Photos: AIMST University
Place: AIMST University
Date: 8th July 2010
Photos:
~Front shot of the library building~
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~Side shot of the dentistry building~
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~The dental institute~
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~The library building ceiling~
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~Main building gardens~
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~Main building gardens~
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~Stairs heading up the main buiding~
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~Side shot of the library building~
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~View of the main building from the back~
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~Stairs going up in the library building~
When Elaine asked me for a personal message for the book…
And it went something like this… I was suppose to give a message for the CAD book
Alan – If you can find that one good thing that sets you apart from others, then that one thing alone makes you special, and that is all that matters…
Alan – does that sound cheesy?? hahaha
EwAiNe – sounds niceee… so u want that to be in
Alan- it sounds weird. ahaha
EwAiNe – a bit mussy
EwAiNe – hahz. cuz ppl are putting msg like live life to the fullest. bla bla bla. hahahz
Alan – then.. add this is front of what i type just now. life is complicated… but here’s a way to make it simpler
Alan – how does that sound now? is it too long?
EwAiNe – i guess. it is a bit too long. but will try to ask if it can fit.
Alan – hahaha. nvm la..just put in… live life to the fullest.
Sometimes I feel as if I shouldn’t do certain things…
And I really DO feel that I shouldn’t do certain things… Things like… Mixing around with certain people… Trying to chase a wish of mine… Or… Joining in certain dinners or functions… Cause of certain circumstances…
But still I do understand that if I don’t do them, I’ll feel stupid after it is over…
Because by then its too late and I’ll be regretting it…
So…For most of the time… You’ll see me doing things… So that I won’t regret not doing it in the first place..
Hmmm… Maybe that’s why I’m quite impatient in the first place… Or perhaps that’s why I put my own pride below not being regretful…
So if I suddenly do some crazy things… It’s just me living my life to the most that I can make of it… (I think)
Biomedic students can dance too…
Okay… Lets have a trip down the dances different students have prepared thus far…
There was the one from NanaLana during the gathering they had sometime ago…
~For Biomed Gathering sometime during the first half of 2009. This was the same clip which Nana wowed me with her part in Bye Bye Bye… Thanks to uploader on Youtube~
And then there was this
~For Pesta TangLung 2008. The one which I didn’t turn up to watch… Nana seemed to be in there as well…Thanks to uploader on Youtube~
And sometime somewhere there was this
~Err… Not really organized right?… For CNY dinner 2009~
Those are all from the 2nd years… Thus far.. They have quite a few dance under them. And they will have more since the dinners are coming…
And then we have the… 3rd years…
There was one last year during CAD that I didn’t record… Shoot… Sien… Should have recorded that… A dance choreographed by HuiKee and her gang…
I just noticed also that I really don’t have any dance from the 3rd years… Sorry my juniors… I failed you…
Well… I’ll take more if there are chances to.
4th years… There was this
~Blur but organized… Choreographed by Liannie… The lead girl up front… Most of the steps were following the original one in HSM though… During the Biomed Annual Dinner 2008 at PICC Putrajaya.~
And then some time ago… There was this…
(Er… Still looking for it… I took it with my old handphone so it’s most probably… And hopefully… Still in there…)
~Hmmm This was really quite some time ago… The two girls are Liannie and also MunYee…Sassy… No?… I think this was for CAD 2007~
And you must be wondering… What about the batch before Liannie? Surely they danced before right?
Yup… They did dance before… And I have most of the videos of the dance… Except for one… (The 2nd year Biomed Annual Dinner at Golden Horses, SK dance)… I’m still trying to get the copy from Mitsuki though…
And then there was that one for another dinner at Mines Palace, Beach and Spa,
~This dance was choreographed by Mitsuki back during our 2nd year for CAD 2006… The song is from DBSK – HiYaYa… It was quite a nice dance… But the dance was marred by electric outage that particular moment…~
~The song which they danced to… Credits to uploader on Youtube~
During the same dinner, Mitsuki choreographed another dance… A slower type which was participated by the leng luis of the course…
~Lengluis in white… Slow dance… During CAD 2006… I can’t seem to convert the video though… Sorry…~
Liannie’s batch also did another dance for that event… A dance following one of Jolin Tsai’s song and a fan dance…
I don’t think I have a copy of the former dance… But here’s a video of a practice session for the latter one.
~Practice for CAD 2006, choreographed by Liannie~
Turn back the time for another year and you’ll have the dances done during my first year…
There was this during the Biomed Annual Dinner 2006 at Saujana Impian I think…
~For Biomed Annual Dinner 2006. Just a short clip… Oh… Smokey And that guy up there is definitely not me… He’s a twin bro from some other country.. 
… Hahaha… The tune was Para-Para Sakura mixed with another song if I’m not mistaken~
And finally there was the first 2 dance which we made after entering the course…
This is the first ever dance choreographed by Mitsuki for the dinner back in 2005.
~For CAD 2005. Simple cause we really don’t have much time to prepare for the dances. The song was something from Korean… I don’t know the title though.~
And the wackiest dance I’ve ever seen before was the first dance I did during my first year. Unbeatable thus far…
~I’m somewhere in there as well… Can you find me??~
Yup… Unbeatable… Bangga… Hahaha
Anyway, the idea for that particular dance came from this
So how??? We did well right??? Hahaha (Credits of video to uploader on Youtube)
StickGuy is feeling MC2 today. And having his shares of ups and downs for the day.
Mon cha-cha day… Mc2 day
Hmmm… I’m now wondering why bad things always come after good things
I’ve been having a roller coaster feeling day. Going up and down the whole day with a bit of Mc2 in the middle.
Just when I thought that things are finally getting better… Some things crop up that drag that good feeling down. Up and Down… Even I’m also starting to become pening. Hmmm… What a day this is…
StickGuy thinks that parking at K17 just became stupid
Well… Just have a look at the drawings I’ve made:
It was totally terrible I tell you. The parking system once the barrier gates have gone up turned from bad to worse. Before this, students can just park at the parking lots next to the cafe or the labs which are close-by and convenient. But since certain staffs from the faculty had complaint about not able to find parking, students are now restricted to only the general parking area a few hundred meters away. Normally I wouldn’t mind parking there (Even though the sun is hot and the roads are not tarred… Not to mention that there are no lines so everyone is free to park everywhere). But this morning was just terrible.
(Photo was taken roughly one hour after I went reverse out… It started to rain… But can still see the situation)
There were not enough parking at the general parking area. Its even hard for those who already parked in there to get out. And whoever that go into that area have to reverse to get out… I pitied the girl who can’t get out in the photo above. I think she scratched her car while trying to get out (I think she U-turn at middle are between the black Viva/Myvi with that red kancil behind it)
And in the end, I reversed out of the parking area and drove to the back gate there to find a parking… And luckily I managed to find one by the road side.
And while walking to my lab, I noticed the area which I normally park are empty. EMPTY you know…
EMPTY WOI!!!
Guess I have to do something about it for the post-graduates. But seriously… This is one way to start a morning.
What particular trait in Jesus Christ do you find most attracting?
This was one of the question posed out by Fr Chris during last night’s mass.
It got me thinking for a while. What feature of Jesus Christ keeps bringing me back to Him over and over again.
The answer I got while in the chapel was His strength. He was persecuted over and over but He still managed to do His duties. Perhaps I can relate to that the most because I often found myself weak spiritually and seeking that strength and that faith that He has.
But that made me wonder again. Why not the other traits? Like love, or being caring? Hmmm, for me I guess that everyone has the ability to love. It’s only the definition of love which often got us lost. Everyone’s definition of love is quite different. My definition is more towards giving my service to those who needs them. At least I think of that way as my ‘love’ to them… Or at least I hope that’s how I show my ‘love’.
But… My love language ain’t ‘Acts of Service’. So why am I doing that particular language to all of those around me?
Over-careful
I noticed that I’m the type who is over-careful in the technical things I do. Most of the time when I’m using something in someone else’s lab I tend to be extra careful before leaving. Checking everything is placed back to where it’s suppose to be. So much so till I often make a second trip to that lab to verify if everything is ok. Is this called insecurity?? I wonder.
The same goes for when I am the last to leave my lab. I’ll check and double check and triple check if everything is off or not. So much till I’ll be spending 5 to 10 minutes walking about checking all the plugs and making sure things are in proper order.
Luckily I haven’t really made any huge mistakes yet. Maybe except the time I threw away the cells that I was suppose to sub-culture because I was talking to a lab-mate and suddenly shouted out ‘S#it’. Well… At least the cells in the main culture is still living well and I hope it continue to live 
Ahh… I learned more about myself as days passed by…
And I’m becoming StickGuy
Why Red Shirt? Because someone called me that.
Haha. Nice to meet you.
I know I know. My drawings are terrible right?
The promise of 2 months
Since I can’t wait 3 years as how Guang Liang’s song ‘Yue Ding’ goes.
So I’m giving it 2 months. Hopefully by then everything will be okay again.
And hopefully by then, I can start anew again.
It’s going to be a long 2 months.
I hope everything goes well.
My problem with the love language
I always have a problem of assuming that everyone’s love language is ‘Acts of Service’. Maybe that’s why I keep on doing all sorts of things for everyone else, be it those that are close or even if they are just normal friends. Sometimes I feel that I offer help until the point where the other person may think that I am annoying. That’s one thing but what’s my own love language you ask? I will have to say its personal touch. So touch me more often. Ha ha.
Oh for those who don’t understand what all this love language thing is all about then you obviously haven’t heard about Gary Chapman and his book called ‘Five Languages of Love’. He mentioned that every single person have a primary love language that once is fulfilled will make that person feel loved. There are many ways to find out what love language you have, but I’ll be elaborating more about it in detail in individual posts. Anyway just to start things off, the five languages are
1. Quality time
2. Words of affirmation
3. Giving gifts
4. Acts of service
5. Personal touch
So what do you think your love language is?
What does it mean to have faith?
I’ve been hearing a lot of things about faith since I became active in Catholic activities. About leaving things to faith… Believe in God, have faith in Him and place your trust in Him that everything will be all right.
But what happens when things don’t turn out right? I guess that’s the mentality (mine included) of the people nowadays. We put our trust in God to help us and when we feel that He didn’t, we start to lose our faith in Him. How many of us had pray for certain favors and only meet with disappointments in the end?
I too had my fair shares of trusting in God. But things do turn out not like I hope it to be too. What would I do then if that happen? I always wondered.
Recently I was bothered with certain issues that really made me felt dead, unmotivated, sad, down, low… Whatever negative feelings you may know, I might have had it. And I prayed over and over for things to get better. But till now things aren’t better. Perhaps its because that I keep praying that made me feel as if I don’t trust in Him. Perhaps I felt better if I did pray. But that doesn’t mean I have faith now do I? Perhaps things will better if I just trust in Him to know what’s best and let Him work His wonders.
And then I realized, once I left that part of me for Him to worry over, a part of my burden seemed to have lifted. I became happier for I know He’s with me. Amazing right… Well that feeling isn’t permanent though. I still have the struggles every now and then. But at least I do know of a way to trust him now. A way to put my faith in Him. And perhaps be my true self without worrying how I should be instead. Because I leave what other people think of me to Him.
And that, my friend, made me feel a bit more… alive…
And now I’m helping out with a boutique.
I’ll be doing some promotion over here for a boutique a friend of mine is currently running.
So the products will be as follow:
Price: RM 69.90
A dark blue dress suitable for any semi-formal dinner or prom night which you may be going to. Model not included.
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Price: RM 69.90
White dress which can be worn to proms and also to any dinner you might have. Model not included.
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RM 59.90
White blouse for casual wear . Model not included.
Anyone interested to buy can just send me an email at amiboshi_87@hotmail.com
Payment can be done by cash (via COD) method, or by bank transaction (and we’ll send the product to you via post).
Those around Serdang area, if you would like to have a look/feel of the original product, you can send me an email as well and we’ll try to arrange a meet up.
Check back here for more products.
Can you see the pot at the end of the rainbow?
Will I be able to see the end of this particular chapter of my life? There are so many chapters out there which has it’s own journey. Ultimately all of it could lead to happiness but whether they lead to the happiness one desired or not is still uncertain.
Have you ever watched a movie where at the end, the people were crying because they lost something special to them? That shows that the particular journey didn’t really work out well for them.
Want to know what will happen if you find true happiness after all the hardships you face? You’ll cry as well. Cry not because you’re sad, but because you finally achieve that one thing you set out to do. After all the hardships you have gone true, you break down and cry just because… you have done it.
Can you imagine that type of happiness?
Perhaps its easy for us to imagine it but do we actually feel that particular happiness at the end of a journey? Or normally when we reach the end, we forgot to look back at all that has happened on our journey there. Take this moment and look back at all that has happened. Now… Are you happy you got here? If you are not, do something about it
And still I wonder. Will I be able to see this to the end?
Authentic Kampua Mee in Puchong.
I remembered having lots of these kampua mee back in Labuan, especially after mass every Sunday morning. And how I missed those taste. Recently after reading Cibol’s blog at link, me and my labmates decided to go and try out this particular kampua mee.
And thus we set off for Bandar Puteri Puchong on one Wednesday afternoon for lunch.
It was a bit hard to find even though we followed the directions and the map written on the blog as quoted
The place, is located at Japan Puteri 7/11, Bandar Puteri, Puchong. It’s located nearby the hospital, so before the hospital you turn in then you can see a lot of shophouses there. (Cibol)
We nearly gave up after searching for a while since we couldn’t find it but after a few thought we finally realized what was wrong. We came from the opposite direction, from the LDP highway and hence we have to go to the turning after the hospital instead.
And luckily since I had also save the location on my GPS, we finally managed to find the shop.
So the coordinates for this place is
To go There : Let me give you kampua cravers the coordinate: N03° 1.467′ E101° 37.441′ (Cibol)
The food?
~Kampua~
This is as original as it can get here especially when you are so far away from Sarawak. Large bowl cost RM4.50 while smaller ones are at RM4.00.
The uncle there is a Sibu guy who actually shipped the ingredients and mee all the way from Sarawak.
And come September, he said that he will be making the noodles here instead to give a fresher feel to the noodles. So I’ll definitely be anticipating that. He also mention that he will be opening up branches elsewhere… Fingers crossed for Serdang as well
The stall also sell other Sarawakian food like Laksa Sarawak which is also not bad.
~Laksa Sarawak~
And here’s a photo of the food stall.
The uncle’s show is one of the stalls in this cafe. He’s the only one selling Sarawakian noodles and the kampua mee is written as Kan Pan mee or something. So Sarawakians, do visit this place for a taste of home. Haha. Enjoy.
If I were to pray right now…
I’ll pray for the health of Father O.C.
I’ll pray for those who are homesick to feel more belonged here…
And I’ll pray that may someone don’t be too cold towards me…
And I’ll pray that tomorrow be a happier day for all of us…
That’s what I’ll pray…
Just wanted to let certain things in my mind out… Though I really doubt expressing prayers aloud don’t increase the chances of it coming true. But I guess that where faith comes in…
Being Jekyll or being Hyde
I’m quite sure many of us live a 2-faced life. Being good on the surface but being evil beneath that. Or the rarer, being evil on the surface but is good and kind on the insides. And sometimes both good and evil surfaces at the same time. I would like to think of those times as the time when you are contemplating to do something good or bad. These time ranges from the serious moments to the mundane moments.
I too have those moments. A rare few knows how evil I really could be on the insides. Sometimes I felt as if I’m wearing a mask on the surface. Regardless of how good I may try to be, it can’t completely shun out the evil side of me. Hence when no one else is looking, the evil side of me surfaces.
There are times where the good side manage to prevails. But there will also be times when all good seems to have vanished. I’ll have to say sorry to all those people who seen the dark part of me.
But recently, for an ultimate goal, I’m trying to persist in being Jekyll and resist from turning into Hyde. I know it’s like trying to make a deal with God to gain a favor. But I really don’t know how else to achieve the goal without killing the bad side of me. Hope He will understand.
I’m in the uncertainty phase again
I’ve been having little sleep these few days. Its cause is a feeling of uncertainty on what might and might not happen. And it’s really is that serious till the point where I can’t feel relaxed enough to get a good rest even though I’ve been sleeping very little.
Of course, a way to overcome this will be to clear the uncertainty and ask for what’s certain. But I don’t want that either. Because what’s certain may not be what I want to hear. Just call me the guy who can’t face the facts because he believes that things do happen regardless of what others say.
But this belief comes with a great deal of perseverance. Can I hold on? Can I accept the unwanted truth? Will the truth that I want happens in the end? If so, when will it finally happen? Life is so full of mysteries…
And the days seemed to have flown by…
I remembered seeing the undergraduates going home a few months back and it’s hard to imagine that they will be around again starting next week. And the faculty will become once more a noisy place. Sometimes looking at their carefree faces made me wonder if I could return to those days. Days when all I have to worry about are attending classes and exams. I guess a lot of things end when you graduate. There are no longer those moments when I can just sit somewhere in the faculty and chit chat with friends for hours while waiting for class to begin. Gone will be the times when I sat and slept at the library while studying for the papers. Haha… I seemed to miss those times.
And its hard for me to wonder why some undergraduates are so reluctant to return back to their campuses after the holiday. Browse through a few junior’s blogs and all they seem to talk about is OMG… I DON’T WANNA GO BACK (exception for NanaLana who seemed to be excited though). You had your fair share of holidays at home. What’s wrong with spending another few months here and then after your finals return home again. Haha. I can’t seemed to understand them. Maybe they are still young, naive and immature .
But still, university life is just once in a lifetime. After you graduate you won’t be able to return to it. Even if you do (like I did), nothing will be the same. So quit the homesickness and live life to the fullest, wherever you are. Or you may find yourself hoping to go back to that part of your life which you missed cause you are homesick.
The problem with choosing a leader.
How do you choose a leader?
Can anyone answer that?
Does it normally take courage for someone to be a leader?
Or people are just naturally born a good leader or a terrible leader?
Last Wednesday I attended an AGM. It was for the Graduate Students Club of FPSK, UPM. Now, my past experience with AGM don’t seem to be a good one. Everytime I attended an AGM there will surely be something in store for me somewhere. I remembered the Photography Club in Secondary School I was in the committee. The Petanque Club also was vice-president. And there was that time in Red Crescent Society, a president. I was class monitor for 5 years straight out of… 5 years there… And then onto Matriculation where I spent a good time relaxing.
And then come university time, CSSUPM AGM, president… Biomedical Club UPM, committee member… Biomedical Annual Dinner 2006, treasurer… And then even after finishing my undergraduate life, I was also almost nominated for post in the recent CSSUPM AGM again… –.-‘’.. And then subsequently became the auditor for the current batch of CSSUPM exco.
But the one which took the surprise cake was the AGM last Wednesday. I attended the AGM cause I thought I should just pop up and see what goes on in the club and all. I also had the notion to skip the AGM due to my history with AGMs but in the end I went.
And guess who is the new President of the Graduate Students Club? –.-‘’
It’s the same instance as how I got elected during the past CSSUPM AGM. Emcee announce that we can start nominating… And Annie’s hand shot up into the air and she said ‘I nominate Alan Tan’… First name on the board some more. This time it was Darren’s (labmate) hand which shot up into the air. And after the vote was cast, everything was done… And what left is me standing there… A bit confused and a bit… err… irritated.
I didn’t do much for most of the post I held before this. Came under criticism a few times some more. And yet I’m at that spot once more. How do they choose someone to be a leader?
I always felt more comfortable being freelance. Helping out wherever I can but not being bounded by responsibility. And now I have that responsibility once more. I mean… Shouldn’t we choose someone who enjoy doing the job instead?
Shouldn’t we?
A breath of life to my project…
Recently the setbacks to my project have let me unmotivated and a bit down. I knew life as a post-graduate isn’t easy but I never expected it to be this frustrating. I was on my lowest a few weeks back when nothing seemed to move. Everything was stuck. I was moody and everything seemed to have gone wrong.
My supervisor had set up a time limit. If there is still no progress by then, I’ll be moving on to plan B. Plan B is to start anew. I’ve been working on my project for a year now. And to start anew feels like I’ve wasted some time. On the other hand, starting anew may just be the only way to get my motivation back.
So I decided to look upon the plan of starting anew. I set up a meeting with my supervisor yesterday. And asked her about the prospect and also plans for the new project. And would you know it. I like it. She even gave me an alternative Plan C which I could work upon. So currently I can consider either to take Plan B or Plan C.
I’ve rarely felt the burden of the post-graduate life being lifted off but it did ease a little after knowing the choices I had. I thought about it for sometime and thanks to Tina (she really supported me btw), I made an all-win decision. To do what I can for my project first and if its stuck, move to Plan B or C and when Plan A becomes unstuck, proceed with it. Sounds a bit farfetched so God please help me.
