Malaysia Festival of The Mind V

UTAR had the honour of holding Malaysia Festival of Mind V this year.
And I had the honour of participating, as a helper at exhibition on Friday, as well as an audience on Saturday.
Through this event, I've met a lot of people and learned a lot from mind experts around the world. Not to mention, I met a few of my old friends in the exhibition and made a lot of new friends from the exhibition too!!

If there is an event like this next time, let me know!! Cause this is truly interesting!!

The exhibition...

Eng Aun as helper, explaining the Math-A-Magic game concept to the visitors...
His booth was next to mine in the exhibition.

My partner as exhibitor - Kenny
We worked for this very cool guy named Mr Anant Kasibhatla, who is India's Record Holder for memory.

This is the extremely kickass booth of USM, all the way from Kedah campus.
This professor must be some expert in neuroscience and brain as he explained so much about the brain to me when I asked him.
He sorta gave me a MENTAL orgasm.

A real HUMAN brain.
And I touched it...
Too bad no picture as I was busy holding the brain...

But I took a photo with the skeleton!!
Who is cuter? Him or Dominic (the skeleton in our own Anatomy lab)?

To make things more interesting... I took a photo of HIM!!
This event was officiated by our Deputy Prime Minister
YAB Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Bin Mohd Yassin

An Perak's very own Menteri Besar - Zambry was there too...

Our DPM talking to Terry Winchester, a guru of the subconscious mind.

A talk by memory guru, Mr Anant Kasibhatla, my boss on Friday.
Learned a few tips from him about remembering things...
Main concept - Visualise, Associate and Pleasure
This guy remembers 1077 numbers in sequence!!

Another talk by Prof Zalina Ismail, who is a doctor and a lawyer, at the same time!!
Damn geng!!

My EXHIBITOR pass which I had to give back at the end of the day...
So bad that I can't keep it for memory...

After the event, Nicole swore that her back was so broken...

And Kumutha is ever so PRETTY, even after a long day's work...
And I am sooo in love with her shirt...

On Saturday, I attended this talk by Terry Winchester, about the Power of the Mind and self-hypnosis.
Very intriguing talk which makes me think a lot...

And we sort of had a little chat at the end of the talk.
And I took a photo with him.

This event is truly beneficial. Screw the USSDC points, cause I can't get official tickets for all the talks. I went into all the talks with no tickets, thus no points. But what is truly beneficial is the content of the talks and the knowledge I learned from it. Not to mention the experience of involving in this event!!

Special thanks to Levnn Chiang Kok Hoong for fetching me in your animal car on Friday...
Special thanks to Kok Hoong, Ming Tze and Melvin for trying to help me get tickets.
Thanks to Nicole and Kumutha for letting me know about this event.
Thanks to Kenny and Eng Aun for making my day so enjoyable on Friday.
Thanks and good job to everyone, organisers, exhibitors, helpers, and participants, for making this event a success!!

I Have A Kickass Life!!

Okay... Very busy these few days... No time for daily updates... Sorry people...
I'll just let the pictures do the talking...

Our beloved friend... Goldon Molling left us to go to Russia to study Medicine...
Another leng chai in UTAR has left...

This is the picture that we took in the studio...
Weird pose... I know...
The photographer asked us to pose like that...

Group photo!!
Top left : Black, Qian, Hon Yuen, KKY, Kumutha, Zarry, Me, Wee Leng, Poh Zhen
Bottom left : Nicole, Goldon, Vanezsha and YY

On Wednesday, we did an experiment with the spectrophotometer.
These are cuvettes of Methyl Blue with different concentration...
They looked really crystal-like when arranged like this...

This is the very interesting machine - Spectrophotometer.
It operates on the principle of optical density and light.

Lyn Fay happily using the micropipetter.

From left, Neo, Yen Yee, and Winnie...
I wonder why they are covering their pretty faces... Haha...

Then, on Thursday night....
Kampar RAINED!!!
This picture was taken near the lake...

Dark clouds = Heavy rain...
And I cycled that day...
Got kinda wet...

And since I was wet from the rain, and a little pissed too...
So at night, Wee Leng, YY and I went to eat SUSHI at Sushi King in Tesco...

The Sushis are THIS BIG...
And the whole restaurant was shocked when we ordered THREE sets...
Hahaha... Bet no 3 girls finished 3 sets of these in one sitting...

I Don't Care

Next week and the week after next is HELL...

I have THREE reports due, TWO mid terms coming, and TWO assignments deadline...
And I am feeling sick-ish!! Not to mention a very stress-induced mood swing...
~Sorry guys, I don't intentionally piss people off, but sometimes I just can't help it.~

And the best part is... I've decided that

I DON'T CARE!!

No matter how hard it is, I believe that I can do it!! No matter how hard I fall, I believe this is the path of learning, not just education, but learning as a whole!! No matter how tired I am, I will continue to fight!!

Once, a friend told me, "NEVER SURRENDER!"
~Thank you for the inspiration. It is really like a slap in the face!!~

Thus, I DON'T CARE if the sky fall or a tsunami is created from Westlake.
I WILL NOT SURRENDER to the mountain load of work!!
~Even when I am feeling sickish~~

Thus, thank you to YY and Vee for keeping me healthy with our very "frugal" dinner. Thank you Wee Leng, for tolerating my shit and being so extra super uber nice to me. Thank you Zac and KKY, for taking the trouble to fetch me to and fro classes. Thank you Gor Gor for the words of encouragement. Thank you Julian for your very weird but kinda meaningful song.

Thank you God, for surrounding me with very very good friends.

Way To De-Stress

I have 3 assignments, 2 reports, 2 mid-term tests and various other activities due in the next two weeks. I am at my maximum stress threshold!! Yes, extremely stressed and exhausted. Very worried of getting sick too...

But no worries... I've found a new way to de-stress...

COOKING!!!

Dinner a few days ago... Sugar Chicken and stir fried vege...

Tonight's dinner...

Tonight... got stir fried vege...

... Got fried fish from Kumutha

... Got fried mince pork...

DINNER IS HEAVEN!!

I am cooking dinner almost every night now. It is truly enjoyable and relaxing while experimenting with food!! I mean, who isn't a kid at heart and always wanted to play with FOOD? Dinner time is the time where I looked forward to most after a hard day's work at campus... Cooking and chatting with YY and Vee is simply enjoyable!! This week, I played guitar while waiting for the rice to be cooked too!! Haha... Vee is actually kind enough to say that I can sing well... Haha... I can't sing well, but I am still happy because she said I can sing!! LOL~~

Dear class rep, I am not joking when I say I can cook ok? Hahaha...

我只有八岁 I Am Only Eight Years Old

最近，我在念华语课为其中一科选择课。教学大纲要我们做个阅读报告。读的书是李家同教授写的《让高墙倒下吧》。书里有189篇散文。我全部读完。但唯一影像最深刻的是〈我只有八岁〉。

这篇散文是讲述卢安达的一个孩童，在逃难时候的感想。作者李家同教授是看了一下这一张照片，引笔写下的文章。这篇文章，就是感人肺腑。

I am currently studying Chinese Language as an elective subject in my Degree programme. One of the assignment in the syllabus is to do a story review from a book written by a famous writer from Taiwan, Professor Li Jia Tong. There are 189 short stories in this book and I've finished all of them. But this one short story left a really deep impression in me -- "I Am Only Eight Years Old" (direct translation la... )

This story is about a Rwanda child expressing her feelings when she was on the run from riots. This story was inspired by a picture below. This is one passage that I really felt like crying after reading.

这张照片是记者凯文卡特拍的。这张作品命名为“虎视眈眈”。卡特就是凭着它赢得了 九四年的普力兹奖。卡特得到了他一生最高的荣誉。但在他领奖不久以后，他就自杀毙命。为什么呢？可能就是良心的责备。这黑童，饿得皮包骨了。身旁还有一只秃头鹰，虎视眈眈地，瞪着孩童饿死。孩童一断气，就成了秃头鹰的一顿美食了。世人看了这张震撼世人的照片，都在叹“可怜的小孩!” 或 “为什么没有去救他？”。。。

其实，我们到底有多关心世界饥饿的一群呢？

This picture was taken by a reporter Kyle Carter. This picture won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994. Carter got the highest honour every reporter can ever dreamed of. But months after he received this prize, Carter killed himself. Why? Maybe his conscious is guilty. The child in the picture was at the verge of starving to death. There was a vulture next to her, waiting for her to die, so that it can devour her body. When the picture was released, the public felt sorry for the child, even some accusing Carter for being cold-blooded.

But honestly, how much do WE care about hunger and starvation issues around the world?

To Make You Feel My Love

This is a beautiful song!!

If a guy play this song to me... I would so melt!!
This is like the perfect confession or wedding song!! Love the lyrics!!

The song is written by Bob Dylan and sung by Adele. But I found a couple of covers that are equally memorable!!

Enjoy~~

I love the guitar duet and this guy's voice is not bad!!


This one is by Josh Kelley. The song is a soundtrack of Cinderella Story. His voice is so mellow, and sweet, and sexy at the same time!!


I love the girl's voice... And her hair!! Wonderful singer and guitarist!



I am currently learning this song on guitar and trying to make a cover... But I seriously can't sing... T_T

The lyrics are as follows :

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I would offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go blind for you
I'd go crawling down the aisle for you
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
But you ain't seen nothing like me yet

There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love

Sooner Or Later

Come back and look at me
Give me a reason
Tell me your problems
I'll listen while you complain
Life slipped from the fingers
Like sand within one's grasp
The tighter you hold
The less you have
Sooner or later
Dreams shatter and hopes are gone
I am a believer
Help me believe in you

Come back and tell me why
Give me your life
Tell me what you want
I'll listen while you complain
Have you found your life yet
Don't be a lost ship without a compass
The more you avoid it
The worse it becomes
Sooner or later
Bonds are broken and love gone cold
I am a believer
Help me believe in me

Come back and hold me
Give me your friendship
Tell me your feelings
I'll listen to every word your breathe
We are lonely souls who deny
I am over with ignoring the obvious
The more I run from it
The more I cry about it
Sooner or later
The wound only gets bigger
I am a believer
Help me believe in us

~~This poem is inspired by a song by Switchfoot.
I dedicate this poem to a friend whom I had a major fall out with earlier. I miss you a lot tonight. I hope you are reading.