All in a days life... Thanks for reading :)

NEW BLOG

2007-11-26T20:53:00.000+08:00

Assalaam aleykom WBT and Good Day :D

I have recently constructed a new blog :) Concept is pretty much the same with this one...
Cuma I hope to start over with a new theme at heart :)

Please visit http://alfiantroxion.blogspot.com :D Thanks in advance for visiting and hopfully reading :D

Jalan Raya - Tempat Buat Pahala

2006-10-20T08:11:00.000+08:00

Tadi saya dok drive pergi ofis...
seperti biasa, jumpak la orang2 yang memang suka cilok kanan, cilok kiri,
potong lane kiri, potong tengah2 lane, dan macam macam lagi :)
Biasa la, karenah drebar2 Malaysia tanah airku my dirt water :)

Mercedeze Benz ke, Honda Prelude tahun 1980 ke, Nissan Impul Murano ke, dan juga
Kancil2 Modify exhaust besar kepala Abarahm Linkon... kebanyakan mmg tak berapa nak
bersopan di jalan raye. Kempen nak soh ubah perangai pon dah berbuih gomen
dok kempen. Apa macam? Bila ini semua mau berenti? Muhd Rempit bin Jaapar pon sekarng
makin dok bermaharajalela, dan saya rasa gak la, dia orang ni still buleh beroperasi
sebab ada gak la menosia2 yang ada power kat peringkat atasan kasik green light
dalam gelap. Hmmmmmmmmmm.... Hindi mo naba? (Ini ayat Filipina. Letak gak walaupun
tak tau maksud, sebab bunyik macam sedap :P)

Anywayzzz... :)
Ini sebenarnya chance! Chance besar utk kita membuat pahala extra di bulan puasa yang
dah nak abis ni (chait! Aku tak bayar Fitrah lagik!).
Katakan la... Simpulan A pergi bawak slow gilos kat lane kanan. Instead of
kasik HON seround, disusuli maki hamun yang kurang intensif (sebab puasa), adalah
lebih baik kalau kita just kasik satu round FLASH kepada Simpulan A sahaja. Kalau buleh, sonyum sket pon takpe :)
Tapi kalau si A ni tak faham bahasa lampu, maka jangan la pulak pi cucuk buntut
keretanya, kerna nanti masuk statistik Ops Sikap ke 200 :)
Time ni la kot, kita boleh practice Patience :) Follow je la belakang dia.
Tapi kalau dah lamaa sangat dia still tak ke kiri, maka terpaksa la kita langgar
'guideline' "DILARANG MEMOTONG DI LORONG KIRI". Ini dah kira dharurat! Terpaksa potong, sebab kalau tak, orang2 lain kat belakang marah pulak. Karang lane jadik
panjangg. Maka elok la langgar sket guideline, dan potong je la kot kiri. TAPI! Ni
kalau dah dharurat je la :) Macam dalam agama gak la... hehehe. Dharurat membolehkan larangan. Hehehehehe. Tapi ni tak le sampai ke tahap agama :) kekekeke.

Lagi satu, akan selalu jumpa makhluk menosia yang!!! Akan signal 1.5 MILI-SAAT sebelum dia nak masuk. Kalau terjumpa menosia macam ni, kasik je la dia masuk. Takyah le nak tunjuk terel, dan nak tunjuk "INI JALAN HAK AKU!" punya attitude. kasik dia
masuk saja walupun mmg kita tau dia ada sikit skru loose kat atas, dan gak dia punya
signal jugak mingkin lambat respon :P Kasik saja masuk, dan anda akan terkejut dengan
perasaan gumbira yang subtle (halus). hehehehe.

Lagi satu! Haaaaaaaaaaaaa... Zebra Crossing! Ini kat Malaysia, hanyalah merupakan
lukisan artis kuda belang di tengah jalan. Takde orang follow sangat! Patotnya, kalau
ada Zebra Crossing, maka kalau ada pejalan kaki a.k.a. Pedestrian bin Jaapar, maka kasik la dia orang lintas. Kat Malaysia, selalu nya idok! Jadi, kalau ternampak pejalan kaki, maka kasi la lintas. NAMUN! Kena check gak cermin kiri dan kanan. Tengok kot2 ada motor2 nak potong. Sebab kalau kita dah stop, tapi itu motor mau potong, nanti pejalan kaki kena langgar juga. Kembali ke rahmatullaah plak.

Anywayz... ini lah dia beberapa cara utk membuat pahala insya-Allaaah ;)
Berhati2 di jalan raya, dan berbuat baik di jalan raya. Bak kata TV3,
"Semoga anda selaamat tiba". :)

okes. nak buat kerja.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA, DEPAAVALI, DAN SELAMAT BERCOTI!!!

Berbuka Puasa di Lembah Keramat

2006-10-08T11:16:00.000+08:00

Semalam, tanggal 7 Oktober 2006, saya telah dengan hormatnya dipelawa membuka puasa di rumah Puan Farah Ismail dan Encik Norhadie Samsuri. Makan ala2 potluck gitu, dan saya telah memasak
(dengan bantuan isteri tercinta of course :P) apa yang dipanggil Sheppard's Pie. Tak tau la sama ada betul ke tak benda ni nama Sheppar'd Pie, tapi sebab itu lah nama yang mak saya kasik tau, maka itu lah kot nama dia :) Gambar makanan sempoi itu ialah seperti di bawah :)

GAMBAR SHEPPARD's PIE

Rakan-rakan lain telah membawa menu pelbagai rasa seperti murtabak, pizza, lasagna, pasta alfronggo dan macem macem lagi!!! Sedap dan beraneka macam makan buffet kat Restoren Tupai Tupai... Astalgroloooooo!!!!

Tapi... kok malang berbau bau, sebab saya terlupa ya-aamat nak amik gambar2 makanan2 yang ada. Mungkin sebab sibuk sangat makan. Makanan dah la sodap sodap!!! Tapi takpa. Kita ambik gambar2 tukang masak dia pon kira ok jugak la kot...

Mari saya senaraikan tukang2 masak yang dapat dikenalpasti...

1. Ahmad Eddie Kurma Vijaya Ibramsha Kareem dan Gee 'The Teacher' Ravioli

GAMBAR EDDIE, GEE dan ADIK GEE

- Eddie kata dia yang masak pasta goreng. Basically, Eddie cooked spaghetti goreng
(dengan macam tak banyak minyak, which is good), plus some herbs dan jugak
di 'top' dengan sliced meat. Sedap la pulak... nampak simple, but quite good. So, the
Pasta Spaghettilo Al Meat-ro dapat menandingi kesempoi-an masakah Khairul Jamie Oliver bin Jaafar!!!

2. Marathonner-cum-Iron-Man Wawa Hashim Wellington dan Sandra Susanti Mintar

GAMBAR WAWA dan SANDRA

- Ok. Sandra yang masak aku rasa. Wawa tengok aje... ataupun mungkin dia tidoq dalam
bilik dia masa Sandra dok masak. Kekekeke. Tapi saya tak tau, kot2 saya terpitnah secara
tak sengaja. Hehehe. Anywayz, desert enak yang diberi nama CAMAREL PUDDING yang dibanjiri AIR GULA. Slurp dan Gulp!!! Sedap tak terkata bak di katakan oleh para pemakan. Saya sendiri tak sempat makan. Chaitz. Asyik nak makan, tapi terlupa. Alih2 dah balik :( Oh, btw, saya tumpang kereta En Wawa dan Puan Sandra :) Hehehehe. Terima kasiiiih...
... Lupa pulak. Wawa juga telah memasak KEK! Nama KEK tu INDULGENCE! Dia masak
bersama dengan chef kat SECRET RECIPE Bandar Baru Bangi. Hehehehehe. TQ Wawa for de cake :)

3. Nurul Huda Sheena Easton Kecik Singgaporoliangkor Serdang Hospital

GAMBAR KECIK

- Kecik telah datang dengan memperkenalkan masakan kakak-nya (ke kakak ipar. Saya kurang ingat). Pizza yang jauh lebih enaq dari PIZZA PAH dan juga ZAN PIZZA. Pizza yang jika makan sekali, nak 7 kali. Kalau 7 kali, nak 12 kali, kalau nak 12 kali..... ok melampau la itu. Kerna Nabi kata berhenti sebelum kenyang. Hehehehehe. Namun, pizza Kecik Al Jaapar mmg lazat Alhamdulillaah. Tunas rasa ada gak macam nak jadi Italia... TAPI! Tengok2 ada jugak kena air tangan ketimuran, jadi tak jadi la pulak nak bawak gondola :(

4. Supiyan Kartolzonggo dan Isteri (Sorry PYAN! Aku asyik lupa nama bini kauuu)

GAMBAR SUPIYAN

- Supiyan telah berjaya memanggang murtabaknya sendiri. Murtabak resipi MCKK dan MRSM Taiping (walaupun Pyan tak pernah pi MRSM Taiping). Tak lupa juga Sri Putri dan Tunku Kursiyah. Anywayz, murtabak Pyan mmg best. Saya sendiri dapat makan sikit saja... sama la kes macam karamel pudding Sandra,... plan nak makan, tapi aleh2 terlupa dan dah tiba time balik. Sedih... tapi takpa.... sebab Supiyaan buleh buat lagi ye dok :) Hehehehe.

5. Host and the Hostess :)

GAMBAR KECIK BANG MATT AND FARAH

- Tuan2 rumah... sorry gambar anda kecik. Saya terlupa nak berphoto2 nak rak semalam sebab makanan best best. Yang saya dapat makan masakah tuan rumah ialah NASIK MINYAK ALA KING dan AYAM MASAK MERAH KICK-A$$ SEDAPNYA! :) Ayor yang direadykan pon sungguh2 sesuai utk menghilangkan dahaga... kerna nggak terlalu manis, dan nggak terlalu tidak manis :) Tq juga kerna menyediakan tempat bersolat, serta menunjukkan kami semua jalan ke masjid yg membulehkan kitorang semayang terawih berjemaah :)

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Basically, bebudak ex-ADP3 yang datang :) Antara yang saya tak sempat ambik gambar ialah...

1) Shareen Azua (ke Azwa)
2) Rafeeza

Anywayz, Alhamdulillaah... it was all a wonderful get together... lepas ni kot2 buleh buat lagi insya-Allaah. Plus, sambil sambut birthday Bang Matt yang ke... ke... ke....
berapa ek Bang Matt? :P So, it was more joyful lah. Tambahan ngan anak2 semua orang lagi yang hadir. Maka lagik la seghonok keadaan. Anak saya tak dapat datang kerna beliau menunjukkan simtom2 mau demam selesam. Jadi tak bawak la dia. Tapi gambar dia saya bubuh jugak la kat sini :)

Okie. Mau belajar game programming lepas ni. Akan daku blog pasal itu pulak selepas
ini insya-Allaaah.

BIRTHDAY PIC - ANAK2 Bang matt, wawa dan Supiyan

KEK "INDULGENCE" BANG MATT HADIAH DARIPADA WAWA DAN SANDRA

RASA-RASANYA NI SEMUA ORANG KOT

HADIAH HARIJADI KEPADA BANG MATT... hehehe. OK, NI MOTO ANAK DIA

BANG MATT DAH LALOK SEBELUM ADAM (ANAK DIA NGAN FARAH)

WAWA TENGAH WIRID

MACAM JOGGING JUGAK, WAWA DAH SYOK WIRID!!!

ANAK LALAKI LANANG WAWA NGAN SANDRA... "Apa bapak aku dok wirid ni?"

BANG MATT AJAR BUDAK2 POTONG KEK SUPAYA DIA BULEH MAKAN. CHILD LABOUR TUL LA MAMAT NI

SAYA SYAK BANG MATT SOH PASANG CERMIN BESO NI, SUPAYA DIA SENANG SIKAT RAMBUT

SIBUK DISKUS HAL POLITIK

WAWA DAN KECIK TENGAH TENGOK GAMBAR2 ZAMAN MUDA PALEOLITIK MESOLITIK...

GAMBAR MAKANNNNNNN

DAN SEPERTI YANG DIJANJIKAN... ANAK SAYA YANG TENGAH BELAJAR NAK PAKAI HEADPHONE :)
NADIAH FARHANAH NAMA DIA...

Thanks for dropping by.

Assalaam Aleykom Warohmatullaahi Wabarokaatuh

Back from Sydney

2006-10-03T13:12:00.000+08:00

Salamz to all readers :)

Today I will update my blog after soo long.

Saya sekarang sudah berada di Malaysia kembali. Hari tu pergi 'cuti' kejap kat Sydney
buat PhD. But things turned out sour, and had to come back after dekat 2 bulan kat Sydney.
Actually tak la sampai 2 bulan pun, dekat2 je la. And, actually tak sempat nak 'cuti' pun,
sebab dok sibuk cuba buat PhD.

Anywayz, now dah balik ke Malaysia, and thinking about apa nak buat utk future. Setakat ni,
rasa-rasa macam naka pply universiti kat Malaysia :) Dah identify USM, harap2 tak kena
reject dek Dekan dan juga orang2 atasan Universitas Putras Malaysias :)

Blog ni akan berubah nanti. Tapi tak tau bila. Tapi definitely akan berubah jadik kaler lain... dan kontent pon lain insya-Allaah :)

Okes. Nak pi baca paper2 IEEE ngan ACM japs :) Kena baca doa dulu sebelum baca paper ni. Kalu tak kang susah. Hehehe. Sapa2 ada doa-doa extra yang buleh kasik ilmu smooth masuk kepala? :) Much appreciated. Hehehehehe.

Assalaamualaikum WBT

Alpyan

Allowance naik?

2006-08-18T22:49:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillaaah - May all praise be to Allaah :)

I hear that the allowance for students studying in Aussie-land will be kasi naik?
If naik, then betul2 bersyukur cuz the money before mmg tak berapa nak cukup.

Anywayz, hear that it's gonna be 1000 plus Ozi dollars... for an individual. But if got
wife, get 30% from uni. 30% some more for kid.

Kalau betul la naik elaun ni, I would like to thank Mr (bakal Dr.) Tajul, bakal Dr. Bahrain, dan gak.... Hassan kot? Pon bakal Dr.

Yang telah menyediakan satu report yang komprehensif, dan telah diberikan direct kepada
Pak Lah kita dua tahun yg lepas.

Even though this allowance raise is just heresay at the moment, I and my wife would like to thank these people with the utmost gratitude! Sebab they were the ones who fought for the raise... but in the end, dia orang macam tak dapat nak merasa. They knew this from the beginning, but they didnt want the following batches, especially those who come with family, to suffer like they did.

Anywayz, hope all is true. Cuz then.... Ok la sket idop kat sini. Meaning boleh la buat savings dari gaji :) Better cikit then nod out of MULUS! (Dulu aku ada member nama Saiful Nazri Sifar Mulus... ke Muluk?)

OKie

Tu je.

Bubbyee

PhD

2006-08-16T21:28:00.000+08:00

PhD ni susah rupanya

Hehehehe. Understatement of the century.

Sebenarnya takde la susah sampai ke tahap cipan alexander. Cuma, kalau tak sedia dari akar umbi, it's gonna be really2 tough. Dan dengan rasa rendah dirinya, saya rasa saya tergolong dalam golongan orang yang akan get a really2 tough time. Sebab tak pernah buat research satu... lagi satu sebab kena buat benda yang mmg takde background sangat.

Tapi takpe la kot. Try dulu. Kalah menang, itu kasik sama BOSS atas tentukan. Yang penting, AK UBUAT SEBAIK MUNGKIN! HIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH KRAKATOOOAAAA!!!! (kalau tak silap nama gnung berapi tu)....

Anywayz, tadi baru habis kelas Advanced Networking. Kat ujung ada kuiz. Apa dia tanya, jawab je la. Kasik jawapan setakat mana rasa mampu kasik. Aku rasa pon, lecturer tu bukannya nak jawapan tepat. Tapi nak tengok kefahaman kita. Tapi tak tau la. Kelas pun nama Advanced Networking... so mmg kena advanced la kot. Yang bab2 layering networking pon baru nak belajar dengan Norsalwati Nordin dan juga Ahmad Internet bin Jaafar (Internet la tu).

Okes la. Mau pi tidor. Tapi kena semayang dulu. Kalau tak, nanti dosa dan masuk neraka jahannamiu!!! Tapi lepas dah kiamat semua tu nanti la. Hehehehehe. Insya-Allaahh.

Apa aku bebel ni. Ngantuk dah kot.

Okes!

DAN!

Sapa2 tau macam mana nak customize blog.... sila kasik tau sama hamba :) Nanti nak buat blog baru. Sempena azam baru di tahun yang tak la baru pon.

Okie dokie

Assalaaam Aleykom dan Salaaam Sejahtera

Video Coding (and Transmission) Over Wireless Networks

2006-08-13T08:52:00.000+08:00

Ok. Yang dekat atas tu is my PhD main topic. To tell you the truth, my initial proposal (or more of a review actually) was regarding Video Retrieval. Now it's like been changed sembilan puluh tujuh peratus :P From retrieval to.... i don't know what it is now :)

But it's ok I guess. Never really knew nothing much about video retrieval also. So this topic basicall leaves me in the the same ball park :)

Need to do tons of reading i guess. That's required if I want to get thru the first year of my PhD. Insya-Allah i can do it. Atheer Abas Matroud is confident in me. HAHAHA! Korang kena ke Atheer Abas Matroud? Rupa macam Osama beng Laden tapi datang dari negara Saddam Hussein. Tinggi pon macam Osama... kurus macam Osama... kalau ada jiggut panjang, memang orang akan ingat Osama ben Laden. hehe. tapi takpe... sapa2 yang nak kenal dengan Atheer, buleh la Google kat utk nama dia. Atheer Abas Matroud. :)

Anywayz, ni nak sambung baca. Ada benda yang faham, ada benda yang MACAM faham, dan ada benda yang memang tak faham. Dan lepas dah lama lama dok baca... rasa2 macam tak nak faham pon ada. Hehehehe.

Anywayz...

Okie. Nak tanya, kot2 ada yang baca blog ni nak datang Australia nak sambung belajar? Setakat ni boleh lakot kalau nak kasik advice dari segi cost of living. Kalau dari segi academic... tak berapa nak experience lagik... sebab this is my first time doing research. Nanti kot2 dah lama sikit buleh la kasik info yang intelectual sket :) Anywayz... kos of living mmg penting jugak... so kalau sapa2 nak tau, kasik la holler sama aku. Akan aku tulis insya-Allah.

Okes. Mau baca...

Assalaaam Aley Kom Warohmatullaaahi Wabarokaatuh

Google Adsense aku dah dekat 38 dollar!!!

2006-07-29T12:00:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillaah

Aku saja testing letak Google Adsense dalam blog ni ha. Nengok2, macam ok gak la.
Walaupun tak targeted sangat traffic tu, dan tak ramai yang datang blog aku yg
korok ni, at least ada gak kena sket sket :P

Thank you for you clickers out there :) Hopefully U clicked cuz U wanted to click :) Kalu
tak nak clik, toksah click, sebab nanti advertisers kena bayar duit tak pasal pasal. Good for
me but bad for them. So, .... itu la dia :)

Tapi kalau nak click sebab nak tahu, ok aje :) hehehehe. Aku alu alukan.

Anywayz, this is one way to look for money online. But in my case, mmg tak seberapa pon la.
sebab tak pandai main adsense ni lagik. For any of you yang berminat, buleh la test letak Adsense
kat blog or website korang. Untung2 dapek duit extra 100 or lebih USD sebulan ke :P
Tu ada link kat atas belah kanan blog aku tu. But if you click there, U'd become like... my downline la kot? This is not MLM or Network marketing by the way :P

But if tak mau click atas tu pon buleh. Can go to Google's main page.. and then can join from there. It should be under the advertising program link... kot?

Anywayz, just happy for the USD38 (almost)... Alhamdulillaah sukur niqmat shud be in order here.
hehehehe

Ok ok. Now I go to Ozzieland.

Assalaamualaikum WBT

Gone to Ozziland

2006-07-29T11:48:00.000+08:00

Allo.

Well, actually I havent yet GONE to Australia. Flight will be departing KLIA tomorrow night (Sunday, 8:45pm). Expected to arrive in Sydney at around 6:45 am? Hmmm. Thats like, Malaysia time 4:45 am :P Uiks. Tak ngantuk ke aku nanti?

Anywayz, shud be OK.

Lepas tu, terus carik supervisor... bukak bank account (who knows which bank is de best?)
Lepas tu... ntoh la... see how the flow goes. :)

Most important is to get to know the supervisor (Dr Jian Zhang) and then, tengok la what torture
he has in store for me. kekekeke

Okes.

OH!

After this I plan to do a RE-BLOG. I find that my blog is far too uninteresting to read. Ingat nak tengok a few blogs out there, and emulate their style. Lepas tu buat blog baru :) hehehehe.
Harap2 korang nak baca la. And most of it will be my life in Sydney, insya-Allah.
Ni kes nak tiru style Abang aku jugak la ni. Sib baiiik ada abang yg buleh dicontohi. Kekekekeke.

Okes. Sekian dan Bye bye

Alfian in Malaysia will be flying to Sydney.

PS:- I still with KPT would give us more money :) I lub U KPT!!!

Going to Australia.......

2006-07-12T09:43:00.000+08:00

Ello :)

I've been busy preparing to depart for Sydney, Australia to do my PhD in Video Retrieval... and things couldn't be more dandy :) Duuhhh....

It's been quite hectic cuz all of the last minute stuff I have to do. Passport, VISA, medical checkup, plane tickets, accommodation, temporary accommodation, allowances.... the list goes on and on dan on et on dan on lagi...

To make this entry short and sweet, let's just talk about the cost I've incurred (until now)... and these costs, according to University Putra Malaysia's administration... are NON-claimable and need to come out of my own pocket.... :P

1. 32-page International Passport - RM300
2. VISA application fee - RM1,182 (yeah... I know... AUD430 is the price now)
3. Translation of necessary documents (only my kid's birth cert + marriage cert) - RM130
4. Medical chekup - Going to do today, but I guess must be RM100++

ok. Total... at the moment... RM1,712.... Uekkk....

Ok. Let's say I take out the passport... it's still a whopping RM1,412...
Hmmmm.... Mahal jugak kerja jadik TUTOR ni... Nak sambung belajar, which is a requirement
for me to keep on working, is proving to be very dear... and all are unclaimable... hehehehe

tapi takpa la kot. At least I'm living in a country that's peaceful... got a beautiful wife and kid,
and oso... can eat all I want until I get overweight.... which in a way ain't good :)
But dat aint the food's fault.

ok. Lari topik

Anwyayz :)

Assalamaaualaikum WBT

Superman Returns

2006-07-05T16:10:00.000+08:00

Went to see Superman Returns ... early bird at TGV Mines :)

The movie was...

AWESOME!!!!!!

Ok :) TU je. Ni tiket dia

SUPERMAN HAS INDEED RETURNEDDDD!!!!

Jeng jeng jeng jeng jeng :)

Cigarettes!!! Arret!!! (Stop in French... I think)

2006-06-29T17:05:00.000+08:00

Hmmmm

Must say it has been positive.
My cigarette intake has been on the decline lately.
Buying anymore packs? Noooooooo sirrr-eee :) Alhamdulillah for that.
And hopefully after this, when me and my family finally get to Sydney, insya-Allah
the temptations won't follow me :)

But I have to say,... the 'WANT' is still there. And I do smoke a bit.
But the maximum has been 2-buds per day :) (Not budweiser).
Yesterday, had 1 Gudang Garam from my friendly neighbourhood pekerja am fakulti, Haslam
bin Daud :)
Today? Hehehehe. Not yet, but if the oppurtunity is there, I might just some a pot (stick). heheheh :)

Anywayz, have to acknowledge the progress :)

Like a wise man once said...

IT'S PROGRESS THAT MATTERS, NOT PERFECTION!

But I'd like to add a bit...

EVEN IF IT'S PROGRESS WE'RE AFTER, PURSUING A TEENY BIT OF PERFECTION SHOULD BE FINE

Wallaahu'alam :)

Cheeriosss!!!

Update Blog - Mary suruh

2006-06-27T19:42:00.000+08:00

Since Mary asked me to update my blog... and I happen to be in front of computer opis... with high speed connection, so i update a bit lah :)

Okes... Mary has requested info regarding:

1) My perut

2) My running

Hehehe.

Ok... my perut... a.k.a. stomach.

Well, it's stayed much the same since 2004... But something has struck me as very interesting. It seems that, now I am weighing in at 78-79-80 kg. I used to weigh the same in 1997-98 (even more in 1999-2001)... And at that time, I had a waist line of 36-37! Dang!!! But now... Even at a similiar weight, my waist is at about 34.5 to 35... Hmmmm... And when i really2 looked at me body... it really has changed from 7-9 years back. Uick??? Must've been the Body For Life + MuscleNow + Burn The Fat stuff I did during my Masters Degree time at Ozziland. hehehehe.

So, in conclusion miss Mary Ann... it's kinda Ok :) Not MARVELOUS though... but Ok :)
Now I'm reading "GET OFF YOUR ASS" by Marty Tuley (kot... macam tu eja nama dia)...
And yes, I agree with him... I need to get off my ass and excercise!!! Even tho its sekejap sekejap :)

2) Running...

Hehehehe. I've decided la mary. I tried to become a running freak like U and Wawa (Forgive the sinicism). But I think I cannot la. Cuz I DONT LIKE running that much!!!
Sikit2 ok la. But to make it a second religion. Huhuhuh :( Macam susah la. Not to say I wont run a mile ever again. It's just that now, I will campur other activities as well... besides running, there's always the bike... and oso plain old jumping rope :)
I wont become a marathon runner though. Not cut out mentally for dat :) Physically, insya-Allah buleh bikin (slow slow). But like I said, I cannot obsess enuff over it to make it my passion :)

ANywayz... thank you very2 lot oh Miss Mary for de motivation.

WAWA!!! U reading this? Jgn plak kau tak balas SMS aku kalau aku tanya pasal running.
I hope this has not put u off as my virtual coach :) hehehehehe. I lub U wawa

Okes. Teeing off. Nak isik borang claim UPM.

Oh, have I mentioned... bendahari UPM ari tu bodo piang... returned my claim form cuz I did not isi the form double sided? hahahahaha!!!! They didnt even mention it in their website or on the borang itself!!!!!

Only after I made a fuss... baru dia orang tulis kat website dia.
hehehehe. Ok gak aa.. at least I started a mini riot... which ended up in the
bendahari people updating their website with a REMINDER message...
(http://bursar.upm.edu.my/2006/pembayaran.html)
** Borang-borang yang melebihi dari satu (1) mukasurat hendaklah dicetak depan dan belakang.

Aloooha!!! (eh, is that bye2 or hello. cuz I wanna say bye bye now!!! )

Really2 young & Really2 Old

2006-06-08T12:03:00.000+08:00

Ello :)

I've always had this beleif, or... opinion... or silly sort of thinking... or what ever you wanna call it.

The relationship of being a baby and a really old person.

Both are actually quite the same...

Both physically and mentally.

I mean.. yeah, of course I know some would say ... "Of course maaannn... Babies and old people need extra love and care, and most of the time, help from those who can give..."

Yes, I do share this view also. But at the same time, when really2 looking at it... when a baby is born into the world... the first face you see wont be baby-ish at all :) I somehow see newborns as having a sort of... old people's face :|
A face that would be theirs once again, after going thru teenage life, adulthood, mid-life.... and post-midlife... :)

I dunno... this might way out there... but kadang2 macam betulll je :P
Hehehe. Cuz mentally, if given the time by God, we would almost entirely revert back to having a newborn's thinking. The process is however the other way round, where it's mostly the process of DE-generation instead of generation of cells...
But in all, we become dependant again... only heavier. Hehehehe.

But back to the main point... babies adorn their old faces when they first come into the world. This is my view. Does sound like I'm a crack-pot.... but what will the world be like without people like me!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Anywayz, just a point of view. :)

Dang, come to thing of it... Emanuelle Lewis must a had a really2 young old face :)

Puncture - But less air is coming out

2006-05-26T09:32:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah

Today, I completed another session of running. Even though I tried to maintain a quicker pace than usual, and was hoping to maintain it for at least 1/2 of the run, I managed to finish (1.275km X 3)km at the running track near the Faculty of Engineering UPM :) I must say that it seems to be getting better... both my running and the environment at the track :)

Anywayz... I will enter the Utusan 10K run... which will be God knows when, cuz Mary Ann tak cakap lagi bila. But I do reckon that I need to have LOTS and LOTS of practice before even signing the registration form :) Hehehehe. But I think I have Wawa to give me some valuble pointers, and also Mary Ann to give me motivation.

Okes, today my Adidas shoes (the replacements I got due to my first pair being stolen a few months back) is giving me less problem now. In the past, I used to experience sore feet-thumbs (is my English correct here?)... But now, both the Adeprenes are starting to blen with my smelly feet :) T'is quite a good feeling dat I am not sakit anymore.

Okes. That's all today. I will from now onwards put in short2 entries only. I looked at some the past entries, and were they like ESSAYS!!! I HATE ESSAYS!!! Why on earth am I writing them to begin with! HAHAHAHA!

ok.

Orait. I go now. I will deal with some posters today, and I will definitely be looking for another free lunch today :) Cuz sometimes, the faculty has meetings, and there always seems to be some food going to waste. Dang. Tak fikir orang kat Afrika ke.

Ok. Now I really2 go

Bye bye :)

Puncture

2006-05-23T10:02:00.000+08:00

The title maybe misleading

It is actually

People will associate this post with a tyre... a rubber wheel... an inflatable hollow round black contraption that can be filled with high-pressured air....

But no. It is not about tyre or a wheel of misfortunre that hit a nail and PSSSHHHHTTTTTT!!!! Habis anging...

It is about my lungs. About the air that circulates within me. About my stamina to run the distance.

I have decided to enter a race. A 10 kilometre race if I understand correctly. This would be a 'joint venture' with the ever so white and determined Mary Ann Michael.
(SHOW ME DA WAY MARY!!!!)

Anywayz, regarding the puncture... I am actually referring to the slang commonly used by Malays... where the direct translation would be PANCIT! I ran this morning... and two mornings before... the end result is PANCIT! I simply cant get my act together to NOT actually lose my breath to the max.

Ok... some might argue that losing breath is part of the running routine. But it seems that I'm losing it a wee bit to fast. Heheh. And at the end of things (which is only a 20 min mid-intensity interval workout)... it seems like my lungs are going to burst. NO! Not PANCIT! I mean like explode here.

But... come to think of it... this is usually what happens when someone starts to RE-activate their lives. From dorman to moving :) From semi-couch potato to semi-marathon runner. From Glutton-to-be to Controller-of-food-intake-man (ok... I cannot come up with a good name for dat one)...

Anywayz... the journey is beginning... again. HAH! And hopefully and WILLfully... I will become the Francesco Castano or Jeremy Likness or even Tom Venuto that I want to be. Okes!!!!!!

Samdulikaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Assalam-aleykom-Warohmatullaaahi-Wabaro-kaatuh.

Coach me :)

2006-05-17T15:19:00.000+08:00

Ok

I think I need to get my $$$'s worth. RM100 a month, and I only work up a sweat less than 10 days a month at the Equinox fitness centre.

But hey, I'm not alone in this enrol-and-let-it-be culture. even the millionaire lanlord Azizi Ali fell into the same trap. But at least he runs... which I cant say for myself due to my malas nature.

Anwyayz, I will meet up with Zack. Ask him about his program. And get him to coach me!
One thing I learnt from a great runner is to have a coach.
Someone to push U... someone you dont want to dissapoint
Someone you pay for results! :P

Okie

Now I go play snooker for a while.

If I stay in office, I'd waste valueble electricity by playing Hidden and Dangerous 2!!! Argh!!!

Ok :)

Assalamualaikum WBT

Re Blogging Maybe - Cigarettes

2006-05-10T11:05:00.000+08:00

It's been q few hours now since my last ciggi.

I want to quit. Really I do. But most of the time, I can't quite fathom though,...
the ciggies always wins. I've read somewhere that this guy, once upon a time, when had very little money... let the ciggies win over food.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

These ciggies are strong mental occupants I see. Never did I realize their impact before trying them when I was in form 3 (15 years old). Now, I see why soo many people get trapped in the labrynth of despair.... striving to find the escape hatch towards nicotine free life.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Well, ... I stopped once before. And I believe I could do it again.

Stratergies????

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Obvious ones would be to:

1) Stray away from smokers
2) Dont buy any more cigarettes
3) Dont POW any more cigarettes
4) When I ever think about smoking... I reckon I should visit a LUNG CANCER website or something... Will GOOGLE for that later
5) Just resist the temptation

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I will become a runner... So I must STOP this horrid habbit... at times it seems like an obsession...

But I dont I'm there yet... the obsession part that is.

Will prevail one day insya-Allah.

And when that day come... I will be one who can say....

YAVOLL!!!! I AM NOW NICOTINE FREE!!!! :)

Aminnnn

Let us all STOP SMOKING!!!! For applicable readers only lah :)

Tak tau apa nak blog dah

2006-04-11T09:14:00.000+08:00

Dah lamaa dah aku tak memblog ye

Aku rasa, aku tak blog dah sebab aku tak tau apa nak diblog kan. Lately ni, malas betul nak bukak blogger.

Idea nak blog pon takde

Maybe aku tengah dalam mid-blogger crisis.

Dah nak 30 la katakannn :)

Anyway, nanti dah ada mood balik, insya-Allah aku akan blog

Maybe aku malas blog lagi pasal
JPA dah takde scholarship utk overseas. Jadik lagi fenin sket kepala mau mintak
tempat PhD local. Hmmmmm...

Natey beghook as the dekan might say :) Sebab dia ong kelantan. Hehehehehe.

Anywayz...

Mari kita ikut Francesco Castano. Go to http://www.fsktm.upm.edu.my/~alfian/musclenow.html

Class Bluesss

2006-03-27T09:54:00.001+08:00

After this, I got class.

As usual... people would dread going to class.

But it's kinda bad if you're not the student and you're complaining.
I'm actually the teacher! And I'm already yawning and dreading it. HAHA!

I pity my students... but biasa la... Monday bluessss :P

Anywayz, usually with God's will and assistance, I manage to pull thru.
And sometimes, manage to get a few meaningful laughs from my studs :)
Most of them are chicks, so that might be another motivator. (ihik ihik ihik)

Anywayz... Need to go now for class starts in a few minutes.

There's also the "PENILAIAN PENGAJARAN" today. Sheesh... those survey forms are soooo biased towards the students. Kesian dekat lecturer2 yang garang, strict, tapi bagus.
Sometimes, the orang atasan use that as a sole indicator of teaching performance... which to me, is total BS!

Anwyayz.... need to go to class.

Ohh kelas... di mana kau.

Class Bluesss

2006-03-27T09:54:00.000+08:00

Long Time No Post - Affiliate Cheque jugak Update

2006-03-23T11:26:00.000+08:00

Hello dan Kabare

Sorry for not posting for soooo long :) Terasa lazy pulak lately ni.
Tapi itu semua akan berubah kerna ke-lazy-an akan membawa kepada kebinasaan :)
Dan setelah binasa... semua takkan mau jadi. Mati juga ada. HUA HUA HUA!!!
Na'oozubillah la tapi. Tamau mati lagi :P

Anywayz, update hari ini ialah mengenai AFFILIATE CHEQUE ku yang pertama!!!
ALHAMDULILLAH SUKUR NIQMAT!

Pada suatu pagi yang bening, tetiba, Tunku Nurul Ashiken, sepupu aku yang dah lama
dok sekali ngan kitorang tetiba kata Afiza ada hantar surat sama aku. She was just specualting. Cuz the letter came from USA. But, when I got a glimpse of the surat, it wrote there INCREDIBODY.COM. Uit? Takkan dia hantar update utk course MuscleNow dia dalam envelop kecik. Tiba-tiba, daku teringat dia punya affiliate program yang telah kusertai just for the fun of it. Uit? Takkan ada orang mau kasik aku uwang? Takdak pon aku promo gila gila produknya itu. Wannwayz, I just opened the envelop.... and what came out was quite a shock to me :)

It was a referal cheque, worth USD20 :P Ok laa.. USD20 pon kira OK apa. Kalau cash in dekat bank, dapat la almost RM80 oooo :) Waallaaweyy, masya-Allah... somebody bought the book thru my referal link :) Hehehehe. Tq whoever you are.

Anywayz, after asking Maybank Bangi, they told me that, after cashing in the cheque, I'd be charged USD25 maximum. GULP! Tak worth it la pulak... So, aku pun tak cash in the chequee... Instead, I email the owner of MuscleNow, iaitu Mr Francesco Castano, and asked him whether he could just hold all my commissions until perhaps, it reaches USD200 ke? ONly then baru la
berbaloi to cash out ye dok :)

Anywayz, still waiting for jawapan dari dia :) Tapi kalau tak buleh pon takpe la. The main thing is, I got really2 exited bila dapek cheque tu. Really makes me motivated to continue my 'abandoned' project to complete my SiteBuildIt! website about losing fat + tambah muscle sket sket. dalam progress... and now... yes... it is actually MOVING! Tak lama siap Insya-Allah.

Okes, below is de gambar cheque :) A few details dah padam la...
heheheh. Okes... tq for reading :)

My Affiliate Cheque (Click to Enlarge)

Naik kereta ke Melaka

2006-03-12T07:11:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikom WBT dan Salam Sejahtera kepada semua :)

As some of you might know, I've got another site dedicated to my daughter... http://nadiah-farhanah.blogspot.com :) But after a while, maintaining two separate blogs macam susah la pulak. Dah le aku ni pon malas macam cipan... So, I think if I got anything about my daughter, or even my family that I think I wanna blog about... I'll put it here also lah! At troxion.blogspot.com :D Hehehehe.

Okes.. Anyway. Mari kita mulakan cerita. Actually, dah lama dah aku nak masukkan entry ni. Tapi dok tangguh tangguh tangguh... nanti berkulat pulak gambar2 digital ni dalam komputer aku :)
(Fakta: Ini meruapakan satu tuduhan palsu. Gambar digital mana buleh berkulat...)

Anywayz....

Hari tu (bulan 2... kot?), my beautiful wife, Puan Nor Shazwan Mohamed (Wan)... ajak la aku dan anak kami, si Chepot (bak kata Mak Cik Ija dia) a.k.a. Nadiah Farhanah binti Alfian pergi jenjalannn... (masih berdengung dan terawang-awangan lagi aku bila tengok ada orang berbinti-kan nama aku. kekekekeke).

So, aku pon setujuuu. Malas nak pikir punya pasai, aku suruh la Puan Wan fikirkan mana nak pergi. Last last sekali, selepas 42.97 jam mencari2 tempat melalui brochure2, pendapat2 rakan, dan juga dari Internet bin Abdul Karim... akhirnya we settled for Melaka... oh Bandaraya Bersejarah :) ... Tapi kitorang takde la nak pergi tempat2 sejarah dia... sebab dari kecik dulu dah banyak kali pergi. And no offence to you history-buffs out there... tempat2 bersejarah ni basically dok macam tu je la dari awal sampai la ke akhirat nanti (insya-Allaaaahhh) :) So, dah pi sekali pon takpe la kot :)

Okes... memula, seperti biasa, masa drive dipenuhi dengan cabaran. Bukan cabaran apa... cabaran si Farhanah nak join sekali utk contribute tenaga utk sampai ke destinasi. Mula2, biasa la, nampak baikkk je budak ni.

(buleh klik gambar2 ni to enlarge)

Namun, selepas beberapa ketika, Farhanah starts to get bored, dan terus melepaskan diri daripada genggaman mama dia... dan.... jeng jeng jeng...

"Aku ada niat nakal di hati. Kueh kueh kueh...."

Aramakkkk... dia nak pi depan la pulak budak niiii.

Oleh kerana tidak kesian, dan juga utk melatih Farhanah uk Dear Factor pada suatu hari nanti, aku pon kasik la dia bawak kereta kejap. Dari Nilai sampai Ayer Keroh jugak la dia drive! Boleh la aku tidorrrrrrr... kalau tak manjang ABAH jo yang drive!!!! MANA ACI INI SEMUA! Dah la Mesia panas tengah2 hari. Ngantuk ooo bawak keter. Anywayz... :) Ini gambo dia....

Namun, selepas Farhanah berjaya mendapat 3 speeding tickets, aku pon tak kasik dia bawak keter dah.

"MAK NYEEE!!! PERANGKAP BUDAK INI!!!!!"

Aku pon tak leh tengok muka Farhanah... sebab kalau dia buat muka sposen dia (macam dalam gambo ni), nanti aku lembut hati dan kasik dia bawak keter balik..... :P

Farhanah kena ikat, sebab nak drive jugak.

Lepas tu, pujuk camne pon, tak jalan jugak. Dah poyo dah budak ni. Kesiann dia. Takpa maknye, keep up the good work :)

Tak lama lepas tu... kitorang pun berhenti di R & R Ayer Keroh. Sebab Farhanah suka berenti kat R & R, aku pon decide maybe tempat ni boleh kasi budak ni heppy2 balik. Hehehehehe.

R & R ni yang ada restoren Jejantas tu :) Melihat keaadan environment yg ama baru lagi moden, Farhanah terus lupa diri, dan dah tak ingat dia kena ikat tadi. Hehehehehe. Tektik berjaya.

(tapi tempias2 muka tensen tetap ada.. jap lagi ilang la tu)

Lepas dah habis kasik dia minum susu, dan lepas mak dan bapak dia kongsi makan nasik lemak sebungkus (diet konon....), kami pun bergerak semula ke destinasi... Melaka... here we come. Budget2 nak pi A'famosa Resort. Nak pi jenjalan sana :) Sebelum sampai, aku pon cerita la sket2 kat Farhanah. Tapi apa kan daya... dia mana la faham BM sangat setakat ni... Bahasa yang dia tau hanyalah Baby 101 :)

Lantas, aku menukar tektik, dan buat lawak Phantom Zone. Phantom Zone ni merupakan tempat di mana penjenayah2 planet Krypton (planet Superman) ditempatkan. Sebelum sampai ke sana, dia orang akan dimasukkan ke dalam satu kurungan kaca. Aku pon simulate la kurungan ni, dengan menggunakan rear-view mirror Hinda Civic ku :)

Ini telah membuatkan Farhanah gumbira. Kerana lawak bodoh ayah andanya dirasakan amat2 lucu, dan ini juga telah memperbetulkan mood budak ni, yang tadinya murung lagi berduka cita.

Lepas tu, ini lah dia muka2 ceria Nadiah Farhanah binti Alfian.... :)

Lepas tu, Alhamdulillah lagi Masya-Allah, the trip went on smoothly. First stop kitorang kat Melaka, was the Butterfly farm :) Sad to say tapi... butterfly tak banyak sangat. Maybe sebab panas sangat kott???

Anywayz... ni dia beberapa gambo kat sana :)

Baru sampai

Sampai-sampai je, monyet dah buat aksi lucah daaahhhhhh

Flora Jack and de Bean Stalk

Gambar Puan Wan tangkap - Takde effect applied... natural amatur pic :)

Lagi gambar Puan Wan tangkap. Effect En ALpyan tapi... main tipu kat Photoshop. Kekeke

Flora Apa Ntah - Alpyan

Pokok dan Pelancong-pelancong

Abandoned Butterfly House

Lepas tu seperti biasa, kami jenjalan. Like I said before... nama je taman rama rama. But it quite difficult to get a clear view of beautiful, exotic butterflies. Yang terbang2 pon nampak ordinary je.... Hmmmm... Mmg tempat ni utk ordinary butterflies kot? ... Anywayz...

Among other animals that we saw were:

Burung bodo ni. Bila orang nak amik gambar je, dia tukar pose.

Buaya (alligator) America. Mandrom je dia orang. Kesian kena kurung :(

Saja letak gambar dekat-dekat. Otter tido, Farhanah pon tido :)

Ular... tak berbisa kot? Sebab aku tangkap gambar ni habis close range dah ni.

Kami jalan-jalan lagi. Ni pulak gambar2 orang, iaitu kami la :)

Dukung Farhanah

Farhanah, Maknye dan kolam ikan KAP!!!

AKHIRNYA!!! RAMA-RAMA!!! Tu pon malu malu la pulak dia. Hehehehehe.

Sebelum balik, bapak nye teringin nak tangkap gambar dengan binatang. Dulu dah pernah tengkap sekali dah, tapi gambar tu gagal dicuci, sebab pakai kamera analog... lepas tu pulak ada budak pi main2 kamera, langsung terEXPOSE filem...

Jadi ini merupakan attempt kedua... tapi melibatkan risiko tinggi, sebab anak ada sebelah. :P

Amik gambar ngan Ular Sawa :)

Masa ambik gambar ni pon, Farhanah dah flat. Sebelum dia padam... inilah muka dia yang terakhir :)

Okes. Basically tu je la cerita utk entry kali ini :)

Nanti ada susulan... iaitu trip ke PD :) Tapi ada jugak a few yang ke Melaka dulu :)

Okes... TQ for reading :)

I Conquered the BEAST!!!

2006-03-07T10:28:00.000+08:00

Ok...

This morning, I pulled myself out of bed, and went to the gym to do my cardio. Masya-Allah, my little daughter now is our alarm clock, where she would get up at around 6 a.m. to "pester" me and my wife for some attention... that we pleasurably give of course :P

Anyway, went to the gym, reached the parking lot of Equatorial Hotel (Bangi) at about 7 a.m. Was beaten by a Selva (whose name I found out later on the gym attendance list whilst signing in) who managed to lead the way into the gym. Didn't have a chance to speak with him though... seemed to bee very into what he was doing.

Got there, greeted by Sufian the gym attendant... got my keys, put all my stuff in the locker... and went straight to the treadmill area.

Alhamdulillah!

One of the working treadmills were idle! So I had a chance to start my cardio workout... RUNNING! Usually, I had to wait for someone to finish... so I had to do the stationary bike first. Not today though... Today was TREADMILL day!!! And I was ready for a BATTLE with that dark-grey machine with level-buttons as the drill seargant.

Started out with a light stretching session. Next time I think I'll stretch harder. So that I could start with looser and more flexible joints :)

Started out with a slow walk, which laster for about 10 seconds. Then I just told the drill seargant... GIMME MORE MAN! IS THAT ALL YA GOT? I increased the speed to 9.5 km/hour. This was gonna be the speed for my first minute of easy Interval Training Cardio :)

The first minute seemded fine. Hey, I could do this? This ain't that hard after all. A grin of victory creeped upon my face, for I beleived that the drill seargant wasn't to drilling after all. The first minute went by like a breeze, as I was starting to breathe a bit heavier... but still I could see Selva and Seinfeld on TV :)

The second minute came, and the drill seargant gave me 10.5 km/hour. This speed was still ok for me. Even though it did require some effort, but I was game for it. Bring it on you lifeless contraption!!!

The thrid minute came... but this time, I least expected its arrival. It came a bit too fast! Not like the second... the thrid came like an intruder! Ininvited! Almost unwelcomed... and of course an almost Unsunged!!! But never the less... I had to be game. 11.0 was the speed that was set for the 3rd minute. I was breathing heavier now. Heavier than I expected. Come on jawatroxion AT Gmail DOT com. Mesti boleh punya. ALL YOU NEED IS WITHIN YOU NOW!!! Learnt that from Anthony Robbins. :P

The fourth minute was rather gruelling. But still... I had lots of energy to spare. My shins were still ok... my calves we not yet toast... and I could still listen and admire the jokes laid down by Seinfeld and co. Managed to get a glimpse of a white chick also... :P Who just game in to do the bike.

The fifth minute was 11.5 km/hour. Cheated a bit on the fourth minute where I just raised the speed a teeny weeny but. But 11.5 was showing to be a challenge! But as my energy deposits were still high, I went thru with little problem :)

The first five minutes were over... and I slowed down the pace to jogging speed at around 6/0 km/hour. Was already sweating... Even though not running at speeds equivalent to Father of Pipot, I think i was doing ok :)

Started my second five minutes. Man... This time it was a challenge. The second and thrid minutes came like Australian-summer-time bush fire!!! A bit TOO FAST! Speeds were 10.5 and 11.0 respectively. Fourth minute was also pain, as my legs started to feel the burns of acid accumulating in my muscles... ARGH!!! Come on... One More Minute Before the BREAK!!!... The fifth minute was rather harsh. No chance was given by the drill seargant. He gave me a 12.0!!! Are you crazy!!! 1 minute of 12.0!!! Then he backed down... maybe due to 1st time experience... gave a 30 secs of 11.5 and 30 secs of 12.0. Still... at the ned of minute five... I was sweating like Amat Sharil Karipap, and my lower body was murdering me! I mean... this was only the second part???!!! I had two more FIVE minute sessions to go through.

Long story short... the third cycle was almost hell... Which got me ready for the final cycle.

Now, the first minute was supposed to be the 'relaxing' minute. But... even at 6.5 km/hour, the seconds seemed to tick sooo fast! The second minute was coming too soon! Argh! I went on... NO GIVING UP! I've been thru the three cycles... NO POINT GIVING UP AT THE LAST!...

The second minute came like a Tsunami! Hitting me in all parts of my body... ravaging all of the energy my body had to give... Well... almost that is. Now, as this was not a relaxing minute... it seemed rather long. Even Seindfeld inaudible at the time. I heard the jokes... but could not make sense of what he was uttering. This was heavy... This meant that my body was experiencing extreme stress... extreme pressure... its extreme limit... I was about to falter... I was ready to stop.

But suddenly I remembered... I saw my face in the glass door in front of me... Man! How many times are you gonna fail? Until at one point you and other people are just gonna label you a loser!!!! LOSER! LOSER!!!

Whoa.. dat's a big word in my book... Loser... Hmmmm... Let's stop to think about it... BUT HEY! NO TIME TO THINK! JUST DECIDE TO HATE THE TERM! YOU... I!!! WE ARE NOT LOSERS!!!! JUST GET YOUR BUT BACK INTO THE RACE!!!!

With newly injected enthusiasm... I continued what seemd to be and endless HIGH SPEED TRUDGE! A run... that was like a trudge. HAH! What ever... It seemed to be the right choice of words for what I was experiencing....

The third minute came... lasted like agessss... and finally ended with the fouth. Now... the drill seargant put me to the test now... He wanted to test my limits... How much of a man I have become based on the last three cycles I've gone thru...

12.5!!! 12.5 km/hour.

DARN! 1 WHOLE MINUTE OF 12.5!!! This was indeed gonna be a challenge... This was gonna decide wheter I LIVE OR DIE! Whether I deserve to NOT deserve the title LOSER!

I started to take short breaths in between steps. Man... each rapid step was like trying to lift 50 pound bricks of the FLOOR! And those bricks were indeed my feet!
Argh!!! LOSER I WILL NOT BE!!!

I struggled into the last minute... 10 seconds seemed like 10 minutes... In the final 10 seconds... I realized that this was more of a mental challenge instead of physical. I mean.. Come on... if indeed I couldn't GO... I would be DEAD by now! Man... this is just the tip of the ice berg! I CAN GIVE MORE! HAHAHAHA!!!!

With a huge inhallation of Oxygen... I ran as though I was sprinting.... Seemed to be a sprint to the end... but its actually not factually a sprint as I was still on the 12.5 km/mark... the same speed I started the Ending minute with :)

Anyway... I did not care... as the final second came... I sighed a sigh of EXTREME RELIEF!!!! ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!
I had managed to finish the whole 20 minutes!!! THE WHOLE 20 MINUTES!!!

LOSER? Mana adaaaa? Winner??? Insya-Allah!!! IN THE MAKING!!!!

I lowered the speed to 8.1km/hour... Had to cool down. Don't want my blood pressure to burst would I... Not after, what I describe as a successful event :) ....
After a few seconds... slowed it down some more to about 6... then went down to rapid walking speed... and finally stopped the traedmill... Took my towel, and started walking around the gym to catch my breath.... went out to the pool area to enjoy the view, plus to get more fresh air. My LUNGS need some more of this... GOD's invisible wonder, who scientists have coined up the name Oxygen for :)

GOt back in...... after about 5 minutes outside.... :)

Before taking my morning shower... I poindered upon what just happenned...
Man... the limits I can push myself to.... I mean.. They're virtually limitless!!!
Limited by what God has set of course... But i think, I've just looked at the tip of the ice berg here. There's still more ... a WHOLE LOT more that needs discovering. And for that, I will put my faith in Allah to show me the way... PLUS! I will need to work to achieive that unseen and unforseen advantage... that's just waiting to be brought to life!!!!

But in all... Masya-Allah! I was victorious today. I managed to conquer the beast that's been within me since day 1 of my life... The beast that has always forced me towards mediocrity... The beast that has always made me elude my true destiny.....

This beast ladies and gentlemen... is no other than ... myself.

Thanks for reading :)

Time Mgmt + Digital Technology + The Quran

2006-03-03T12:35:00.000+08:00

http://izhal.blogspot.com/2006/03/extreme-time-management.html

Go here for a good "technical" read that's both educational and FRESH!!! :)

Adiosss Bradosss :)

Ab Machines Demystified

2006-03-02T10:42:00.000+08:00

Okie. Today I will write about ab machines :) I think most of you would know what I'm talking about lah... It's those contraptions that allow you to lie on the floor with your head comfortably placed on the machine's head rest... and then all you do is rock it back and forth to get a good abdominal workout. Other variations are now also available, but basically they allow for an arc like rocking movement :) Oh! I forgot! There's also the versions that only require you to.... NOT MOVE! Yeps... you got me right. Just strap on the device (that looks like one of those 'bengkung' thinggies... dont know what its called in English) around your your flabby, beer belly mid section, turn the switch on... and VOILA! Six pack abs :P ...

But do these things really work? Can they make you look sexy with so little effort?
We shall see :)

I will try to demistify all the myths surrounding ab machines...
based on my own experience that is. Hehehehe. Hope that holds enuff water for all a'ya :)

................... OLD STORIES STARTING ..........................

When I was about... 19, I wanted a flat, six-packed mid section. Hey... who doesn't :P Fate had it, at the same time I was dreaming, these infomercials started to pop up on Malaysian TV channels. Smart Shop from TV3 was one of the first to advertise ab devices. And the first one I saw was Tony Little's AB ISOLATOR! Man! Was I awed!!! I was thinking that my dream of getting six pack abs was gonna become a reality!!! But unfortunately, I didn't have the cash at the time for I was a mere college student :P That 'oppurtunity' went begging....

The Ab Isolator

But then, came another device. Forget its name, but I think it had the word 'rocker' in it. Ab Rocker if I'm not mistaken. This one looked something like the picture below... only it had platforms for the bented-bars to stand on.

The Ab Rocker... I guess...b>

I managed to purchase this one, cuz my mother was with me when the informercial was on, and she allowed me to use her credit card to make the order...

Happy Happy Happy :)

I tried the first workout... Man! Was it hard! The fitness instructor did the whole thing like it was nothing. I on the other hand, suffered one of the most painful stomach pains of my life!!!!

Crazy or what! I was totally flabby and unfit, that the whole excercise left me with an aching mid section, and still... a one pack (of flab) stomach.... But, I did only do the excercise ONCE! HAHAHAHA!!! So, the whole blame wasn't on the instructor... but mostly on me.

Eventually I returned it, and I presume that my mom's card was reimbursed.
I returned it NOT becuz I wasn't able to do the excercise. It's just that, they showed in the infomercial that the device so so damn stable! But when I was using it... it moved around on the floor like there was a mini earth quake!

Anyway... returning the rocker was a blessing in disguise. Because many years later... I came to learn that ab rocking, or ab isolating is NOTthe way to get a six pack :) Or to lose weight for that matter.

................. END OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ..........................

Nowadays... we get bombarded with lots and lots of infomercials that advertise fitness devices that are supposed to be the answer to everyone'ss weight problem!

Most of them, naturally, will target ABDOMINAL issues.

Beer belly, Pot Belly, Spare Tyres, Love Handles... you name it :) They've got the answers for it!

Ok... Let's look at one...

The Abtronic or watchama-callit? Ok. You strap this thing around your mid section... turn on the current... and let it shake. The voltage, or something is supposed to melt away the fat and reveal the all wonderful all beautiful six pack mid section.

Abstronic

Even if you go to Alamanda (Putrajaya), you could see salesgirls promoting similar products... I saw one at OSIM, ... or was it OGAWA... Nope. OSIM I. Cuz I don't think they have OGAWA at Alamanda, right?

Uhhhmmmmmm.... Okie.... So simple aye? Just strap around yer waist... and PRESTO!... I wonder why there're still so many fatso's out there :P

The answer could be that... machines like these are SCAMS! I mean... come onnnn... get a six pack by just sitting down watching TV while some waist-wrapper buzzes on and "shocks" your belly with 'invisible' electricity? Sheessh....

I read an article on the net... referenced at the Excercise Equipment Explained website...

The devices are so questionable that the Federal Trade Commission launched "Project ABSurd" against the makers of the AB Energizer, Abtronic, and Fast Abs in 2002.

Some more reference from the same website::

"These electronic abs gadgets don't do a thing to turn a bulging beer belly into a sleek six-pack stomach," said FTC Chairman Timothy Muris. The government sued the three manufacturers for false advertising. In July 2003, the FTC announced a settlement of over $5 million in the lawsuit against Fast Abs, and courts in Nevada have held five Ab Tronic defendants liable for $83 million. While the charges against AB Energizer are still pending, the FTC filed yet another complaint in October 2003 against the makers of a similar device called the "Ab Force" belt.

Whoa... now that's heavy don't ya reckon... :(

Even though the Abtronics does simulate muscle (they are categorized as Electronic Muscle Stimulators), this muscle 'tickling' isn't enough to burn away the stubborn fat and stimulate muscle growth. It's just another worthless gizmo, preying on the weak and fat and flabby :P

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Another device is... I think... is called the Ab King something...
Looks something like this:

The Ab King Something

Ok. The fitness models who endorse the device are undeniably... fit and rip to shreds! (When I say rip to shreds, I mean they've got almost no fat on their bodies). But don't get me wrong, the Ab King can give you a good ab workout. But... the way the informercials are presented seem to show that, JUST BY USING THIS DEVICE, ALL YOUR FAT WILL MELT AWAY... AND A SIX PACK STOMACH IS INEVITABLE!!!!

What a bunch of cow dung :(

Basically what I'm trying to convey is that... an ab machine ALONE, will not suffice. Because...

There's no such thing as spot reduction. You can't choose where you want to lose your fat first! Your genetics determine where the fat is stored first... and also determines from where it leaves first. Devices or diets or even programs that promote spot reduction, or losing fat from a specified part of your body... is doomed for failure! They just don't work!

You can't melt fat away just by excercising. The adage... YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT is so freakin' true! Even if you excercise like a freako-zoid... if you don't eat right, you're not gonna get those abs poppin' out :)

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So, the verdict on ab machines?

Ok... The ones that promote movement and the ones that actually require you to excercise and sweat some sweat... those are ok. BUT! Some argue that ab excercise such as the crunch, reverse crunch and also side crunches (to name a few), are already relatively easy to perform. So, why the need for a device that makes an easy job easier? Hmmmmmmmmmmm... I donno, you be the judge :)

Anyway, the thing is... yes, these devices can be used. As a matter of fact, it might be good for people with a history of back or even neck pain (this is just my opinion). However, it must be part of a workout plan/routine... where working the abs is just one of the many body parts that you train. Plus, an important eating plan is also important to implement. Because, again, the adage of "you are what you eat" is very true, like I mentioned before. Normally, it would be 4-6 meals per day (some even go for 8!). But in smaller portions.

In short, you need to excercise (where abs are one of the body parts to excercise)...
BOTH! Cardio and Weights to get better results.
And you also need to eat frequent, well (smaller) portioned, healthy foods... where each meal must have both, carbs and protein... and of course, green veggies :)

Basically, U need to excercise your muscles to expend energy... And in order to fuel this energy need, we must aim for fuel from FAT cells. When almost all of them are gone (we do need some for health purposes)... only then will you start seeing your mid section. Because, if you don't... it's not becuz there's no muscle there. It's just becuz you have too thick a layer of fat covering the muscle. Excercise, eat right and live healthy... that's the way to go... and your fat cells will be crying for you to let them back in (which you must NOT!... :P)

As for the Abtronic... just DONT fall into the pit of despair by getting them. Not only are they quite dear (expensive)... THEY DONT WORK!!!! PERIOD! So, put your money to better use... and get yourself a book or two on how to get fit. As this blog has Google as its partner, maybe some of books of interest may appear on this page, due to Google :) I donno, you just take a look around.

Anyway....

Are Ab Machines bad? ... you hold the final word. The machines can work... but why waste the extra $$$ when you can achieve the same results by just using your GOD given bodies.

The tronics? Hehehehe. Let's just see how those law suits are doing. Steer clear of them. There's no such thing as a free six-pack. You need to SWEAT BLOOD for them!!!!!

Okie dokie.

I think I've rambled enuff :) Hope this was beneficial for you. Have a nice one :)

Cheers! And Happy Ab-bing :)

Six Pack... tutup aurat tapi. Hehehe

PS:- This is another freakin scamming device, where you press your stomach against it... I mean, what kind of excercise is that? You might end up 'sh##ting'! LOL!

Ab Watchama-Callit Inna-dey-er

Futsal - MyTeam FSKTM

2006-03-02T01:00:00.000+08:00

FSKTM MYTEAM FUTSAL!!!

Yeahooo!!! We are de champions!!!
Champions!!!
Championssss!!!

Champions of corot la tapi :)

It was a disappointing outing. I don't even know the name of the tournament that we're playing in. LOL! Ooops... that we PLAYED in :)

Anywayz... it was 110% fun, becuz we managed to draw 2 matches... but lost the other three. kekekeke.
But... I think that's very OK for a team whose members are unfit, overweight (all of not most. LOL!) and also
who've never played together before this tourney :)

Okie, enuff of the babble. Here are the pics of the NoToRiOuS MyTeam FSKTM!!!

Team members

Manager - Farid

Kapitan - Sazly

Assistant Captain - Azrul Hazri

Underground Behind The Scene Director - Hamidi

The Best Goal Keeper In Asia - Azlan

Right-cum-Left-Cum-Center Back - Iskandar

Striker-cum-Defender-cum-Striker again - Az Azri

Striker-cum-Stuntman - K.A.

Striker-cum-Midfield - Amir

Striker-cum-Back-cum-Tercungap - Alfian

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Okes...

Even tho results looked like this:

FSKTM vs Kolej 2 (1-1)
FSKTM vs Kolej 14 (0-4)
FSKTM vs Veterinar (1-2)
FSKTM vs Pertanian (1-1)
FSKTM vs Kolej 6 (1-3) ek? Aku tak ingat. Hehehehe.

we all played like CHAMPIONS!

Next year FSKTM... WE WILL RULE THE FIELD!!! HUA HUA HUA!!!

insya-Allahh :)

Cheerios.

Mad about Adsense

2006-02-28T09:38:00.000+08:00

Adsense is certainly one of the best things Google has ever invented. I mean, it gives people the chance to make $$$ wihtout even putting out a single cent! Except for Internet bills of course... which would needs paying on a monthly basis anyway. So, Adsense is good :)

For those of you who don't quite know what Adsense is all about, you could of course Google it (at Google of course. LOL!). You could even use the Google search bar at the top of my page. It's supposed to return the same results... I reckon.

Anywayz...

For those of you who're too 'occupied' to search for the term... Adsense is basically other prople's advertisements on your website :) Let it be a blog, a personal .com website, or even on forums... you could put your Adsense anywhere on your website. It's free and if you know the tricks... you could make a whopping amount of $$$ on a regular basis. $$$ is generated, MOSTLY... when people CLICK on those ads. :) So, get people to come to yer site... and show them related Adsense :)

The good thing about Adsense is that it displays RELEVANT... yeps... RELEVANT ands on your site. The Google robots basically crawl your site, and match words here and there... these bots then figure out what your page is all about. After that, it displays the relevant advertisements.... Ads relevant to your website concept. If it's about Chicken, then probably lots of Ads about how to rare chicken, or even the deadly Bird Flu Virus cure... I dont know...

And good example is PIPOT - Runner's High :) This crazy triathlete talks about running, bicycles, shoes and other triathlon related stuff. And as you can see, the ads that come out in his site are very targeted. Today, one of his ads looked like this :)

Talked about his cycling trip... and VOILA! Ads related to bikes :) Neat aint it :)

(Oh, by the way... Adsense usually takes the form of textual ads, and usually has the title Ads by Gooooooogle. Even though there're also banners and image ads, people prefer the simple text ads. Here are other few samples.)

So boys and girls... those of you who think you've got a website with a particular concept... and haven't adopted Adsense... the DO SO! Go get it :)
But of course... your website must have traffic. If not, there's no point in Adsense. As a matter of fact, if no one's reading your site, there's no point of having a site at all! :(

Anywayz...

You can either go to Google and register there... or you can click on the White Square button at the top-right-hand-corner of this page, and go from there :)

One thing about Adsense though... .as the owner of the site that the ads are on... you CANNOT click on those ads. Although Google wont have a sure way that you were the one who actually clicked on the ad... it ain't ethical... cuz U'd be inflicting unnecessary cost to advertisers. So, let us all be good boys and girls :) Hehehehe.

Oh.. ok... Back to the point where you cant click your own ads...
I happened to see an ad on my blog that was quite interesting. But I CANT CLICK IT!!!
ARGH!! THE AGONY!!!!... Anyway... Here's the ad... For those of you who clicked it... please do tell me about it. Hehehehe. (It's the one I Highlite below... :I)

Okie...

Thankx for droppin by :)

Salammmzzzz....

Football Boots Nonsense by trOXIon - has nothing to do with ADIDAS' TRAXION

2006-02-27T14:31:00.000+08:00

Football boots....

All are getting wierder and wierder looking. Nicer though :)

They used to have studs... but now, it seems like the BLADE has taken over and conquered most of the market :)

KIKA was among the first to adopt blades if I'm not mistaken. Saw the advert when I was like 10 or 11. KIKA BLADES!!! ... Thought it was a loser concept... But who knew that all the other boot makers were gonna use the same thing as well... 20 years plus later... Sheesh!

Anyway....

The difference between blades and studs are as seen below :)

Copa Mundial... It means World Cup I reckon... 12-studs altogether. To me, it's an ageless masterpiece of boots-manship. The leather has always looked classy, with its fine, trademark stitches adorning the upper sole. The 3 white Adidas stripes used to wreak havoc upon opponents (I am talking about the little leagues when I was a kid).... for it gave out a GERMAN aura... that out about to pounce like a hungy lion onto its prey.... HUA HUA HUA!!!

Apa aku merepek ni. Anyway... As I've illustrated above... the blades, as seen on the F50+, is getting widespread popularity now. Provides better grip I suppose. And surely, would leave a gash bigger any other stud mark in the galaxy! HAH!

Pattern....

Ok. Now lets go there. Boots used to have this very boring look of Black. Mostly... BLACK! With dabs of other colours... But mostly... black monopolized the market. There were the occasioanl mutans... or even albinos that tried to be different and adorn other colours. But, like any other new thing... was not sought after due to being too different.

But... after countless top players converted to RED, WHITE and even GREEN boots... the masssess started to throng sports shops... asking for Ronaldo's boot, Zidane's Predator... and also Beckham's Curler!!! All of which.. had unconventional patterns and color.

Some examples...

No more boring "NOIR" ... that's supposed to mean black in another language I guess :)
Anyway... boots are getting nicer and nicer each day :) The design battle has just begun... and I just can't imagine what future designs would be like.

Price...

Well... can't do much controling that. Cuz inflation's like this one zit you cant get rid of. Keeps gettin bigger and bigger. Until one day it POPS! But that's the thing with inflation... Never seems to have a POPPING point. So.. I guess the analogy to a zit cannot be made possible.

I leave you all with my ADIDAS alligator.

Cheers!

Nak kata sia-sia, tak la jugak... tapii....

2006-02-26T16:42:00.000+08:00

ok :)

Yesterday also (the same day I saw the pencuri get tangkap-ed by the pulis), I saw a pharmacy that got me wondering.... "Why on earth this name????"

Pharmacies... the place where we ge medicine. Kita beli bermacam macam obat, berus gigi... cekelat pon ada. Tapi, sepatutnya, pharmacies HAVE a purpose. And they're not there just for the fun of it!

But when you are a pharmacy yang buat kerja sia sia.... baik tak payah ada pharmacy kat situ.
Kekekekeke.

Tapi, this pharmacy is exceptional la kot. Sebab, walaupun ianya sia sia, namun ia ada guna. First time in my life, something yang SIA SIA akan membawa kebahagian kepada ramai menosia. Hehehehehehe.

PS:- Jgn mare pharmacy owner kalau terbaca... But come on la... can come up with a better name whatttt....

Nasib si Pencuri / Pendatang Tanpa Izin / Mamat Anonymous

2006-02-26T15:51:00.000+08:00

Semalam, aku dan bini aku dan anak perempuan aku pergi makan ikan bakar, udang bakar, sayur bening power, ayam goreng dan sambel kicap (and of course nasik) d rumah Abang Ipar-ku, En Badarudin Mohamed @ Abang Din @ Wak Din (Pasal Jawa dia mmg buleh detect 1 mile away).

Sebelum ke sana, aku berniat utk mengisi minyak petrol di stesen minyak SHELL Jalan 6 Bdr Baru Bangi. Jadi, aku pon drive lah ke situ... Tengah2 dok drive, aku ternampak ada satu motosikal yang selamba parking di tepi jalan. Mamat tu dari jauh nampak berbaju gelap. Dah sampai dekat sikit, aku nampak BIRU gelap. Mamat tu tiba-tiba naik balik moto dia, dan macam nak park kat tempat lain. Tapi still di tepi jalan (I am talking about jalan 2-lane 2-hala tu... Mmg tak seshuai la parking kek situ).... Tengok punya tengok punya tengok.... LOR! Polisi pakkkkk. Apa ni! Mula la aku nak terpikir dan termencarut dalam hati.

"APA RAAA INI PULIS! INI KA CONTOH YANG BAIK? PARKING2 TEPI JALAN. ISH... PATOT AAAA.... dot dot dot dot dot..."

Namun, secara tiba tiba... aku ternampak yang bahawa seberang jalan sana pon ada sorang lagi pulis yang tengah naik motor gak. And di antara polis A dan polis B tadi, ada sorang mamat yang tengah bawak beg. Muka mamat ni sekali tengok macam Indonesian worker, tapi aku tak sure la yang tu.

Rupa2nya polis dok kejar mamat tu. Ntah la, dia curi barang ke, dia pendatang ke, dia rompak bank ke, ataupun dia curik kasut ke (NTAH2 DIA NI CURI KASUT2 AKU!!!). Hehehe. So, sorry kepada pak polisi yg tengah park motor tepi jalan tadi tu. Tapi, walupun nak tangkap penjahat, parking tepi jalan tetap merbahaya (Plus, dia park kat sebelah KANAN jalan...).

Anywayz, aku pon teringat yg aku bawak digital kemra, jadi, aku pon berkejar ke tempat berlakunya kejar-kejar polis sentri :) Aku ternampak mamat tu dah terjatuh lepas cuba melarikan diri dari pulis. Chaitz! Tak dapat amik gambar la plak masa dia jatuh. Lambat sangat capai Digital Camera :(

Tapi takpe... aku tangkap la jugak apa yang aku dapat. Dan inilah hasil dia... :)

The Coverings Beneath My Feet

2006-02-24T16:11:00.000+08:00

Ok. The other day, like I said, some pencuriks came into the compund of my parents' house and took all our shoes :( Not all... but the valuble and critical ones.

But Alhamdulillah... as GOD has given me some extra cash, I was able to purchase myself some new pair of shoes :) ... The working shoe that I lost now has a replacement.... A brand new, dark maroon (is dat how U spell it?) POLO sheep skin pair of work shoes... Masya-Allah. Fits nicely with my two not so big feet... very2 comfortable too.

The second pair that was taken from me were my casual sandals :( Was a nice wear that one. But hey, nak buat macam mana. Dah rozqi that pencuri :) LOL!
Here's a clip from Hari Menunggu, where the sandals made their last 'blockbuster' appearance :P

Hmmmm....

The other shoe that was stolen... were my running shoes. Just bought a replacement yesterday, Alhamdulillah. But this one, is Masya-Allah lagi cantik la... (compared to the new one. But Masya-Allah also, the new one oso quite good)

kasut sukan lama ku

As for now... I will leave you with my Stapler-Slippers.

Previously it looked like this :)

Itu lah dia... kisah2 sandal dan kasut ku.

HILANG GEMOK BUKAN KEYAKINAN

2006-02-24T11:33:00.000+08:00

Hehehehe. Ok. That's a very lame translation in the subject line.

Anyway, just thought of promoting this book. A good read I must say. Lot's of NEW knowledge learnt! Some even say that the motivational mantras inside are comparable to Anthoy Robbins'! ... I dont know... the motivation was excellent... but to be like Tony Robbins? Hehehehe. Might be going a teeny-bit overboard... But excellent motivation nevertheless.

Anywayz, one thing I learnt from the book is that... some of the foods that we're so familiar with... are somewhat... almost NuTrItIon-LeSs!!! Let's take bread fro instance. It seems to be that... the bread that we are eating today, are actually made from refined raw material... I forget.. but the main ingredient for bread is... wheat or something rite?

Anywayz... the wheat (if that's the thing) is processed... STRIPPED of it's natural goodness (vitamins, fibre and stuff)... and then turned into flour form. After that, they spray a coat or two of.... vitamins! ... ok... You strip the wheat of the original vitamins... and then you give a sprayed version? Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! I never knew thisssss!!!!

And I also learnt... that NATURAL flavouring doesn't mean that it's natural at all. Yes it's derived from natural things and beings such as fruits, veggies, and also meat. BUT!!! In the end, it goes thru a chemical process in order to make it a flavour!.... and all of this is done by a chemical guy called a FLAVOURIST!
hehehehe...

Anywayz.... Excercise is also covered. You cant have food without excercise. If not, no balance la kot ye?

To get a glimpse of the book, you can goto Amazon lah! Here the pic... and the link oso.

LoseFat Not Faith

Room A1.28 ... There the remote has gone missing...

2006-02-23T14:23:00.000+08:00

Today, among other things, I'd like to blog about my room at the Faculty of Computer Science and Info. Technology, University Putra Malaysia :)

Ok.... So, room A1.28 is the place I come to every morning to do my work. As the title says... the remote has gone missing. It's true. I've lost the air-con remote. HAHAHAHAHA!!! ok. That's all actually about the remote.

(Reminder: Click the PICS for a bigger version)

As a tutor (NOT YET LECTURER EVEN AFTER GETTING MY MASTERS!!! DANG ST###PID NEW POLICY...) is where my students come to ask for more marks ("Sir... pleaseee la kasik saya markah kat ssoalan ni... Saya jawab dah cipi nak betul dah ni...."), this is also where I mark my exam papers, this is where I chit-chat with friends and also students and ex-students, this is where I play 'host' when ever there's a feast outside my room (due to some seminars), and this is also where I lock myself up to watch episodes of Smallville :)

Anyway... after redecorating, and taking one cabinet out (and selamba-ly just putting it somewhere out there in the corrodoors :P)... my room looks like this.

MY OFFICE... there's the whiteboard at the back and my computer on the right :)

As you can see... it's quite "spacious" :P But not complaining laaa... cuz some of my colleagues have to share... TWO to a room. Shempit la sikit... but ok la jugak cuz still got air to breathe :) ..... from the air-con :P

Before going to Monash, I too shared... Was not that good an experience, space-wise. But the company (roomate) was good though :)

Of course, because I'm working for a university, they provide me with all the necessities... a grey desk, a comfortable chair, a white board, stationary, a stainFUL-steel file cabinet (cuz it stains the floor with FERUM-3 eveytime I move it), and of course... a state-of-the-art HP COMPAQ DC7100 Windows XP workstation! YIIBAAAAA!!!!!

OH! And... a book cabinet :) Hehehe. How could I have forgotten dat one.... apa punyda akademician... kes kes kes.
More pics...

MY WIN XP HP COMPAQ ... runs like a dreammmm...

MY TIME-WASTING FRIEND

THERE's ONE MORE JUST LIKE THIS... now its outside in front of Dr Shamal's room ;]

After rearranging my room, I gave it a little Eric Chong (ke Eric Chia? forget...) casa-impian touch. Hehehe. Without the normal candles, and bed-furnishings... I had to make do with these... :) Some flowers from a wedding (or were this from my wedding.... hmmmm), a japanese fan, some stationary, blank CDs, some perfume that I rembat from my baby sis's room, a bronze turtle, and some toileteries... (you can't see them cuz their behind the fan).

ONE CORNER OF MY DESK

I actually created a border... separating this part of the table from the rest, using that thick-black tape thinggy... :) Kind'a ok jugak la iye :P

THIS IS THE ONLY USE FOR MY STAINFUL-STEEL FILE CABINET... since I lost the key. Pssssttt... on't tell the maintenance man...

And by the way... semua CD tu not mine! Since I took over my brother's room... some of his "barang-barang masa muda" was left behind in the drawers. So... I thought... instead of letting the CD's rot, might as well bring it to de office... so that I could possibly create some noise in this normally surreal environment :)
(But the walls are kinda letting me down. They seem to be soundproof or something!!!)

Okeh... Now, how do I deal with students? ... Hmmm... As the MAIN MAN of the house... I put them in their place :) They must await whatever respond I throw at their faces in the.... juddgeeemeennnttt-chaaaiirssssss ... ok ok. I was trying to be scary and intimidating there. But since even the pics aren't that scary... these are the chairs I was talking about. Sheesh....
Yea... the TEA gave the whole horro feeling away. Yea, that's it :)

OREDI RUN UNDER TABLE KA? TOO SCARED TO FACE MY WRATH!!!!

And... I also place another chair, beside the small VOMIT basket... just in case some of my wrath makes students too takut until they puke. Hehehehehe... ok ok.. Of course, that never happened before :(

WAIT YOUR TURN TO DIE!!! THE yellow MILE

Ok... What more can I put here? hmmm...

HA! Ok!

These are my shoes. Or... my ex-shoes to be exact :( Sob sob... God has taken them back :( So, I can just redha. And I think I'll also halal-kan la to that pencuri. Even tho I am pissed off becuz he took my ADIDAS shoes also... but hey... dat's life.... ... .. JAPS! That's not LIFE! That's PENCURIK GETTING AWAY WITH MY SHOES!!!!... anyway... takpe la :) Redho is the best thing to do :)

MY WIFE BOUGHT THESE FOR MY HANTARAN KAWIN... uwaaaaaa!!!

BYE-BYE KASUT KU

I think the blurry pics are signs la.. that the kasut is leaving me oredi. Sob sob still...

So... basically that's all my room has to offer. I can take pictures of the dust and also some of the wierd ceiling-art... but I think I'd save that for another day :)
OH! And... yes... I forgot..... I also share this room with my 'FRIENDS' :) For... what would life be... without....

FRIENDS!!!!

Another version ... this time I try to blend in with a white t-shirt :)

FRIENDS-SEASON-2!!!!

Wokeh :) Thanks for dropping by to read my blabber. I will blabber some later :) So please stay tuned :)

Assalamualeykom Warohmatullaahi Wabarokatuh

Global Domains International

2006-02-20T14:47:00.000+08:00

Hmmmm.... Another MLM... Internet MLM to be exact. One that would certainly pull the dollar blinders down (almost) anyone's eyes... Except for Eddie of course. :P

Anyway... Global Domains International started out as a non-mlm or non-network marketing company... Yes... I think I read that somewhere.

Anyway, now, they've been working under the network marketing area... whereby if you get people to buy a GDI package... and manage to sustain that membership forever... you are guaranteed $1 (US) per month. If this one person get's another person, you'd get US$2. And the tale goes on 5 levels deep, whereby it's unlimited referals for each level. So, you can have 5,000 people in level 1... and 10,000 in level 2... and so on and so forth.

But the main reason I'm writing is not to promote GDI. I'm actually a bit against the whole concept... at the moment. Why?

Ok... if you join GDI, you get a package of a webspace, email addresses, and also web related stuff. This is the product. And, supposedly, you're supposed to promote this product! The web stuff. At the same time, GDI affiliates are saying that, if you help enough people to do what you're doing (which is helping other people...), you could build an income for life. Soo... many GDI-ers are actually just doing the plain old RECRUITMENT game. Supposedly there's this cool web product. But all that ever seems to happen is people recruting people.

Basically it's MLM. But naturally, there's the shadow of the PYRAMID SCAMMERS. The distinction is sometimes clear... but often blurry..... Doesn't quite make sense ya? But ... still.. that's what comes to mind when MLM is concerned.

Anywayz... GDI basically sells Dot WS websites. For instance... you can get a GDI package... and get a domain for... say... www.mynameisJohn.ws ... instead of DOT COM or DOT ORG or any other DOTs, you get (.ws) ... It;s supposed to stand for World Site or Web Site :) And it's said to be the next bset thing since DOT COM!!!!

Well... I dont know. It will be if the number of recruitments increase.... But.... That's all its gonna be. Recruits!

Not many people will be interested in actually building a website on the .ws domain name that they've purchased. (Forgot to mention, the .ws page is by default your personal promotional page unless you decide to change it). They;d be more interested in promoting the 'oppurtunity'. This ain't a good BOOM if you wanna be in the same wave lentgh with dot com's.

Anyway, this is just my point of view at the moment. I'm researching some more to see any other loop holes, or peobably oppurtunity holes that might arise. Kekekekeke.
Who knows? I might have a change of heart!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Darn U Java!!!

Anwyayz, thanks for reading :)

All me shoes are gone

2006-02-19T22:36:00.000+08:00

Just one short note :(

Some burglar managed to run away with all my shoes (sports, work and casual).
And also my dad's shoes.
And also my wife's new sport shoes.

Lesson of the day...

Keep all yer shoes inside the house :)
If not, all these Mat Dadahs, Penyamun Tarbus and probably also Bundle Shop Owners (kekekeke)... will take your kasut!

The only memory that I have of my adidas running shoes (which cost me RM300++)....
is only this pic....

DANG!

Even that one I lost!

Anywayz....

BEWARE OF THIEVES!!!

While the enthusiasm is still sky high... might as well...

2006-02-16T08:47:00.000+08:00

While the enthusiasm is still sky high... might as well I blog :)

Actually, I'm still quite pumped from the jogging session that I had this morning.
Many might think it's just one of those normal wanna-be-thin-so-I-start-jogging routines (and end up quitting after a few weeks... urgh!)... but this morning was different. Even though in the past I would be satisfied with 9-10 laps on the 400meter track... today I made only six. Yeps... just 2.4 kilometres. But heck...
It was the best 2.4 kilometers ever :) Why? Because unlike in the past, I learnt to ENJOY the moment. I imagined myself in the running shoes of the great runner, father-of-pipot... and instead of trying to do intervals (which means varying my pace)... I just went for a constant, and not so heavy one. But it was challening anyhow... after being dormant for soo loooong :(

The only thing I have to say now is, Alhamdulillah :) That's all anyone has to say I think? Alhamdulillah means "All Praise be to Allah"... and rightly so, becuz all things can never happen without his permission and blessing :)

Same is the case for my success (I call it that anyway) in making the jog this morning. Even though it was hard to pull out of bed and leaving my precious daughter behind, I managed to overcome all obstacles (including giving the car to my wifey and then doze off into the blueee)... and... I JOGGED! HAR HAR HAR!!!

Again... Alhamdulillah :)

By the way...
These are my goals for today. I plan to post daily goals, so that I get used to the idea of goal setting. And probably make a good habit out of it (beats smoking and eating rice-fat (nasik lemak)).... CHEERS!

GOALS FOR TODAY (Thursday, 16 February, 2006)

Hantar claim to Jabatan Maths, so that I could insya-Allah get extra $$$ this month to spend on my new watch. (STATUS --> PENDING)
Read and UNDERSTAND about COMBINATIONAL CURCUITS so that I won't make a fool out of myself in SAK3207 tomorrow morning (STATUS --> PENDING)
Hantar claim WAN AMRUL kat office. Chizzz... Anywayz, tq for de extra $ wahai Cik Wan (STATUS--> PENDING)
Check email SMM_3312 AT Yahoo! so that can gove marks to students for their first assignment (STATUS --> PENDING)
Go to the GYM and ENJOY ligting those steel-bars watcchama-call-it! (STATUS --> PENDING)

Ok. That's all I guess for this post. Tomorrow, I will jog some more. And set goals some more. And one day... I will me... the half-Javaneese... MILLIONAIRE!!!! ... please say Amin my friends. :)

Autosurfs being investigated by the FBI

2006-02-14T10:34:00.000+08:00

Well, it seems like the feds have fiiinaalllllyyy... caught up (or are trying to catch up) with these blood-sucking ponzis. After years and years of being around, and even after years and years of CLEARLY advertising their so called business.... finally... the FBI are doing something about it.

I just came across an article, stating that investigations are now underway for websites that're giving huge payouts to members for simply watching ads on their automatic rotators.

I'm talking about Autosurfs here (12DailyPro, Studio Traffic, Extrix Surf, and GOD KNOWS WHAT'S MORE OUT THERE).... For those of you who are in the blue of what these 'companies' offer.... Autosurfs will actually PAY you for viewing a slideshow of advertisements. Each slide (on their browser) will be displayed for (say) 20seconds... and you get paid for it :) Basically it's like that. But to get the whole picture... you might wanna do some investigation yourself. BUT DONT JOIN THEM! EVEN FOR FREEE DONT JOIN THEM! These blood suckers will have a way to entice you!!! So stray clear!

Anywayz....

If you really2 look at it again and again and again.... they really dont have a business so to speak. They'd (Autosurfs) claim that the businness op. that they're offering is totally new and revolutionary becuz its based on the INTERNET BOOM!!!! No need to work hard anymore for cash. With the Internet, you got millions and millions of people tuned in everyday! And... out of those millions (if not billions), there's sure a buck or two to make from each of them?

Well... while the volume of Internet traffic is indeed huge... the basic way of doing BUSINESS still remains. You gotta work... and need a solid business plan. PERIOD! If you wanna do an online business? GO ahead... YES! It can make you rich faster. It can bring in the big bucks. BUT! To bring in the big bucks requires effort! Huge effort. You can't just build a website and expect people to buy from you!

Autosurfs say that... people will view their ads... BULL!!!! No one views ads on autosurfs. Or at least not seriously. They tend to advertise OTHER Autosurfs. It's like someone once said in an Internet forum:

"Autosurfs are like two McDonalds located opposite of each other. The first one is advertising the dangerous crap it's selling to the other... while the other one is doing the same thing! That, in a whole... is Autosurfs!"

Ok ok. I think I'm straying away from the topic a bit here. I am supposed to be talking about the FBI finally getting to grips with reality, and are now doing something about these ponzis. :P

Anyway... It's a good thing that they're starting the investigations. But quite a few people (in the thousands I guess?) have already been conned. Day after day after day, you can see people get sucked into the world of quick and easy richess, only to be burnt in the end :( Sad story... but for some, it's a learning experience.
For others... they treat it as a game... They know these Autosurfs are just the talk of the day.... They go in, rake in as much $$$ as possible... and then leave the naive-instant-millionaire-wannabes to dry :( Sad .... but true.

Anywayz, the report I talked about is here...

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/10/technology/website_schemes/index.htm

Happe reading :) Cheers!

Waaa.... Pasal Alor Setar Tower sikit

2006-02-08T13:29:00.000+08:00

Ello my dear readers. Sorry for long-time-no-blogging... just been kinda wrapped up in a few personal and not so personal things for the past week!

One of them... was going back to Alot Setaq for my fren's wedding :) Cik (now PUAN) Nor Azwani Shukri bin Jaapar.... ok... takde la bin Jaapar tu.... aku pon tak tau apa pasal aku suka bin kan orang dengan Jaapar. I have this one fren nama Farid Jaapar... tapi bukan pasal dia pon. AKu pon tak tau apa pasal I am so fixed on this Jaapar fellow. HAH! Anywayz...

What was I talking about just now?

O... ok. Ok ok... I was in Kedah to attend this wedding. Went with Pokok Sena, and had a feast :) Jumpak la ET and also Dzul.

Lepas tu, balik singgah la sat dekat itu Alor Setar tower. Eh... was it after the wedding or when ek?

Anywayz, rasa2nya not directly after the wedding la. Since Alor Setar was like SCORCHING HOT!

Went to the tower... and decided not to go up cuz the entrance fee was kinda steep. Didn't have much cash at the time. All were already allocated for pre-planned activities.

The thing 'd like to story about... is what you know...?

They have rates... rates for adults... for children and there were also other rates.

Adults were RM9... kot? And children was a lot lesser.
But tak kisah la yang tu. The thing that struck me as wierd was that... they actually had a rate
for FOREIGNERS!!!???

I mean... It's spelled out there in plain SANS-SERIF TEXT!!!

FOREIGNERS RM10.

Ok, now... I don't know about you guyz, but when I read that, I thought that there's gotta be something wrong... Why put a rate for foreigners? ... Makna nya people from Thailand... Indonesdia... Vitenam... and not to mention Americans, Germans, Australians, Chezkoslovakians... English....

It's like... some sort of profiling I guess... Macam tak sesuai la pulak. Not appropriate.
What about foreign kids? Which rate will they go under? Kinda steep for a kid to be charged RM10 dont ya think :P

I think something should be done la. I also satu... Didn't open my mouth to the people who was jaga-ing the counter. But... I dont think it would have made any difference.... Lagipon... it was so damn hot! That I takut some of the counter people might just hantam me for being so observant! HAHAHA!!!

Anywayz, that's my post for today. Not to attack Kedahans... no sir-rie!!! Me myself... I have some Kedah blood in me :) Cuz got some relatives there... plus my mother is of Kedah (plus Arab according to here. kekekeke) decent :)

Ok. I leave you with the Alor Setar Tower (Got revolving restaurant also up there you know. Macam KL tower jugak la kiranya)

One man's trash is another man's treasure... or innovation in this case...

2006-01-26T15:49:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, I'd like to start the post with something irrelevant :) I'd like to show a shot that my friend took of me during the Digital Image Workshop he conducted. It was held on the 21st of January 2006 at one of the lecture theatres at UPM :) Here's the promotional poster as well as the pic I want to show.

Well... nothing like self promotion. Hehehehe. Saje nak tunjuk muka kat web. Sekali sekala ye dok?

Annnyyywayyyzzz...

As I was walking around the faculty yesteday, I stumbled upon an interesting scene. It was the waste paper basket outside of one of my colleague's room. He put it out so that the cleaners could come and clear the trash for him. This is commonly done by lecturers, and it's the cleaners' job also to take the trash out.

But yesterday morning, it wasn't the cleaners who came first. It was just plain old curious-and-ready-for-something-crazy Alpyan :) Aku la tu :)

What I saw in the waste basket were TWO perfectly new slipper/sandals/plastic capals... or what ever you wanna call 'em. DAMN! THey were BRAND NEW! Why on earth has this man thrown them away!!???

Having the mind of the great Sherlock Holmes (no matter how fictionla he may be).... I decided to look deeper into the cause of this... this... disposal... Slowly... I picked them out of the basket... Smelled new... OK! I did not put my nose close to the sandals if that's what youre thinking. It's just that strong shop or BAU KEDAI odour.... Brand new sandals... in the bin... WHY......

It wasn't long until I realized that there was a major tear at the side... rendering it useless!!! BUT!!!! Was it?

:)

Since there was nothing else in the basket except for the sandals... I concluded that it was SAFE and RELATIVELY HYGENIC to bring back :) I was now attempting to repair these poor foot-vehicles. I mean... give em a chance to serve before being brutally thrown into the trash compactor!!! Besides... I was looking for a pair of sandlas anyway... just for office use :)

After sitting on the project overnight... I finally managed to come up with an INGENIOUS way to make it stick for a realatively long time...
Initially I tried that BLACK TAPE stuff. But that quickly gave when water came into the equation (masa ambik ayor semayang... basah... langsung tercabut)....
The current idea... should hold these slippers together :) And hopefully, I could get my hands on a Super Glue or something....

The current fix looks like this. (Click to enlarge)

Hehehe. So, I think this would last for a while. Nanti kalu dah tercabut, kita HAMMER NGAN PAKU PULAK!!!

Sekian, Assalamualaikum WBT

FINISH THE APPLE!!!

2006-01-22T22:42:00.000+08:00

Today I'd like to talk about apples. Yes... green, red, yellow... are there any other colors?

Anyway... I'd like to write about the act of eating apples. Normally... when people NEVER FINISH THE APPLE!!!!!! ... this pisses some parties off!!!! (ok, it pisses me off)

Allow me to explain.

We start off with a whole apple.

Red, juicy... deliciosooo!!! Usually people start eating from the sides. And then slowly (or speedily for some) make his/her way to the other sides... Until at one point... the apple looks like this...

But for some... they don't even bother to get to this point... The meal ends with the apple looking like... like.... an unfinished apple... Sorry for the unsuccessful attempt at finding an analogy :P

Anyway.... Here's the pic:

Ok.... this is definitlely not the way to go. And it's absolutely a whole lot wrose than the 'normally' finished apple (the pic before).
What a waste! Just imagine the people in famine struck coutries liek Africa, Afghanistan and also North Korea!!!

Why stop and leave some parts of the apple to rot? FINISH THE WHOLE THING!!!

Ok. Here what happens when I eat an apple.
The only thing that gets left behind are:....

Yeps... I go all the way until only the seeds are left. Unfortunately, apple's dont grow that well in Malaysia's climate. So I cannot plant them in my backyard. Then I wont have to buy additional apples.
:P

BUT! Yes... it is possible to finish the apple... Even the stem can be eaten... But you have to get used to the taste first. Hehehehe.

Just make your way as you normally would. And then... carefully, eat the white 'flesh'.... until dark shades start to appear. This means you're nearing the seeds. Carefully, remove the seeds... and then, after all has been taken out... just GOBBLE up the whole thing... And then throw the seeds onto grassy or soiled land.. so that eveything gets bio-degraded. :)

After that, you would get the satisfaction of yer life... for finishing one WHOLE apple, and getting you money's worth... plus not to mention... being a sensitive WORLD citizen, not taking what you have for granted... let it be a small red apple :)

Ok... I actually try to understand why people only eat apples up to one point.
I myself used to eat that way.... until I was taught the art of APPLE FINISHING by Asyran bin Ahmad (Mok!!!!)... a math genius from Kelantan :)

Anyway.... my theories are:

1) It's already been conditioned... people watch TV and commercials, and read comic strips and newspapers... or even see other people who eat apples.... if there's a picture of an apple... or an eaten apple... it will always appear as the commonly seen, 'side-is-eaten-but-not-the-rest',

2).... shoot. I can only thing of one.

So.... I am now promoting the eating of the whole apple. Eat until there is nothing left.
But please do not eat the seeds, for they might not blend well in your tummy. Plus, they come out whole! And you might just recognise them if you happen to peek down into the bowl :)
which is not reccommended.

Ok. That is all from me. Oh... BTW, this is Apple's Logo. Unrelated... but still, this is an example of promotion of wastage. PLUS! Not to mention strengthening the long-held belief that apples are fruits that should not be wholly finished!
(ok... I am exaggerating here... please scrap that last bit of information.)

I am over ToothBrushes. I am an apple man now. But I lack the $$$ to buy an I-Mac ...

Mat Nabil, you think we can rompak one of those GAJAH PUTIH's in the lab? I dont think anyone will notice... for ... ok... they are white... and have officially earned the White Elehant reputation for lack of use and accumulation of dust.

CHHERIOS!!!

PS:- FINISH YOUR APPLE!!! THINK OUT OF THE BOX LIKE STEVE JOBS DID!!!!

THE COW!!!

2006-01-19T11:58:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time, there was this one cow
He decided to hold a feast for wolves
So he called the caterers and had them prepare a feast of sirloin stakes and lamb chops,
all cooked medium rare with blood as sauce.
Before even sending out invitations, the event was already packed with wolves from all across
the land

The cow then went on stage and started to give a speech:

"I would like to welcome fellow wolfies to this innaugural event. Please enjoy the food and after that, we'll party till the night becomes day!!!"

All the wolves were perplexed. Why on earth was a cow holding a feast, that mainly consisted of meals made from his own species? But as they were all so hungry, all started to dig in. Bit by bit, the dishes were gone. Until at one point... there was nothing left. With the wolves still being hungry.... they turned their attention towards the cow. Their mouthes were dripping, and thei tummies were rumbling. It's as if you can hear the word "Beef Steak", "Top Sirloin", "Tenderloin" and the other parts of a cow.

The cow just grinned, and waited... and waited... and waited....

UNTIL Finally... one wolf attacked!

Gracefully, the cow gave a flying kick which hit the wolf's spine. It died right there on the spot.
The others, rage by their friend's demise, then attacked in droves..... Pack after pack after pack... jumped onto the cow.... But... Pack after pack after pack... all were killed. Until finally, the wolves killed formed a very-very tall mountain, which almost reached the sky.

The cow took this oppurtunity to climb to the highest peak. It was so high... that it seemed that he could reach up to the stars... and ... touch the moon.

And then... at the top, this is what he did :)

So comes the nursery rhyme... THe COW JUMPS OVER THE MOON
(Ok... the cow didnt actually jump OVER the moon. It's just an illusion plus the fact that
you eyes play trick on you)....

UNFORTUNATELY!

The cow didn't plan everything. And... this fact was also ommitted from the nursery rhyme itlsef.... Sad story :( But the fact remains....

THE COW NOSE-DIVED INTO THE GROUND AND DIED!

That is the actual end. Sad... but true.
And ALL THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN LIED TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE PULSAR!!!!!

2006-01-18T13:21:00.000+08:00

Today, I'd like to write about Oral-B toothbrush. This is because, after my last post about teethbrush, I found the oral-b range of toothbrush to be very interesting indeed. One caught my eye in particular, which is the manually operated split-head model.

Anyway, let's just talk about this model for a while. The given name is ORAL-B PULSAR. Sounds like a Nissan car model. But unlike cars, toothbrush are designed to clean, and not to pollute :P

Anyway (do you guys notice how often I use 'Anyway'?)... Let's look at what it has to offer :)

1) Micro-Pulse Bristles

More brush on a stick! :) The more the merrier I guess? More the cleaning crew. Pick up more food chunks and plaque between yer teeth. Plus, it also acts as a gum stimulator according to the oral-B website.

Why on earth would we wanto to stimulate our gums? ... Maybee.... stimulated gums have good blood flow. Good blood flow will lead to good transfer of oxygen and also other nutrients to the gum. So, in short... maybe gums of steel that don't bleed easily? I dunno. This is just my theory. I am no doctor ya.

Apprently the pulsar's new bristles is causing its elder brother, the Cross-Action be deemed useless now I guess. Cuz it can penetrate teeth 25% deeper.... There goes your job Crossie. :)

2) of course... THE SPLIT HEAD THINNGY

The kepala, or head of this contraption can actually split! Ok... if you go to the oral-B website, the animation looks kinda neat. I just wonder in real life, how it actually performs? ... only time will tell... and also if I conjure up enuff courage and $$$ to buy one of these :) Can't find one yet in Malaysia though... or have I been going to the wrong shops?

Anyway, why the split head? Besides being at the furthest-end of the advancement spectrum, it's said to adjust to the contours of the teeth, and moderates the amount of pressure applied to the teeth and gums. Sooo.... according to oral-B, your gonna get one hell of clean job! :)

Anyway... here's how the toothbrush lookes like from a few angles.

Okie. Quite interesting won't you say? I for one, am a bit jakun to see this toothbrush. CUZ IT HAS THE SPLITTING HEAD THINGGY!!!

I think I will buy one.

Hahahaha!!!

Had an oral-B toothbrush once also. The battery operated model. Cross Action if I'm not mistaken. But I discovered that in Malaysia, two bristles cost up to almost 30 BUCKS!!!
Dangggggg!!! It was a whole lot cheaper when I used in in Australia... :( Even though, if you convert, the price is almost the same... but the price tag over there made more sense :P

LOL!

Anywayz, here's the pic....

Not Posting For Soo Long

2006-01-17T13:23:00.000+08:00

Its been quite a while since I posted anything.

I've been rather busy lately, and... have yet to complete my research on 'teehbrush'.

LOL!

I actually plan to do some digging about the latest ORAL-B range. Seems to be quite innovative and interesting. Split-Head technology... Now.. that was really2 something :)

Anyway, will post back soon.

Just dont know when.

Oh... and another update... My body is aching a bit from gym last nite.

Cheerios!

Tooth Brush

2006-01-13T12:15:00.000+08:00

(After writing this post, I went and did some research. Found quite a few interesting things. LOL! Might even cross out what this post has to say...Ekek ekek ekek)

Sometimes I wonder... Why everytime all these companies such as Colgate, Ora-B, Follow Me, and the rest keep coming out with newer toothbrush designs?

You've got the Oral-B Cross Action, Corss Action Vitalizer, Indicator, Advantage, and also Oral-B Stages??? Waa... Nw that one makes sense a bit :) And also macam-macam lagi... :/

I mean, has the previous one become ineffective in brushing teeth? Hehehehe.

For instance... you have colgate toothbrush brand A.... it cleans by applying some sort of rubber thinggy, combined with powerful yet soft bristles so that you could get a better brush so to speak :) And in the end, you get healthy sparkling teeth! A nice range of white ceramic tiles in yer mouth :)

And after a month... comes colgate toothbrush brand B... has additional rubber, designed in a space age type manner that it looks so neat and very2 appealing. And the claims are that it can give you a better clean than any other toothbrush.... Mmmmm... Every other toothbrush. This would mean... even your previous toothbrush Mr Colgate sir? (Or Ms Colgate ma'am for not being a male chauvesnist. hehehehe)

Actually I'm not all stressed out about this, it's just that I find it interesting that teethbrush (I created thi plural word myself. Kekekekeke) come in vearious different designs... and most importantly... in many different price ranges. In Malaysia for instance... you can get the normal looking ones for RM2 to RM4 for a 3-1 pack. The more sophisticated ones, whose designs are almost like nike-shoe-soles-on-a-stick... the prices can go beyond RM7 per toothbrush.

Mak Datuk or Mother Grandfather as some might say (ok... only I say it like that... and only in my blogs!!!) ... The main task is still tooth cleansing. But sometimes... I see the prices are hiked up soooo high that it makes yer teeth fall out... What's the use of a toothbrush when you have no teeth!!!???!!??? ... ok... I m exaggerating here :) But sometimes the prices are kinda out of this world.

But I think there's no need to fret for those who cannot afford the more glitzy, more colourful, more (suuposed-to-be) sophisticated and more expensive brushes. For from my experience... they work the same :) Maybe there's a slight difference i comfort... but that's ony at first. After 2-3 brushes... all feels the same again :)

BUT! I am talking about the good brands here.... which are the mid to high ends. If you buy the wierd-named and low-end-branded ones, you're gonna be in for a gum-bleeder.... cuz the bristles are sometimes too hard, and the design of the brushes aren't that egronimic that when you brush, it kinda slips out of your teeth area and hits your gum. ARGH!!!! I've done that a few times.... EVEN WITH MY COLGATE 3-1 PACK THINGGY!!! Bought it for approx RM5 for 3.

Hehehe. But I think I've strayed away a bit from my original intention of this post.

Why The Different Designs.... that's the focus.

It's all marketing and competition I guess. You dont only want to out do the competitor, but also yer self.

BUT! Its a whole different story with those battery operated toothbrushes (teethbrush) though :) I had one of those... th Oral-B Watthama-call-it-forget-its-name types. Has two bristle design in one head.... Man.. was that a pleasure to use. It was only then that I realized that I had some teeth that I hadn't brushed before!!! HAHAHAHA!!! And I was already 27 by then. kekekeke. Luckily, I had plenty of milk when I was a kid. So I guess the calcium helped me preserve all those un-brushed teeth. kekekeke. Gross also aaa when you think about it some more. hehehehehe.

Anywayz, that's my entry for today. I will start to blog merepek things from now on. Just had an epiphany.... Hmmmm... epiphany.... am I using this word correctly?....
But I'm not talking about that:

Signifying the end of the 12 days of Christmas, Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Three Kings to the infant Jesus as the occasion of the manifestation of the Christ to the gentiles. In Orthodox churches, where it is known as Theophany, the day commemorates the baptism of Jesus and the manifestation of the Trinity. The day is especially important in Latino/a cultures and in Orthodox churches. The Armenian Orthodox Church celebrates the nativity and theophany together. (Christianity)

Hahahhahaha. (Found it when I googled "define: epiphany")...

I'm talking about those sudden realization thinggies :)

Anyway... for all aa you out there... Happy TOOH-BRUSHING!!!!

People are still asking me about Autosurfs

2006-01-12T01:31:00.000+08:00

(This blog contains Google Ads. So if anyone sees any Google ads pertaining to Autosurf and decide to click them, please proceed with caution. I do not reccommend nor endorse any ponzi or pyrmid scheme. Autosurfs to me, are in that category. So, I would just like to make it clear that, even though some ads that appear on this site might relate to them, it is not of my doing. They are keyword and content based Google ads. Just proceed with caution. That's all)

Hi all. Since my not so good experience with Studio Traffic (ST), I have come to an almost complete conclusion that ALL Autosurfs are ponzis. Well disguised ponzis that is... especially to the not-knowers.

Anyway, I was approached by a few friends and families, asking about making money on the Internet. They were refering to Irfan Khairi (Malaysia's Young Internet Millionaire), but at the same time associating him with online pyramid schemes, or some also refer to them as online ponzis. (He by the way, hates it when associated with these types of 'businesses').

They're not to blame however. Because like I said, they are the not-knowers. So, for being not-knowers, they are innocent of all charges! :) So, I had to guide them into the right direction... towards the straight path.... towards the true path.... :)

Again I shall explain... the basics of autosurfs.

You Surf A Certain Number of Websites Per Day, and Get $$$ For Doing So.

That's basically it. Sound sooo easy. And sounds like soooo easy money. Who wouldn't want easy $, especially with promises made by these ponzies.

My experience is with Studio Traffic, so let's take them as an example.

Ok, you surf 100 websites per day, and get 1% out of your account level. If you level is USD100, so you get 1 dollar per day, which would amount to 30 bucks per month. Not bad for a USD90 investment (they give you 10 bucks to begin with... so thats why a 90 buck 'investment' get's you the 100 account level).

One of my old pals asked....

"Ok, you surf 100 websites... and then you get paid. That seems fair enough?"

Well, it would seem fair enough. But, wait till you go thru all the bends getting your $$$ out. Especially if you're a high-earner (USD1,000 and above). It's gonna be hell!

But that's just recent development. If you go back to the times when ST was all smooth... and paid members well... it was still very-very fishy.

First of all.... surfing 100 sites, get paid 1%. 1% Per Day! Whoa!!! Even the Stock Market can't guarantee that.... Well, ST too says that it can't guarantee income. But basically that's the lure :) And many have eaten the bait.

Secondly, most of the websites in the ST autosurf rotator... are all ponzies too! You can see, 12Daily Pro, Estrix Surf, 4Daily and the lot. All are autosurfs... that promis lots of $$$ just for surfing. It's just not realistic! Getting that much $$$ just for clicking a mouse button, and then going of to the toilet for 20-30 miutes, while you computer plays a slide show of 'advertisers' websites (more to psuedo advertisers... if there exist such a term).

Thirdly, the management kept saying that income used to pay members were from member upgrades plus other Studio Programmes (Studio Pay, Studio Rocks, Studio Blogger, Studio Shopper etc). Ok... if payment was TOTALLY based on members upgrades ($$$ invested by members), then that would clearly make them a ponzi wihtout a doubt. But ST camouflaged their business by saying all these other businesses also made $$$, and that members were being compensated from here. After extensive research... BAHHHH!!! What a bunch of Cow Dung.

Fourth, the ST forum is full of dictators. Especially John Hora the owner himself. I mean.. he kept giving ambiguous answers... and just lately, was insulting UK members.... but I dont think he realized it, because he's too stupid I guess.

Ok. If I list out all the fishyness, I'd take up all my blog space...

But to those who still want to get $$ thru Autosurfs... I reccommend... DONT!

I beliee that all of them are PONZIES!!! ... But only the ones that promise high returns. There are valid autosurfs out there. The only is that, they're returns are not enuff for you to retire on :)

Just stray away from there companies, especially Studio Traffic... and also the currently good ones such as 12Daily Pro and whatever others.
They havent gone down yet... but like all ponzies... it's like creating their own bubble economy. But this one might blow up faster than the DOT COMS. Cuz it's based on an illegal pyramid model. (meaning that, Jim pays Alex... where Alex joined before Jim).

If you want to go into Internet business... Autosurf is not the way.

There's resellers, affiliate marketing, start your own business... or go sell stuff on ebay.

Dont turn to Autosurfs. You dont know where the $$$ really2 comes from anyway if there's investment involved. And I dont think that reflects well with people who are faithful to their religions.

Ok. That's all for today. The sudden need to post about ponzis and pyramids is becuz I just came back from the Studio Traffic forum. Havent been there for quite a while...
But after looking at all the injustice... I felt obliged to post.

For any questions regarding pyramids, please do ask. If I can answer, I will. If not, I'll try to refer to someone :) If I still cannot, then I suggest you find an expert... for I am merely a squire. LOL! (what is a squire anyway....)

Ok... cheers!

Kursus Kenegaraan Biro Tata Negara

2006-01-09T11:50:00.000+08:00

Hi there :) This post is mainly targeted for my UPM colleagues who are planning to attend the BTN course from the 19th to 23rd January 2005.

After attending the course (which was and still is tailored for Masters and PHD students), I could possibly give a few tips on what to expect, and also on how to prepare for it :) I will only cover the parts I think are crucial... but for those who think I've omitted a some detail, please do inquire :)

Ok... Let's see...

1. THE WHITE SHIRT/TOP AND DARK PANTS/SKIRT DILEMMA ... and KASUT :)

There's gonna be the LDK (Latihan Dalam Kumpulan), Ceramah and the Exam. Well, for these activites, or the more formal activities that might lie ahead, they would ask people to be dressed in:

MEN - White Collared Shirt and Dark Long Pants
WOMEN - White or Bright (almost white) colored top (a decent blouse of even a baju kurung top) and a Dark Coloured Skirt...

Don't worry to much about these requirements. Since this course is tailored for the more academically inclined and thus assumed to be be obedient, the instructors won't be too strict.

For the men, I'm not that sure. But all of the participants of my BTN wore white shirts... 100% white :) Of course men won't have that much of a problem finding dark pants. But 100% white shirts? I mean... who wears them anymore nowadays :) (On a regular basis that is)
But I guess, you should have one lying around somewhere in the depths of your closet... So, it's either that, or you can buy one school uniform from Ali Store! :) Or possibly borrow from a friend or relative. It's not worth it to buy one white shirt just to wear it to BTN. But if you think it's not that much of a money-waster, then be my guest :) ... So it's either a long or short sleeve for the guys. And any dark pants will do. Heck! Some even wore light grey and nobody complained :)

Ok, for the girls... Don't be so worked up to go get a new set of 'Baju Budak Sekolah Rendah'... (But there was this one Datin Dr, who actually came sorta dressed in one... She looked young in it tho!).... You can get away with wearing a light colored blouse, or a light colored shirt if you like :) But try to be as close to white as you can. Don't stray away too far, cuz you don't wanna feel out of place :) And... don't wear ketat-ketat or shirts that closely follow the curves of you feminin0ity (if there exist such a word. LOL!). It's really2 distracting to guys especially when (almost) everyone else is dressed more 'decently'. :P

Oh, and just one more word of advice... make sure the white you choose ain't that 'transparent'? Or at least wear more cover underneath than just a bra :) This might sound contraversial to some... but it's a fact that white tops are almost 90% see thru :) ... Just a word of caution from a guy who knows what other guys are thinking. HUA HUA HUA!!!! ok ok... back to BTN.

OH! Almost forgot! KASUT!!!! SHOESS!!!!

Guys, again sorry, I think you can only wear your black leather shoes. But hey, you guys should be used to it rite? I mean... hari2 pergi kerja pakai, takkan kat BTN nak pakai sendle plak.

GIRLS! Ok :) In the requirement, it says FULL shoes. Meaning, cannot have the ones that show you toes (or jari jemari). Well, I saw quite a few sandle-like contraptions being worned by many girls :) So, I guess it's OK, as long as it's not high-heels or too glitzy. You don't want to attract too much attention now would you :)

2. During SPORTS and OTHER PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

Again, the white colour is emphasized. WHITE COLLARED SHORT/LONG SLEEVED T-SHIRTS for guys and gals during normal physical activities, and prefferably long white sleeved for guys during kembara, and any color long sleeved for girls during kembara. I think they're catering for water-activities here. I mean for the girls. Cuz you know what white t-shirts do when a girl goes for a dip underwater... So, colored is better, just in case you need to go thru swaps or anything.

But basically, you can wear just anything... as long as it's decent :) Dont la go and wear sleeveless t-shirts. No one wants to see the anyone's bulu-ketiak. So, you can actually wear a collared or non-collared t-shirt. But try to get as close to white as possible for the normal physical activities... but girl, any color for the kembara. For guys, too I think (kembara).

3. Shoes During Kembara

From what I've experienced, you might want to bring a separate pair of shoes for Kembara. Because for one thing, it's more intense then the normal activities... another thing is that, if it rains, the jungle trek is gonna get mighty slippery. So please do bring another, more durable pair of shoes. Army boots perhaps? Or probably Tracking Shoes? It's not advisable to wear running shoes or cross trainers. You'd definitely damage them, and end up having to buy a new pair. So, might as well go looking for or brining along a separate pair or tracking shoes :)

4. Accommodation and The BATHHH!!!!

You're gonna be placed in dorms, with double decker beds :) Much like what we had in Asrama :) So, go early so that you can book your beds :) Bedding material suc as pillow case, very2 comfortable blanket and kain cadar will be provided :)

For bathing... well, just make sure for the guys:

Bring you kain basahan. But I'd reccommend shorts for they'd be easier to manage :)
Prepare to mandi kolah :) Ramai2 mandi kolah :)

Girls:

Ok... I think.... kain batik la kot? Hehehehe. My wife said there's this one amoi who did not bring anything... sooo... sheee..... ..... Noooo... she did not just go about her business al-fresco... but she had to bathe in the toilet lorr... Not that comfortable I'd say.

Selipar oso don't forget la. And other toileteries. No need for too much perfume. Cuz you might attract the tigers and lions. Hehehehehe.

5. EXAMMMM!!!!

Yes.... There will be an exam :)
But dont fret... cuz it's just an objective examination. And I can say that, MOSTLY it's common sense.
You guys will be given 4 manuals to read. But, I personally don't know WHEN we could read them to properly digest the info! Cuz the activities are just TOO PACKED!
But it all depends on you guys. If you think you should read, then please do. But if you choose not to, and once in a blue moon the questions change into a difficult SPM like paper (which is very unlikely), don't balme me :) I'm just suggesting. Hehehehe.

OH! And one more thing. Make sure you listen and understand each of the CERAMAHs well. For some of them will be included in the exam.... But still, most are general knowledge :)

Okie. I think that about covers it :) Any questions, please email me at you know where :)

Just go the ANDA TELAH LULUS letter from UPM. So Alhamdulillah, I passed the BTN. But there are cases of failure! SO, don't go with a high-nose, for you might just be in store for a nose dive :)

Anywayz... have a good time. For I did :) Seriously :) Had this the Dr Datin in my group. And she was just a buzz to be around :) Plus all the other members were absolute LOVES! :)

Okie... Tu aje kot :)

Selamat ber-BTN!

Alpyan

http://nadiah-farhanah.blogspot.com

2006-01-09T07:51:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaeykom WBT :)

Just to inform my fellow viewers that I've just launched my daughter's blog for her....
Just completed the first 2 posts last nite. Since she doesn't know how to properly use the keyboard yet (let alone the laptop), I will tak the job of blogging for her :)

Anywayz, just an intro...

Name: Nadiah Farhanah binti Alfian. Hmmm... I still get a tingle when I see the name after the 'binti' part. LOL!
Age: 7 months 12 days (as of 9th January 2006)
Height: Last time I checked, it was like 60-70 cm? Should be more now.
Weight: 8 kilos or 8.5 at least... the next baby chekup, which is due next week will show then :)
Gender: Female (In case any of my readers aren't familiar with the 'binti' term thinggy, which by the way means daughter of)

Okie dokie :)

For those of you who just want some light reading, with some attempts at static-slapstic humour (if such humour exists)... plus some of the most beautiful, prettiest and gorgeous baby pics U've ever seen, visit http://nadiah-farhanah.blogspot.com :) hehehehe. I am 'Masuk-ing my Anak's Bakul and Angkat-ing Sendiri for her'...

Cheers and Wassalam :)

Alpyan de Daddio

Proton Waja 1.6 Rosak Already Under 500km and Melayu Bogel?

2006-01-07T10:07:00.000+08:00

Darn, it rained sooo heavility yesterday. Was soo heavy that some parts of the LDP got flooded, Bandar Tasik Puteri (Puchong) being one of the unlikely victims.

Anyway, at about 6:30pm yesterday (6/1/06), did a favour for a friend to send him to the Proton Authorized Workshop in Puchong. Getting there was a challenge itself as I had to go thru heavy rain and ass-holic drivers. Typical Malaysians.

At, my friend since we were little, wanted to go and take his Proton Waja 1.6 which was there for repairs. It seemed that the fan for the air cond of something failed when his mother was driving the vehicle, resulting in tremendous amounts of smoke. That wasn't what pissed him off though.... The main thing was that the car was still under 500km for milage. Aiyaa.... Proton Waja.... already rosak ka?

Anyway, long story short, the car was Ok when we got there. So, I drove back and At drove back in his new Waja. The journey back was more challening that when we came. The flood seemed to have worsened and the traffic jam was massive. Went thru a few flash-lakes if you wanna call it that... luckily they weren't too deep, for my Honda Civic sure would have halted in the murky waters.

It took me almost 1 hour to get home, just in time for Maghrib :) ...

SUDDENLY!

RING RING!!! The phone rang.

It was At again :) His Waja broke down again. Yeps... AGAIN! This time, the smoke was even thicker! He phoned everybody! The salesman (who received quite a good rogering from him), his Perodua friend Kamal, me of course, and also a few other buddies to complain about the hampeh-ness of Waja.

Darn... can't our cars be better made? I mean... is t really that difficult to focus quality in the local market? Apa yang proton dok buat ni? No wonder Mahathir (tun dr) and Mahaleel marah at them for selling Augusta for 1 EURO!

Hmmmm... I sometimes hope that Proton goes down the drain one day. But, then there goes the first Malaysian automobile industry :( Tapi takpe... Perodua still ada. kekekeke.

But in all... I have concluded that I will not buy a proton car once I have the money to buy a car that is :) To risky for too much money. The Waja cost my buddy RM63K ++. And before even reaching the first thousand kilometer, parts start breaking down.

Sheesh!

Anywayz... dats Proton my friends :) Have yet to hear good things about Proton cars. Dont talk about the SAGA though, cuz thats old story :) And it had to be good if not whod want to buy some more proton? :)

Any of you who have experiences with proton, good or bad, please do share with the rest :) I think it's time they got their act together. If not, face the inevitable prospect of death!!! LOL!

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Ok... now about the Melayu Bogel thinggy in the subject.
One of the Google Adsense on my blog here displayed just that. Hmmmm. Google must've been had! Cuz I dont think they condone such ads! Got the pic down here :)

Hehehehe. Tapi I did not click la. Not allowed to click your own adsense.
But sometimes... have the tendency, cuz the ads seem so alluring!!! hahahaha! (not this one la... I mean other ads concerning fat burnng and bodybuilding)

Paid Surveys?

2006-01-05T20:22:00.000+08:00

Anyone ever tried any paid surveys?

Well, I've wanted to try it for a long time, but once I registered at CIAO and got no surveys. Don't know why but maybe I completed a profile that was of no interest to them?

Anyway, still haven't given up to looking for some sort of income through the net. hehehehe. At the moment, my Google Adsense has fetched me around US10++. For doing nothing except blogging, that's quite an ok amount for me. LOL!

I recently tried Survey Savvy. Got the link from http://www.howstuffworks.com. Don't know what they're gonna give me, but hey, what's the harm in trying something for free. The only thing I regret at the moment is... I used my usual email address to register. Darn! This might be an invitation for SPAM! Sheesh!!!!
But hopefully no, cuz it seems like a reputable company. LOL! (Who am I to know that. HAHAHAHAHA! Just a cover up, rationalizing line.)

Anyway, for any of you who might be interested, I have a referal link. Don't worry, this is no Multi Level Marketing or Network Marketing shaitz or anything. Just a harmless (I hope) paid survey thinggy :)

Cheers!

TIP (again): You might want to create another free email address at gmail or yahoo or hotmail or whatever (I reccommend Gmail since Yahoo and Hotmail tend to suck nowadays). But... gmail needs an invitation or something. So, if you already have a gmail account, invite yourself. LOL! Or ask someone you know to invite you. But the main thing is to get another email address other than you usual email. Never want to have SPAM would we.

Ex-Students... :) Waaa... lots of cute amoi oso aaa

2006-01-05T17:47:00.000+08:00

STANDING LAST ROW: tak ingat sorry, Wong Yew Li, Tew Hon Giap, Alfian which is me, Wong Chun Wee
STANDING SECOND LAST ROW: hehehe tak ingat sorry, Yong Tze Sin, hehehe sorry, Lim Siew Luan a.k.a. Golumm a.k.a. queen?, Wong Phick Lian, tak ingat jugak sorry, Wong...alamak... tak ingat Wong apa
IN FRONT OF THE STANDING SECOND LAST ROW: Sam Chai Hoon (I remember your name becuz the guy who owns the gerai ask for you phone number from me all the time, finally I think Dr Rahmita gave it to him), tak ingat sorry, tak ingat sorry, tak ingat sorry, Tan Chek Fong Miss Image Processing, tak ingat sorry, tak ingat sorry.
THE TWO GUYS SITTING DOWN: tak ingat sorry, Liew Yee Ling

Haaaaaaaa.... These are the pics of my ex students from Semester 2 2004/2005. Or was it one semester before that? Hmmmm... Anywayz, as long as I remember that they're my students its ok already la I think.

For those of you whose names I've forgotten, i am deeply sorry. For I am only human who has a high rate of white hair growth. I'd like to thank Chang Kok Kee (wierd tho cuz he's not in the pic) for giving me some pics. From what I've learnt, most of you guys have already obtained impressive jobs :) Programmers, Insurans agent oso have, Consultans (at a very young age? Thats good) and also Multimedia people.

Good luck in your future undertakings and!!!! Please do transfer 20% of your salary each month to my maybank2U account. Hehehehehe. The account numebr is... 1622XXXXXXXX. :P

Cheers!

I am still fat, but not as fat as before

2006-01-04T12:06:00.000+08:00

I would like to announce that (I believe) I have lost a bit of fat around the waist. And also gained some muscle around the shoulder area.

While most think that this might be a hallucination, I will view it as reality. Har har har!

That's what some motivational experts say anyway.

"BELIEVE THAT YOU ALREADY ARE WHAT YOU WANNA BE! AFTER A WHILE, YOUR BRAIN WON'T BE ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT'S FACT AND WHAT'S FICTION. SLOWLY, YOU'LL MOVE TOWARDS THAT DREAM OR VISION!"

- forget who the person was by the way. LOL

Anyway, this is my target. Just to re-emphasize and to re-put my neck on the line so that every one else can give me the battering of my life if I screw up. LOL!

WAIST MEASUREMENT - 31 inches
BICEPS - 15 inches
CHEST - 38-40 inches
THIGHS - no target yet...

The main thing's the waist :) If I get that measurement, and manage to get rid of all the freakin' fat, then I will BELANJA ANYONE a Body For Life type meal. hehehehehe.

Oh, BTW, Here's the Jeremy Likness photo again. heheheheh :P

The 4 Associates

2005-12-30T16:06:00.000+08:00

Just realized that some of my friends are realizing their dreams already. Which leaves me in their wakes! ARGH!

Anyway, that's no reason why I shouldn't promote them.

Http://www.4associate.com. A website that was co-built (I think) by my 2 mates, Nazri and Wan Amrul. These blokes have been in the forefront of creativity since they were born I guess. I knew Nazri since he was a kid, and he's been drawing and doodling quite nice stuff ever since. And now he's starting to show his talent with his Canon camera... and keeps buggin me to buy an SLR. LOL!

Wan... ok, this guy came a bit later (wayy later) and bothered my life by being one of the part-time lecturers at University Putra Malaysia (teaching Intro. To Multimedia). Never knew him personally until a few months ago.

Anywayz, just to inform that if anyone is interested to get photographers for your event (weddings, dinners or what ever), these are the guys... and gal :) Cuz there's also one talented firl in their group. They boast quite impressive portfolios, and by personally knowing them, I can personally vouch for them (am I using the vouch word correctly here...).

But their services are... domestic I guess. Domestic meaning, in Malaysia (both East and West)and also Brunei. To know more about them, you can simply fo to http://www.4associate.com. Not exactly a complete website (yet), but for information or queries, you can just email info@4associate.com.

Photography with passion uh guyz? :)

My poor daughter

2005-12-29T15:15:00.000+08:00

For the past two day and a half, my daughter has been suffering from fever and diarrhea. It's quite challenging actually, when you have to consider the delicate condition that she's in. Being a baby at 7-months old, I and my wife have to be very2 careful and gentle when lifting her up, giving her medicine, and also when sponge bathing her.

It all started two nites back, at about 3 am in the morning, when she started to poo in her diapers. Not the usual one at six am... but we weren't that worried. Just washed her up, changed her diaper and went back to bed. The next morning, at about 12pm, when I came home from work to get some lunch, her conditioned worsened where blisters started to develop. This was painful for her because when washed, she cried so loudly that it made my heart fall :(

This was followed by fever and also some more diarrhea.

Upon advice, I and my wife decided to go a general practinioner doctor. There, we received not so convincing advice. Plus, the doctor didn't even bother to take her temperature. But I'm not blaming or lambasting him or anything. It's just that he thought the child had a normal fever... and that probably he could tell based on experience.... So we went home with two bottles of medicine... one for the fever (an orangy type liquid medicine) and also one for the diarrhea.

That nite, she her stool had some blood in it. It was like 2 o'clock in the morning. This was rather worrying for first time parents like us, so we went straight to Putrajaya Hospital's Emergency clinic. There were no paediatricians, so again we had to settle for a GP. The doctor (about the same age as us according to my wife) again gave a diagnosis almost similar to the first GP that we saw. But this time, she included a cough medicine.... Ok... Now what's that about :(

The next day, my baby's temperature was not getting any better. This prompted me to go straight to a specialist... which now I know... is the first thing I should have done. We went there and got a diagnosis that was different. My daughter was suffering from Tonsilitis! Her tonsils were all swollen!!! Plus, the doctor (whom if I might add was SUPER NICE!!!) gave some tips and views about a child at 7-months age.... We ended up with some antibiotics and also with a sample of lactose free milk.

From this experience... I will know that GO STRAIGHT TO A SPECIALIST!
Of course the fee would be a bit higher (it was RM77... but it was worth the piece of mind) but it's my child's well being here... :)

Oh... and the irony was... if you wanna call it ironic.... (dont quite know how to use the word fully)...

My child turned 7-months old yesterday on the dot. And both of us (I an d my wife) were born in 1977.... the bill from the doctor was also the two nice numbers of 7 and 7.
LOL!... :) I just found that a bit amusing :) And coincidental...

But hey... all's well now I hope. My daughter's recovering, and hopefully recover fully by today or tomorrow :)

Ok. Now back to work for me :)

Cheerios!

Transformation - I need to look at this pic EVERYDAY!

2005-12-27T14:30:00.000+08:00

Been doing my weght-loss program for the past week. And have to say that things are going quite well. Even though not 100% to the tee, at least I'm still going to the gym, doing my cardio (not at full intensity though) and also TRYING to eat sensibly. Heck, I just bought 2 kilos of chicken breast for Ringgit Malaysia 16.00 at a Hyper-Runcit shop :P 8 bucks per kilo... Now I think that's quite a good deal, compared to the chicken breasts you get at Carrefoure... The last time I saw, it was on "offer" at RM12++ per kilo. gulp...

Anyway, the main post today is regarding the picture below. The transformation from FLAB to FAB! (Flabby or FAT to FABULOUS!). Again I'm refering to this Jeremy Likness guy, because most of his experiences, during his FAT-TO-FIT-TO-FAT_again years, are very-very similar to mine. They only difference is that he's already achieved his dream... his goal of life time fitness!

He started out at the left-most part, where he was 65 pounds overweight. Then after 3 months, he lost all the unwanted kilos. But!!! As life progressed, the guy gained back some (if not all) of the weight. That's when he decided to Become The Journey. Instead of just viewing weightloss as a process (or a 12 week program as many would), Jeremy decided to make it his lifestyle. A lifestyle of being fit and happy! A lifestyle of enjoying healthy food, healthy activities, and overall... well... a healthy lifestyle :)

He's now got his own company at Natural Physiques.com and he's teaching people just this in his audio program as well as his book.

Anyway, I myself see this as inspirational... Plus, the fact that he went from FAT to FIT... and then back to FAT again... and REdiscovering himself to get back to FIT... is really really really inspirational. Plus I can RELATE to that quite strongly. For that's what I went through when I went from 83 kilograms to 74. Then back to 76... down to 68. And now back at 78. I now know that I need a change of THINKING. Instead of viewing this whole weight thing as a process... or as a mere program... I might as well view it as a change of lifestyle. One that would change my habits and also thinking towards life... excercise and fitness... and most importantly... food :P But most importantly... I want to change my mindset. That's the number one thing I reckon. If I stay with the old mindset, if I get lucky, I'd be back to FIT in no time. But then, after two months or so, I'd be back on the train to flabbiness... No way JOSE!!!

Anywayz....

For kemaruk's sake (hehehe), I'll just put that pic again down here. Mana la tau, in case any of you get the urge to follow in his footsteps... :)

And... Oh... for those of you who are afraid of bulking up... Dont worry. It's not like when you go to the gym and lift weights, you get them muscles stragith away. NO!!!

You can go and lift all you want, but without proper training and diet, those muscles wont come out :) Plus, you can control how much muscle you build. So dont worry about getting to big... or Ber Ketul Ketul.

It's the same thing as getting FAT. You can determine how fat you wanna get.... But with fat, its usually the food that does the convincing. LOL!

Cheers!

Body For Life (BFL) - FOR WOMEN

2005-12-21T16:18:00.000+08:00

Ok. Now I didn't know about this. BFL For Women? I guess the one developed by Bill Phillips wasn't universal enough! LOL! :P But heck, it sure did help lots and lost of fat and thin souls. Plus, this BFL for women book must target some other areas us men don't know.

Anyway, just to point anyone who's interested in the right direction. BFL For Women can be found here at Amazon.com.

I can comment about Body For Life for Men... even though it was not stated that the program was meant for men only, the program mainly focuses one 2 things.

1) How to eat properly,
2) How to excercise properly (Weights and Cardio / Aerobics).

That's basically what you need in order to lose that gut haning over your tummy :) Men or Woman. But I have to say, if you wanna lose weight, this program will deliver (if followed to the tee!). But if its muscle that you're looking for (without supplements and steroid), other programs perform better such as MuscleNow and also Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle.

Anywayz, for you girls out there :) The BFL For Women might just be the ticket you've been looking for. Give it a try and tell me how it goes. Only then can I give an honest review :)

Cheerios!!!

Journey Towards My Dreams - Bill, Francesco and Jeremy... but most important ... ALPYAN!!!

2005-12-21T10:51:00.000+08:00

Ok. The main dream that's been eluding me for the past few years (if not all my life) is to obtain a muscular body. Some have seen me lose weight, and those very same people have also seen me gain it back (whether they realize it or not). But the fact remains that, I have grown back into the pathetic physical being I once was. A 78-kg piece of lump, waiting to reach 79 (and after that 80, 81, 82, God Forbid 83!!! and so on and so on).

The thing is.... :(

I already know HOW to lose this weight. What to do in terms of training and choosing the right food. But still, I fall into the chasm again and again and again. It's been three attempts as I can remember....

FIRST SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT - THE BODY FOR LIFE CHALLENGE

The first came back way in late 2000. I stood at 83 kilos, feeling absolutely sluggish and ... heavy of course. Not at all in the form of my dreams. But hey, those were the days where most people started to put on a few pounds. After university, get a job and START GETTIN' HEAVYYYYY!!!!
Anywayz... I managed to conjure up some courage to go on the Body For Life programme. Long story short, I brought my weight down to around 74 I guess. BRAVO! Almost 10 kilos! That's SATU GUNI BERAS already! Was getting lots of compliments from friends and family who haven't seen me in a long time, and also felt absolutely GREAT in jeans and pants with waist measurements of 33 to 34 inches. (I was 37 before that).... That certainly was a lovely feeling, after years and years struggling to get my weight down and trying to fit into my high-school outfits. LOL!

But the came the "demise"... From 73-74 kilos, I managed to climb the ladder, almost al the way to 76 or 77 I guess. I was losing sight. I was losing the way... Not to say thet Body For Life was a failure... More to say that I was failing.... and falling. But the thing was... I wasn't falling DOWN! I was falling UP! Up the weight scale!!!

SECOND ATTEMPT - MUSCLENOW (1)

Actually, I had this programme before Body For Life. But I didn't follow it for I thought it was too strict. Kind'a dumb considering the price I paid for it. Anyway... After 'failing' at BFL, I was sent to do my Masters at Monash University Australia. There, I thought I'd start out new, and with another program just for variety's sake. So, I decided to try out my MuscleNow programme. Whoa!!! Was I in for the greatest surprise of my life for procrastinating on such an EXPLOSIVE PROGRAMME! I went from 74-75 kilos, all the way down to 68 kilos! I mean... that's like 7 kilograms. It did take me a few months though... but the duration was alsmost the same as BFL.

But... yes... again I succumbed to worldly temptations... and fell off the fitness-horse. And it was gonna be quite a while after that for me to get back up! Went back to 76 kilos.

THIRD ATTEMPT - MUSCLENOW (2)

Same programme, same routine. I did this after almost 3 months of the horse. It's actually not that common to go all the way back up to 76 kilos from 68! I mean... yeah... I was OVER INDULGING in food! I was eating like a horse + pig + musk rat + hyeina + lion all combined! But fortunately, due to the training I received through MuscleNow, my body reacted quite differently than before, whereby some of the food actually turned into muscle! LOL! I can't explain this. It just happened.

Anyway, again, after two months on the programme, and after achieving some muslce growth... again I took a "rest". I was down to 73 kilos, with quite some muscle and low bodyfat. But... like I said... I took a "rest". Now... this one was longer.

Since the fitness-horse was getting leaner and bigger (as I increased in size as well as reduced bodyfat), I found it hard to get back up.... Argh!!! The agony of climbing back onto a tall horse! :( ... This, was to be the closest-to-death experience I've ever had (fitness wise that is).

Up till now, (21st Dec 2005), I am finding it hard to get back on that horse. Every day I try to push. But still, other tempations take over. The horse is slowly walking away, leaving me behind without a ride. And I'm just scared that one day, the horse might vanish forever... leaving me with a flabby-physique... and also a fat tummy to keep me company.

From LAST WEEK onwards - FOURTH ATTEMPT!!! I'm Sticking my Neck Out By Posting This You Know...

ARGH!!! I WILL BE FAT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE????? I WILL BE FLABBY UNTIL THE DAY I SEE THE THE TWO 'EXAMINERS' OF THE GRAVE? WILL IT JUST SUFFICE BY BEING 'NORMAL???'

NO WAY!!!

THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! FOR I WILL PREVAIL! AND GOD WILL BE MY PRIMARY WITNESS AND OF COURSE, INSYA-ALLAH...WISH-GRANTER! FOR I SHALL SHOW TO MYSELF (and the world if you guyz are interested. LOL!), THAT I TOO CAN BE LIKE BILL PHILLIPS, FRANCESCO CASTANO and JEREMY LIKNESS (ok, I didn't write about his guy here, but here's his link anyway).

And... wish me luck oso ya my family and frens :) hehehehe. I lub U all.

Okie :) Whoa. Long post jugak iye?

Liverpool (0) - Sao Paolo (1)

2005-12-19T08:16:00.000+08:00

Last night, at around 8++ pm (or so I think it was), I turned on ASTRO channel 81 (or wa it 82). Anyway, it was the Sports channel, and I was hoping to see a victorious Liverpool.
First of all, I didn't know the name of the CUP final they were playing in, but I do know from a friend that it's something about being the best club in the world?

Anyway... first and foremost, I'd like to congratulate Liverpool, the club I've been supporting since the era of John Barnes, Peter Beardsly, Ian Rush, Steve Mc Mahon and also Bruce Grobellar. It's been an up and down journey for the past few months, and it seems that they've gotten their act together by reaching this cup final (against Sao Paolo of Brazil).

Ok, back to the turning on of the TV ... :) What I saw was quite devastating. For the scoreline depicted 1-0 against Liverpool And it was already the 89th minute. Darn! Another loss... :( And indeed the score remained till the end. Liverpool had lost.... again... Liverpool, the club I support... had lost :( It was kind of frustrating.... But then i remembered that... I shouldn't just judge the cover by the book.... So I waited around to see the match highlights.

Whao! It seemed that my team did quite a lot of attacking. Quite a few nice chances and also a few good saves made by the Sao Paolo keeper (whoever his name is). And after looking at the football match statistics, it showed that Sao Paolo only had 2 shots on target (1 obviously went in... there goes Reina's clean sheet. LOL!). Whereas Liverpool had like... more than 10 I think?
Shots on goal... I remember clearly that Sao Paolo had only 4! Liverpool had like... 24 or 27? But none of those went in. :( Sad story... but hey, that's football... and life.... and netball.... and also basketball... and also badminton and every other sport... am I making sense here?)

Again I'd like to stress that I did nort see the match. But based on the stats... I would imagine that Liverpool went down with a fight. An unfair fight that is. Dominated by them, but takdir had it that the ball ended up in their net. Not a familiar feeling for Pepe Reina I'd imagine, since before this he went 10 games without seeing his net shatter.

Anywayz, I'd like to congratulate Liverpool fottball club for going this far. Yes... this trophy has slipped from our grasps... but like they say... There's always next year.... mmmm... is there? I mean, this cup, is it an annual thinggy? Hehehehehe.

Ok Liverpool... YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!

Liverpool - Still Winners

Protein Powder - Saje nak story. Tak tau apa nak pos!!! :(

2005-12-18T12:13:00.000+08:00

Ok. I've been looking at this one protein powder brand that I bought a couple of months ago. The brand is EAS 100% WHEY PROTEIN!

What it states on the packaging of the big botol is:

23 grams of HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN
only 2 GRAMS of carbohydrates
High concentration of BCAAs

Whey Protein is... what aa... Hold on. I'll go and look for what it really is. Dont want to give false information. :)

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Whey Protein:

The first step in making cheese is to curdle the milk. The whey is the watery liquid that separates from the curds. In the nursery rhyme, little Ms. Muffet was scared by a spider as she sat "eating her curds and whey", in other words, cottage cheese. Whey is a waste-product of cheese making. When dried and powdered, it is considered a good source of protein - www.muellercenter.rpi.edu/Glossary.asp

This nutrient is a high quality source of protein, which contains large amounts of amino acids and supports the immune system and healthy muscle tissue. - www.nutribest.com/glossary.html

Whey protein is the name for a collection of globular proteins that can be isolated from whey, a by-product of cheese manufacture from cow's milk. It is a mixture of beta-lactoglobulin (~65%), alpha-lactalbumin (~25%), and serum albumin (~8%), which are soluble in their native forms, independent of pH - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whey_protein

Whey Protein Isolate:

Is when the whey protein is filtered to remove any LACTOSE and any FAT, plus what little carbohydrate is in the original protein.
www.alacarb.com/glossary.html

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Ok... now that's cleared up... Let me just rethink what I wanted to post in the first place....

AH!

Ok... :)

I've been looking at people who're beginning to go to the gym. Doesn't matter if it's to lose weight or to gain mass. The first thing that MOST do is go to GNC and look for fat burners and protein powders. These have been like the MAGICAL DUST, that when you consume it, makes your fat melt away (for fat burners) and also make you as big as HULK (for the protein powder).

But the thing is... from what I've experienced... fat burners are rip-offs (and sometimes hazardous to health), and protein-powders are just the powdery representative of natural protein sources such as meat, dairy and soy :)

Ok, let's focus on protein powder here since I don't have concrete facts to bash fat burners :)

Protein powders do not have the magical properties to make people get bigger. That's the greatest myth in body building. Of course to build muscle, you'd need to consume protein. But what protein powders provide, despite the extraordinary claims, is basically the same of what natural sources provide :) The only advantage of this powdery supplement is that they are EXTREMELY convenient to prepare and carry around :) That's basically it! Other than that... other claims pertaining to increased muscular development and increased metabolism are absolutely crap! If indeed they can provide those effects... then that's not protein powder...
that's STEROIDS! ... Now, you won't wanna become a DURG abuser would you.

(Steroids however are allowed to a certain extent in Wrestling and also Pro Body Building)

Anywayz...

Just in case anyone decides on switching from chicken to protein powder.... this post might be useful :)

Cheers!

PS:- This guy is a totally natural bodybuilder. You might also wanna check his comments regarding protein powders as well :) Cheers!

Takaful on Google

2005-12-15T11:22:00.000+08:00

I looked for the definition of Takaful on GOOGLE.

Got this:

"The basic fundamentals underlying the Takaful concept are very similar to cooperative and mutual principles, to the extent that the cooperative and mutual model is one that is accepted under Islamic Law."

Betul la tu kan?

Terel aa Google ni.

hehehehe.

Better Bad Choices - The Jeremy Likness Philosophy

2005-12-15T11:00:00.000+08:00

This morning I had a wake up call... AFTER I ACTUALLY WOKE UP!

I was dressing up for work, when I felt something was not right. I felt as though I was being squeezed to the bone... ok... maybe not the bone... but an uncomfortable squeezing sensation in my hip (close to tummy) area. Then I saw the bad news.

I was GETTING BACK TO WHERE I STARTED!
My waist is slowly going back towards 36"-37”. Argh! This was my waist in 1998! I thought I got rid of it.

Dang....

But... I know that the one to blame is I :) This is a direct result of a few "synergistic" factors...:

1) Over-eating (Or eating the wrong types of foods)
2) Not-exercising (Or exercising just once and then leaving it all up to hope)
3) Persistence of indiscipline (An interesting combination of words...)

Add all of that up... what d'ya get???

A LAZY FAT ASS whose gonna become one of the 'normal' people! The 'normal' people who in their teens are in the best shapes of their lives... and after that go to college or university and start to deteriorate slowly... and after that get fat when they start working... and after marriage!!! Can't even see yer toes becuz of the bulging bulk of blob (which is another way to explain pot-belly).

ARGH! I am getting fatter! No excuse there. Ironically... I'm also getting better at giving people advice on how to get thinner. HAHAHAHA!!! Darn... I'm also turning into the 'normal' people who dont walk-the-walk...don't talk-the-talk. :(

Hmmmmmm....

Anyway... I think you all know that the above is OLD STORY :)
Hehehehe.

What I want to push here is the fact that I listened to a free CD from Jeremy Likness, and it sort’ a put my life into perspective. Jeremy Likness by the way is an acclaimed author; fitness expert and coach and also creator of the revolutionary course LOSE FAT NOT FAITH!

At first, I thought this would be like any other motivational CD I've listened to. All the wonderful advice... but how the hell to implement I also don no lah!

But it turned out to be really really relevant to my life. I mean... the fact that I had to change my eating habits is of course very very true. But Jeremy shared his experience of how he converted from a McDonalds Super-Size Value Meal freak... to a raw-veggie healthy food master! (... Ok. I dont expect you to understand what I meant by the latter)... :P

He also shared about choosing what he says are... better-bad-choices. Hmmm.... That sounds a bit confusing yet interesting you must say. But hey... when I think of it... it's absolutely 100% true.... Let me explain...

LIFE is gonna happen no matter what. And with LIFE comes challenges :) When you embark on your weight loss or probably muscle-gain journey, you will be faced with 'challenges'... And the thing is... if these challenges are not dealt with, you are BOUND to fail.

This is where better-bad-choices comes in.

Let's say you're on a program that promotes healthy eating and exercise. And let's say that, one night, you get invited to a friend's house for his birthday party. Naturally, you won't get any healthy food there :) It's gonna be high-sugar-high-fat galore!

Now you are faced with a dilemma. What do you eat? And since you're on a tight regime, what do you do? The normal case would be ...

Hmmm... I'm on this diet. And if I eat that cake and that pizza, I'm straying away from it. Hmmmm... Oh well... it's just one night. Might as well just stuff myself with whatever's around and start afresh tomorrow... Yeah! I'll do just that :)

This actually happened to me once. The sad thing is... it BROKE the discipline that I built along the months. After the first meal I cheated again... and then again... and the again. I just made the wrong choice!... the BADdest-choice :(

But I learnt from Jeremy that it's OK to make bad choices... just make them better :)
Since you're in a situation where healthy food is not available... just take in as few 'bad' food as you can. Instead of eating the whole pizza, just take one slice. Instead of binging on that chocolate cake, eat just a small part of it. And if you can't resist the other stuff like Jelly, Nuggets, Sausages etc... Try taking small bits of each. That way, you can be assured that you've tried everything :) Thus you won't feel that you missed out! PLUS! When you get home, you won't have that stuffed feeling when you over eat :)

Anyway... that's among some of the things I learnt through Jeremy's CD. It is FREE in a sense you don't have to pay for it. But there's still the delivery fee. :P and that doesn't go to Jeremy. It goes to the postal people. Hence the term FREE :)

Ok. That's all I wanna write about today.

As for my hips and stomach... it's gonna get smaller. And I can assure you readers who know me personally... by January, the size ain't gonna be 36 or 37. Please expect me to be in my low 30s :) HAR!

I WILL!!!

And I have started! :)

Just wait to see the results!

BETTER BAD CHOICES! That's one philosophy I will ALWAYS keep in mind.

Always made the BADDEST CHOICE! Now all I have to do is make them better :)
hehehehe.

(For more information on Jeremy Likness, simply click here)

I was in the toilet, and when everything finished....

2005-12-14T17:38:00.000+08:00

Ok. I was really really in the toilet.
And when I finished... something amazing happenned.

My handphone rang, and I was talking to...

a MAYBANK representative!!!

I firstly want to apologize to that particular staff... Bala if I'm not mistaken :)
It was actually me who picked up the phone in the first place. When I saw "Private Number" displayed on the screen, I thought you were one of my friends who were promoting their MLM companies. So, I disguised my voice a bit :) It was actually me all along :) Just to get things cleared up.

Anyway, Bala told me that Maybank took the matter seriously. And how did they find out about my Maybank2U issue? ... Well, it seems that, according to Bala, he read my blog? Whoa! Got Maybank customer satisfaction people surfing the net aa? Very2 good lorrr... :)

Anyway, Bala apologized for the whole incident. He told me that the matter was very seriuos for them, and assured me that it was being dealt with. Bala also confirmed to me that action has been taken against the first lazy-good-for-something-but-i-dont-know-what support staff , and that the helpful one has been complemented.

I would like to applaud Bala, as well as Maybank and Maybank2U for really2 taking care of their public relations as well as customer satsifaction. Getting back after just a few of hours after the blog post is mighty efficient! And also not to mention very-very tremendously surprisingly wonderful!!! :) (Am I over-Englishing here? hehehehehe)

Maybank certainly has a way with customers, and I understand now that this is probably one of the reasons why its one of the top banks in Malaysia :) And also in Asia.
(I saw the statistics in one of the talks held at the Kem Biro Tata Negara).

Two thumbs up for Maybank :) This is what I call.... "FIRST CLASS MENTALITY that delivers FIRST CLASS SERVICE AND FACILITIES!"

Cheers and Assalamualaikum WBT

BIRO TATA NEGARA (Ba-Thee-Nun)

2005-12-14T15:05:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum :)

From the 8th to 12th December 2005, me and my wife were "forced" to attend a course by Malaysia's Biro Tata Negara (Country's Biro of ... Tata?). 8th to 12th???!!! Darn... That's a long 5 days and 4 nights! ... I was simply NOT looking forward to it. So to was my wife... But who were we to object. It's a requirement for those who want to pursue their degree's overseas...

Anyway, this course was designed for Masters and PHD students before they 'flied' abroad. It didn't matter if you're going to China, German, New Zealand, Australia, England, Netherlands or even Jordan,... if you wanna leave the country... then you have to attend the course.

I was expecting... Early morning wake up calls... I mean like 5 am latest! Late nite Roll Calls... Army like 'kawad'... Pissed off ex-commandos as trainers.... and smart-ass fascilitators!!! Arghhhh!!! This was not a fun thing to even imagine....

So, I and my lovely wife packed our separate bags, and drove of tu KEM ULU SEPRI, REMBAU, NEGERI SEMBILAN...

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THE ARRIVAL

We started off early to avoid any unnecessary traffic congestions. It took us around 1 hour ++ to reach the place.

Chaitz... below 91 km. Cannot jamak qasar la like this. Hueh hueh hueh

Reached the camp at around 8:30 am. We were one of the earliest. There were a few people before us. The camp was a very secluded area. Surrounded by high-reaching trees, the environment was very very cool and relaxing. It was even a good place to build a resort I thought. LOL!

But I wasn't about to let my guard down. ARGH!

EXPECT THE WORST SOLDIER! YOU'RE IN A BTN COURSE!!!

Thus I prepared my mental to expect the worst.

At the receptionist desk, we were greeted by an ex-commando (we found out about the commando thing later in the day). He was extremely polite :) More polite than the Maybank2U Telephone Support Staff... LOL! He gave us each bed sheets, pilow cases and blankets.Looked very-very comfi.

In my mind...

A good intro before the torture begins. Har har di har har har, SAYZ I!!!

After that, me and my wife went separate ways. I went to dorm 4A1, and she went to 5A1... boys and girls must separate :)

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THE INTRODUCTION

After a few hours, the camp was filled with fellow BTN'er. Most were academcians, but there were also Medical Doctors, Vets and also one very-very 'distinguished' Tenaga Nasional Berhad engineer... mmm... a lady she was :) An AMOI to be more speficic. :)

Everyone was dressed in white with dark blue or black trousers/long skirts. Like SCHOOL KIDS some more. There we sat... in the hall... waiting for the torture to begin....

I can only remember during my school days when the Kem Bina Negara was held. Not my favourite days of college I'd say. :P

Then it started!!!!!

The HEAD FASCILITATOR came forth and.... started speaking....

More to mumbling at timesss.... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

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to be continued... :)

Maybank2U Support ... My story :)

2005-12-13T18:45:00.000+08:00

I would like to share an experience that was rather... enlightening as well as initially frustrating.

It all happened on the 25th of November, around 7:31 pm. I was a bit feeverish, but I had to stay back at the office because of the I.S.O. thinggy, as well as other admin stuff. At the end of the day, the feever was getting worse, and my wife (who was with me at the time) advised me to call it a day. I agreed,... but had to do some online banking before we head back.

So, I paid some credit card bills, checked my balances and thought of buying prepaid for Celcom. But the prepaid minimum limit for Celcom is RM200... Ther're no more RM50 coupons. Yikes... Can't buy that, for I might risk having a near zero balance at the end of the month. So decided to call it quits... and drive back home.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that I had more balance than previous months (due to the government bonus). So I decided to transfer some extra cash to Lembaga Tabung Haji... Yeps, you can do that thru Maybank2U nowadays... the magic of online banking. But of course there's a charge... in all its RM1.50.. kot? Anyway, it makes life a WHOLE LOT easier!!! :)

....A bit drowsy from the paracetamol, I went thru the menus one by one...

Online Bill Payment
Registered Payments
... etc etc etc

After all that, I was under the impression that I was doing a TABUNG HAJI transaction.
The letters that I saw for the payee were T and A. So, I concluded it was Tabung Haji. Need to remember, I was feeverish and groggy at the time... so at least I have an excuse! LOL! :P
So, wihout looking... I confirmed the RM380 transfer.... Yeps... Up until CONFIRMATION!!!

Then I realized....

MOTHER GRANDFATHER!!!! (Mak Datuk)...

Tabung Haji? ... Isn't the payee name supposed to start with the letter L for Lembaga Tabung Haji?

It turned out to be that, I did a transaction to Takaful Nasional.... which by the way, was no longer active. I had changed to Takaful Ikhlas.

Argh!!! What to do. I called my agent... but he was Takaful Ikhlas. I called Khairul Fitri, but he couldn't do anything depsite being a Takaful National agent.

End result (which should have been my first).... I decided to call Maybank2U customer support line.

And it was then, after going through the menus, that I managed to get a Bahasa Melayu support staff. He sounded ok, but not the normal user-friendly voice you might wanna hear from telephone customer support.

I explained to him my scenario... and his reply was something like this...

Alamak... Macam mana boleh macam tu Encik. Kalau dah CONFIRM, kami memang dah tak boleh nak buat apa. Encik kena deal dengan Takaful Nasional. Internet transaction ni, tak boleh nak reverse. Sebab Encik sendiri dah confirm. Lain kali slow-slow sikit buat tu...

With myself being feeverish, reluctantly I said OK and put down the phone. Thinking of calling Takaful Nasional in the morning. But I was still a bit dazed and light frustrated by his comments of telling me to slow down while doing the transaction.

When driving home, it occurred to me...

Darn! Nothing they could do? Could it be that my RM380 is doomed in the Takaful Account that I am no longer using? (I havent cancelled it though, becuz I lost some of the important coduments. Will cancel it later).

The drive home was quiet. Me and my wife, were puzzled by the support staff's answer.
In our heads... we thought... how could this be. Takkan la Maybank tak buleh buat apa apa kot?

After reaching home... I prepared myself for bed, as I knew that I had to rest to get the feever off... and to sweat myself to good health :)

SUDDENLY! I remembered that the next day was gonna be Saturday. All banks and private isntitutions are gonna be closed!

Darn!!!

I decided to call Maybank2U support one more time. This time, I was gonna select the English support option. Cuz from my experience, all of them are very2 nice :) Plus, I sort of implemented Forst Gump's philosophy...

Life is like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're gonna get.
Who knows? I might get someone who could help?

GOD willing, I got an Indian guy. I told him about my predicament. I did not tell him about the previous support staff, just went along and told him my problem.

SURPRISINGLY and THANKFULLY!!! He told me not to worry, and said that he was gonna lodge a report for me. He also waited almost 10 to 15 minutes for me to get the details of the transaction... (It took me that long becaue I had to power up my laptop + wait for my wireless network to connect properly).
And even though it seemed like infinity... the guy NEVER complained. I apologized a few times for the delays, but he kept his cool and continued filling in the details for his report. (Well, at least that's what I think he was doing cuz I heard the keyboardtapping)

Another thing also, he was also very assuring... saying that everything WILL be resolved, and that I need not to worry...
But indeed I was, becuz I kept recalling what the Malay language support guy told me.
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.
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After a few chits and chats :) I was reassured that Maybank will do the dirty work for me. The guy lodged the completed report... and told me it would take some time before my issue would be resolved...All I had to do was wait.

Now... this was a 180 degree turn from what the previous support staff mentioned. I mean... was he too damn lazy to even lift a finger to help me?
He told me that it was almost impossible to get my money back... but when in reality, I could!

Man...

This means that some people really2 suck at their job. They treat it as a runaway job for them by which they just sit down and take calls without solving them.
I wish I remembered the name of that guy so that I could sue the living daylights out of him.

Today, even thinking of it makes me wanna squeeze his brains out.

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..
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Anyway,,,, today I got my cheque for RM380, and it was a Takaful cheque. :)
I am happy. I am thankful for the support staff who took me step by step on how to solve my problem. I thank him for the report he submitted. My friend, your salary is well earned. And I wish you all the best! May life hold the BEST for you! And I am sure, you will be rewarded by GOD one way or another. What goes around, comes around. You're support made me get my money back. And I am indeed very very very thankful. FOUR THUMBS UPfor you my friend. (I am including all my thumbs here as you can imagine... LOL!)
Even though it's only RM380... that's still money well earned. 380 as a matter of fact is quite a hefty sum for me.

I am thankful firstly to ALLAH for giving the permission to slove this issue through the Maybank2U support.

Now for that other guy... you can continue to eat your non-berkat gaji. You are indeed a lazy mother toot-er. I don't know what went through your mind that night, but you almost made me lose trust in Maybank. Thankfully, the English support made things better.

I also wish that you wake up after smelling the shit oozing from your arse... for its a smell of eating un-berkat food from your haram money.

Ok... now that was harsh. hehehe. Sorry.
Anywayz... may U insaf and contohi the other support staff who did a MARVELOUS job.
The world is a better place with him around.

Ok... I know these two Maybank people might not even read this post. But... just to share a story... in a dramatic manner.

hueh hueh hueh :)

Bubbaiii

ARGH!!!

2005-12-12T23:03:00.000+08:00

DArn!!!

I had a great idea of what to write about just now after looking at
Mary's website

Suddenly buleh TERLUPA

Gosh

Me memory is getting bad la now :(

I will come back when I remeber

Else, I'll post about the BTN I attended :)
I enjoyed it btw :P

LOL!

Congratulations Khairul Fitri

2005-12-06T18:01:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah.

Khairul Fitri, all-time Liverpool suporter, avid rugby player, very-very slow eater.... (hehehe)
has been blessed by god with a baby boy (I've been told)

I wish to extend my congratulations to Fitri for he has now become a father!
And Ju (his wife) a mother :) Welcome to the world of parenting my friends. I too am a new parent,
and I and my wife am finding the whole thing quite a joyous experience.

Our baby, Nadiah Farhanah Alfian is a handfull, and I can just imagine what my parents (her grandma and granddad) go through when we're at work.

Anyway... Again, welcome to the Wonderful World of Parenting Fitri and Juriah.

AKU NAK NENGOK ANAK KAU MAMATTT!!!!
Letak la gambo kat blog. hehehehe :)

Targeted Google Ads at PIPOT

2005-12-05T17:34:00.000+08:00

Just to review one of my friend's websites.

He's done a very2 good job at attracting traffic. Cuz I think today, there's like a few thousand hits per day. And all if this done out of passion.

Darn!!! Good on you Wawa.

Even the ads that he posts are very very targeted. All relating to mountain bikes, endurance training, triathlon related and other stuff.

For a taste of a triathlete's life, and also to see very2 targeted google adsense, goto http://www.pipot.com :)

Have fun!

Football at a glance

2005-12-05T00:53:00.000+08:00

Last nite was wonderful.

Liverpool 3 - Wigan 0

Liverpool played quite brilliantly. Passing the ball with confidence. Good overall control of the match. Took chances when presented.

Peter Crouch... man, I was thinking about him making the hattrick. It was in my mind when Shebby Singh said that Liverpool and Wigan would draw 0-0 (or did he not mention the scoreline?). Anywayz, the tall man scored, and that made my day.

The first goal was kinda scrappy. Pity the goal keeper,... was wearing a one-size-bigger glove I guess. Well, at least they lost 3-0. So no one's gonna blame the loss on the keeper. hehehehe.

Garcia... at the right place at the right time. Can't say I love his skills that much. Morientes deserved a goal better than anyone... but alas, it was not his nite.

Not that much of a football critique, so I guess this lame post is all that I have to give.

For a better version, please visist... http://princessren.blogspot.com.
The lovely and lively Mary Ann Michael will blow you to bits with a mouthwatering review :)

kekekekeke.

Goto http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4473084.stm for more details :)

ASUS W3 LAPTOP

2005-12-05T00:15:00.000+08:00

Pic of my brother's LAPTOP

More expensive ASUS W5. Crazy expensive one. I put dent a bit. Sorry brother :P

My ASUS W3. Very2 less expensive compared to the ASUS W5. Nicer cuz got pic of the cutest amoi in the world, my daughter Nadiah Farhanah binti Alfian. kekekekeke....

People ask me... why so sepet one. I have no idea. Allah gave her to me that way. I am just thankful! :) Alhamdulillah a million X infinity times. (Cuz I can't say thanks to GOD that much times, writing it down compensates for it I guess. hehehe. Insya-Allah)

Bridging the Semantic Gap through Feature-to-Semantic Mapping

2005-12-04T23:55:00.000+08:00

This is the literature survey cum short proposal (if it qualifies to become one) that I wrote... Just wondering... can I make public stuff like this?

Anywayz...

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Bridging the Semantic Gap through Feature-to-Semantic Mapping

Content-based Video Retrieval (CBVR) deals with extraction of relevant video data based on specific queries relating to video content. Early CBVR approaches solely extend Content-based Image Retrieval (CBIR) techniques, namely low-level feature extraction. A number of examples are provided in [3]. This however would not make for effective video retrieval because video itself has properties that are more complex than still images.

CBIR queries exclusively based on low-level features alone are unsuitable for video. This is because people prefer to look for meaningful events rather than making sense of visual features in a particular video. For example, a soccer fan might look for a bicycle-kick goal scored in a match between Liverpool against Arsenal. Features such as ball color or the player’s body shape are of no concern, since the utmost interest is in the bicycle-kick event itself. Moreover, low-level features provide very little semantic relationship with events, which makes it a weak reference for retrieval.

It is however undeniable that low-level feature extraction, which is prevalent in CBIR, is crucial in making sense of video data. Used alone however, it cannot suffice for effective retrieval. There is thus a need to automatically bridge the semantic gap between the low-level features of video, and the high-level semantic concepts that describe it.

A worth mentioning literature, which adopts machine learning, attempts automatic labeling of broadcast video content with relevant semantic concepts [2]. Manual annotation of a video sample is initially performed to serve as training data. During training, multi-modal machine learning techniques assisted by minimal human interaction are applied to 1-5% of the video data to build semantic models. Based on these models, the remaining 95-99% is then fully automatically annotated. Besides lowering the cost of manual annotation, impressive semantic concept detection results were reported.

Another alternative suggests a four layer video data model [Petkovich]. The first layer, containing raw data such as frame rate, color depth, video format, etc., serves as the basis for automatically extracting domain-independent features (both static and dynamic) into the second layer. These features are then assigned to regions. The object (third) layer assigns one or more of these regions to logical concepts, which in turn are interpreted as a meaningful object-type, based on established object grammar. Finally, the event layer, which describes object interactions in the spatio-temporal manner, uses event grammar that makes use of object-type with audio and spatio-temporal data, along with real-world relations of the domain knowledge. This approach provides a framework for automatic mapping from features to semantic concept.

Other approaches that are showing promising results are also experimented with. A text-retrieval approach [1] and semantic classification based on motion-descriptors [4] are just to name a few.

Bridging the semantic gap can prove very crucial. Many of the literature focus on mapping semantics to low-level features, which shows that this field has great potential. Areas that might benefit are security surveillance, news, sports and many others. The success would provide a natural way of querying video data, whether from the point of view of the novice user or experts alike.

References

[1] J. Sivic, and A. Zisserman, “Video Google: A Text Retrieval Approach to Object Matching in Videos”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision, 2003.
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~vgg/publications/html/sivic03-abstract.html

[2] J.R. Smith, M. Campbell, M. Naphade, A. Natsev, J. Tesic, “Learning and Classification of Semantic Concepts in Broadcast Video”, https://analysis.mitre.org/proceedings/Final_Papers_Files/362

_Camera_Ready_Paper.pdf.

[3] M. Petkovic, “Content-based video retrieval”, EDBT PhD Workshop, http://www.edbt2000.uni-konstanz.de/phd-workshop/papers/Petkovic.pdf.

[4] Y.F. Ma and H.J. Zhang, “Motion Pattern based Video Classification and Retrieval”, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing 2003:2, 199–208.

About the PowerBook G4

2005-12-04T19:11:00.000+08:00

hehehehe

To Sadry and oso Mary Ann and also K.A.

No, the PowerBook is not mine. Itu Wan Amrul yang punya. This mamat is very2 Apple Macintosh person one.
hehehehe

I am using a PowerBook G4

2005-12-03T07:16:00.000+08:00

I am in awe...

Even while typing this entry... I am in awe

For I am using the PowerBook G4. With such a widescreen, it simply takes my breath away!
LOL!

RM12,000 when the owner bought it (not me...)
Darn... seems to be worth every penny.

Even though everything is grey in color... I feel like I'm holding one hell of a powerhouse here.

ok.

thats all.

darn u studio traffic. LOL!

Studio Traffic

2005-12-03T02:40:00.000+08:00

The Autosurfing World. Filled with SHAKRS and LEECHES!

Studio Traffic seems to be joining that group now. It was actually already evident in previous months, but many people were keeping a positive mind!

But now it seems like it TOO has gone into the SCAM category. Why? Because almost ALL high-earning (or I can say ALL high-earning) account in Malaysia has been suspended for some mysterious reason.

That means, no one can surf for $$$, no one can withdraw, and no one can upgrade their accounts. The reason?

A friend told me, the owner. Mr John Fucking Horan, found out that somebody was making 4000 accounts, and surfing all of them for $$$. This would be illegal according to ST's terms and conditions. But... I think, for someone to create 4000 account would be too damn stupid! I mean.... its sooo detectible!

Now, John says that, since this fellow has done this thing... he can only freeze all accounts to investigate the matter. What a bunch of COW DUNG!
That's soo soo unprofessional. What the F!

Anyway, I will be cool even though I am also affected. Was planning to get all my $$$ out this month. But ST seems to be ahead of me on that.

Hmmmmmmm.

Anyway, please goto these site to find out more...

1) http://st-critic.blogspot.com
2) http://www.studiotraffic.name

Have a nice day! :)

Moderating, Marking and Feever :) - ISOooooooo

2005-11-29T02:16:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum!!! :) Peace be Upon All of You, insya-ALLAH!!!

With the name of God the most gracious and most merciful.... :) I start today's entry.

Early this morning, I came back from ANCASA HOTEL... which is in the heart of KL....
Had to come back... I was actually moderating and also marking some final exam papers
which I made for franchise colleges. But had to come back to the faculty because of the I.S.O.
thinggy.

From the look of things... it dont look good for me. I'm staring N.C. (Non Compliance) straight in the face. HAH! But I won't get too beaten up about that. The whole committe is sort of N.C. already. LOL!

Anyway, in another few minutes, I'm off to ANCASA HOTEL again... to continue moderating and marking papers. It's a lot of fun when you're all well. But when yer sick like me... you just cannot enjoy the moment. I am now:

1) Still a bit feeverish. The feever tends to come back duting night time. Kinda like a ghost or something. LOL!
2) I have indigestion and some sort of diarrhoea

And at the hotel... we've got like 6 meals per day. ALL DELICIOUSO!!!! And I currently cannot enjoy them because my tounge still tastes like panadol, and my tummy is acting like Tiger Woods' durng one of his gold tourneys. LOL! He too had some sort of stomach virus and had to be rushed to the nearest restroom... WHILE TEE-ing OFF!!!

Anyway...

Think I'm gonna go now.

Need to find a toilet myself. :)

Cheerios!

Fever, ISO and SMM3312

2005-11-26T18:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday started to feel feverish.
Got home at night (around 8 pm ++), and my body was hot!!! Really2 HOT! While my wife changed into her PJs, I had to just settle with a kain sarong with no shirt! LOL!

Drank a few cups of water, had Neurofene (if thats how U spell it) and covered myself with a quilt blanket. At about 10:30 (the time I woke up)... I was drenched in sweat! But still the fever has not gone away. The back of my head and some other parts on my head were still hot. Very2 uncomfortable.

Had some more medicine, and covered myself in blankets again. At about 3am, after giving milk to our daughter, my wife joined me and cared for me.
Darn, I love it when she does that. Hehehehehehehehe. Gave me more water, more Neurofene and also a wet towel to wet my head.

This morning, woke up feeling well. But still with a bit of nausea due to the ubat I guess?

Went to a realtive's house to look at her newborn... and guess what...??? The fever came back. LOL!

Now it's back with a vengence! Argh!

Anywayz, I'll just have to fight it off becuz:

1) Have to key in MASTERS STUDENTS' MARKS
2) Have to complete file for ISO
3) Have to key in marks for SMM3312

Hahahahaha!!!

Okie. I'm off to prayers now

Toorah!!!

ISO plus Last Minute Announcement?

2005-11-26T00:06:00.000+08:00

ISO... oh ISO.

Here we are, trying to get the ISO thinggy, but still, the management are still lakcing the necessary skills to even manage the whole ISO thinggy.
(Aku bukan citer pasal ko la Farid Isomania. hehehehehe :P)

A bit harsh to say, but all this last minute announcements, back dated signatures plus all the havoc have made me think....

"What are we actually eyeing here? An ON PAPER ISO or a legitimate ISO based on REAL and EFFICIENT performance?"

Hmmmmm...

Well, I think I'll just have to do my part, which is to get all the ISO docs up to date by TODAY!
LOL!

Ahhh... today I have my finals to mark. Also due to last minute announcements. The FORMAL one that is :)

I mean... I just got back from Malacca invigilating.... and was slapped by an announcement sent to me 2 days ago stating that the final date for me to key in my grades was... TODAY!

Darn... I heard that the waiting period was brought down to 10 days.... but as far as I was concerned... it was all heresay (did I get the spelling rite?)

But turns out to be formal. And was just informed about it. All the SHIT IN THE WORLD!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

ok. Maybe I had a bad day yesterday... and it still hasn't cleared up today. Maybe thats also why my blog is so damn shitty! HAH!

Anywayz, hope I havent offended anyone, and also any supporters of the faculty and department's ISO people. As far as I'm concerned, that one guy (at the top... not the most top that is so that rules the Dean out. LOL!) should just get his act together instead of slamming deparments with last minute annoucements.

Oragaaaammmmmlooooo!!! :)

Mawi and Me and LODGING!!!

2005-11-23T12:40:00.000+08:00

Hahahaha!!!

Ok. I think I'm starting to learn to enjoy all this a bit... A bit only la. At least now I already know what it feels like to be
LIKE a celeb. LOL! Not to say I'm getting the 100% celeb thing... maybe tempias2 sikit because I got the Mawi look a bit.
HAHAHAHA!!!

Anywayz, during this invigilating thing... I've been getting more stares from the girl students than last semester... be4 the Academy Fantasia thinggy that Mawi won. When I lok into the mirror... I can't even see the similarity between me and Mawi. But I dont know... people see it. hehehehe.

Can't say I like it 100% though. When U hear people chuckling and giggling... U kinda wonder. Are they 'kutuk-ing' me, or are they
actually saying saomething like... "Aramakkk... mamat ni lagi hensem dari Mawi la..."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I WISHHH :P

Anyway, Isomania... I am still on land. Belum fly lagi. However it might come very2 soon, as the Dr in University of New South Wales has sort of given me the green light with this Video Retreival thinggy.

Hmmmm... Event based semantic detection of video. What am I gonna detect? Using what?
Programmmmmminggg.. thats it. Can't say I LOOOVEEEEE programming... but that's what I have to do. You have to do what you have to do until one day you realize that you are already an expert and can do it wihtout anyone else having to do it for you.
hahahahah!!!

ok ok. Must go back to invigilating. Last paper today. But am gonna stay one extra night to get the RM40 (or is it 50) LODGING allowancce. LOL!
Nothing to lose maaaaa...

Cheers!

Invigilating - Exams at RISDA

2005-11-22T11:34:00.000+08:00

Hello :)

Can't write that much today. It's even a 'mircale' that I'm writing :P

I'm currently posted at KOLEJ RISDA MELAKA. It's in a small small village... quite secluded...
Ayer Pa'abas. Really2 nice and peaceful place. Will be invigilating for another 2 days. After that it's back to Bangi, and Internet connection will be abundant! Alhamdulillah!

Oh, I said it's a miracle that I'm ablt to post? Well... that's becuz the Internet connection at Kolej Risda is kinda too slow... and that there's some technical problem going on with the ISDN connection.
Apparently Streamyx cannot reach them... due to the 5 km distance from the transmitter or something.

Anywayz....

Will be writing back soon.

I am hungry. Will go and eat after I pray :)

Cheers!

PS:- The nearest Internet cafe is in Masjid Tanah. Nearest and Working! The one at Alor Gajah was kinda too... well... mmmm.... not wokring :P LOL!

Content Based Video Retrieval - Event based Semantic Detection

2005-11-18T01:24:00.000+08:00

Just a little bit more until the end of my 500 word PHD draft mini proposal

Darn... I can't think anymore. And to make things worse, the UPM connection won't let me go into Google....

Anyway, I'm trying to understand this Video Retrieval thinggy.
From what I read about Content Based Video Retreival, it seems to saying that... in the case of video, you can't use the old Content Based Image Retrieval technique such as low-level feature (such as colors, edges, textures and shape) extraction....
But instead model some sort of thing... that will enable the low-level fuatures to be able to map to the semantic concepts of that particular video!

Huh?

What did I just say?

I think I got all my sentences mixed up. It's 1:30 am and I'm getting pissed.

Anywayz, hope I can complete everything by tomorrow.
Plus I got my Digital Publishing paper to invigilate in another 6 hours plus! LOL!

Just to post!!!

Thank you oh patient readers...

PS:- Is this considered a rant?

PHD... do i want?

2005-11-17T06:00:00.000+08:00

As of today, I am starting to conclude that, this PHD thinggy, for me, is just like another thing that i HAVE to do. If not, I'll get fired.

Again, following the flow of what life throws at me. Hmmmm. When will I be starting to throw things back? And start controlling what I want instead of what I want to do?

Not complaining about life, but... heck... I think there's more to life than just following the flow :)
Going with flowwww... Flowing with the Goooo... What am I rembling about... No matter. That's what this blog is for. HAHAHAHA!!!

Anywayz, to keep my adsense targeted, let's talk about something I heard some time ago about gettin thin.

I had this friend, who told me, ... "IF YOU WANNA GET THIN, YOU GOTTA LEAVE ALL THE MEATS AND POULTRY BEHIND AND EAT VEGGIES!!!"
Okie... becoming a vegan was his solution. At the time, even though I was a whole lot flabbier than I am now, I wasn't that desperate to get thin. Becuz eating all the nice oily Malaysian food at the PPP cafe was just a too good a treat to miss!!! LOL!
(NO... I AM NOT REFERRING TO EDDIE RAMONEZ HERE. HAHAHAHAHA!!! AMpessss)

The friend ate his veggies... and lost 1 kilo a day!!! Yeps... You read me write.... 1 KILOGRAM A DAY!!!!
Whoa... this was phenominal! Tremendous results! Eating veggies CAN INDEED make U thin!!! I was intrigued.
I was really2 fascinated. So I went to him to seek advice.

TO my dismay, it wasn't actually an EATING thing that made him lose weight... it was NOT EATING! Argh!!! Old starvation diets again.

His menu:

1) No rice
2) No meat, of course
3) A glass of water
4) One type of veggie; such as a tomato, a... kacang botol (whats that in BI ya?), or any other veggie.

And only this 1 meal per day.

Alamak (Japanese also say alamak you know or not. hehehehe)

This was something I did not want to do. Hehehehe. Starve myself to a thinner body? I don't think so.
Even though at the time the only way I knew how to lose weight was to eat less, eating one veggie a day was too extreme for me... or for anybody for that matter :P

Now, that I know more... I was glad that I did not follow in his footspteps. I'm also glad that he stopped that diet of his, becuz he just couldn't stand the cravings :P I mean... come on... who can resist chicken kurma, curry, kicap cooking the chicken and what not. hehehehehe.

What this guy was losing back there was not good weight. By this I mean he was burning up his MUSCLES! Darn... And to further make you all scared... form my readings... one other muscle that gets burnt... would be.... the HEART :( Dongko korma kursalaaa!!!
I mean, it's not enuff that he was losing muscle mass... he was well on his way towards heart failure as well!!!

Hmmm... scary ek?

Anywayz, just to tell U all... if you wanna lose weight. Do it the right way. Don't starve yer self. Because you'd only be 'killing me softly with this veggie'
:P

Okie. Hope this has been informative.

And hope my adsense displays targeted ads. LOL!

CHEERS!

Feeling the BLUES of FAT!

2005-11-14T10:20:00.000+08:00

It's been quite a long RAYA for me :) The food was great, and everything was smashing.

Gave a way duit raya, but got none anymore cuz oredi tua. LOL!

Food consumption was heavy, and there's no reason t not eat... cuz it's the festive season.
But again, people like myself, tend to over do it. Over EAT that is :)

At the end of the day, the only thing that gets satisfied is the lust-for-food-monster-within,
and also .... no one else I guess :P

Face gets bloated, stomach turns into a sppon shaped punching bag, and oh... heart burn
sometimes happens. All these are tell tale signs that the owner of the body has bitten of more than
what he could chew! LOL!

Anywayz, this week will be a new week for me. It's gonna be the preparation week for the next week.
What does this mean? Well, basically I will be preparing my food consumption table, my excercise and workout guide, and also
.... most importantly.. MY MENTAL STATE FOR CHANGE!

I've done it before and I can do it again! I WILL DO IT AGAIN!

From FAT to FIT! fat to fit... fat to fit :)

I was 83 kg once... and that was like the worst time of my life. I didn't look obese, because the way I grew fat was
.... 'global'... meaning that the fat was getting distributed evenly across my body (but certain places like my belly and
below-arm-pit area did get priority :P)

Went on Body For Life... by Bill Phillips... managed t go down to 74 :) or was t 75 kgs.
Was a good feeling. But mostly lost muscle and fat. Did not want to lose the muscle. But the way the BFL diet plan was done, it did not
cater for personalization.

Anyway, long story short, as usual my discipline wore off, and got fat again. Went up to 77 kg I guess?

Stayed there for a few months... and finally when I went to further my masters at Monash university Australia...went on MuscleNow
and loss about 6 kgs! Was quite an achievement. Then went back to Malaysia for holidays... gained back the weight in 2 months!
I was eaiting like a hog, seriously! LOL!
Then went back to Aussie, went back on Musclenow
and managed to trim my body down to 73kg. Which was good because had a balance of muscle and little fat.

The sad news now is I have to redo everything, due to indisclipline!
On with the PREPARATION WEEK!

Will update on progress.

Doing what you like

2005-11-14T02:00:00.000+08:00

Just read in the papers (Bertia Harian kata bini aku)....
Interview with Malaysia's 28 (going on 29 I think) year old millionaire, Irfan Khairi. Damn he's so freakin humble. hehehehehe.

Got his article up on my wall for motivational purposes. Actually, sticking up articles, writing down goals and reading them everyday, incantations and all these stuff have been preached by motivational gurus since the dawn of time :P Cuma aku je yang dok dengar... dan tak buat.

Ampes as many would say.

Anywayz, another important lesson that I've leartn is that nothing comes rolling. So, in short, all these online ventures that promise huge returns in minimum time are CRAP! And yes, this includes the notorious (whatever notorious means) Studio Traffic. LOL!
hehehehe...

Anywayz, back to Irfan, ... he's saying that people shud do what they like. Only then can you work from morning till the next morning without even feeling burdened. Hmmmm. Very true. There's this one European smart guy (whose already dead!)... saying something like...
"It's sad that many people are living off something they hate!"

Something like that la. It was a whole lot more beautiful when he said it. hehehehe

Okie.

Saja nak tambah post.

Anywayz, anyone want to be a millionaire? Sound me oso, so that we can motivate each other :)

Algooooooo!!!!

TMNET Broadband Sucks :(

2005-11-01T18:34:00.000+08:00

This website - http://www.tm.net.my/html/on_services.cfm,
offered by TMNET themselves, are proving to be their UNdoing I'd say.

Here I am at home, in the middle of the nite (early morning to be precise), surfing the net. And I see that things are crawling a bit. So, I decide to do a speed test.

Went to broadband...something.com, did the test, and came out poorly.

Upload was around 40 or 60 Kilo bits/sec, and dload was 290++ Kilo bits/sec
Darn, they promised 512K :P At least 90% would do. But hey, maybe I got it wrong because I tested it from a USA server.

Anyway, went to http://www.tm.net.my/html/on_services.cfm, clicked on the TMNET Speedometer, if that's what it's called...

Upload time - 230++ Kbits/sec
Download time - 290++ Kbits/sec

Hmmmm.... For RM66 per month (without the modem), I think that's really2 slow :(
And they call it broadband Internet. I agree that it's faster than a 128Kbit/sec ISDN connection... but Telekom Malaysia's monopoly has to end. Because they're not building sufficient infrastructure to support their wide customer base (it has to be wide, cuz not many people have a choice).

But hey, maybe I'm complaining too much. Maybe this is the best they can give. Even though annoying, I have to live with it. :P (NOT!)

I think they have to get out of this rutt of below-average service. I mean, YOU GUYS ARE A GIANT TELCO! ACT LIKE ONE!!!!

___________

Hear that JARING is offering better deals now :) Hope they're gonna make things change. But... when I come to think of it,... even Jaring has to go thru lines set up by Telekom rite? Or am I wrong... :) I just hear these things from friends. They don't actually work at Telekom, but I truest them to Telekom! LOL!

Anywayz, let us all pray, for everyone's sake, that all the services would be up to par, and all Malaysians can surf the waves of the Internet with a fully waxed board, plus with raging wavesss!!! WHOAAAAAA!!! (Did I get that right? Anywayzzz...)

Cheers!

Laptop on the bed

2005-10-30T18:22:00.000+08:00

It's kinda fun and a whole new feeling

This wireless life is catching up to me fast :P

Since I got my new Asus W3, I just couldn't get my hands off it. Not to brag or anything,
but it took me quite some effort to get this laptop off the hands of the lying salesman.
So now I'm savouring each and every minute of it. LOL!

Anywayz, since this laptop comes with a built in wireless adapter, it connects really well with
my NetGear wireless router. I'm behind like.... 2 walls, and about 15 meters from the router,
still the signal is ok :) Netgear must've done a very good job in making their wireless routers.

Back to m topic...
Now I'm on my bed, and typing this to be published on my blog.
UNIMAGINABLE 5 years ago for me to actually be doing this. I mean, connected to the world from your own bed!
Now that's kinda cool :)

The only thing I need now is to get a hold of one of my masters students and ask her how to get good Internet TV.
hehehehe. Then I'd be seriously hooked and wont move a muscle.

LOL!

Anywayz, almost berbuka puasa time...
Raya also around the corner.

Just to wish everyoe seasons greetings!

Happy Holiday

Selamat Hari Rayaaa :D

Liverpool

2005-10-30T17:00:00.000+08:00

Finally!

A victory for Liverpool.

2-0 against the second-half scoring West Ham United :)

Goals coming from Alonso and Zenden.
Hyppia hit the post, and there quite a few chances created by Steven Gerrard.
Luis Garcia also played quite well tonite, usually he plays like shaitz! But tonite was ok.
Morientesss... Hmmmm... did not quite shine, even though had a few chances.

Anywayz, just happy that Liverpool won. Hopefully they're already out of he English Premiere League bottom half... A place that Liverpool doesn't want to be.

Just wondering however....

What happened to the good all days of John Barnes, Peter Beardsley and also Ian Rush and his lookalike John Aldrige?
It used to be fun back then, wih Liverpool wining most of the earlier 'Match of The Week' lives telecasts.

Hmmm.. maybe time will tell...

Rafa should bring in better players and not just focus on spaniards.
Tactics should be changed, and I thinnk (I'm no expert), Liverpool did a a bit to its tactics, and paid divideds tonite.

Anyway, WELL DONE LIVERPOOL!

PS:- Just change your sponsor la... only then can I start wearig ure jersey....

How to Naturally Get Six Pack Abs

2005-10-30T05:01:00.000+08:00

(This is an example of what I write on my other more dedicated blog, http://trox-fitness.blogspot.com)

Six pack abs... Ahhhh...

Who wouldn't want a set of those...

But how many people actually know HOW to get a rock hard chiseled mid-section?

How To Lose Fat and Get Ripped, Fast

As you might notice in the title above, I mentioned the word 'naturally'. Well, that's actually the only safe way to get nice abs! No liposuction, no diet pills, no starvation and also no patches. The best reference available on how to lose the fat in the mid section is to ask bodybuilders. Natural bodybuilders to be precise. You can go and ask the pros, but they would use un-natural fat loss supplements, which would beat the purpose of this blog post :P

Natural bodybuilders (and pros alike) have been using fat loss techniques to achieve ripped figures. Ripped here means, the muscles are CEALRLY visible below the skin layer. Very-very-very little fat is present. And usually, the level of fat left on their bodies are measured in Body Fat Level (BFL). For a bodybuilder to compete successfully in a bodybuilding competition, his BFL must be in the low single digits,... 3% to 4% :)

Do you need to be a bodybuilder to achieve body fat levels as such? HECK NO! Just follow their techniques, and just wait for the fat to melt away!

How Bodybuilders get Ripped Fast and Display Those Rock Hard Abs

If you really-really want to lose fat and get ripped, I cannot repeat this enough. Follow what bodybuilders do. They lose fat at an astonishing rate! You don't have to be a bodybuilder, but use their methods and techniques, and it's hard to go wrong.

How they do it?

1. Frequent Meals - Can anyone and everyone really tell me that they are losing fat through 3 meals per day? Or less? I don't think so. Bodybuilders have been eating 5, or 6, and in extreme cases 8 times per day! But still, they are ripped to the bone. But for the average guy or gal whose just starting out, 5 for women and 6 for men would be a good start.

The reason for such meal frequency?

If you eat less food (like 3 meals per day...sound familliar?), your body will think that you are in a state of famine... starvation! Yes, the body does have a mind f its own. Scary aye?

So, when this happens, it just tries to conserve energy due to the little supply of nourishment you are feeding it. As a result, metabolism is slowed down. Which also causes the tendency to store more fat and burn everything else first.

BUT! If you eat 5 to 6 meals per day, in the proper quantity with the proper nutritional values, the body would come to realize that you are actually having a constant supply of food. So it basically believes that it can work at it's best and also at full throttle!

"NO NEED TO CONSERVE ENERGY, CUZ I'VE ENOUGH CONSTANT FUEL INFLOW TO KEEP ON REVVING, FOREVER!!!"

Not the body's exact words, but something like that...

As a result, metabolism is increased and stabilized! Since metabolism determines how many calories (thus fat) is burnt, eating more often is simply the most logical course of action anyone who wants to lose fat can take!

2. Include MORE FAT in your diet - What??? To lose fat you must eat fat? Yes sir! That's quite true :)

The fat I'm talking about here is unsaturated fats. Specifically, Essential Fatty Acids (EFA). These fats are NOT produced in our bodies, and thus, we have to obtain them through our diet. They are very beneficial and necessary for many biological functions in our bodies. One of them is to decrease the chances of heart disease. Since EFAs increase the bodies Good Cholesterols, and this s simply good for the heart. As for fat loss, one of EFAs contributions is to aid in the production of Testosterone. This hormone aids muscle growth,.. and when you've got more muscle, that means more FAT BURN!

3. Eat Correct Amounts of Calories - There are two sides to this story. Food intake should not be constant in order to lose fat and get the rock hard abs!

If you're fat (or skinny fat), you would firstly need to eat lesser calories. To get fast results, you need to supplement it with weights and exercise (more on this later). Once you start with a slight caloric deficit, combined with weights and exercise, your body will try to adapt to this change, and will burn more fat (due to increased metabolism). Eventually, the body will achieve a level where it starts to feel comfortable, and change is no longer necessary.

Since the body adapts, and will at one point feel comfortable, it will feel that the amount of food received is not enough anymore. Since metabolism has increased, the body wants more source of energy!!!

By maintaining the lower calries, starvation will kick in. And you know what happens if the body realizes that it is in possible famine... Yes, it slows metabolism down to conserve energy. And also starts to store more fat. Back to square one. NOT what a person seeking chiseled abs would desire.

So, basically what you need to do is eat more after that phase is reached. And after that, adapt your food intake to the bodily changes.

In short, eat the correct amounts of food, depending on the situation. You wouldn't need to do MAJOR changes, just slight adjustments. And sticking to it for a couple of weeks or months would yield astronomical results!!! NICER ABS!!!

4. Exercise and Train with Weights - Yes. To get the best results, you will need to do this. It is optional, but it would take TWICE as long to lose the fat if you don't add it to the equation.

Exercise here means doing cardiovascular activities. These activities should be ones that bring your intensity levels up to a certain point, where you heart rate start to beat at the optimal fat burning zone :) Activities such as running (out doors or treadmill), swimming, skipping rope, cycling (including the stationary bicycle), dancing... or anything else that can rev up your heart rate.

Weights serve to maintain or build your muscles. More muscle means less fat. Less fat means VISIBLE ABS! So, basically that's why you need to do weights. Not only must you concentrate on the abdominal area, because SPOT REDUCTION is actually IMPOSSIBLE, you must do the WHOLE BODY! That's the way to go.

5. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS... BE CONSISTENT!!!! - The last point, but the most least important. Point 1 though 4 won't yield any results if consistency is not added into the fray.

Have a fat loss GOAL. For instance, "I want to see my ABS this DECEMBER!!!".
(assuming that we made the resolution in AUGUST let's say?)

And work towards this goal. I realize that without the proper knowledge, it is almost impossible to do this. If you don't already have the know how, some programs that are available online and off line can help you not only get started, but propel you towards success. For suggestions that have worked for so many people, I have them outlined in this post.

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Well, basically that's it. There are more specific details that you need to follow, but it's beyond the scope of this blog. Plus, I'd have to write a book! Which would not fit into this Blog.

Ok. GO GET RIPPED! Get those ROCK HARD ABS SHOWING!

(I'm more saying this to myself than to my fellow readers. LOL!)

ANOTHER BLOG DEDICATED TO FAT LOSS AND NATURAL BODYBUILDING

2005-10-28T22:35:00.000+08:00

Hi guyz and galz!!!

I've made another blog at http://trox-fitness.blogspot.com. This blog will be dedicated to my opinions, knowledge and random posts regardng my world of Fat Loss and Natural Bodybuilding.

I've been flabby almos all my life. And I want that to change :)
So this blog will be the first step!

HAH!

No DRUGS!
No SUPPLEMENTS!
(Ok, I might take Protein Powder if I need convenience)
No FAD!
And most imprtantly...
NO FAT! JUST MUSCLE!

HAHAHAHA!!!

Darn, that's a good website name. Sheesh!!!

Anyway, please do visit and post comments.

Cheerioss!!!

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Some places that you might find useful.

1. http://www.burnthefat.com
2. http://www.naturalphysiques.com
3. http://www.musclenow.com

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Making Money Online - Affiliate Marketing

2005-10-28T13:17:00.000+08:00

Affiliate Marketing. Now that's somethng I think I can do. Selling other people's products. :P
And get paid for it. Sounds simple enough...

But as usual, like any other serious business, it's not as simple as flipping burgers (even that requires skills and training). Affiliate marketing is a serious income generating business model that can bring in tens of thousands of dollars to the affiliate marketing the product.

I've came across an e-book by Rosalind Gardner. This woman is a full time Affiliate Marketer.
She used to be an air traffic controller, but after learning about how the Internet could transform her life, she went to do it FULL TIME! From her book, she tells you exactly how much she made in a year, that most of us could just dream of making in ... half a lifetime.
Now, she herself is 'recruiting affiliates to sell her book :) An Afilliate to an Affiliate :D

Another super power in the affiliate business is Allan Gardyne from www.associateprogrammes.com. I think he's like the leader of all affiliates?
:P Now I know that's a bit of a possible overstatement, ... but they guy got rich thru selling other people's products as well :)

Hmmmm..... I will give it a try then i guess.

Finally got my laptop

2005-10-28T10:27:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night (Wednesday), Alhamdulillah, I finally got my laptop.

Had to go through another salesman by the way. That Raffle guy was becoming very-very annoying to me.

Long story short, got a hold of Garry, his supervisor. Had no trouble giving me the replacement laptop after seeing evidence that the one that Raffle gave me was a Display unit.

Laptop Specificatopms:

ASUS W3, Silver Colour
1.73 GHz Intel Centrino (Sonoma), 2MB L2 Cache
1 Gigabyte, Kingston Memory (1 stick!!!)
60 Gigabyte Hard Disk
Built in Wireless b/g
Audio DJ plays music without turning on the laptop's pwer
Power4 Gear+ Technology that give longer battery life
DVD/CD-RW combo drive
One very-very nice laptop casing, ASUS DESIGN

In short, a very2 nice system.

Beautful design, very very quite, 14 inch LCD monitor gives me a wonderful viewing experience :)

the ASUS W3 rocks in my book.

PS:- You might also want to check out other ASUS models....

The ASUS V6, ASUS M1, the Elegant ASUS W5, A3 and also M5 :)
Asus is the only one manufacturer whose giving 2 years INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY.
Was one of the other reasons why I chose ASUS over the other brands.

The Best Cardio Excercise?

2005-10-28T09:45:00.000+08:00

Which one is the best cardio or aerobics excercise...

1) Jogging or Running - Outdoors or on a treadmill
2) Stationary Bicycle
3) Swimming

Personally, I think the best is running. I've heard on numerous occasions people say that it's the best cardio ever!
Well, I won't say that it's bad or anything... even though I agree that it's the best, for me, running is far less ejoyable. In short, I myself don't quite like running because before I even run, I already can feel the exhaustion. LOL!!!

Anyway, I should erase thos limitng beliefs from my mind, because if I can make ahabbit out of running (as my friend has.. it's no longer a habit for him, it's a healthy obsession), I reckon I'd be fit in less than 3 months time. Fit and lean :)

Anyway, Stationary bike is kind'a good also. You however have to pedal fast in order to sweat and get your heart rate revved up. Once its there, all's OK except for the ache that's starting to develop in your thighs. LOL!

Swimming,... I'd say that this would be the most enjoyable :) Could also be the best I'd think. However, it's been quite some time since I last swam. So can't quite tell if I can actually do a few laps in one of those olympic sized swimming pool!

But basically, the most convinient and most effective would still be running I'd say.
You DO need a pair of decent running shoes. I bought a pair of Adidas, for about RM300++.
It was well worth it compared to my cheaper collections. 300 to me is very dear, and it's going to be quite some time until I buy myself another par of runners.

The shoe could be used in the gym also during weight sessions. But sometimes it might get stressed to much, especially when doing Squats and also Calf Raises.
Bench Presses, Barbell Presses, Palm Up Forearm curl and the rest of the upper body excercises are ok for the shoe to handle :)

Ok.

So in short, I think I WILL NEED to start running again. So that one day, not only will my stamina be sky high, ... but I'd also be able to achieve the health and lean body that I so much desire.

Cheers!

The journey to a beautiful physique - Body beautiful

2005-10-28T06:00:00.000+08:00

Today I'd like to talk about the road that I dream of following, but frequently fail due to indiscipline and rewarding myself to soon (in the form of 'holidays' from eating well and excercise). This road has already been paved in gold, with the path already outlined and the vehicle already put before me! All I have to do is... FOLLOW THRU!!! Argh!!!! Why is that SOO hard to do???? Hmmmphhh....

I assure you ladies and gentlemen, t will happen some day, after this hari raya I'd say :)
You can bet my Asus W3 on it! HAH! :P

Ok. Anywayz, enuff of all that babble. I'd like to share with you, with your permission of course, the plan that I already have... the one that I've followed twice and reaped the benefits, only to fall back into the pit of dspair due to self sabotage :( Oh, there I go again...

Ok... The main goal is to get an athletic build. A lean body like all those male models seen on TV, like the short to middle distance runners whowhe they run, we can see all their muscle shaking as if they were walking anatomies!

The first step towards this is to have a good... NO! EXCELLENT well planned diet. Well, I won't want to call it a DIET. That word scares the hell out of most people.

Diet here does not mean restricting food to 1 apple per day and three leaves of lettuce for dinner. NO! That's starvatiion... and starvation mode is something that should be avoided at ANY COST (like I've mentioned before in my FAT LOSS post).

It's more like a change in eating habits. From one that's unhealthy and ordinary, to extremely synergstic and WONDERFUL!... :) And it also has to be something that CAN be practical and sustainable.

MEAL PLAN

The main thing to do is to eat smaller healthier meals at frequent intervals (almost) every day! The food however canNOT be just anything. It has to be a good combination of carbohidrates and protein, plus a good mix of vitamins and minerals... and NOT TO FORGET, lots and lots of water.

Ok, I mentioned healthier meals. But what does that mean? It basically means food with low or close to zero fat. Both the food itself and also the preparation of the food must be low fat. No deep fried chickens or mayonaise rich hot dogs for ya :) No twinkies and oreos for snacks. And absolutely no supersized value meals at famous franchise outlets :P

To get the body of my dreams, sacrifices have to be made... So I'd have to go for the healthiest possible combination of carbohidrate and protein that I can get my hands on.

For instance... Baked Black Pepper Chicken Breast plus steamed brown rice with veggies would be a great start. Or... Exrtra virgin olive oil pan fried egg whites with whole wheat bread, with a pinch of oregano and dill... and pepper... plus a pinch of salt (not too much though). All in smaller portions, 5 to 6 times per day.
Now, that ain't too bad is it?

Why 5 to 6 times per day? Because this way the body gets little input each meal. And because the input is much less, he body can process the food faster, resulting in better digestion, better calorie burn, and also better metabolism. And believe it or not, this PROMOTES FAT LOSS!!!

So, thats basically it for FOOD. Five to Six meas per day, everyday of good wholesome food!

The next step? ... Excercise

Cardiovascular or Cardio or Aerobics

Eating well alone will cause you to lose fat (thus lose weight and get lean). There's no denying that. But added with cardio and weights... the synergy produced is gonna make you LITERALLY jump out of your pants!!! (Sinc your waistline would shrink by many-many inches)

Cardiovascular activities (also called aerobics) are activities that raise you heart rate to a certain number of beats er second. Once the particular rate is achieved, it should be maintained for at least 20 to 30 minutes. One fat loss expert and natural bodybuilder has adopted this method for years now, and it has proved extremely effective, as he changed from an overweight fat boy to a single digit body fat muscleman!

Bottom line, cardio helps burn fat faster. As a matter of fact, twice as fast as compared t eating dieting alone (Ooops. Used the 'D' word again :P). So a good mea plan and cardio is a mandatory combination.

Weight Training or Pumping Iron

Most of my friends are afraid of lifting weights. They're afraid of getting too big like those steroid pushing pro bodybuilders. If only it were that simple...

If only they knew the pain it involves getting just half and inch increase in bicep measurement within one month. Naturally, it's a very2 arduous (yet extremely rewarding) process :)

Anyway, lets get back on track. Weights serve as the means to build up muslce tissue. Combined with a well timed and well managed meal plan, weight training will cause muscle fiber to build up. So, yes... it will make you muscular. But again I mention, it's ot that simple.... MEAL PLANNING and WORKOUT DURATION combined with the PROPER REPETITONS AND SETS is CRUCIAL!!!

There must be a pre-workout meal and a post-workout meal.

According to the this one course called MuscleNow, pre-workout meals should be eaten around thirty to one and half hour before a workout session. This food, will serve as the fuel during your workout session.

(A reminder though... muscle does not grow during workout. Muscle fiber is just torn apart during weight training sessions. It the time after that really2 matters... as you will see later)

Immediately after workout, a post-workout meal must be consumed. As the muscle fiber gets worked up during a strenous session of ligting heavy steel, it needs to recovers once everthing gets back to normal. The post-workout meal does just this by providing the nutrients needed to reconstruct and heal muscle cells. Without this meal, muscle won't grow, as nothing is provided for it's repair :(

All of this may sound simple... But trying to get the correct amounts of food as the pre and post workout meals can be quite challeinging. You'd only want something that's enough! This means, you don't want TOO little, for it might not aid in the healing process. You'd also wont want too much... because too much food WILL help in repairing muscle... but it WILL also aid in the accumulation of excess FAT! SOmething lean-wannabies don't want!

Bottom line, weights are for muscle growth. :)

Conclusion

As you've read, basically what's needed is:

1) A good meal plan
2) Aerobics or cardio
3) Weight training

Sounds simple rite? Hehehehe.

But I seem to have forgotten number 4.

NEVER DYING COMMITTMENT and SELF DISCIPLINE.

Without this, number 1,2 and 3 are worthless. The only way to greatness is perseverence.
And NEVER DYING COMMITTMENT and SELF DISCIPLINE is the key to any great thing in life.

Well... I think I've written enough! LOL!

Hope somebdy read this post. It's not mean as any medical advice or anything. Just my experience with the whole FAT LOSS and MUSCLE BUILDING thinggy.

Please do comment, for I have written without a draft at hand. I'm just writing stuff from the top of my head. So I might have missed a few things, or even worse, added some false content? LOL!

Anyway, good references are out there, and I think I'll give some of them in my next post, when I can get hold of that Burn the Fat Feed The Muscle book again (Where did I put you of Mr Outlaw Bodybuilder Tom Venuto. LOL!)

Okie dokie

Cheerios!!!

Laptop Woes - Update

2005-10-27T04:42:00.000+08:00

The Asus W3 laptop...

Intel Centrino 1.73GHz (Sonoma)
1 Gig Ram (Kingston)
60 GB Hard disk, 5400 RPM (So I was told)
14" Monitor
Windows XP Professional Edition
Bluetooth capable but not enabled. LOL!
Can play CD's even when the laptop is not ON!

The price of this laptop was agreed at 4820, Malaysia ringgit. But after all the phone calls and headaches, I think the value is well over 5500 already! LOL!

Anyway, the update is this. Got to contact somebody else from E-Peripherals. Dont know whether he's trustworthy, but it's the best I have at the moment.

Confirmed with me that all will be complete by 4:30 pm, Wednesday...TODAY!
And I will have to drag my but back to Low Yat plaza... to get my laptop.
BUT! Based on my experience... salemen's 4:30 is more like 9:30pm
I could just hope to Allah the all-mighty that for once, these people would keep their word. Cuz if they don't, I might just... just... just... Commit Murder???
NOoooooo... not in a million years if unneceesary :)

Write a report to FOMCA. I actually asked them what I could do regarding the matter. And this was the reply:

"En.TROXION

Di bawah adalah hak-hak tuntutan En. terhadap penjual.

En. boleh meminta gatirugi saperti "discount" keranan display unit/ secondhand.

Ganti dengan satu unit yang baru. Refund penuh.

Jadi, En boleh berunding dengan penjual mengikuk pilihan di atas dan juka tiada berhasil, En boleh membuat satu aduan bertulis kepada pihak kami. Sertakan juga resit bayaran dan dokumen berkaitan.

Terima kasih.

Vasu, NCCC"

Translation:

"Mr. Troxion

The following are your compensation rights towards the seller

You can ask for compensation in the form of a "discount" due to it being a display unit.
Replace with a brand new model. Full refund.

So, you can deal with the seller based on the above choices, and if to no avail, you can lodge a written
complaint to us. Please include the payment receipt and also other supporting documents.

Now that seems kind of promising. Even though I don't know why he put (") between discount :( Does it mean a different kind of discount? :D

In case I get hammered by this Raffle guy (that's the name of the salesman that's giving me problems), I could probably go through FOMCA. But still, I must remember my roots. And that's good old Malaysia... where the SELLERS ALWAYS (almost) TRIUMPHS OVER THE (uninformed) CUSTOMERS/CONSUMERS!!!

Now I'm dealing with Jerry. And let's just hope he's not as shitty as Raffle. But from my experience, it would seem that they are both in the same sh**** boat. So, I might get the same sh** again. Well, at least I'm prepared a bit.... Now it's just going with the flow....
A flow that I wish would end soon so that I could just get my laptop.
After this, need to find a better way to purchase computer goods other than going to Low Freakin Yat Plaza!!!

Ok... Cheerios and wish me all of GOD's blessings :)

PS:- Have I offered anyone Jeremy Likness' FREE FAT LOSS CD? LOL!!!

Quite pissed off - Laptop Woes Continues

2005-10-26T23:25:00.000+08:00

Assalamualaikum WBT

Yesterday nite was a night to forget. But... I can't afford to, because if I do, I'd be losing more than 5000 ringgit Malaysia worth of computer hardware and software.

As I stated be4, went to pick up my Asus W3 laptop at Low Yat. When I got there, all was ready, except for a few small bugs that were ignorable (is there such a word?). Looked at the laptop, and inspected it a bit... which was my biggest mistake. DO NOT INSPECT JUST A BIT! Now I know that.

I also looked at the RAM. Unscrewed the bottom part and peeked inside. ANOTHER MISTAKE! DO NOT JUST PEEK! OBSERVE AS DISCRETELY AS POSSIBLE! Now I know that.

The salesman said that he was gonna give me 1 STICK of 1Gig RAM. When I looked into the laptop, thought all was ok becus I saw just 1 RAM being slotted in there. The system also stated 0.99 Gig; assuming a few megs were taken up by the system.

Long story short, when I reached UPM to do some additional software installation, it occured to me that the laptop was kinda... under-performing.... Tried to ignore the signs, but at one point, it was far too slow! Plus it didn't want to SHUT DOWN!

The lock slot at the back (the one that people usually relate to Kengsington) also showed signs of being used. It was like... berlekuk-lekuk!!! Darn! Did not see that during inspection :( After that, the flaws came into place one by one. The screen, when totally dimmed and all was black,. showed signs of dirt and smudges. The rear part had some scratches... and the battery slot wasn't in perfect alognment.

Argh!!! I've been had. And deservedly so! Because I thought I was dealing with honest people, when in reality, they were just a bunch of scum trying to make a sale!

Phoned the guy straight away. Was around 10++ PM at the time. He answered, and surprisingly did not put up a fight. HE KNEW IT ALL ALONG! Darn.... I got really2 pissed off. Sweared quite a bit, but nothing that harsh... besides, it's Ramadhan :)

Long story short (again), he said he was gonna replace it today. But the thing is, I have to carry my but all the way to Low Yat again, from Bangi. That raises my blood some more. The parking, the traffic, and also the tolls that never seem to be closing (Samy Blue!!! What de story???).

Anyway, waiting for his call around 11. Feel like killing this guy. But then, I'd go to prison, and also hell. LOL! So, will just see what happens. Already have a few rhetorics planned, hope all can be executed when the time comes.

A word to all, watch out for those freakin' sharks out there. They prey oneveryone!

My mistake was to swim in shark infested area without a harpoon and... a microscope :|

Word of advice for myself ... Next time... TENGOK BETUL2 DULU!!! EVEN IF IT MAKES U LOOK SILLY AND NEEDY, JUST TENGOK SAJA AND PERIKSA BETUL2!!!! NI CERITA RIBU RIBU NI! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I will never be that dumb again, insya-Allah.

Created in 1997...98? Can't quite remember

2005-10-26T03:33:00.000+08:00

Hello guyz

This is a picture of me and Liam Neeson in Star Ward Episode 1.
They decided to ditch me because my payment demands were too high!

Took that Ewan McGregor instead. ARrRgGggGHhhHH!!!
I CRY!!!!

That's three posts already today.

HAH! Seems like I've got nothing better to do.
Actually been doing my reading for my PHD. Quite difficult to understand some of the terms. But that's academic life I guess (for the beginner like myself)

Okie... need to rest me brains a bit.

Cheerio!

Fat Loss vs Weight Loss

2005-10-26T01:27:00.000+08:00

Weight loss! What is that? Lose a few kgs through limiting food? Lose lots of kgs through starvation? Excercising till you drop? Eating watermelons for dinner and a zuchinni for breakfast and totally skipping lunch and evening tea?

Well, all the above will result in weight loss. But, is it actually thei WEIGHT that u WANT to lose?

What I mean here is, mostly people are concerned in losing weight, no matter what. Going on a starvation diet will result in weight loss, but mostly (almost entirely), the thing that goes away is muscle and water... and not FAT!

Some may say, "So what? I'm losing weight rite? So what's the big deal?"

Ok, it's a BIG BIG BIG deal actually.

Let me try to explain in more detail.

When you go on a starvation diet (limiting food, or any other imbalanced method), your body will sound a silent alarm. This alarm will tell the body to BE CAREFUL, because it sees that the owner (YOU!) is probably in a state of famine! So what it does is it tells itself to use up the most active tissues first so that energy can be preserved until the last minute. So, muscle is burnt first! And so does water... water isn't actually burnt, but it gets used along the burning process I guess :P

Anyway, when muscles start to burn, the body is at the same time:

1) LOWERING ITS METABOLISM
- This is to make the whole energy burning process happen a whole lot slower, so that you won't die to soon... (Remember! The body is thinking that you are facing FAMINE!!!).

2) HESITATES TO BURN FAT
- The body burns active tissue first, because it's the most easy to burn. Plus, fat has more energy per gram of fat, this it is SAVED to the last moment... until the last breath of the supposedly dying body owner :(

Another danger when muscle is burnt is that... the heart can start burning as well :(

Yes... because the heart is a msucle remember? So, when that happens, it won't reflect well on the body owner :P When most of the heart gets burnt, there nothing to pump blood with. With no blood circulating... death is imminent.

SO!

When refering to weight loss... always use the FAT LOSS approach. :)
NEVER! I mean NEVER limit the food you eat. Just control the portions, frequency and also the type of food taken.

What I mean by this is, eat in small portions, 5 to 6 times per day, and also abstain from fried, oily, buttered and all the other FAT GENERATING WAYS of cooking food. Boiling is the most basic (and most tasteless :P), pan frying with a little bit of olive oil is great, steaming, and a whole lot more ways are available. Just go out and look for them :)

Some may ask.... (and some have already asked...LOL!) ... "Who does this guy think he is? Talking about fat loss and stuff..."

Well, I'm just somebody whose been there and done that.

I started out at 83kgs before I started the 5-6 meal per day routine... plus I also added some excercise (which would accelerate the fat loss process by leaps and bounds).
At my best, I weighed in at 68kgs. But after that, I fell prey to INDISCIPLINE! :( Which has haunted me for most of my life. Now I'm back in the 75s. Maybe shot up to 78!

Darn... indiscipline can be a bummer :(

Anywayz, back to our main topic... if you wanna lose weight, make sure you concentrate on methods to lose fat. Not only will the results be almost PERMANENT! It's also gonna be alot healthier in the long run.

Starvation diets... yeah they work... in losing weight :P And in making you have less muscle. It also has the main disadvantage of being EXTREMELY TEMPORARY.

Just imagine, you could never sustain a lifetime of food deprivation :( So, when you go back to the normal eating habits... you guessed it, ... most people who do gain back the weight they lost... many gain even more!!! :(

Anywayz, just a thought and something I'd like to share.
Will start my personal website on fat loss when the fasting season ends. So wish me luck all :)

-just something to write-
-Like someone once said, TALK IS CHEAP! So I gotta put all these to action... AGAIN!!!!-

What I will do today

2005-10-26T00:15:00.000+08:00

Today is the day, that I will start seriously doing my SHORT PHD proposal.

There's this one Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales who's interested to take me in as a postgrad PHD student! Now... how rare is that, considering that I have close to zero knowledge in the field, plus my masters from Monash was done 100% by coursework!

Alhamdulillah as I must say!!!

Anywayz, I have been procrastinating far too long now. So I need to rev up my gears and start WRITING! UARGH!!! WRITING!!! WRITE YOU BIG FOREHEADED SEMI-GENIUS-WITH-A-SLIGHT-IQ-DEFICIENCY-.... MAN!!!

OH! And one more thing. Will be going to get my ASUS w3 later today.

The mamat salesman says that he can get things done by 5pm. Ampes, I live in Bangi... if I go there (Low Yat) at 5, how am I gonna get back to break my fast? Hmmmm... Since the salesman is a China-man, he might not notice this, since he does not fast during Ramadhan :P Hmmmm.... Can't blame him though, cuz not in his belief system.... so he won't know.

Anywayz, if today the W3 can SIAP!!! I will go take :) And have to bukak puasa luar la in that case :) Hopefully can bring someone along... my wife oso like already give GREEN LIGHT to go.
hehehehehe.

Okiez... NOW I MUST WRITE!

PHD! PHD! PHD!!! And a DR I will be, insya-Allahhh..

(Ya Encik... sakit apa? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! SHeesH....)

Laptop - Part 2

2005-10-25T06:27:00.000+08:00

Ok. Now all these sales-man at Low Yat... what da fuchsia???

Said can complete in 2 days time, now oso TAK SIAP LAGI!

Aiyaaa....

Anywayz, not that I'm not used to all this. Bought my brother's ASUS w5 notebook,
cost quite a fortune... but hey, wasnt my $$$ :P

The guy said it would be done by 2 oclock... but in the end, came at 2:30, still hasnt installed
Windows XP Pro, and asked me to come back the next day.

End of line, got PISSED OFF and asked the dude to complete everything on that day,
cuz it would be hell for me and my friend to go back to Bangi and come the next day!

Suddenly can do... but we had to wait 2 HOURS!!!

Hmmm...

Hope this time wont be the same case.

@#&^%$&^%!@# salesman...

anywayz :)
Looking 4wrd to the new Asus w3 :)

Laptop

2005-10-23T05:33:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I went to Low Yat with my pal, Aizal 'Cikaro'.
Went looking for a laptop for meself :) Brought him along because of his vast experience in the field of computer hardware and software.

Already had a target, the ASUS W3. Price, Ringgit Malaysia 4500 - 5000.
Don't really have the money to buy, but I reckon I need a laptop rite about now.

Placed an order with a guy named Raffle, for RM4820. The specs I got for this price...

Intel Centrino (Sonoma) 1.73 GHz
60 GB storage (5400 rpm)
1 GB Ram
128 MB Intel Graphics - not shared with memory
14" monitor
Wireless (b/g)
A few USB ports... LOL! Forgot the actual number
Window XP Proffesinal Edition
And... other stuff... Can't quite remember

Will upload the pic once I get hold of the laptop. Shud be ready by tomorrow.

The only thing is that I dont'w have $$$ yet. Need to wait at least to the end of the month! LOL!

Anywayz, do await the update :)

Season 4 - End

2005-10-21T01:10:00.000+08:00

I'm gonna talk about Smallville today.

Finished season 4, and ... I must say that I am eager for more Superman prequel action!!!

Finally Clark's reached the North Pole, and season 5 will probably show how his ice-mansion is built.... By the way, does anyone know how I could get a hold of the first few episodes of SmallVille sesaon 5?

One thing though about SmallVille. My friend says that the ratings have dropped in the US. Well, I think this was just a matter of time. Firstly becuz the storyline is basically the same. When something wierd happens, all the blame goes to the meteor rocks. And at the end, Clark wins his battles hands down... cuz hey, he's Superman (to be).
Plus, sometimes some of the plots seem to be kinda predictable. And also a bit illogical. For instance, at the end of the show, you can always count on Clark being visited by Lana or Lex, or Lex being visited by Clark. Plus, don't you find it simply wierd that people can go in and out of a billionaire's mansion with such ease? :P

Anywayz, I still like it. Like it very very much I do. No matter what pundits of the film industry might want to say, SmallVille is simply my cup of hot chocolate. I can watch it day in day out, blinking just twice between commercials.

I have always been a big fan of Superman, and I admire his righteuosness and integrity... plus I sometimes dream of having his strength and flying abilities :P (Which will never come in this life!)

In all, SmallVille rocks in my book. And can't wait to get a hold of Season 5!!! :)

"It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history!"
- Jor El's words to Kal El in Superman 1, just before Superman turned the clock around by circling the globe counter-clockwise!!! Something wierd though (apart from him turning back time), the earthquake didn't seem to recur :P

Autosurfing for $$$ - Eval

2005-10-20T02:37:00.000+08:00

By now, I think most people already know that I'm one of 'em folks who're tryin'a make money online. Trying Autosurfing at the moment... seems to have quite high potential to bring in the big $$$. The work's easy too. Sometimes TOO easy..................

Just by freakin' surfin' the net, I can get paid up to US Dollars 150 per day. Now that's crazy shaitzer...

Anywayz, after being involved with one of the programs for quite some time... I've come up with my own opinion about autosurfs in general... Please read on if U're interested.

Studio Freakin' Traffic

I'm a member of Studio Traffic. Won't deny that.

This company claims to be an on line advertising powerhouse. Advertise yer business at Studio Traffic, and all shall be well!!! You can make $$ too while yer at it.

Anywayz, the way $$$ is earned is by AUTO-surfing 100 websites per day (since I'm a paid member... unpaid members need to surf 200). Autosurfing means that you just clink one special link at the member's page. After that, a 'slide show' of websites (each for 20 seconds) will show ... one after the other....

After completing my surfing quota, I'd get 1% of my Account Level. Some of you might be askin'... "What in heaven's name is an Account Level?" ... I won't deny that some might also use "HELL" instead of "Heaven's Name"...

Well, it ain't something you can make babies with, I can tell you that (now where'd that come from)...

Anywayz, the Account Level is your membership fee (if you choose to pay... you can start out with a free account at Studio Traffic, and they give you USD10 to start with).
Let's say I put in 90 bucks of my own hard earned cash. Added to the free USD10, that makes my Account Level jump up to USD100.

Everyday I surf, I'm gonna earn 1% out of that 100. So, each month I get 30 US bucks (assuming all months has 30 days... just to make things simple). So, supposedly, after around 3.5 months, I'd get all my principal back... and after that it would be cold-hard-profit!
Yeahoo!!! as some might say....

But... that ain't the end of every thing... And it ain't lookin' nice after this point onwards.

Where they get the $$$ to give out so much $$$???

Ok. At Studio Traffic (ST from this point onwards), you can have a maximum Account Level of USD20,000. Used to be 15,000 but the admin changed that. I'll tell you what I think about this somewhere down today's entry.

ST claims that they have other online ventures that're bringing in revenue, namely:

Studio Walker - Web Hosting packages and the lot (http://www.studiowalker.com)
Studio Shopper - Online shop (http://www.studioshopper.com)
Studio Pay - Payment processor, something that they claim is like PayPal (http://www.studiopay.com)
Studio Blogger - As the name indicates... for all your bloggin purposes (http://www.studioblogger.com)
Studio Rocks - Online radio station (http://www.studiorocks.com)

Ok. All these seem good. Excellent as a matter of fact. Not only does ST claim that they don't derive income from Gambling, Liquor, Porn or other 'bad' industries, they also have all these other sister companies who are bringing in the dough! BRAVO!!!

BUT!!!

After really-really looking at these sites, I somehow doubt their income potential capabilities.

The web-hosting and other web packages service by Walker is still under construction. No ordering is possible, at least by people who are not ST members.

The online shopping mall is still in its infancy, plus the design isn't that nice :( What happened to the newer design that was more hip and cool? The products aren't that appealing also, so I don't see how they are bringing in the money.

I have no idea how the radio station brings in $$$. The banner ads perhaps?

Studio Pay is totally reliant upon ST member's $$$. So basically the money circulates within. Kinda like a country when U think about it :P

I am addressing all these not because ST has done something bad to me (yet). No, they havent blocked my account (but some people have been blocked for no reason), they havent refused my last 2 payments, they have also been nice enuff to let me in their forum :)

But, the main fear that I have is that, ST might be a ponzi! Ponzis are illegal.

Ponzis basically work like this. Let's say 10 people join in and they pay a certain amount of $$$ as joining fees. They company might claim, "We will double your money in 2 days!!!" - ST does not promise this however, they promise 1% per day as I've explained earlier.
Ok, back to how Ponzis work. Let's say after that, another 10 people join, and they pay the joining fees as well.

These later fees are used to pay the earlier people's fees. So in short, those who get in early benefit the most. At one point, ponzis WILL shut down. And they can dissappear faster than David Copperfield can say "Eat your chicken!" (Don't ask me what the relationship is...)
And along with the company's dissappearance will also be the later (unlucky) people's deposits.
Those that join at the end will lose ALL their money. Usually, their life savings. And most of you might know what happens after that... some just lose their lives!!!

I'm just afraid that ST is a ponzi, because at the current moment, from what I see, they are only getting $$$ from member upgrades (since all the other sister companies aren't actually bringing in dough yet). The Live Help Desk and the Ticketing Department (http://www.support.studiotraffic.com) also reassures me that they are indeed making $$$ from these other sites... I doubt that :(

If ST is indeed a ponzi, I myself would be at risk for being accidentally involved in a business that I thought was legitimate :( Thus, I would be committing a crime....

Hmmmmmmmmm....

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But .... Let's not get ahead of ourselves :) At the moment, signs of "ponzi-ism" is there. But it hasn't been officially declared yet. ST still has quite a lot of supporters. A number as large as 250 thousand or more. I myself am a partial supporter... But as you've read, I have strong doubts.

It's not ALL bad though.
Based on some good NON-monetary promises, and the committment that some parties have shown, I've decided to give ST a chance. A fighting chance to prove themselves to me, as well as other people across the globe.

This chance however would not benefit me nor ST (well that's what I think at least).
I won't be profiting from them, nor would I want to make a loss.

So this is what I plan to do....

Since I am not sure whether ST is ponzi or not.... and I also have hopes that they would become the great business that they say they want to be:

1) I will withdraw ONLY what I've put in. This way, I won't lose anyting, and won't take anything that's not mine (if ST is declared a ponzi one day... hope that day never comes though). If I do this, I will be taking ONLY my money. That's the way I see it...
If I withdraw more than that, meaning I'd be in profit. And if in the future ST get's it's higher degree in PONZI-ISM, I won't feel good becuz the money I have (or have spent) would actually be somebody elses deposit that has yet to yield anything. In short, I have preyed on somebody's gullibility (indirectly of course), and made a handsome profit from it. I will not be comfortable with this (AGAIN! This is IF, ST is indeed a ponzi)

2) After withdrawing, I will just compound my earnings. Yes, earnings for each month can be compounded. This means I don't withdraw the $$$ that I earn. I just simply add it to my current Account Level, until the Max of 20, 000 is reached (if it ever get's there).
- By doing this, I would be able to do two things. One, if I don't withdraw, I won't be taking any $$$ that's not mine (again, in case ST is indeed a ponzi). Two, ... let's just say that in the near future, ST is declared clean... a non-ponzi... one hell of a revolution!!!... an Internet miracle! .. This declaration, can come in two ways. By the authorities or by plain old me :) If I see that it's a clean and well intended honest business, then I'd support it wall the way!!! :) Becuz I too am quite aware of the potential of the powers of the Internet.
At that time, my Account Level should have soared (yes, I will continue surfing). So, the amount that I can withdraw would be close to COLLOSAL!!! ... I hope :)

:)

So, basically that's my plan. Won't say that it's the best. But at least I've made up my mind.
Something I found hard to do for almost 3/4 of my life :P

Ok. That was a really2 long post. Hope somebody read it.

I MUST STATE however that these are merely my own thoughts!
Not hard evidence of facts! They are my opinions based on my observations and evaluations of ST. And also based on my knowledge and experience and research.
I do not plan to influence anybody. Just to spill out what's inside :)

If you'd like to know more about Studio Traffic, you could visit it's website at http://www.studiotraffic.com. Don't worry, this link doesn't have a referal code attached to it. So I won't get the possible 10% commision when you join and upgrade (joining alone won't give the upline anything. LOL!).

Please do comment on anything that you think is wrong in this post. For I am only human.

Okie Dokie. Teeing off. :)

Trox has left the building...

Salamzzzzz