Wednesday, March 31, 2004

OMG! I tried to make Szechuan's Eggplant and it turned out ab-sooooo-lute-leeeee superb!! I was missing 2 essential ingredients though -- Worchester sauce and hot paste sauce. I did without them anyway and it turn out unbelievably deeeeeeeeeeee-leeeeeeeeeeee-cious!!excited!! all done in one hour including preparation time. want the recipe? check out here at RecipeZaar You won't regret this! Here it is the dish!


Waiting for my steam rice to be cook... it's 23:40 now. I made that eggplant dish for tomorrow but now that I discovered it is absolutely irresistable!! Ah, finally, My most awaited late dinner here! I am not hungry actually but this is just irresistable because it's still hot and fresh. Microwave heated food are left for the following days.

Arial view of my creation. Silly! *sniggers!*


You just can't imagine how much of steam rice I eat everyday! Yet I look don't look like Jay Leno. *lol!

K! Those are the pictures! Everyone has their own ways of describing things and mine happens to be very, very visual. I love to cook and this dish has just made my day! I did alter it a bit and it turned out to be a little way to spicy than I thought. I wonder why everytime when I cook I tend to trigger off the smoke dectector; having to fan off smokes away from it's 'nose' so it'd shut up. it's beeping is deaftening high pic alarm! the good thing is that it's not connected centrally to the local fire station. ;)

Did a whole bunch of studying today at the main library. I haven't seen those Malaysian people around these few days. hmm...

I was looking up for some news back home and when my eyes caught the headline printed in bold that reads "Student beaten to death by seniors" just fucking brought my moods down! I hate to read the details of it but I just have to know what has happened to that poor 16 yr old victim, Mohamad Faris Ibrahim, who apparently is new in the school and is intelligent and is liked by teachers.

What is the goddam problem of being smart and liked by teachers that Ibrahim deserved to be beaten up in the first place?! To hell with jealousy!! Everybody can be liked by teachers, parents, elders if they are smart and intelligent and wise and kind and generous and all those positive attributes that societies embrace close to [her] bosoms. Is Malaysia (certain parts) a really screwed up place? The 14 perpetrators are arrested and personally I think they are society's pest and should be banished until they learn the essence of life. In fact, to beat up somebody who is smarter than them to death is animalistic! Humans are not animals! And because these people manifest such anamolies, rightfully the entire group should not even be given a chance to live because they have not given Ibrahim a chance at all!! What kind of people are they!? Where can our society start to pin-down terrible ills like this?! Everybody has a familiy; Ibrahim belongs to somebody where love and care is given to him! To take somebody's life is NEVER anybody's rights! To fucking RAPE a girl (a female, not to be politically incorrect) is outright fuck-up, screwed and have brainless and should not live! I am so sick with sighting news like these!

I'm so mad at people like this! Do these people want to have a less-educated society to live in?! hell no!! there should be more educated and smart people and are liked by teachers in the future! I wish these smart people will be able to protect themselves from harm. It's sad and I'm terribly sorry for Ibrahim's death. But one man's mistake is another man's learning.

The hostel lack of security systems! If only hostels have surveillances for the safety of students are implemented, then chances of such tragic incident would have been minimized. Something must be done to rectify this sickenning social ills! Start with our schooling children first! When sex education is passed on or educated appropriately, society as a whole should be better off. I am concern for the safety of the female populations back home specifically limited to the area of sexual assaults.

My fury for dickheads out there in Malaysia (as well as the rest of the world) is burning like never before! If only I am omnipotent and omnipresence, (haha!) I rrreally want to crunch these dimwits, shallow-minded, hollow brained, sex maniacs in my hands until none of these wasted sperms exists on the surface of earth! Such animal behaviors are done only by lowly people who would just degrade and humuliate the human race! And we DON'T need to be humuliated by these people! Something MUST be done! pathetic dickheads! a bunch of retards! give them a dozen of tranquillizers and put them to sleep forever! if only law enforcers are equipped with such measures! Caught criminals on sexual assaults should and IS RECOMMENDED to be castrated without trial and such punishments must be made public! Since no men has ever donated penises, no man will EVER want to face such a shortage at the peak of high demand! At least I have put my economics knowledge into good use here! And woman who are threathened to perform oral sex to fucking dickhead should just chew away their dicks! They don't and cannot respect women, women should not suck up to men who cannot respect them as individuals! CASTRATE SEX-MANIACS! CASTRATE DICKHEADS! CASTRATE! CASTRATE!! CASTRATE!!! Castrate in the name of women's safety... aw shit! then women won't be happy no more, eh? Still, CASTRATE DICKHEADS! CASTRATE SEX OFFENDERS! Every women in Malaysia should arm themselves with a razor sharp knife! Hmm... how do I get this message to the Parliament of Malaysia?!

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Today, I visited a hairdresser @ Da Bomb (Upper Place) to get a few tweaks on my head. She had me asked four times just to make sure that this is really what I wanted. "This" meaning a skin-head. I didn't look when she was in the process of cutting it all off but somehow her reconfirmations made me look and I'd gasp at every look. It's funny. She enjoyed doing the service for me too... seems like it! Above all, to NOT to forget her, I told her to carve out APR '04 behind my head. All done by 11:05am.

Went to SGI to get claim insurance for the damaged rented car. Jae Ho went with me. Thank God we didn't have to wait long (we were told to but were helped ASAP). Apparently, I learned that Hertz is one of those rental company that charges their customers 'downtime costs' for as long as the car is in service/repairs. So, that'd mean that I am still renting the car and they're charging me for it. totally not fair but I guess it's on my head as I did not agree to purchase their insurance at the day I rented the car so all these 'unnecessary' costs could be waived. I hope I'm able to get a claim from those involved in the accident on the basis that IF there were no accident, then there is no downtime cost on my behalf. It's beween me and the renter. I know, but assuming all's good ... no accident, I could have returned the car without any damages the next day. As for the damaged insurance, I am 100% entitled. Jae Ho hit my car first and he is liable to whatever damages that might have incurred that night. During the discussion with our adjustor (Jeff), Jae Ho does not have a valid driver's plate at the night he hit my car. Too bad for him. Danielle R. was the person who slipped and rammed into the driver's door of my car (Picture below). things just gets better and better!

Alex Ng, my roommate, left and artistic work on my head too. He wrote "4HiM" on top of my head on my request. Good job! lol! Now I feel like my head has a potential to exhibit people's artistic works. You can't do these when you have hairs! Why I do it? Well, why not? This is not something that you'd look forward to doing especially when you have kept your hair with a certain style almost all your life. Right now, I have done something very different I have never even imagined before and perhaps, since my memory has served me right, I will never forget this event. I make history for myself. haha! Get a tattoo? Nah! not myself and not my type. I have thought about it but didn't like the idea. True, it's something that I never had but tattoo is not my game. This is my souvenir from Canada.

Back view; Notice "APR'04"
Reflection of a mirror. A silly self-portrait; kinda cool.
;-)
I'm like, "What do you think, huh? Like it or hate it?"
A Chinese thug look-alike.
4HiM here has religious connotations. It's up to you
to interpret; I like it! Got it from a Christian band called 4-Him.
A better back view [again].

This has better serve me good! at least for this short period of time.

Sunday, March 28, 2004

Just came back from a bar with my two other friends, Xiaohai and his friend. Xiaohai wanted to experiment with a digital video camera so he came to me and asked if he could borrow it. I didn't mind though so I passed him everything except the most vital part -- firewire card -- that's afixed in the mobo. Too much hassle to remove and put it back i explained even after many of his pleas. sigh, why can't some people understand that? said that i will never remove that but told him to do whatever experiments he wants with it and when it's time for post-production works, just ring me up. i've got exams to write so i don't want to even though I have no use of it now.

Went out for dinner with my brother, Andrew... after convincing him that I'm hungry and I have to eat right away six times before he agrees to go. I just want company. after all, he had a tiramisu dessert at Alexanders... that's something he can always do and I don't think "there's nothing to do" when you're with somebody. boy, felt the brotherhood there when chatting! it's good! wish he could be more un-reserved. cool guy! Looks like we both have a common opinion on Malaysian girls, in which I think is hilarious. very seldom we discuss matters especially our counterpart girls.
I just know that [most, if not all] women are complex creatures. some men are too simple beyond comprehension too. ahh! that's just the perfect world, eh?

Ee Lynn, my adopted sister as well as a great friend, "promised to herself not to talk to me for the next 24 hours" over petty things. 24 hours is just right for her to be done with all her whinnings and get over with the fact that she can't beat me verbally.
"O... you poor kid! I'm sorry you have to put yourself in this unnecessary mess and make a biggie out". Called her immediately to clarify but her roommate, aah.... Jessie *daydreaming....*, was "instructed" to say that Lynn is sleeping. sigh! This, further substantiates my aforementioned theory. lol! Maybe I don't handle little kids too well...? thus, I foresee myself as a bad teacher. Whatever it is, that 24 hours is going to voosh by quickly.

beware of Vdan's unusual mood swings! Somebody operate my brain pleazzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeee!

Saturday, March 27, 2004

Mom woke me up with a phone call at 10am! I didn't know I sound absolutely ridiculous in the mornings as I was slurring away as though in another language that even my mother couldn't understand. funny, recalled a dream just before she called. i was somewhere in outspace. perhaps it was the IMAX after-effects. Chatted for a good 37 minutes and I realized it was time to return to the car. I got down and boy it was so bright and glaring from the snow. slushy too... yuk! shot some pictures of the damage...

Here are the pictures of the what actually happened to 'my car' that was rented.

That's the unfortunate Cavalier.









I may be liable for up to the value of the car but since I am not at fault. However, I am extremely thankful for the honest people who were involved. thank God it's not a hit and run scenario. i heard a lot of stories about last night that the driving conditions were so terrible! There were many accidents just from last night's freezing rain and snowing!

I might be getting a haircut of my life today! I'm going hairless! I know i will definitely look alien but that's what I decided for now. it's a committment and I do this to remind me of something. silly as it sounds... but that's what it's going to be. hope it grows back just in time for my convocation. i dont' think i can get used to a different look i never had for the past twenty over years of my life. that'd be something to look forward too, eh?

After watching Bruce Almighty at Kirk Backstrom's place with Yanbing, it was time to go back to catch some sleep when I saw a yellow wooden barrier placed beside the rented Cavalier that I parked along Cumberland Avenue (closest to Walloston Hall) was hit and there is a deeeeep dent in the driver's door towards the front left wheel. "oh shit!" as i advanced closer to inspect what actually happened and this time it wasn't my imagination; nothing could be more real that realizing that "that's a fucking huge dent!" And I was like "what am I going to do?! Hertz!! they're going to screw me! Insurance! oh damm! i should have purchased it!!" Then I noticed a note wedged in between the wiper and windshield. I thought that had better not be a summon ticket for illegal parking! But I know I did NOT break the law because that is a legal parking space at that time. A sign is just before where I parked reads,
"1 hour parking: Mon-Fri 0800 - 1700"
I parked there at 22:40 so I could have parked till Monday! "That couldn't be a ticket", I convinced myself! Took it off and unfold it. Under the incandescent light I could hard make out any words and besides, it was snowing heavily! On top of the paper reads,

There was a 5 car accident last night just after 11:00pm. We will all be reporting to SGI

The content of it was a list of those involved in the accident.

Danielle R.Mercury (Grey)NZH 888
955-****4 people31702491

Tiffany M.Ford Escort450 CTS
242-****2 people3014436

Kristen D.Saturn300 CSZ
343-****1 person30391031

Jae H.Mitsubishi (White)335 DTB
717-****4 peoplen/a

Farshid T.Neon692 DSW
372-****1 person31661580


Drove back and called up the first person on the top of the list, Danielle. After talking to a lady (apparently learned that that is her mom) she said that it was Danielle who hit a parked car. That is the Cavalier. oh my god! But very politely her mom explained how the accident happened despite the fact that I might have awoke her coz I think she was surprised as well the driver of the parked car called up looking for information "this late". All went well. Kirk was on the other line waiting to be answered. Asked me if I had called up the city police. Yeah, I did and the officer told me the what Danielle's mom told me. So I figured that is what I must do then. The best part is all the numbers and names provided in the note was all genuine. This has made it so much easier!

Lets just hope that I will not be liable for the damages incurred in that accident. I learn one thing here, no matter what your chances are, that infinitestimal probability can always show up and boom! you're hit! If you're insured, then you can be rest assured everything will be fine! If you're not, you don't call the shot! It can burn a huge hole in your pocket! Take the inverse of an infinitestimal number and you'll see it's a huge number! that's a simulation of how big the impact can be.

to be continued...


signed out: 02:07

The interview this noon went through well but I suspected something was amissed. Whatever that could be, I am really hoping it'd be a successful one!
I left Ridelle's Center, where the interview was, right after. Stopped by IMAX theater to watch the Space Station. It was awesome! Wished it has lasted longer than 45 mins for a 7$ pass. Sneaked into the Science center via the back door... nobody noticed and yes, I got a free entrace inside. I've been here 5 times (including this time) so I thought there won't be anything new here and I won't be planning to stay for long. Walked around and noticed quite a few exhibits that are new. Stayed for a total of 3 hours! ha! I also had a chance to get on the weightlessness simulation machine.

Me, experiencing the weightlessness simulation machine

The weightlessness simulation machine

Making a bubble sheet

Double image of myself

Nothing much after that; just drove back to Saskatoon. It was raining. But about 60km before S'toon, it was hails and little ice. Road was extremely slippery. There was an accident about 40km before S'toon. I almost skidded when I slowed down but thank God nothing serious happened. I don't know what it was... it doesn't looked like an accident but there were several other cars and trucks that stopped by. but that's it.

Jason Strauss asked me for a huge favor -- to take a picture of him... with a pose! said it will be for "someone" tonight. but i just got back and read his email and I guess it's too late. At least somebody out there do recognized me as ahem... "the people's photographer". hey, t'is a professional job and I take it seriously.

I should study and get some times done especially Comm301's project. geez! I haven't done anything yet and the due date is just a week away!

signed off: 22:07

Friday, March 26, 2004

Glad I got this up and running for the first tiem. Never really have written any thing for the public to read so I'm not sure how this is going to turn out to be like.

Right now, I'm in the main library of University of Regina. These are some pictures of the place. I'm here for an interview. It was heck of a day today.

A view of the main library of the University of Regina



Got picked up by Hertz to collect the car I rented at 10:51 and left for Regina by 11:45. Arrived the city at 13:45 (i was speeding a little; just checking out the top speed and apparently it won't go any further than 170 clicks.) On average, i was running at 120 clicks.

Anyway, I found the Education building and I just realized I don't know where the session was suppose to be held. Before i panicked and thought that all my efforts made for this trip could be futile, I found myself asking around and it was a 1 hour search. Gone through 3 people (2 and half actually) but I have to thank Kristina Lee (from her accent, I could tell she's from Singapore) for helping me big time. She called and called so many people asking if they knew anything about Peppy Kidz Club. None of them knew anything! On the verge of giving up, she made one last call to this guy and she said and I quote, "Hello [name]! How was your day? ... Listen, I'm calling up to ask you if you have any information regarding Peppy Kidz Club because I'm helping out a gentleman here who is... " "YOU DO!?!!" That is such a relieve!! I was just about *this much (pressing thumb and last finger together) to giving up and heading home feeling useless! The one hour battle to know where the heck the room is is finally resolved! I KNOW it is somewhere in the Education bldg. of U o R. and also the first name of the person who is recruiting... David. Later I learn that his name is David McNeil! Good thing I can still trust my short term memory!
So the place is at Audio Visual Services: Screen Room C.

Been there, Done that! Now I need to find a place to stay.
It's now such a relief! After all that I've been through this afternoon, it's now all good. Tomorrow is the interview session. Today was just the information session where I caught a glimpse of what Japan is like and how is it like to live in Japan.

Signing out:
Terminal: Main library (U of Regina) archerly38
Time: : 21:17