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Batik Production

2009-07-12T11:43:00.003+08:00

Hi guys! I am in a full swing this weekend. I am still waiting for your reactions on my last post, Life’s Greatest Lesson. Someone was complaining to me the post was ‘quite heavy to take’. So, I am trying to lose it a little bit by posting pictures from my Kelantan trip. I went there with my family and my brother’s fiancé during one of the weekend in between my industrial training.

Kelantan is a state in the north-east of Malaysia. It is an Islamic state, which makes it quite different from the rest of the states. They don’t have night clubs or cinemas there, and even the performers will be wearing scarf or tudung when performing there. Even though 95% of the population are Malay, I am easily impressed when I saw a Chinese talking in Kelantanese dialect.

Sorry for the blurry images. The weather is too hot for me to go outside of the car to snap the pictures. Plus, I was in a moving car at that time. LOL

I suddenly feel like being in Indonesia where all the citizens neglecting their races talks in a unify language; Bahasa Indonesia. Apart from that, Kelantan is famous with its songket and batik, and I have the opportunity to see the making of batik!

You have to be skillful enough to hand painting the design of batik

Since every batik was handpainted, the design is unique only to one batik

It was then brushed to give textures on the batik

Final touch was done

Some dyes that were used

Then, it was washed and left to dry

And ta da! They are ready to be sold!

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Life's Greatest Lesson (Part I)

2009-07-11T19:26:00.002+08:00

I lay on my bed for a whole hour before decided to start typing a little story that has been running in and out of my mind lately. The weather outside is breezy with the sign of heavy rain is coming. After spending all morning attending Interaction Day with my juniors (will tell more on that later), I just spent the last two hours rejuvenating myself. Accompanied by a hot caffeinated drink, with my roommate is sound asleep, I have the perfect space and tagline (Hot Shit Form Here new tagline; Life and More) to share with you the life’s greatest lesson.

What is the life’s greatest lesson? I once asked the same question to one of my high school favorite teachers on this subject. I still remember what his answer was; “learn how to live, love and die”.

I have a bubbling question to ask him that night, but my dad already arrived to take me home from the tuition center. Yes, I took additional classes on night with the same teacher who teaches me in the school. There seems to be no point of going there, since he teaches almost the same thing in school, but I need to spend all the time that I can get with him. And he’s one of the unique people I ever met until this day. He moves quite fast for a person with a limp leg and has the ability to detect the slightest change in people’s voice. He gets personal with his students and taught all that he knows.

The subject was chemistry and he was one of the reasons why I am taking a chemical engineering degree. But he also taught me about life; the greatest subject of all.

Life

He once said that what is important in life is to know your own self well. What do you want in life? How you want to live it? By knowing that, you have the ability to see all that matter in your life. You could do life changing decisions and live with it. You could be more true to yourself. And the most important is that is when only you could set priorities in life. The truth is, at a tender age of 17, I barely understand half the words his said. As years past, after skipping through all the awkwardness of teenage life, I am beginning to have a much clearer picture by what he meant.

The more you learn about yourself, the more you know what the best is for you. For some it’s about accomplishments, while for others, it’s about getting lots of money, building a family, contribute to society, being the most popular guy he can be, and the list will goes on and on. No one has the right to determine how you gonna live your life, but you have to consider others in your life. No man can live on the island alone.

Love

With a slight human touch, the life that you have been living in will takes a different turn. Love is all that matters, someone once said. You cannot run from love, others uttered. While the best of life could be discovered in the circle of love, from time to time you will stumble upon a hatred wall that gives you a second though about loving others. And then will comes the cheating, jealousy, anger, insensitivity towards other and not to mention hatred itself.

The simplest way to handle this conflict is to look into own self and ask this question, what is that you looking for in life? Check your priority list, comply with your moral compass and peek into your spiritual guidance and hopefully you will arrive to the answer. Seek your closest one for helps if you failed.

In the second part of this post, I will narrate to you about death - the final part of Life’s Greatest Lesson. Sorry for the long post. I have been looking for the right comeback post. And I hope this will do it. Stay tune for more!

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What's New?

2009-07-06T07:58:00.003+08:00

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New header

New tagline, instead of “not your ordinary” to “life and more”

I planned to change my site’s template

Hot Shit Form Here is now has a Google rank 4!

I am not ready to continue my Entrecard drop regime; I am hoping I could stop using Entrecard in the future, but I will try my best to do my best to return every EC drop here

My Little Black Pot

I already started to post entertainment news as usual there, but I think I will have to limit the exposure of this site just yet. I am experimenting on how to attract new visitors without have to rely on Entrecard.

Bluecrystaldude (That’s me!)

I have finished my ten weeks of industrial training! Yeah! And now I will start my new semester (my final year) today. No holiday for me…

I will have to lay out a new visiting plan for my favorite blogs and sites. Since my new courses for this semester require an extra attention, I hope I could visit all my favorite sites without jeopardize my study.

Thank you for your support!

Have a nice day!

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Will Be Back Soon!

2009-06-28T11:40:00.002+08:00

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Kris Allen, the New American Idol!

2009-05-21T20:57:00.000+08:00

I couldn’t believe it! The two hours result show was a blast! The stars studded show definitely was really entertaining. Apart from great performances, there were lots of skins on the stage; Kara DioGuardi showed off her bikini body while singing with the former contestant, Katrina “Bikini Girl” Darrell. My favorite show would be the Adam Lambert and Kiss performance.

After close to 100 million votes, Kris Allen was announced as the winner of American Idol season 8th. The underdog of this season finale is more humble than ever. I actually couldn’t believe my ears listening to Kris’s answer after being asked by Ryan Seacrest after announcing Kris as the winner. This was his answer: "It feels good, man, but Adam deserved this. … I don't know what to feel right now, but this is crazy!" Okay, who said something like that after just being announced the new American Idol?

This has been one heck of a season. Even though I prefer Adam Lambert to win this season (this wouldn't be your first gay American Idol after all), Kris definitely deserved it. All hail world, beware for they will conquer your world. Congrats again Kris Allen!

So, do you surprise with the result? Who should win American Idol this season? Kris Allen? Adam Lambert? Danny Gokey? Allison Iraheta? By the way, what do you think of Kara DioGuardi (nice bod though)? Should she come back next season? Should Paula Abdul go?

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First Commenter Winners & Happy Birthday Shemah!

2009-05-20T23:52:00.002+08:00

Since I haven't managed to link out my First Commenter winners for the last three posts, I thought it's better to have a special post for them. These are the First Commenter Winners in their respective post:

Nightlife - Mariuca and her latest site; Meow Diaries
I am Back! - Unknown winner; "Guest"
Owl City - Hot Air Balloon - Shemah from My Sweet Escape

By the way, I also want to wish Happy Birthday to Shemah! I hope you will have a wonderful year ahead. Happy Birthday Shemah!

P/S: Please note that I CLOSED THIS post's comment section. Meanwhile, feel free to listen to my choice for Music Monday this week; an amazing song from Owl City - Hot Air Balloon. Thank you and have a nice day!

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Owl City - Hot Air Balloon

2009-05-18T01:07:00.002+08:00

I planned to join Music Monday last week, but my works have already piling up by then. I have to do two technical writings last week. One entitled Water for The Future: Challenges and Potential Solutions and the other one is about Solid State Fermentation. I actually hate doing technical writing. You have to make sure the facts are correct and reliable, the tone must be straight forward and you need to use those technical terms. After all the hours of writing, I usually need to relax my mind. And last month, I found the right tune for my relaxing moments.

Therefore, let me introduce to you, my latest craving of electric pop; Owl City! The music blended well with the lyrics and every time I listen to one of Owl City songs, I will be escaping myself from the reality to the place where Adam Young’s voice guided me. Awesome!

I tried to find more about Owl City, but all I can found was Owl City’s myspace website and official website. You should check out Owl City’s official site! It is one of the coolest music sites – a direct translation of Owl City’s music!

"Hello, my name is Adam.
I prefer daydreams over reality.
Music is my muse.
I write and record in my basement.
I have trouble sleeping.
These songs are all I have to show for my sleepless nights.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
It means the world to know someone is out there listening.
You have no idea how much I appreciate you.
Thank you."

- Adam Young, the genius behind Owl City

Okay, I must admit that I have a man crush with Adams; both Adam Young and Adam Lambert (check out how gay Adam Lambert in this post) that is – BTW, can’t wait for American Idol finale, but then, I would be falling for everyone that could leaves me with a warm feeling inside especially after hours in front of my laptop. See you again next time! I hope I had more time online this week. Miss you guys and thanks for your support! Happy Monday!

Check out Owl City - Hot Air Balloon! A new single will be out every month! Just sign up at the Owl City's official website to download this awesome song! And no, this is not a paid post. I here just for the music!

We wrote a prelude
To our own fairy tale
And bought a parachute
At a church rummage sale

And with a mean sewing machine
And miles of thread
We sewed the day above L.A.
In navy and red

We wound a race track
Through your mom's kitchen chairs
And fought the shadows back
Down your dark basement stairs

I lit a match, then let it catch
To light up the room
And then you yelled as we beheld
An old maroon hot air balloon

I'll be out of my mind
And you'll be out of ideas
Pretty soon
So let's spend
The afternoon in a cold hot air balloon
Leave your jacket behind
Lean out and touch the treetops over town
I can't wait
To kiss the ground
Wherever we touch back down

La la la la la laaa
La la la la la laaa

We drank the Great Lakes
Like cold lemonade
And both got stomach aches
Sprawled out in the shade

So bored to death you held your breath
And I tried not to yawn
You made my frown turn upside down
And now my worries are gone

I'll be out of my mind
And you'll be out of ideas
Pretty soon
So let's spend
The afternoon in a cold hot air balloon
Leave your jacket behind
Lean out and touch the treetops over town
I can't wait
To kiss the ground
Wherever we touch back down

I'll be out of my mind
And you'll be out of ideas
Pretty soon
So let's spend
The afternoon in a cold hot air balloon
Leave your jacket behind
Lean out and touch the treetops over town
I can't wait
To kiss the ground
Wherever we touch back down

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I am Back!

2009-05-09T00:45:00.001+08:00

I am back! This time is for real! Thanks for all your support and kind words. I will be around your site more often after this! See you later and have a great weekend!!

P/S: I am sorry Mariuca, I still haven't link your site to my last post. I will link it in this post too :) Hope you don't mind Marzie..

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Nightlife

2009-05-01T01:18:00.002+08:00

These pictures were taken from our balcony in Paris!

Hi guys! Sorry for missing out this week. Again. I already started my days as an internship at one of scholar’s branch company. And my first impression when I stepped into that cold glass door was that, “I chose a wrong place for my internship”. (Okay, may be not that long, but you get it).

The place is suitable for biotechnology, bioprocessing or something along that line of works. It requires you to do lot of lab works for research purposes. That being said, I really like the working environment there. Everyone seems friendly to each other and ~~eerily~~ look like one big family.

Not bad for spending your 10 weeks there, I hope. Anyway, this also my first time living in an apartment. My house is at the top most floor (20th floor) and apart from the crowded space below, the night view of the city is breath taking. The nightlife there is equally tempting. I am sorry though for not posting any of the pictures here. I haven’t managed to upload it into my laptop.

Happy Labour Day to everyone! I am going off to Kelantan for the weekend! See you later!

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Yes, Adam Lambert is Gay, but could he be the first Gay American Idol?

2009-04-25T16:35:00.001+08:00

Is Adam Lambert is gay? Following the madness of his photos circulating the Internet, yes, Adam Lambert is gay.

But, could he still win the American Idol? Well, if it’s up to me, yes he could. American Idol is a competition in searching for a singer and Adam is no doubt one of the best singers they had found – some even said in the history of American Idol. (See Adam's pictures after the jump) Truth is, whether you like it or not, sexual orientation issue plays a major part of our life now. Remember Miss California’s answer when she was asked by Perez Hilton in Miss USA 2009?

Carrie Prejean said, "We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised."

And she lost the title to Miss North Carolina. In my personal opinion, religion should always being kept to oneself. No offense, but the values that we shared perhaps differs with others. Logically, if you want to be Miss USA, you will represent all Americans, to which not only comprise straight people, but gay alike. That being said, she has every right to express her opinion in any matter and I don’t think her answer is more wrong than right.

So, back to the main topic, do you think Adam will win American Idol this season? Whether the contestant sexual orientation may sway your votes and for the rest of the world, you likeness towards him?

On the same matter, if Adam is not the best person to win American Idol, who will? For those who haven't yet see the pictures:

My personal favorite performances:

Adam Lambert – Mad World, The Track of My Tears, Black or White, Born to Be Wild, If I can’t Have You, Play That Funky Music

Danny Gokey – P.Y.T, Stand by Me, What Hurts the Most, Jesus Takes the Wheel, September

Kris Allen – Aint No Sunshine, Falling Slowly, She Works Hard For the Money, To Make You Feel My Love

Allison Iraheta – Papa Was A Rolling Stone, I Can’t Make You Love Me, Give In to Me

Matt Giraud – Staying Alive, Part Time Lover

Anoop Desai – True Colors, Always On My Mind

Lil Rounds – I Surrender

At first I think that Adam, Danny and Allison will be in the top 3. But with the current performances, I think that Kris Allen is on the top 3 as well. I love Allison, but she may have to give her place to Kris. Kris has been doing so so so well these couple of performances. So, who are your favorites? And who will win American Idol this season?

By the way, this is Lady Gaga.. I just couldn't resist to post it here too. LOL :)

P/S: See Adam Lambert's Video performing Gnarls Barkley - Crazy | Other pictures of Adam Lambert |

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A Place to Escape

2009-04-17T01:30:00.003+08:00

(Do click to enlarge - I took this picture at Chinatown during my Singapore trip)

When there are problems, I try to escape by going to somewhere else. No, it’s not into some kind of world fantasy. I rather am at a place that is real as possible. One of my favorite places is to be surrounded by people. Just standing there with all the noises of chattering and stomping, I feel I am alone only with my mind. Don’t get me wrong. I love being alone sometimes. I could have a chance to clear up my minds and sorting jumble of pieces that if not, are floating my inner self.

My other escape place:

Imagine everything moves in a slow motion when certain incident is occurring. I just want to capture the beauty of what God has created; especially when the raining is coming, how the breeze shake up the trees, leaves falling down and how people running to bring in their wet clothes – people in Malaysia loves to hang up their laundry under the sun. It is amazing!

Watching people in motion; everyone seems to know where their destination is.

There you go. I hate to leave this post this short. But I still have another two papers to kill; this Monday and the last one on Wednesday. I will be back to my hometown in Johor on Thursday night, start packing and went straight to Kuala Lumpur for my industrial training (practical training, internship, whatever you call it) on the next day. Oh, and I also must finish my journal for a writing competition before the end of April. God, I am sure had my hand full.

Anyway, where are your favorite places to escape? I am sure you must have your favorite place to go :)

P/S: I need to start taking pictures again. I missed my camera!

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I am Living in a Mad World

2009-04-12T20:31:00.000+08:00

There were lots of messes going on in the blogsphere and I was somehow entangled in it. No, I wasn't talking about the Entrecard and its paying ads. Even that I can handle. It's totally different kind of problem. Some of you already know about the problem, but most are not. Even though blogsphere seems like a large place, the truth is it smaller than you expected; especially when you are sharing lots of common readers and commenters with each other. Therefore, I rather not elaborate further on this matter as it may divide this already small community.

That being said, I would like to express my regrets and my sincere apology to Gagay for I might just contribute to her disqualification from one particular contest that she joined. I am truly sorry Gagay.

I will start my final examination tomorrow (13th April 2009) and with all these messes, I am mentally and emotionally exhausted. I haven't been sleeping properly and even when I did, I dreamt about commit suicide or killing someone else. Gosh. Can someone build a time traveling machine for me so that I could just fast forward my life and see what the next two weeks will hold?

Kindly noted: There will be no linky love in this post. I even suspended my first commenter contest for this post. I just don't feel like it. The contest will be back in the next post. Thank you.

P/S: I was slightly disappointed to see that my REAL NAME was revealed to all more than once in the comment section of the host’s contest post. I thought that kind of thing is confidential? Whatever. Sigh.

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Prime Minister, Entrecard and Hell Mouth - It Never Gets Easier

2009-04-03T11:50:00.007+08:00

Malaysia’s Newest Prime Minister - After whom? I can’t seem to remember our last Prime Minister name. Hurm..

Najib Abdul Razak will be elected as the new Prime Minister of Malaysia today. The sixth Prime Minister will be handed over the topmost job from the former Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The aftermath of March general election in a way has forced Badawi to step down from the post. The country hopes for a strong leader that will guide its citizens in embracing the economic difficulties ahead.

In case you are wondering why am I writing this way, at this very moment (10 am) I still have a hangover from months of doing technical writings. My hands are burned due to the heat from the keyboard. No, seriously. Anyway, back to the topic, I hope this time around, Najib would show some changes that he has been promised before. No corruption, no personal favor and more actions.

Oh, and Badawi has been giving a Tun title from the King. How considered of him but damn Malaysia and its lengthy titles.

(Entrecard Top Dropper list and Hell Mouth after the jump)

Thank you for My Top Entrecard Droppers

I had been religiously doing my dropping and I was able to complete 30 days of doing the same 300 drops without a missed. Well, there was one day I only managed to drop 167 drops. But I blamed it on my internet connection. Driven by my undying curiosity (and my passion for maths), I have done some calculation on the hours I spent on dropping. I relatively need 3 hours maximum to finish my 300 drops, and times that with 30 days, I managed to spend about 90 hours of otherwise my quality times for myself on Entrecard. Whether I am going to do the same thing this month? Of course I will. Well, at least I will try my best.

No, I am not addicted. I knew I had a problem, I just too damn lazy to care.

These are Hot Shit Form Here’s March Top Droppers:

Congratulation to I Learn Online Marketing for winning 1000 EC and the space ads just below my Entrecard inbox. For your information, I took this data from my statistic page on the 1st April at 2 am in the morning. The result may have changed from that moment on.

Out from the Hell Mouth into the Hell Stomach - well, at least it’s warmer there

I have finished my tiring months of study. I had done about 9 tests, 3 heart wrenching (literally) VIVA presentations (I bad with abbreviations don’t ask me what VIVA stands for) and finally I have officially entered my study week today. This means I will no longer spent 9 hours attending lectures every day. This also means that I will be having my final examination in the following week. Yey to that. I can’t wait for this semester to over.

I usually will spend my study weeks undergoing the same routine over and over again. I will be spending about 8 hours in the library (at least an hour less then before) and enjoying myself during the night. So, don’t worry, I will definitely spend my times attending your sites and replying comments on my blog. :)

Oh and I am glad most of you like my previous post, The World is Getting Weirder. It’s a simple post about some weird news. I wish this week will bore the same weirdness for me to share. And if this thing takes off well, I might change my site tagline. It would be: Hot Shit Form Here, I am Just Weird.

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The World is Getting Weirder Everyday!

2009-03-29T23:30:00.004+08:00

Drunken Gorillas

How often did you see drunken gorillas?

When wildlife photographer Andy Rouse was told he would find a family of endangered gorillas high on the mountain, he did not expect to find them this high. Sitting back in the foliage as if it was a cocktail bar, the mountain gorillas had been gorging on alcoholic sap from fresh bamboo shoots and were looking distinctly the worse for wear.

When the snapper returned the following day, all was quiet, with the apes apparently sleeping off their hangovers. We can only sympathize with the shock no doubt experienced by some of the beasts when they awoke and discovered who they had spent the night with.

Source: Telegraph

A Prayer Machine

How lazy are you to pay a machine for reciting your prayer? Does it still count?

For a small monthly fee, a new Internet service called Information Age Prayer will use speech synthesis to verbalize three prayers a day for you. While the company offers no guarantee that God will answer, they do promise the computer-generated prayers will be read at the proper volume and pace, and that your name will be printed on a screen each time one is articulated.

Prices vary from $1.95 a month for prayers for your children, to $3.95 a month for prayers for world peace. As of now, you can't write your own prayers, but the company claims they will add this feature once they can assure "no malicious prayers will get through."

Source: Asylum

60ft Phallus (Penis) On the Roof

Rory McInnes, 18, climbed on to the flat roof of his parents' home and daubed the symbol using a tin of white paint, after watching a programme about Google Earth. But parents Andy and Clare did not discover their son's rude artwork until a helicopter spotted it on top of their home near Hungerford, Berks.

When Mr McInnes phoned his son, who is currently in Brazil on a gap year, the teenager said: "Oh, you've found it then!"

The boy's father appeared to take the prank in good humor.

Source: Telegraph

Shoplifter Learn From ‘Cops’

Penni Dale Waters, A 48-year-old Tampa Bay woman says she learned an important shoplifting lesson from the TV show Cops. If you lined your handbag with tinfoil you can evade the detectors at the store entrance. Unlike a lot of Food Channel recipes and products you purchase on infomercials, this handy tip really works. Waters made it out the door of her local Lowes with a power drill. She might have gotten away if she hadn't made a more basic mistake. She didn't realize a store detective was watching.

As I have been telling everybody else who are kindly enough to listen, watching television is an educating process. By the way, I am currently hooked up with the new TV show called Better Off Ted.

Source: About.com

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Earth Hour and Viagra

2009-03-28T14:58:00.001+08:00

Hi guys, miss me? Don’t worry, it just another week before my study week start. Study week means a week free of classes and lectures. Oh yeah, it also means that I will be having my final examination a week after that. Put my student life aside, 8.30PM tonight, we will be joining the Earth Hour event.

Earth Hour facts:

Earth Hour is an international event organised by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund).
Earth hour was conceived by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights.
Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.
Held on the last Saturday of March, it asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change
Iconic landmarks around the world including the Empire State Building (New York City), Sears Tower (Chicago), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta), Sydney Opera (Sydney, Australia), Wat Arun Buddhist Temple (Bangkok, Thailand) and the Colosseum (Rome, Italy) are joining this event.
Close to five million Malaysian are expected to switch off their lights during Earth Hour, along with the people at 2100 cities in 83 countries.
The official website www.earthhour.org/malaysia is reported to have crashed yesterday owing to the more than 60000 visitors it received over the past few days.

P/S: I suddenly thinking off this Viagra picture I saw few months back (picture after the jump). Switch Off? Your Choice!

I definitely will join it to tonight. Do you?

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Hermen Duen - My Home is Nowhere Without You

2009-03-23T01:25:00.004+08:00

I decided to join Music Monday this week. Sorry for my absence. I am fully occupied with my study again this week. I have another three tests coming up this week; Renewable and Alternative Energy on Monday, Chemical Engineering Lab II on Thursday and Mathematical Methods for Chemical Engineering on Friday. Gosh, and this isn’t my final exam for this semester yet. *Sigh*

Anyway, I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite duo which is Hermen Duen. This is a French duo that will tickle your heart from inside. A great choice when you’re down or when your head is tangled up like mine. “My Home is nowhere without you” is such a beautifully written love song, I feel obligated to share it with you guys. Check also their interesting video too!

By the way, anyone of you knows Ron Russell? I really like his comments and would love to visit his site, but unfortunately he usually doesn’t leave his link behind. Sir, if you’re reading this message, kindly enough to drop me your link. Your comments are too good to be ignored. Thank you. And since we are on the same subject, I would like to remind my commenters once again that please let this page fully load first. I am using CommentLuv and would be honored to share your linky love here. Oh, and don’t forget to leave out your Name too ;)

People put pictures of places in frames
I remember someone's face but then I forget their names
I have a book for writing down who I meet and where I'm going to
But my home is nowhere without you

There is nowhere like the ocean to breathe
And the world is wonderful as it is
Now I might try to settle down on some beach in Malibu
But my home is nowhere without you

My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you

I met the natives and they shook my hand
In a warehouse in Providence, Rhode Island
They said they had a room for me there with an incredible view
But my home is nowhere without you

There are houses full of dogs and full of bugs
In a city full of gods and full of thugs
I wandered there down the streets and up on first avenue
But my home is nowhere without you

My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you

My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you
My home is nowhere without you

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Learning Should Be Fun!

2009-03-21T18:20:00.002+08:00

Malaysia is currently fussing about whether to teach primary and secondary students Science and Mathematics in English. We even held a riot to prove that we care for where our future lies! (I am not participating in it though). One side is opposing this idea (after it 6 years of implementation) since it has been hard, especially for rural students to learn the two most difficult subjects in their entire school life in a foreign language. To understand the concepts is one problem, to learn the concepts in English is another.

They also said that this move will undermine our national language; Bahasa Melayu and will only benefit the urban students. On the other hand, people who are agreeing with this method of teaching claimed that it will improve our children English and it would be easier to search for references since lots of important information is written in English.

Politics aside, my stand is quite clear. Yes, English is important, but there are other ways to improve our English rather than to instil it in these subjects. I think that we should improve the way English language subject itself being delivered to students. After almost ten years of formally learning English language, from kindergarten to university, many of us still couldn’t grasp the language firmly. (Yes, always blame the education).

So, the way of teaching and the syllabus should be revamped. I don’t learnt Science and Mathematics in English during my primary and secondary school, but when they teach us in English during my university years, I and most of my colleagues don’t experiencing any problem.

To say the least, students must have a firm understanding on the basic concepts in Science and Mathematics. Although many said that people like me, have no vote in this matter since we already understand English quite well and thus, it would not be a problem for us to understand the subjects. Anyway, since I am planning to have my future children raise here, I think my vote count.

What about you? Do you think the medium for learning should be restricted to a certain language? And for Malaysian, which language is better for learning?

P/S: Please mind your language when you comment about Malaysia. I don't want to be brought to the court like other bloggers. Malaysia Boleh!

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Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

2009-03-16T02:00:00.006+08:00

Have you heard about Fleet Foxes, a group from Seattle? They really are amazing. Their songs are great and the videos are beautiful. Trust me. Anyway, I would like to share to you a song which they sang during the Saturday Night Live on 17th January (if I am not mistaken - I only watched the downloaded version of it :) The song called Mykonos. Enjoy it!

The lyric:

The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us
Footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up

And you will go to Mykonos
With a vision of a gentle coast
And a sun to maybe dissipate
Shadows of the mess you made

How did any holes in the snow tipped pines, I find
Hatching from the seed of your thin mind, all night?

And you will go to Mykonos
With a vision of a gentle coast
And a sun to maybe dissipate
Shadows of the mess you made

Brother you don't need to turn me away
I was waiting down at the ancient gate

You go
Wherever you go today
You go today

I remember how they took you down
As the winter turned the meadow brown

You go
Wherever you go today
You go today

When I walking brother don't you forget
It ain't often you'll ever find a friend

You go
Wherever you go today
You go today
[x8]

The song talks about a place called Mykonos. I haven't heard about it, so when I googled it out, it turns out to be a Greek island. And from the picture, it sure is beautiful!

History of Mykonos

Archaeological finds indicate that the Ionians settled on Mykonos in the early part of the 11th century BC. More recent discoveries have uncovered remnants in Ftelia beach from the Neolithic Kares tribe dating back to as far as 3000 BC.

In Greek mythology Mykonos was the location of the battle between Zeus and the Titan, and the island was named in honor of Apollo's grandson Mykons. During these ancient times, Mykonos, due to its proximity to the then highly populated island of Delos (situated about 2km away), became very important as a supply island and possibly as a getaway location for Delian citizens.

Modern Mykonos
Today, Mykonos is one of the most cosmopolitan islands in Greece, having become increasingly popular with mass tourism. It is known for its diverse and intense nightlife featured by a vast number of bars and nightclubs. Mykonos is also known for its sandy beaches.

Read more about Mykonos here. I will be having test Transport Phenomena on Tuesday, presenting a lab report on the "study of countercurrent flow and absorption in packed beds" on Thursday and submitting my technical writing titled, "Solar Energy: Potential and Challenges in Malaysia" on Friday. What a week will it be! Happy Monday everyone! Enjoy the rest of the week!

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February and January First Commenter Winners

2009-03-15T04:13:00.003+08:00

I have been hosting First Commenter (FC) contest for every post that I had since 14 October 2008. This is the contest where the first commenter on each post will be awarded with love link at the end of the post and the winner for the most FC will be featured below my Entrecard box. Mariuca won the contest on December and somehow I forgot to announce the winner for January. Needless to say, I am apologizing to Lady Java for not featured her as the FC for January. Thus, I will send her 1000EC and also put her badge on the top of this page. Yes, along with other 3 badges just above this post.

The badges are for my 3 First Commenter winners! Monica, Mariuca and Penny were all tied up with two posts each! Thank you so much for commenting my post. I hope the link will bring lots of visitors to you. Talking about visitors, Hot Shit Form Here has already exceeded its 50,000 visits! Thank you all!

February Posts and the FC winners:

Slumdog Millionaire Child Actor, £1 Loo and Facebook – Shemah
Tweetaholic! – Monica
403 Forbidden – Penny
This is Not a Picture of My Leg – Penny
Run Baby Run! – Mariuca
I am Purple and I Like It! – Monica
January Top Entrecard Dropper – Mariuca

January Posts and the FC winners:

Uniquely Singapore – The Formal Visit – Shinade
It’s a New Day – Faisal Admar
Singapore Trip – Nisha
Corruption of Youth – Darklight
December Contest Winner – Lady Java
Hot and Cold List 2008 – Lady Java

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Be Part of My Growing Community !

2009-03-12T17:00:00.006+08:00

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I have so many friends, you must be swelled with jealousy. So, be part of it and join my growing community. Let others be jealous and not you! - and that is probably the wisest advice I had gave to anyone.

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Being Different

2009-03-09T04:04:00.005+08:00

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Greetings to all my faithful readers. I am sorry for abandoning Hot Shit Form Here for these past few weeks. I know I may have said sorry-s for the million times, but I just couldn’t say it enough. I have been occupied with my study and other extracurricular activities that I have participated in. No, my study is unfortunately still not explosive as a chemical reaction could be, but I did notice few colleagues who are walking around with a pair of jean with sprinkles of holes (Which I am pretty sure was made by strong acids that we use during experiments) on it and in one incident, I actually managed to dodge a steel-made-pump’s knob from shooting through my eyes at a very high pressure. God, I am lucky.

Nevertheless, life goes on and I will tell you more about other activities in next posts (I have lots of things to write but just don’t have enough time to spill it out one by one). Amidst of these madness, I managed to watch an award winning movie this weekend, Milk. I cried at the last moment when Harvey Milk and the mayor were shot. Let me assured you, I only cry when I am watching movies and the only movies I cried were The Great Debater, Changeling and this Sean Penn’s movie. Yes, if you notice, the movies share the same sentiment in it; about a struggle and hopes when you are being a minority (or in my case, being different).

The Great Debater is a story about a group of underdog students from a small African American college in the deep south shaped into a historically elite debate team. Meanwhile Changeling touches a subject of a mother looking for her lost son against the corrupted policemen. Which brought us to the last movie that I dropped my valuable tears (and hopefully not the end); Milk that talks about how California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. I am not talking about the sexual orientation differences in this post, but I will highlight more on the struggles of being different.

"And I know you can't live on hope alone, but without hope, life is not worth living" - Harvey Milk

Minority’s issues and rights are always close to my heart. Yes, I belong to the majority ethnic group in my country, but still, I will always belong to a minority when it comes to speak my mind. What I am trying to say is that I have thousands of ideas and thoughts to be shared with others, but I was afraid to see the way the community surround me will react when they hear it. Most of the ideas are considered sensitive and could easily offend others that have been clogged with so called ‘eastern values’ of living (but I am not disagree with all of the values either). Differences will make you stand out from others (here, they will call you a weirdo), if you disagree with the majority, they will say you are wrong and when you try to speak up your mind, your friends will try to shut it down because others will press negative judgments on you.

Yes, that is the main reason why I started this site. With this blog, I could reach to more open minded audiences that could listen to my ideas and give healthy feedback that I needed. I trust my readers and their impeccable intelligences that they could give me intellectual moments with them. I am tired of bottling up my thoughts which I am sure one day will be just like the steel-made-pump’s knob that shot me in a very high pressure but this time, it will shoot me right through my brain instead of my eyes. Thank you for reading this 610 (and still counting) words post. See you again next time. Till then, have a nice day!

P/S: I would like to wish one of my loyal readers, LadyJava a wonderful Happy 40th Birthday! I hope you will live a happy ever after life with your beloved friends and family. Happy Birthday LJ!

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February Top Entrecard Dropper!

2009-03-02T02:52:00.003+08:00

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Hot Shit Form Here is the third most expensive in Mixed Bag category today! I couldn't believe it. Thank you for all your drops! Congratulation to My Note's for being my top dropper for February. He will receives 1000EC. Check out the rest of my Top Entrecard droppers after the jump.See you again next month! *waving my hands*

Once again, a big THANK YOU for all my Entrecard dropper!

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Slumdog Millionaire Child Actor, £1 Loo and Facebook

2009-02-28T13:56:00.002+08:00

NEWS 1: Mohammed Ismail slapped and kicked his ten-year-old son Azharuddin in front of shocked neighbours and passers - for wanting a rest

The youngster, who played the hero of Slumdog Millionaire as a child, received a beating from Ismail Usnay, 45, apparently for disobedience. Exhausted by a chaotic welcome and a long flight from Los Angeles, he was given the day off school yesterday. But when he refused to step outside his home in the Dharavi slum in Bandra to speak to journalists, his father lashed out.

‘His father went mad,’ said a witness.

‘He wanted to show his son off to journalists and local people, but Azharuddin said he wanted to be left alone because he was tired.’

Hours later Ismail apologized for the attack. He said: “I was very sorry I did what I did. “I was confused and stressed by my son’s homecoming and I did not know myself for a minute. I love my boy and I am very happy to have him home.”

I wonder what will happen to Azharuddin after this – back to his slumdog life? Perhaps, that was exactly what his father thought. After all these madness that Slumdog Millionaire has created (by the way, a very very good movie indeed), what will happen to them then?

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NEWS 2: £1 for on air loo

Its passengers already have to pay for a sandwich, a cup of tea and even to check in luggage. But the latest element of the Ryanair ‘no frills’ culture could catch some potential passengers short. They may have to pay £1 to spend a penny.

While many travelers might consider using the on-board lavatory as an occasional necessity rather than an extra, it seems the Irish budget airline’s chief executive views it as a convenient way of raising revenue.

It may sound like a ~~ridiculous~~ desperate way to increase the company revenue, but I bet lots of people are considering adopting this method. They just don’t speak it out loud like Ryanair. Who knows what they have charged us along with the ticket fares?

P/S: There once rumors that kedai mamak (Indian Muslim restaurants) will charged their customers for using their toilet. I wonder whether they are really charging the customers.

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NEWS 3: Facebook users with hundreds of online 'friends' only have a handful of TRUE pals

They boast of having hundreds of friends who regularly send them messages, photos, pokes and kisses. But, in reality, members of the Facebook generation only have a handful of true friends, research shows.

The study - carried out by Facebook - found that while the average user will belong to a network of over 100 friends, they will be in regular contact with just a handful.

Like, duh. I don’t even remember the last time I actually made a decent conversation with my so called Facebook friends. I only had a bunch of my real friends and families there. I have this kind of policy: I only add people that I knew, but will not reject others who wanted to add me as their friend. In the end, I received at least 5 new add request a day. May be they think I am cool, or not.

Sources: Mail Online | TIME.com | The Sun |

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Tweetaholic!

2009-02-23T02:00:00.006+08:00

My choice for this week Music Monday is a little bit different. Have you heard about a song about Twitter called Tweetaholic? Well, it’s not an official song by Twitter, but I love it anyway. The song was made by Dave Ryder after being requested by Chris Pirillo. For a song that was made in two d,ays it’s quite an impressive song with catchy tunes and lyric. Anyway, Chris asked everyone else to create a music video for this song and uploaded it in YouTube. Few already responded to the video and I am sure there will be others who will join in. At this moment, I like this video the most:

Oh, and click here to see the first video of Tweetaholic and the song first debut on the net at Chris.Pirillo.com. Check it out! That guy seems funny.

Anyway, for those who don’t know what Twitter is all about, do visit here and here. I have been using Twitter for quite some times now, and I noticed these are some regular and interesting (although the last one is quite rare) topics discussed on Twitter.

Hot topics on Twitter:

What am I doing right now?
What did I eat just/right now (with explicit details)
Sharing with the world the weather and time at that moment
Sharing interesting news (and some redundant news)
Magpie tweets – generating money while twittering
Notifications of sites/blogs update
Asking other’s opinions
Socializing with followers and last but not least,
Tweet while having sex - click here to find out more (How awesome is that?? :)

Another new week is starting today. My routine life will begin, again. Happy Monday everyone!

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403 Forbidden

2009-02-21T02:30:00.004+08:00

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Google seems to detect my IP as a virus or spyware and blocked all images from showing off on the screen. This is my blog looks like from my laptop:

As suggested, I already reinstalled, rescanned and rebooted my computer and ran it with few antiviruses such as Avira and AVG, and few spyware removers such as Ad-Aware, Spybot Search & Destroy and Spyware Terminator, only to fail. With lots of assignments and projects in it, I was more than horrified with the idea that there is a very dangerous spyware or virus in my laptop waiting for the right time to attack my hard disk.

Without my eyes – I am NOT blind, I just couldn’t see, I cannot function really well. Besides, it is indeed one of the six vital senses in human being. This is why I barely leave any comments last week. Especially those who posted (wonderful and beautiful) pictures accompanied their post. I prefer to keep quite rather than leave comments like, “Wow, it’s a beauty!” or “I love this picture! Nice one!” without actually look at the picture itself.

Anyway, after few days, some of my friends who are using the same broadband provider as mine (the unreliable - Celcom) told me that they were experiencing the same problem. Only then I know that there is nothing wrong with my computer -it blocks the IP address of my broadband provider. Unfortunately for me, I am not sure how and when they will do something about it. I blamed it on Malaysia bureaucracy. For this post, I am using my ~~slow~~ crawling college connection. Well, it’s better than nothing right? ;)

Have you experiencing this kind of problem before? Anyone knows how to solve it? Your helps are very much appreciated. Thank you for my constant readers who keep checking for my update.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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