so interesting about this anyway. Yeah, as you can see and observe on the homepage of the site, almost all the articles or "stories" are related to condemming PAS. It is like they are actually pointing out each and every drawback of PAS. I am not a PAS supporter but I certainly feel that if UMNO are heading towards the right track, they should be concentrating on more social issues (concerning not only the Malays but also other races in Selangor), which is the actual and true way of berpolitik, instead of tongue-fighting and debating with PAS. Shouldn't Selangor Daily be focussing on the development in Selangor, primarily? What the heck they have to deal with the pembalakan issue in Terengganu? Ponder...

After a string of days of silence, I think I should resume the role to break the ice again. This time, I do not have any concrete and serious thoughts to share with you guys. Posting something just for the sake of ice-breaking.
Anyway, Fooji is still actively blogging, perhaps more fervent this time around. Good entries there in Ikan Bakar. Well done brother!!! Opened both my eyes and mind. And also alleviate my trouble having to browse through blogs and read an article after an article. You are making my life easier man, because you summarise everything; in addition have your own views somemore! :)
It seems that I am getting more and more nervous as time goes by. Days after days are passing and I find myself in confusion. Seriously, there are so many things to think of. Short term, I have to worry about my exams and thesis. Longer term, I have to think of my life after graduation, my plan, my career path, my future employment and what if I have to be out of job. Gosh!!!
Again, sometimes, there is no point at all worrying so much right? God shall see me through I believe and trust!!!

Sorry to hear about your misfortune at the ward.

Nothing yet about the Big Thing. I am kinda tired, and not ready to work it out yet. I think the news would come in September.
See ya guys !

fooji, what's the latest regarding The Big Thing? i'm voting for the Nov date. will be doing my minor posting then. back home now...going back tomolo after a week of well deserved break . exams were hell... got the toughest lec and an unco-operative patient. dunno whether can pass or not. felt like shooting the patient on the spot. well these things happen.. to bad it happened to me. hope to c u guys soon. I'LL BE BACK

Hello hello, it is me again.....
sigh, if anyone been reading my blog lately, I have been complaining like mad....looks like it is time to cool down, and always remind myself, that it is no use complaining....just be nice and all....

here's some links to cheer us up...if you have time.....

1) KungFu game-Click here
2) Sex guide in Malaysia ( a bit hamsap, but eye opening... a few of the places mentioned, all of us have seen before..Click here

Good eh?

Fooji : That is one advantage for medic students, that you don't have to worry much about marks. Whereas we people who are evaluated using the CGPA or point grade system, gosh, it is sheer tension when exams are around. If all the while you have been scoring A's in all subjects, and suddenly in a particular sem, you lose grip in one paper (one will do), let's say you get a B-, this will pull down your grade tremensously man! Therefore, it needs a lot of persistenty and hardwork THOUGH last minute!!! In another situation, like mine, where i was too relaxed in my 1st sem in university, my point grade was not too good then, i have to struggle until gasping for air every sem to pull back my point, and most of the time, i need the grace of God to pull through. Thank God man!!! Regarding blogging in Ikan Bakar, hmm.. bukannya tak ada, cuma at the meantime, not much inspiration and time to do so...