What a week again. Basically I got sick and luckily not dead yet haha... Just finished my 6th assgn which is a class presentation. I guess I did well, but not as well as I wanted due to lack of information.
The hardest part will begin now where I need to complete 2 MBA asssignments by Monday! Luckily I started some parts already, but still it won't be easy. But once this ends, it also marks the end of a promise. Cos last year I promised a friend that I would do my best to help her to finish her course, and ya, this was her last subject and I'm glad so far she passed everything already. Talk about lessen another burden haha!
Mentally I'm still strong cos I did not feel much pressure at all even during this crazy periods. But physically I really can't cope up, and guess it explains why I keep getting sick so easily lately. A friend said I was too stubborn that I didn't wanted to take rest. But I guess I had limited choice since I wanted to complete my things properly, and guess my will overrides my tiredness and hardly sleep which leads to me getting sick often haha.
Anyway hopefully I can get more rest after this, and ya, I had a nickname from some friends, they call me Assignment Man! Move aways superman n batman, a new superhero is in the town!! ^0^
Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Assignment! (Cont'd)
A hellish week is finally over, still another week to go. Honestly, I felt rather fatigue easily lately due to lack of sleep. Finally finished 5 assgn, there are 3 more to go. But too bad can't celebrate yet, cos the last 2 are the hardest, what do u expect from MBA papers rite?
Hopefully my body can last that long cos I had been feeling not well since last weekend (headache, slight fever and other usual stuff). And I guess overload will only lower your work quality, my previous few assgn wasn't as how well I hope for, but oh well, guess I can only try even harder next time and plan my schedule better... *___*
So ya, wish me all the best haha... ^_^ \/
Hopefully my body can last that long cos I had been feeling not well since last weekend (headache, slight fever and other usual stuff). And I guess overload will only lower your work quality, my previous few assgn wasn't as how well I hope for, but oh well, guess I can only try even harder next time and plan my schedule better... *___*
So ya, wish me all the best haha... ^_^ \/
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Jokes!
Was too busy to update my blogs lately due to schoolwork commitment, but here are some jokes to lighten up the gloomy environment of all my classmates ^_^
The Malaysian Ministry of Health is now asking the public to be on the lookout for symptoms of the following new contagious diseases.
ASSMA
Severe rashes around the mouth caused by kissing too much ass. The number-one disease in Malaysia amongst civil servants.
DIALARRHOEA
Uncontrollable urge to continually dial friends on mobile phone to share with them such important information as 'I'm now on the monorail' or 'I'm walking towards the car.' Victims can be recognized by large, twitching thumb.
MEESLES
Blotchy skin condition caused by eating too many packets of instant noodles.
MULTIPLE SPOUSOSIS
Affliction whereby victims make frequent trips to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and China to take on additional brides. Middle-aged men are at significant risk.
YELLOW FEVER
Compulsion to date Asian females. Very common affliction amongst foreign celebrities and caucasian expatriates working in Malaysia. Also known as Pinkerton's Disease.
EKOR-TOTONUS
Flushed complexion, high blood pressure and sometimes depression at finding out one has not won any gaming numbers and lotteries.
HEAVYTITIS
Excessively large breasts. This disease comes in several variant strains…….. Heavytitis A; Heavytitis B; Heavytitis C, and sometimes Heavytitis DD.
CYBERTENSION
Feelings of stress and panic caused by lack of internet access.
DYEBETES
A compulsive need to colour one's hair. Reddish brown tints are the most common symptom, but health authorities have reported a new strain of blond highlights.
CHICKEN TOX
Victims exhibit a great need to tokkok. Highly contagious. Spread by ordinary conversation, and may be exacerbated by good food and alcohol. Politicians and lawyers are especially susceptible. Incurable.
ITCHINIA
The urge in some men after reaching 40 to go for young chicks. This disease spreads fast among those with money and position and cuts across both government and business people. Beware of those who take trips out under the pretext of duty or business. This is a dangerous symptom that the disease may already have taken hold.
The Malaysian Ministry of Health is now asking the public to be on the lookout for symptoms of the following new contagious diseases.
ASSMA
Severe rashes around the mouth caused by kissing too much ass. The number-one disease in Malaysia amongst civil servants.
DIALARRHOEA
Uncontrollable urge to continually dial friends on mobile phone to share with them such important information as 'I'm now on the monorail' or 'I'm walking towards the car.' Victims can be recognized by large, twitching thumb.
MEESLES
Blotchy skin condition caused by eating too many packets of instant noodles.
MULTIPLE SPOUSOSIS
Affliction whereby victims make frequent trips to Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and China to take on additional brides. Middle-aged men are at significant risk.
YELLOW FEVER
Compulsion to date Asian females. Very common affliction amongst foreign celebrities and caucasian expatriates working in Malaysia. Also known as Pinkerton's Disease.
EKOR-TOTONUS
Flushed complexion, high blood pressure and sometimes depression at finding out one has not won any gaming numbers and lotteries.
HEAVYTITIS
Excessively large breasts. This disease comes in several variant strains…….. Heavytitis A; Heavytitis B; Heavytitis C, and sometimes Heavytitis DD.
CYBERTENSION
Feelings of stress and panic caused by lack of internet access.
DYEBETES
A compulsive need to colour one's hair. Reddish brown tints are the most common symptom, but health authorities have reported a new strain of blond highlights.
CHICKEN TOX
Victims exhibit a great need to tokkok. Highly contagious. Spread by ordinary conversation, and may be exacerbated by good food and alcohol. Politicians and lawyers are especially susceptible. Incurable.
ITCHINIA
The urge in some men after reaching 40 to go for young chicks. This disease spreads fast among those with money and position and cuts across both government and business people. Beware of those who take trips out under the pretext of duty or business. This is a dangerous symptom that the disease may already have taken hold.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Assignments and more assignments...
I checked my schedule yesterday and guess what, it was packed like tuna this month! A brief review:-
17th June:- 211 Assgn 1 due
19th June:- 207 Assgn 2 due
23th June:- 205 Assgn 1 due
27th June:- 211 Assgn 2 presentation
30th June:- 2 MBA papers due, together with my 2 other project assgn from Computing course (Networking and Discrete Maths)
Need to complete 8 assgn in half a month, woot! Life has never been so interesting ^___^
Wish me all the best haha.
17th June:- 211 Assgn 1 due
19th June:- 207 Assgn 2 due
23th June:- 205 Assgn 1 due
27th June:- 211 Assgn 2 presentation
30th June:- 2 MBA papers due, together with my 2 other project assgn from Computing course (Networking and Discrete Maths)
Need to complete 8 assgn in half a month, woot! Life has never been so interesting ^___^
Wish me all the best haha.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Finished mid-term, but busier time is ahead!
My last paper was some kind of disappointment cos I believed I prepared rather well but still didn't manage to do as well as I hope to. Anyway, mid-term is finally over, but I don't feel joy about it cos the important period is somewhere around 3 weeks ahead.
I got sick again today, and I guess it was base on accumulation basis of previous fatigue cos I hardly had any good rest for the past 2 weeks except for 1 Saturday. A good friend advised me to take more rest, but I think the circumstances is against me for now since there are things needed to be completed before a specific time, which is our assignments and some other works! And I also promised myself before the semester I will never absent without reason on any classes or tutorials, so haha, guess I can't rest as how I wanted as well... >___<
Thx for the concern though. ^___^
I got sick again today, and I guess it was base on accumulation basis of previous fatigue cos I hardly had any good rest for the past 2 weeks except for 1 Saturday. A good friend advised me to take more rest, but I think the circumstances is against me for now since there are things needed to be completed before a specific time, which is our assignments and some other works! And I also promised myself before the semester I will never absent without reason on any classes or tutorials, so haha, guess I can't rest as how I wanted as well... >___<
Thx for the concern though. ^___^
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Another petrol price hike post...
Even though I will be facing an exam on Monday, I can't help but to find more information regarding our nation's hot topic on petrol's price hike compared to my study materials.
I found out that Malaysia produced a rough amount of 650k barrels of crude per day, and Malaysian in general will consumed 400k barrels, leaving an estimated amount of 250k barrels for exports purposes. The selling price of crude was estimated at USD 30 per barrel 3 years ago, and the current price is USD 130 per barrel, an increase of USD 100 compared to 3 years ago. As the operation cost wasn't affected much in these 3 years, the extra USD 100 can be widely considered as pure profit for Petronas.
So let us do the calculation:
barrels to be exported X pure profit X days in a year X currency exchange (rough estimate) = total profit
250,000 X 100 X 365 X 3 = RM 27,375,000,000.
Did you see the amount of zeros? Its a total of twenty seven billion ringgit of EXTRA PURE PROFIT for Petronas and the government, and don't forget we have yet to include their profits on their sales to both local population and exports of 650k barrels each day. With that extra pure profit, it comes to my mind how come the goverment is claiming that the rising oil price burdening them when they were gaining more profit from it instead.
And for your knowledge, our petrol price of RM2.70 was already the MOST EXPENSIVE among any country in the world that produce and export crudes. Do not compare with China even though they had their own crudes since the country itself needs to import extra crudes as their own could not cope up with the population demand.
Thus, where is the need for price increase? It doesn't needs a Mathematic genius to do calculation whether the goverment is losing or earning more money... Thus why is the government claiming and crying the current oil price is burdening them when they gained more money compared to 3 years ago? And lastly, where did all the money went? And doesn't it sounds funny when our PM said the price increase is for the interest of 'rakyat' since it can be used to fund some 'developmental projects' that were of best interest to the 'rakyat'? Does the name of Northern Corridor, The Iskandar, The Southern Corridor comes to your mind (check wikipedia or other sources if you don't know what are those)?
And the so-called 4 steps to help lessen the burden of 'rakyat', I can't help but to doubt how will the goverment ensure those steps 'really help' us. Sorry Mr. PM and the rest, the future certainly doesn't look bright, and hopefully some counter measures can be taken instead of hiking the petrol price further.
And may I propose that we stop being a clown theather in the eyes of the world especially Singapore and Thailand since both decision to ban and lift petrol sales to their cars were made in less than 1 week and it certainly doesn't look good. Sorry again, but some of you certainly need to double think before you act.
p/s: infos and figures were taken from various internet sources, so credit to them.
I found out that Malaysia produced a rough amount of 650k barrels of crude per day, and Malaysian in general will consumed 400k barrels, leaving an estimated amount of 250k barrels for exports purposes. The selling price of crude was estimated at USD 30 per barrel 3 years ago, and the current price is USD 130 per barrel, an increase of USD 100 compared to 3 years ago. As the operation cost wasn't affected much in these 3 years, the extra USD 100 can be widely considered as pure profit for Petronas.
So let us do the calculation:
barrels to be exported X pure profit X days in a year X currency exchange (rough estimate) = total profit
250,000 X 100 X 365 X 3 = RM 27,375,000,000.
Did you see the amount of zeros? Its a total of twenty seven billion ringgit of EXTRA PURE PROFIT for Petronas and the government, and don't forget we have yet to include their profits on their sales to both local population and exports of 650k barrels each day. With that extra pure profit, it comes to my mind how come the goverment is claiming that the rising oil price burdening them when they were gaining more profit from it instead.
And for your knowledge, our petrol price of RM2.70 was already the MOST EXPENSIVE among any country in the world that produce and export crudes. Do not compare with China even though they had their own crudes since the country itself needs to import extra crudes as their own could not cope up with the population demand.
Thus, where is the need for price increase? It doesn't needs a Mathematic genius to do calculation whether the goverment is losing or earning more money... Thus why is the government claiming and crying the current oil price is burdening them when they gained more money compared to 3 years ago? And lastly, where did all the money went? And doesn't it sounds funny when our PM said the price increase is for the interest of 'rakyat' since it can be used to fund some 'developmental projects' that were of best interest to the 'rakyat'? Does the name of Northern Corridor, The Iskandar, The Southern Corridor comes to your mind (check wikipedia or other sources if you don't know what are those)?
And the so-called 4 steps to help lessen the burden of 'rakyat', I can't help but to doubt how will the goverment ensure those steps 'really help' us. Sorry Mr. PM and the rest, the future certainly doesn't look bright, and hopefully some counter measures can be taken instead of hiking the petrol price further.
And may I propose that we stop being a clown theather in the eyes of the world especially Singapore and Thailand since both decision to ban and lift petrol sales to their cars were made in less than 1 week and it certainly doesn't look good. Sorry again, but some of you certainly need to double think before you act.
p/s: infos and figures were taken from various internet sources, so credit to them.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Internship application accepted!
Moving away from politic stuff for away even though I was kinda hooked by it haha. I had applied an internship position with my college as the assistant of our head of Psychology Department, Dr. Goh to assist him in handling certain projects.
Went for interview the other day, was quite funny since he said this job might not be able to offer me any new knowledge or experience due to my past working experience. This was also my concern that he would reject my application, but after thinking for sometime, I still think it's a better idea to tell him my real situation instead of hiding some facts. Reason is I dont know the job scope of that position, and he does. By communicating frankly with him, he could judge whether the job could offer me something new, and I guess he decided the answer is yes and they accepted my application haha.
You can say I was rather glad I got the job (even though no money haha) cos I believed I could learn a thing or two from him. Will be looking forward towards the job cos it would be my first job in the span of 3years plus, if I dont count in some part-time jobs of cos. Furthermore, I won't be bored for sure since I had 2 other good friends working together with me haha, thus it will definately be a good experience.
Went for interview the other day, was quite funny since he said this job might not be able to offer me any new knowledge or experience due to my past working experience. This was also my concern that he would reject my application, but after thinking for sometime, I still think it's a better idea to tell him my real situation instead of hiding some facts. Reason is I dont know the job scope of that position, and he does. By communicating frankly with him, he could judge whether the job could offer me something new, and I guess he decided the answer is yes and they accepted my application haha.
You can say I was rather glad I got the job (even though no money haha) cos I believed I could learn a thing or two from him. Will be looking forward towards the job cos it would be my first job in the span of 3years plus, if I dont count in some part-time jobs of cos. Furthermore, I won't be bored for sure since I had 2 other good friends working together with me haha, thus it will definately be a good experience.
Petrol hike, aftermath...
I still believe it was some pretty stupid decision to have a sudden 40% hike, not to mention the uncertainty of further hike to RM4.00 is doing nothing but damage to both the population as well as country as a whole. Let me tell you why:-
a) Hawkers and food operators could, or definately will increase their prices.
b) Bus and lorry companies already demand a 40% increase of charges.
c) Manufacturing companies will surely pass any increament of operation to the end users.
d) The KLCI today closed at 1223.56 points today, having dropped 29.65 points.
e) Point a and c means end users will not only need to bear with petrol hike, but an overall hike in daily expenses.
f) Point e means that end user will have lower buying power, not to mention spend more carefully due to unpredictable further price increament.
g) Point f means that our overall economy will be affected since big chances are people will be spending less.
h) Point b, d and g means that any potential investment or expansion might be halt, due to the uncertainty of overall business environment in Malaysia.
Summary, the economy will be affected, the people will be affected and the whole Malaysia will get affected.
Many people might think that such a move especially at this time when so many people are having thorns at heart towards BN can only mean either our PM is brave, or crazy. But I have a different insight, and I think either our PM or his advisors had planted the right strategy. You might ask why, and here is why.
Anyone who followed political news might know our PM's current seat is unstable due to numerous internal and external pressures, or some sort of that. This move of his had basically eliminate any potential uprising or opposition within his party since any new leader will have a very hard time to calm the overall population of Malaysia, and further chaos might follow. With this move, he could secure his seat longer.
Great or not, you decide since we all suffered from it. But you do need to feel proud since he finally produced a masterpiece move for once, if it was as what I think.
a) Hawkers and food operators could, or definately will increase their prices.
b) Bus and lorry companies already demand a 40% increase of charges.
c) Manufacturing companies will surely pass any increament of operation to the end users.
d) The KLCI today closed at 1223.56 points today, having dropped 29.65 points.
e) Point a and c means end users will not only need to bear with petrol hike, but an overall hike in daily expenses.
f) Point e means that end user will have lower buying power, not to mention spend more carefully due to unpredictable further price increament.
g) Point f means that our overall economy will be affected since big chances are people will be spending less.
h) Point b, d and g means that any potential investment or expansion might be halt, due to the uncertainty of overall business environment in Malaysia.
Summary, the economy will be affected, the people will be affected and the whole Malaysia will get affected.
Many people might think that such a move especially at this time when so many people are having thorns at heart towards BN can only mean either our PM is brave, or crazy. But I have a different insight, and I think either our PM or his advisors had planted the right strategy. You might ask why, and here is why.
Anyone who followed political news might know our PM's current seat is unstable due to numerous internal and external pressures, or some sort of that. This move of his had basically eliminate any potential uprising or opposition within his party since any new leader will have a very hard time to calm the overall population of Malaysia, and further chaos might follow. With this move, he could secure his seat longer.
Great or not, you decide since we all suffered from it. But you do need to feel proud since he finally produced a masterpiece move for once, if it was as what I think.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
What a joke!
I got bombarded by messages today from friends about the petrol price hike. The previous price of RM 1.92 per litter will be raised up to RM 2.70 effectively today, and this price hike of 40% causes electricity to have a 20% price hike as well! While most people had expected an increase in petrol price, where an increase of around 20% would be more reasonable (even economy watchdogs only anticipated an increased between 20%-30%), yet everyone was suprised by a 40% hike.
I mean, c'mon, if those "guys" had ever even bother to touch Management of Change books, one of the most important principle is that changes need to be introduced gradually in order to help people to cope and accept that 'tough fact' easier, and a gradual price increase spread over the span couple of years would had been more tolerable. This could also help the current BN (Barang Naik) party to at least preserve their already tarnished reputation better.
Yet, they opted to put a sudden hike when other grocery goods (rice price anyone) and other stuffs are on the rise, and I wonder did those "guys" ever consider the burden they placed on the lower income group in our country?
One question many must be asking is what was Petronas's (the cash cow of government) annual income, in which the final figure for year ended in 2008 wasn't released, and where did the nation's oil money gone and how were it being used? I can tell you, billions of ringgit was used to sponsor some useless F1 shit team, subsidizing independent power producers (IPP) when those companies were owned by some of the wealthiest Malaysian, bailing bankrupt political connected or government-owned firms such as Bank Bumiputra and many other funny stuff which we might not know.
Lastly, the ban of selling petrol to our neighbouring countries is one of the funniest decision I've heard in the past 2 months. I wonder had they ever consider the fact that there are Malaysian that owned Singapore registered vehicles, and yes, Malaysian can't refill fuel in their own country!
For now, we can only hope the money the govenment saved from subsidary will be put to better use, and not some nonsense stupid investment that bears no fruit. Do I see a bright future? I can't answer that, for now...
I mean, c'mon, if those "guys" had ever even bother to touch Management of Change books, one of the most important principle is that changes need to be introduced gradually in order to help people to cope and accept that 'tough fact' easier, and a gradual price increase spread over the span couple of years would had been more tolerable. This could also help the current BN (Barang Naik) party to at least preserve their already tarnished reputation better.
Yet, they opted to put a sudden hike when other grocery goods (rice price anyone) and other stuffs are on the rise, and I wonder did those "guys" ever consider the burden they placed on the lower income group in our country?
One question many must be asking is what was Petronas's (the cash cow of government) annual income, in which the final figure for year ended in 2008 wasn't released, and where did the nation's oil money gone and how were it being used? I can tell you, billions of ringgit was used to sponsor some useless F1 shit team, subsidizing independent power producers (IPP) when those companies were owned by some of the wealthiest Malaysian, bailing bankrupt political connected or government-owned firms such as Bank Bumiputra and many other funny stuff which we might not know.
Lastly, the ban of selling petrol to our neighbouring countries is one of the funniest decision I've heard in the past 2 months. I wonder had they ever consider the fact that there are Malaysian that owned Singapore registered vehicles, and yes, Malaysian can't refill fuel in their own country!
For now, we can only hope the money the govenment saved from subsidary will be put to better use, and not some nonsense stupid investment that bears no fruit. Do I see a bright future? I can't answer that, for now...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Exam!
Yesterday was my first mid-term exam, PSY211 Human Services. Guess it was a blessing to take this subject cos the exam is unlike the typical paper set by our lecturer, Puan Fatimah. Her previous subject's exam was freaking tough, in fact quite crazy since we would need to memorize every tiny bit of information in the whole of textbook in order to score. No wonder so many people failed to pass that paper during mid-term exam.
At least I think I should do ok for this paper, hopefully... Anyway it was no fun taking exam when you're sick. To make things worst, the room was god damn freaking cold, imagine taking exam in a freezer (ok, i was abit too much here, maybe fridge suits better), especially when you're sick haha.
I also went to see a staff that handled my internship application. Didn't plan to take any in the first place, but I applied this job despite it being without pay since I believed I could learn a thing or two, since the "boss" of this job is the head of our department, Dr. Goh, an extremely capable person himself. Tomorrow will be the interview session, so wish me luck. Bleh, as though I need such wishes (opps, too arrogant again, just j/k!). :P
Most of those I knew in college are going crazy studying for Biopsychology, a relatively tough paper. If you think Biology is tough, wait till you take this paper haha. I didn't take it this semester due to lack of confidence since I have a mountain pile of workloads from other subjects. So all the best my friends, try your best and good luck. Wishes and support is all I can do, the rest of hardwork depends on you ;)
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At least I think I should do ok for this paper, hopefully... Anyway it was no fun taking exam when you're sick. To make things worst, the room was god damn freaking cold, imagine taking exam in a freezer (ok, i was abit too much here, maybe fridge suits better), especially when you're sick haha.
I also went to see a staff that handled my internship application. Didn't plan to take any in the first place, but I applied this job despite it being without pay since I believed I could learn a thing or two, since the "boss" of this job is the head of our department, Dr. Goh, an extremely capable person himself. Tomorrow will be the interview session, so wish me luck. Bleh, as though I need such wishes (opps, too arrogant again, just j/k!). :P
Most of those I knew in college are going crazy studying for Biopsychology, a relatively tough paper. If you think Biology is tough, wait till you take this paper haha. I didn't take it this semester due to lack of confidence since I have a mountain pile of workloads from other subjects. So all the best my friends, try your best and good luck. Wishes and support is all I can do, the rest of hardwork depends on you ;)
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Time no enough (Singlish)!
I've been wasting some precious time in the past 2 days with either social life or other stuff rather then studying for exams or doing schoolworks. Pretty silly me if you ask, but no use moaning what had happened. Hopefully I can prepare my exams well, and I do wish I had more time!
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