*260 - World gone topsy-turvy

Had a hard time trying to write up my research proposal but seems like im hit with the writer's block. For a proposal that is.

Dont u think that the world now gone topsy-turvy? Natural disaster... Economy meltdown... Political instability... Everything seems to be stuck somewhere.

This all happens when the homo sapiens thinks that they are so intelligent and superior for being able to create systems which thought to be able to control everything. Human thinks that they owned the earth; they controlled barter; they controlled other people. Dont u think so?

So many things covered-up, so many conspiracy, so many systems imperfect. By careful studying the history of mankind, every advancement every civilization rise and fall. And the economics that we're going through now are ought to be reform. Mayb around my grandchildren time.

The worst part is that not much people currently are aware of all these things. Big guns sits too tall now and they forget the subordinates. One day... the repressed under the current system will revolt to provide a refresh to this world.

ps: good to be an academician.

*257 - The More We Know, The More We Don't Know

Its not something that i just realize anyway...

This hit me again when i was reading a bit bit on quantum physics... and i learnt that that's something called parallel universe... As a pure bio guy... i dont really understand how it works...

Now... it became interesting when people are connecting thoughts to wave energy to quantum physics... And new theories are coming up and one of it was the ability to release a mind energy that may change ur environment...


Perhaps all of this sounds familiar as its emphasized on "The Secret", Law of Attraction etc etc... But science is moving that direction trying to prove what's beyond our science understanding...

Metaphorically, its just like we know that the universe is so so big... While on the other hand, scientist is going to prove that the universe its in a marble or some kind (watch man in black's end title u'll get the idea)

What i wanna say here is the more we get to know in depth about something... The more question will be raised and show that the more we dont know...

Somehow, this is why i like research very much... Looking for things that we dont know and trying to get to know it...

*251 - How Open-minded Are You?

"How Open-minded Are You?"... a question that earns a lot of YESes from most ppl... but is it really so?

Or should i rephrase the question a little...

"How readily are you to accept a new concept or idea?"
"How readily are you to accept changes in life?"
"How good are you listening to peoples idea?"

Starting to get some NO now?

We often judge things... especially new things... with prejudice and stereotype without really learn the details of it... These bias actually prevent us from opening ourselves to new opportunities and ideas...

Most of the ideas suggested during meetings arent really that good... in fact they sucks... but does that means that we should label ideas during meetings as lousy and we shouldnt spend time generating them? Most of the idea arent good... but there's always at least one that are significant...

I guess its time for us to start learning on how to open ourselves to new concepts... Ask more... Listen more... Try to find out the truth behind everything... Then only u're in position to evaluate the new idea :)

We know wat we know... We may know wat we dont know... But most of the time we dunno wat we dunno!

*248 - Hectic Week @@

Whoa... i'd not been resting enough this week... incessant events, activities, tests and assignments queuing up in a long long list...

Gotta freaked out soon... LOL

Came across this words in my personnel supervision lecture notes... "external locus of control"...

Im one of the committee for the Malaysian Symposium on Biomedical Science 2010... (in fact, now im slacking in the main lecture hall :P) As u all should already knew... Organizing an event especially such a big one like this... is never been easy... its very TOUGH actually...

Many things went wrong... and i noticed many ppl are practicing external locus of control... what it means is one tend to blame others or natural uncontrolled causes that caused the problems...

Most ppl only know how to blames others... and we all tend to blame others 1st when anything goes wrong without really reconsidering... do u noticed that trend? So when will only a person will make him/herself as the primary cause of the events 1st?

I guess this is something that we all need to learn to be successful in an organisation and meet organisation goals as a whole...

Try to be aware of these when u wanna blame someone on something in the future... If u really consider the cause... It always everyone's fault :)

ps: now obviously it will be my fault if i didnt get all my assignments done during the weekends... die~ LOL

*246 - How Medical Sciences Works

When u read a medical or health article... do u notice something special bout it? its like a new way of writing an article totally different and unique to other kinds of work...

A very good example which u may be familiar of...
"High blood cholesterol level may increase risk of stroke"

Noticed something? Anything?

I'd been observing these few years ago and i'll say that science, health sciences especially is NOT DEFINITIVE...

So wat do u mean by MAY INCREASE RISK of stroke? does it cause stroke? does everyone with high cholesterol gets stroke? do it mean it maybe increase ur risk or it may not be?

We are studying and researching health sciences using statistic... considering all the variations, exceptions and individuality... everything is in percentage... how u can really understand health sciences?

In my opinion... one needs to know the true pathology, or physiology of the disease... u'll need to know how stroke develop... wat's the process that cause blood vessels blockage in the brain... then u evaluate urself wat factors can affect the pathways of the process...

Whey im writing this? coz most of the time wat public gets from a medical journal or article may not be the most correct info... they may understand the wrong concept... from the above example... it doesnt mean that reducing ur cholesterol intake will reduce ur blood cholesterol and helped on ur stroke...

How much do u agree with me?

*245 - To Be Honest

its been 3 months i didnt blog properly... if u noticed... so where i'd been?

not that i lost passion to blogging... i had so many things to share with all my readers... but something caught my thought 3 months ago...

I'd been blogging bout happenings of my life... posting photos bla bla bla... but i realised that ppl can track u from there... by reading, analysing all the blog post... one can simply guess and assume things bout you...

same thing happens on facebook too... ppl can stalk you... comment ur character behind you.... based on the info they gathered from blogs and social networking sites... which is not true most of the time...

its still ok when this is done by frens... but wat about by authorities? your employer? or your superior?

to be honest, this is why i stopped update my blog and seldom post any status... i lived an exciting life... should i share everything?

*239 - Post-Job: I'm Grateful

Talking bout my last job... (finally im writing bout it :P)

My night shift ended after 6am... 7something if there's OT... Frankly... Its been a very long time i'd missed the Sunrise and totally forgotten the beauty of it... The view of nature is always so fascinating... This job allowed me to cherish the Sunrise once again... I felt so energetic every early morning (though mayb that's my punch-out time xD), listened to Hitz.fm morning crew, watching the city lights go off one by one... It gave u inspiration and motivation with "Its a new day!" kind of feel... Why dont u try rising early and experience it urself... with a good breakfast meal, these sure will make ur day!

This is the one video that u'll like to watch it every morning... Its in my com, my phone, my ipod... Inspiring video that helps u jump start ur day :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf8zqdu3TtA

ps: Im going camping at bukit cahaya now ;)

More readings:
10 Benefits of Rising Early and How To Do It
Advantages of Rising Early

*235 - Why This Job?

Sorry people... Was missing for weeks from the blogosphere :/ Im totally lack of writing inspiration due to sleep deprivation... My data entry job huh...

Yeah... Night shift did make a person's biological clock go haywire... Do consider twice (million times is recommended) if u wish to work night shift =.= Some experience to share... Before u can adapt to the change, u're a total mess... U cant eat, u cant sleep and u cant even find a time to poop :/ I was having problem in identifying which day im in... What's my lunch time and what's my dinner time or perhaps others called it supper and breakfast? O.o

Many ppl had been asking me "Why this job?"... and the fact is i had to agree with u its not a worth-to-do job at all... Odd timing, not a really high pay job, distant workplace, stupid parking charges and blood-sucking tolls, the one and only one mamak available that serve the worst food i ever had... Hmmm... Complains still can go on and on...

Not that i really in need of money to live on, i chose this job just because its offer suits my calendar... Today will be my last day and i'll be enjoying my sem break... To think logic financially, despite those complains i got above, why not i earn some (really SOME after all deductions) rather than i sit at home and do nothing? Unless i got a better job offer, or else i'll stick to this job of course... Not that u can always choose a good job anyway...

Many ppl especially graduates tend to choose their job so fastidiously... End up "this not a good time", "this not having good pay", "this just sucks" or whatever... this doesnt help in anyway financially... It will only waste ur time unemployed (mayb be u can hav some mushrooms after u grow it at home =.=) Why not do some not-so-good job until u find a better offer? Something is better than nothing... Its either u earn money or keep spending money, u still at least need to eat right?

Thus that's how i ended up in this job and trying to detach myself from my comfort zone... Trying to stop my expenditure and at least accumulate some cash too... On the other hand, i noticed how lucky am i compare to my other colleagues... plus Every new place u will learn something new... something its there but u may never realise before... I'll share wat i learned in my next post xD

*190 - The Power Of Blog On Food

Where do u hunt for good food nowadays? BLOGs!

In this freaking everyone-is-a-blogger era... U did something wrong... Everyone will know it... Nothing is secretive anymore... Beware all u restaurants!

Its been sometime im hunting for good restaurants through blogs... And this does help me to make good decision despite the long list of eatery available...

im searching for the best Japanese Buffet in town for quite sometime and my fren asked me why i still never try out Shogun... Answer is... There are so so many bad reviews on Shogun already... So why should i go get myself "beheaded"? I heard they dont even allow ppl to take photos of their food... I guess the boss dont understand the free advertisement by bloggers...

Reviews on Shogun Sunway and 1Utama:
3-meals.com: Shogun Japanese Buffet Service Issue
jasonmumbles.com: Shogun Japanese Buffet Restaurant 1utama
boredworkers.com: Shogun Japanese Buffet Restaurant 1utama
angry-young-child.blogspot.com: Shogun 1utama
wp.peachjon.com: Shogun Japanese Buffet 1utama
joychariz10.blogspot.com: 1st Year Anniversary Celebration
and so much more... Google urself k...

I personally thinks that SERVICE is the topmost priority... If u charged me for service charge, then u better provide the customers a good service... Or else dont la include service charge... I had to point out that the Pizza Hut in Jusco Cheras Selatan is my worst encounter to bad services... Even my frens too experienced it...

What i wanna say here is... To all restaurant operators out there... If u wan good customer crowd; if u looking for good review; if u wan free advertisement, wat u need to do is just do ur best in wat u did best: Service and Food... Now blogs are like the new newspaper... It spreads very fast... Restructure your business strategy ppl...

More Reading: Failed Restaurant. Why?

*180 - I'm So Packed...

Arrgghh...

Although i finished my test... I still doesnt seems to have my own time to do all the things i wish to do... including blogging =.= its edi 2am and i know i need to rest for tomorrow.. WTF

Please bear with me ya... Meanwhile... Enjoy this stage MTV from 1944 (even b4 my dad was born)... By the Rose Sisters...

Watch till the end ya... The real surprise is after 1 minute :D



1944 Rose Sisters... So What for China's Gymnasium? A piece of cake...

*179 - Slapped

This video posted by Lim Yan Thang for the 15Malaysia did made me recall something... something happened long time ago...



This is indeed a great video for a first timer...

I remembered i was slapped once... During my primary days... Standard 4 or 5 i suppose... That time frankly i duno wat i said tat provoked my science teacher... I remembered i asked my frens, nobody knew wat happened also... I was accused for objecting teacher's order for tat slap... Yeah... i shredded my tears...

This incident did caused some conflict between my mum and the teacher tat slapped me... actually my mum is a teacher in the same school and of course they are colleagues... Still small though so i dun really know wat happened in the teacher's office...

My science teacher as i recalled was quite old d... An old lady... teaching impatiently (i feel)... After tat day... i know i went very quiet in class... I dun talk... I kept everything inside me... for quite sometime... n also because of this incident... i was determined to prove to her tat im good in science! so dun treat me as a bad student... tat's y i always got 90+ n highest in class in science during primary...

Wondered is this a bad incident or wat? As i believed, everything happens for a reason... Mayb somehow it did shaped the current me... i duno... She will be always in my memory i guess... I dont blame her... and frankly... im curious to know how is she now... Hope she lives well...

*177 - 15Malaysia

http://www.15malaysia.com/

"15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

Watch our films. Look at our photographs. Drop us rude comments. Display your own films. Grab cool goodies. Join competitions. Meet our people. Help us spread the word. Download anything you want…"

Its a project started by Pete Teo... Compiling all personal views on our beloved Malaysia! Check out his interview with The Star.



Coming Soon... "House" by Linus Chung



Go Check It Out!

*175 - Selamat Berpuasa!

Its the puasa month again! So to all muslims, Selamat Berpuasa!

I used to love puasa month a lot... especially the last 2 years when im staying in my hostel, college 17th UPM... So wat's so best about puasa month to a non-muslim like me?

The Night-life! Not the night-life u thought off... The other kind of nightlife... This is the month where at 3am u feel things are still "so happening" in college... Many were still awake... Hunting for food b4 morning... N i joined the fun! u'll sure see me in college cafe at 3am having my supper... Still remember my favourite very-heavy Roti Zam Zam! XD

Next, The Bazaar! There's this ramadhan bazaar for Buka Puasa at Sri Serdang there tat sure tempt my appetite... Roti John... Ayam bakar... Macam-macam pun ade!

Now tat i had moved out... So i guess there's no more Zam Zam for me... and i'll really miss k17 for tat :/

So i guess the conclusion its still the FOOD then :D Come n think about it... the best thing for a multi-racial country is to celebrate all the festivals together and enjoy every cultural FOOD! ^^

*172 - Recapitulate 9327

Recently i got a lot of questions from my frens asking about me and my dearie... And even Tammie asked me why i didnt blog bout her much... LOL... So i went through my "9327" tag and only i realise i really didnt blog much about her...

Frankly, at some point, i was running away from talking about her... after something bad happened... So now we are moving back on track and hopefully regain wat we lost...

Managing a 5 and a half years relationship is totally NOT easy... Since we are all stepping into the adulthood... demands and thinking change along the way... FYI, we started to date when im at form 5 and she's only form 2... :P until now im in uni and she's in college... Imagine how much change tat will be...

Something strike my thoughts though... Everyone used to say i cheat little girl :D... You can feel there's big difference between form 2 and form 5 but u dont feel anything when im 22 and she's 19 now... LOL... like from a blog i read (forgot where d)... age getting less importance when we grow up... its just a number...

Been blogging wat i did for her since im into blogging... but something recently i left out... i think now is a better time for me to post it :)

A self-made very ugly soap... the texture of the soap really like shit... WTF XD Its for her birthday... just b4 we went into entanglement...

At our peak of relationship, we used to had a "forever" feel... How we wanna be in love n lived together... But now uncertainty strikes me n her hard... I can say tat the confidence we had already lost and i dun really know how we will end up with after we graduate...

To date, we're good, great and well... Just learnt how to hold each other stronger... although its been so long we'd been together~

*169 - Everyone were so imperfect... biologically...

I noticed something... Everyone too had an underlying problem on their body... Isnt it?

It can be from heart angina (sudden chest pain that come n go) to cancer... After observing everyone from my community, i found many suffered from scoliosis, chest pain, anemia, tumour etc... But we just ignored the symptoms and treat it like something normal in our life... is this so?

The way of living in this era is kinda destructing... Something is destroying our body and we just continue to let this happen... Now young boys and girls are getting cancer, heart disease, diabetes... And ppl are dying at the age of 40/50 because of diseases... Are those statistics of average human lifespan of 67yo is still valid? Coz during the last estimate, its the generation ppl starting to get enough nutritions... and us? now the young ones? are the generation of additives and drugs O.o

Did u ever thought about: "did i do enough to prevent myself from getting ill?"... Everyone tends to say live for current moments... but u too had to plan for ur future... future in the sense of to be healthy or to be bed-ridden...

"1 in 3 will get cancer" u can change tat!

*164 - There Goes My Weekend

Oh god... Today marks my 1st day of my 1st test for this sem...

So wat i spent my time on during the weekend?

1. Do nothing...
2. WISHED to start study
3. Day dream
4. Continue to do nothing...
5. Biomedic Chinese Annual Dinner on Sat Night
6. b4 tat, prepare for the dinner
7. Tired, so rest...
8. WISHED to start study
9. But still day dreaming
10. And now i PANICKED!

Studied a bit while fb-ing since got so many new dinner photos XD so i guess i just suicided myself for my test...

Good luck to me~

*162 - My Perfectionism

I took the test tat i posted in my last post about perfectionism... and i scored 47 :D Having a balance between perfection and my ability of achieving it... However, during the test i do realize something bad...

"People expect more from their loved ones". In fact, this statement is quite true. Its just like your parents will expect a lot more from u as u are their children. The problem i realize is tat i do have perfectionism in my relationship, i expect a lot from my other half.

There's a few questions in the test asking about how satisfied on ur gf/wife and the relationship etc... Then i realize that i recently feel tat she just not doing enough for me... It mayb due to the crisis we had earlier and our trust had been broken, but having too high expectation doesnt seems right too...

I remember my fren said something to me before... Girls feels pressure when the guys keep talking about marriage and future while girls still feel uncertain on the relationship... That's where i went to ask her did she felt so when i got our future plans... Unfortunately the answer is YES...

I'll try my best now to lower my expectation on her... which i think also pressured my dearie a lot... Understanding the fact tat not everyone will do wat u did, managing a relationship without any pressure on both parties mayb just the best way :)

*161 - Perfectionism

There's always a story of perfectionism in everywhere we go... Even in our family... Before complaining how high other's expectation on you, did u ever examine yourself how high u put ur expectation on others?

Some people are 100% perfectionist. They demand everything to be in perfect condition... Its ok when its personal, but its NOT OK when u demand and exert pressure on others... Everyone has their own definition for a good piece of work... Some ppl think tat a folio is good enough when it got 5 pages while some demand it to be at least 50 pages... But dont u think its ridiculous to expect 50 pages on small topic folio?

Real life example tat always happens in my university is on the group assignments or lab reports... Due to the fact tat some ppl care about their result so much (others just plain perfectionist for no reason O.o) that they demand a perfect piece of work that most of the time isnt necessary... Many had been complaining on the high expectation of group members that are impossible to meet... Some people may not just be as good as u are...

So how do u handle such situation when ur coursemate did a bad job? Sometimes u just have to guide them... Perhaps give an outline to them, for example, discuss this this this topics in the assignment... It is never feel nice to modify other ppls work without their consent and just because u feel it sucks... Frankly, communication and discussion prior doing the work is essential to ensure the work to be done properly and as near ur expectations...

Be lenient a bit... Try to accept others as they are... And keep ur perfectionism personal... Then im sure everybody can work together happily and learn from mistakes together...

More Readings:
The Problem With People - They're Not Perfect
Overcoming Perfectionism
Perfectionism Test: Try This Test

*159 - Start Small... You'll Make A Difference

Stumble upon this cool animated Honda Commercial... Do-ers...

Do-ers do things... Things to move it forward... To make stuff better...



Do ur best for a better world... Starts small... Even a smile can make ur world more colourful :D

*157 - How And Why i Write All These?

Referring to all those personal development post.

Tat day my fren from Singapore asked me how i write those stuff... its like something tat i wont write... Or did i just copy and paste...

To answer this:

Every topic i wrote on is definitely not a new topic to this world... Due to i love reading personal development blogs and books, tat's wat i learnt and exposed to... But my blog post is something i experienced, something i went through by practising wat i learnt... There's how i write my personal development post...

And why i write about it? Do u know tat teaching somebody wat u learnt will actually make u better in tat particular thing? And by writing to all my beloved readers... i gain more than just wat i read... i can analyse how much i practised it... and at the same time promoting u guyz to do so... Since its something beneficial...

Im not perfect... Im also just learning and trying my best to practice wat i think is necessary to excel... You may know me more by learning my thinking and mindset through my post too... i dont really agree to everything i read :)