Weekends sure pass by fast.. but don't worry.. I got another one coming up.. hehe

Well, seems like.. life at uni is life on the fast track.. in the space of two weeks I completed for mid-sems worth a total of 100%. I wouldn't say I did brilliantly this time around.. but I'm much more prepared for it compared to previous two years.. I guess the fact that I moved out of IH has given me more time compared to the previous semesters. But oh well, IH was a good experience. I went back to IH for basketball yesterday and I really enjoyed it.. miss those moments.. haha, I'll be looking forward to more basketball games and soccer games back at IH some time soon. Oh yeah, cafe preview is next week.. maybe it's catch up time with all those people back at IH!

Anyways, I've got another auditing assignment due by Friday this coming week. Well, hopefully I can get it done much earlier. And for those of you who are wondering where my last post went, really sorry, it was just a moment of irrationality, I felt like I was whining like a kid in that post and I really couldn't stand myself, so I've decided to delete it. I guess life is always subject to other people's criticism and constant judgement. Well, all those criticisms and judgements should only make you stronger instead of backing down. I guess I just have to accept those criticsms and move on with life.

Next week is week 9 already! I really can't believe it.. can someone tell me.. why time is passing by so fast.....? I felt like I just boarded the plane from KL and landed Melbourne yesterday. Gosh.. please slow down time.... I need more time!

Lift...

Sometimes it hurts when you strive to pursuit your dreams and ambitions..
Sometimes it hurts when you expect more of your life..
And all you ever get was disappointments after disappointments
Sometimes it's hard to be perfect when you know you'll never be...
Sometimes it's hard to get up when you fall...
It's even harder when you have to get up by yourself..
Sometimes you wanna change who you are...
but you know you can't be any better..
Sometimes it's not easy to stay focus on what you have to do..
you tend to sidetrack along the way..
Sometimes it's painful when you push yourself too far...
Sometimes it's pointless to regret your wrongdoings in your past..
It can only be a guide for you to be better in the future..
Sometimes.. you know you have a limited amount of time left..
to prove yourself to the world who you are and what you're capable of..
Sometimes..
I know I gotta be stronger than this.. and just close the book and start again..
you gotta lift..

Pokerstars.net F*cking hates me...

It's half past 3 in the morning, I really wanna sleep but I really can't... some how my sleeping times are screwed again over the easter holidays... and there's just so much stuff going through my mind and not to mention the information overload I got from studying for four subjects.. Well...today marks the end of my easter holidays.. not to say I really had one.. all I f*cking did was stayed in my f*cking room for the whole f*cking easter and f*cking studied and procrastinate (note i put the asterix.. in case blogspot decides to ban me too...) Gosh.. it feels like the only breather time I got was when I go out for dinners.. boy was I looking forward to dinner time..

Anyways.. I was playing online poker at pokernet.stars the other day and I got f*cking agitated by another player and started swearing and saying stuffs bout him...... and since then.. I freaking lost everytime I played.. I wonder if pokernet.stars blacklisted me or something.. I never knew that you get banned from the chatting function when you swear or intend to swear.. They were damn efficient.. they sent me an e-mail 5 minutes after I sweared.. damn...

Here's the e-mail from them:

Subject : Chat Policy Violation

Hello jobless84,
We are writing to inform you that we have suspended your chat privilege for 3 hours as a result of your chat on 2007/04/12. The use of vulgarity when addressing another player is not allowed. When asterisks are seen during chatting, it is a warning that what is being put into the chatbox is not allowed. Using spaces or other characters, or otherwise defeating the censor is a violation of the Card Room Rules. At the end of 3 hours, your chat will automatically be reinstated. There is no need to write to support. Our goal at PokerStars is to be a fun place to play, where everyone can feel comfortable. Abuse and other disruptions to the games takes away from everyone's enjoyment, and therefore will not be tolerated. We thank you for your cooperation.

Regards,
PokerStars Chat Moderation Team

The following chat was observed:
ur mum's a babi
there's where u idiots send ur money there
look up at the dictionary dic..
i dowanna be ****heads

OK... fine.. I was vulgar.. but no need to make me lose every pot I PLAY...... DAMN...

The different side turned one yesterday...

Without me realizing it, The Different Side turned one yesterday. I realized it after midnight.. and I was too lazy to blog at that time. So, this is a post to celebrate a year's worth of blogging. Well, to tell the truth, I was quite reluctant to start a blog as I thought that I would be too lazy to maintain it and too lazy to post interesting stuffs. However, I decided to give it a try as my own personal diary and to write everything I want there. It turns out that, when you blog.. you expect anyone to read it.. therefore, there are certain issues that you have to be careful about before you actually post it online. My blog started out as a place for me to vent my anger and post all those emo stuffs. Well, if you realized it, The Different Side has taken for a change... it's no longer a place where I abuse with negative thoughts, instead it's a place I try to share my thoughts, my experiences (not to say I have a lot) and what I think it's worth blogging with everyone... in other words.. it's a place to procrastinate when you don't have anything to do..

Anyways, The Different Side have grown.. so have I. I've learnt a lot in this past one year.. I've learnt more and more things as I'm about to embark on a different journey.. last year was a transition period.. this year.. I'm wiser... I can't say I'm better.. because I really don't know.. but as far as I'm concerned, I'll try to improve as time goes by. I hope I'll continue to share everything I've experienced for as long as I could in this blog and make sure no one will ever see the same old Jakarta post forever and ever...... and I'll try to put more and more interesting stuffs on this blog. I never knew blogging would be fun.. but yeah.. it's a good experience and I urge you guys who have not tried it to give it a shot.. if you don't like your blog to be read by everyone, try to make it a private blog and only let the people you want read it. It's a good way to pour out everything that's inside but at the same time too much of it makes your reader sick.. A blog is also a place that makes you feel nostalgic once in a while and a place where you could put into words your happy and sad times..

Last but not least, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY The Different Side!

Stupidity...

Well... I did the dumbest think ok..maybe not the dumbest thing.. but one of the dumbest thing I've ever done in my entire life. I got into the lift after coming back from grocery shopping... and I pressed on the 20th floor button. I got out of the lift and saw that joker who inspected our apartment and pointed at the end of the corridor and asked him.. whether he was there to inspect our apartment.... well.. he said no.. fair enough.. maybe he'll get someone else to inspect it. I walked to the end of the corridor.. inserted my key and realize.. hey.. what the fuck is going on.. did they just change the fucking lock because they hate us so much..? I was like.. wat the fuck.. how can they do this.. or I thought maybe my key was faulty.. I was like... damn.. So, I started pushing the door really hard..... and shook it.... suddenly the door opened.. I was like.. thank god Damien is in... but too my surprise.. it was another joker..... that I didn't know of.. I looked at the door and realize that.. it was 1901 instead of 2001.. I was like.. fuck.. I'm at the wrong floor.. man.. I felt so embarassed.. if that guy didn't open the door in 5 minutes time.. I would have broke into his apartment.....

Anyways, maybe I'm sick that's why my concentration is so poor.. gosh.. it sucks to fall sick especially around this corner when I have like 4 mid-sems with a total of 100 marks coming up next week.. I need more rest.. I feel weak some how.. don't know why..... maybe it's psychological.. when u are sick, u just wanna lie down.. even coffee doesn't give me motivation when I'm sick.. damn... let's just hope everything will be alright....

On a happier note, Phillip Island was fun and there's this place called a'maze' and things.. something like that ler.. that was quite fun and unique.. the vertical slide was fun.. balless Damien wouldn't get onto the slide.. man.. he's just a pussy...

A girlish post..

Bad picture of Miss kong and I

I was forced by KONG SU SAN to do this post.. so forgive me if it's slightly girlish...

Well.. easter holidays started.. finally the plan is to go phillip island on monday for a one day trip.. I don't know why.. this time around.. I really don't feel like going anywhere.. Maybe I feel pressured from the upcoming mid-sems in two weeks time. Ok.. to the girlish part.. I was darn bored yesterday.. as 24 went out with Randy and Drew for pool and Damien fell asleep while 24 and I was playing Fifa. I basically was jobless and played poker online for a few hours. Then I remembered that, I still have a 'reliable' friend and that's Miss Kong Su San so I decided to call her out for Italian Hot Chocolate at Brunetti's.

In the end, due to her greediness for waiting her friend to finish baking the apple crumble, we couldn't have hot chocolate cos' Brunetti's was close. So, we headed to Notturno's instead.. the name of this cafe' is a bit weird...... if u break it up......... it is Not- turn- no's.. Maybe the owner was trying to be funny by saying no-turn-ons.. but he decided that it was too obscene and change it to Notturno's instead. Haha, only the owner will know!

I slept at 7 in the end and got up at nearly 4 p.m. Watched 300 at Imax.. it wasn't too bad.. the storyline was alright and the actions were good. The screen at the Imax was huge.. but the seatings were crap and the audio wasn't too good..

Trips...Easier Said Than Done

Well.. who wants to go on a fully hassle free, no worry, no responsibility and fun-filled trip...? I bet everyone of you would want a trip just like that.. but that's not the true fact.. The fact is that a trip requires planning.. a trip requires deciding.. a trip requires accomodating each and everyone's need... a trip requires everyone to be compromising and willing to follow the organiser's itinerary.. and nothing else.. we need someone to be calling all the shots.. no other opinion should be allowed.. as too many chefs spoil the soup..

I think it's never easy being the organiser of a trip... it requires so much headache and so much everything.. everything is just a hassle.. and the problem when you plan to travel in a group is.. everyone is just waiting for the other person to organise the trip.. not many are willing to take the responsibility of planning a trip.. I totally understand why.. I planned the trip to go to Pahang during the summer break with my bunch of friends back home.. and my god.. it wasn't easy.. transportation was a headache.. no one could drive us to Kuala Rompin from Kuantan.. so I had to ask my cousin drive us all the way there and the whole journey would require 3 hours.. well.. when transportation is done and everything is done.. you set on your little journey.. u reach the accomodation and all.. you realize.. fuck.. this place is not as fun as I've thought eventhough no one had to pay a single cent.. and you start worrying whether everyone is happy or not.. well.. besides that u need to make sure everything is in place.. everyone is comfortable etc.. u're like the social welfare officer for the trip.. FOOD.. is another problem.. the fact is that.. everyone have different tastes and everyone gets hungry at different times.. so what is the best place to eat.. and what is the right time to eat..? The fact is that.. you can never keep everyone happy...

Well, if I had a choice.. I'd rather set myself on an adventurous trip like what Mr Bean did.. and meet fun people along athe way and had all sorts of different challenges.. haha.. he sure had an adventurous trip.. but oh well.. how often does that happen in one's life..? Btw, it's that movie was a little of a let down..

Anyways.. I hope everyone gets to enjoy easter to the fullest no matter what they are doing and the conclusion is.. never be an organiser!

yet another weekend...

Well, another weekend has come by and almost gone.. sometimes, it's the weekend that makes u think of home the most especially on Sundays when its sort of a family day for me. Yesterday, one of my nephews had his wedding and it's obvious that I couldn't attend his wedding. What a pity! A buffet dinner was on instead of the usual Chinese-style banquet dinner with that freaking annoying loud Karaoke with those ah peks and aunties singing their Hokkien and old Mandarin songs that tear your ears apart and makes you lose your appetite. Gosh, thank god he made the right choice eventhough he forced to make it. His mom is ill and he had to rush to get married before his mom (my cousin's wife) flies back to Taiwan to cure her illness. He decided to get married last weekend, had all the cakes and invitations distributed to all relatives and friends within two days and got married on the Friday a week later. Gosh.. that must be a certain rush with the Ching Ming around the corner.

Well, it's occassions like this I wished I was at home getting see one of your close relatives getting married. I'm very picky when it comes to attending wedding dinners.. I refuse to attend a wedding dinner unless the person who is getting married is quite close to me and most of the people who will be attending the wedding dinner are my relatives as well. I remember the time when my sister got married.. that was one of my happiest days in my life. The atmosphere was good, I helped to put up a slide show and everything was just great. It was just amazing to see all your relatives that you haven't seen in a long time around on that day.

Since I miss this wedding, I really do not know when's the next wedding of any of my close relatives I would be able to attend since most of them are married and the rest are younger than I am!

Alright, better get some work done before the weekend is over.. ADIOS......! And to Arsenal fans.. better luck next time.. maybe you should give your defenders more calcium drinks so they'll be as tall as Peter Crouch..!