One Down! Yay! (Almost.. -Sigh-)

As I am posting this, I am down to 2 assignments! Or maybe I could say I am almost there. Lol. Nonetheless, yippee!!!! (2 more should be coming anyway. -Sigh-)

After 3 days of enslaving my buruh's', CraBp and Old Man (the other 2 have contributed nothing so far -not their fault as I did not actaully give them work and they will be contributing in other departments-), we are nearly completed with our Ethnic Relations paperwork. I must say though that it was not really tough actually as it was basically translation work only. But our Bahasa Malaysia is not exactly as good as it once was. Rusty already. Haha. But anyhow, a HUGE THANK YOU to my 2 beloved buruh's', 'darling' CraBp and Old Man for their contribution. I really appreciate your co-operation, especially 'darling' CraBp who was even willing to sleep at 12.30a.m. this morning in the completion of the paperwork (the only reason we actually stopped then and not later was because she got hungry). Also, sorry if I was too bossy. Lol. Just wanted to get it done asap. Lol

So now I just need to do some final touch up for Ethnic Relations paperwork, throw in some pictures and have it edited by another member. Then voila! I am officially down to 2! And soon 1! I am already halfway through with the paperwork on Hans Eysenck. I just need to edit 3 of my members' work and put them together and that should be it.

And then the toughest paperwork should begin. Islamic Psychology. Hate that subject but what the hack. Motivation In The Islamic Perspective. -Sigh- That should be extremely tough as until now, we don't really have any good source!! Argh! Hell!

Ok. I will just leave my vents about assignment there.

Now moving on to something more fun. Ma Lee actually has a keyboard with her for the past week. And guess what? These hands of mine (which has NEVER touch a keyboard or a piano before in their entire lifespan so far) actually have talent in playing the keyboard! Awesome huh? And I am not even boasting here. Ma Lee (an 8 grader in playing piano) said this, "You are a very fast learner and I think if you actually started learning a long time ago, you would probably be holding a diploma in piano already now." Cool! Lol. So now I am able to play a part of Beethoven's Fur Elise (even played it to my mum!) and also one really cute song. All thanks to my 'piano teacher'. Haha

Well, till then, I am done with this post. Wanna get back to my work. -Sigh-

The Next Time You Bathe, Think About It..

Disclaimer: This post is intended to everyone who comes across my blog. Not just UTM students.

I wonder if anyone could tell me why do people need to leave the shower on while they are washing their hair?

I was just bathing and I was accompanied by 2 others (in different cubicles - don't get me wrong). And while I was washing my hair, I turned off the shower like I usually do. Thanks to daddy and mummy who never fail to teach me a thing or 2 in conserving water. Anyway, while I was doing so, I could hear that the other 2 were also doing the same. And I can't help but to notice that their shower were still turned on. What is the need in leaving the water running? I don't see why one has to leave the water to waste. For guys..it ain't that bad. They wash their hair really fast. But girls..it takes us minutes long and sometimes we even do it twice and to top it up, we even condition our hair. So imagine how much water go to waste while one washes one's hair with the shower left running.

Pure wastage!

Fellow bathe'rs': Educate yourselves!

I know that water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. However, 97.5% of the Earth's water is salted. That leaves just 2.5% as fresh water of which over two thirds is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is mainly found as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air. And although fresh water is a renewable resource, the world's supply of clean and fresh water is steadily decreasing. Today, water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world and as world population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, many more areas are expected to experience this imbalance in the near future.

Here in Malaysia, we still have a good amount of clean water. So should we be wasting it? I know many other countries who would love to have the amount of clean and fresh water that we possess here.

And here in Malaysia, we might not be feeling the effects of water shortage yet but the generations to follow might. So one question remains:

"Should our sloppy behaviour deprieve them of clean and fresh water?"

And to UTM students, don't tell me the reason you leave the water running is because your parents don't have to pay for it or because everything you use here are already paid for and you just wanna make full use of your money. It ain't about the money. It is about conserving precious water.

CNY Performance At DSI

Last night was quite the highlight of this year's CNY for me. The main highlight was getting fat 'ang pow's of course. Lol. And meeting family and winning money in poker. Poor papa. Can't even defeat me! Lol.

Anyway, Ma Lee, different block, some more different block and course people and I went over to DSI last night to catch some performance there. We went there 2 hours late actually but still managed to watch some really good acts.

We were first treated by UTM's Wushu Team. Their co-ordination wasn't good but overall it was still awesome.

Then Soka Gakkai Malaysia did a dance with those huge Chinese fans. Kinda pretty.

After that, we watched some really awesome acts. Some really cool dancers from Hot Dance Studio did break dancing. I must say that I am not a huge fan of break dancing but what they did was awesome. The feat for Teriyaki Boyz's Fast And Furious and PCD's Don't Cha was really good. Then 3 guys did some sort of a mime's act and it was cool. Then came 5 people doing Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5 and it was kinda cute. To close the act, Hot Dance Studio had 4 talented people doing Michael Jackson. They even did the moonwalk.

The night was then concluded by 'Fo Guang' Club. They sang. In Chinese. So I got bored then.

But overall it was kinda cool.

And for my stupid Hans Eysenck assignment, I am done with my part! Now I just have to keep pestering my members to do it asap for me to edit and if the goat approves it, I am down to only 3 assignments (excluding potentially 2 more to come though -sigh-).

Now sports. Liverpool won last night. Aston Villa did too. But Chelsea drew. Arsenal will be playing tonight. North London derby! Stupid Tottenham. They better not score last minute goals again! Argh! And Arsenal fans could see Arshavin in action today. Yay! And lastly, Man United will be up against their jinx opponent, West Ham United. Lets hope for an Arsenal win and Man United dropping points! That will be the perfect end to the weekend eh?

And that is a wrap. To all Hindu believers, Happy Thaipusam! And to the rest, have a great Sunday!

Hans Eysenck And Assignments And Tests

Assignments are now flooding in (I have 4 already and they all due around the same time) and for Psychology of Personality, I have to do on Hans Jurgen Eysenck. Not a choice of mine but what the hell. Stupid Goat. Anyway, I was searching for information of his theories and I stumbled upon a personality test of his and took it. Below are the results.

Eysenck's Test Results

Extraversion (57%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity. Neuroticism (39%) moderately low which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Psychoticism (41%) moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense of your own individual development (martyr complex).

I guess I am overly talkative at times?? Geez.. I was never associated with that word before actually. But I think I could be now. Meeting 10 crazy people does a lot to you!

"..relaxed, calm, secure and optimistic." - That's more like it!

Now the last one. "..at times, overly kind natures, trusting and helpful at the expense of your own individual development (martyr complex)." - AS IF!!

So I guess this personality test ain't good. Me a martyr?? LOL!

Ok. Gotta get back to my work. 4 assignments + 3 tests next week. -Sigh- Hopefully I won't end up being really crazy.

Arsenal Signed Andrey Arshavin!!!

Just as I thought that Arsenal was not gonna get Andrey since the agreement was on the brink of collapsing, they did it anyway! Yippee! The Russian agreed on a transfer from Zenit St. Petersburg to Arsenal on the very last day of the transfer window and will don the number 23 shirt, which was left vacant since the departure of Sol Campbell.

Anyway, below is a factfile on the 27 years old midfielder.

FULL NAME: Andrey Sergeyevich Arshavin

NATIONALITY: Russian

BORN: May 29 1981. Saint Petersburg, Russia

AGE: 27

HEIGHT / WEIGHT: 172cm / 62kg

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Zenit St Petersburg (2000– January 2009) 232 appearances (51 goals)

CLUB HONOURS:
2003 Russian Premier League Cup
2007 Russian Premier League
2008 Russian Super Cup
2008 UEFA Cup
2008 UEFA Super Cup

TRANSFER DETAILS: Long-term contract for an undisclosed fee

POSITION: Midfielder

INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Russia (2002 - Present) 41 appearances (15 goals)

INTERNATIONAL DEBUT: May 17 2002 v Belarus (International friendly, in Moscow, Russia) 1-1, Belarus won 5-4 on penalties.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL: February 13 2003 v Romania (International friendly, in Limassol, Cyprus). Scored third goal in 4-2 Russia victory.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Voted Russian Footballer of the Year in 2006.
Started in all 30 matches in Zenit’s Russian Premier League campaign in 2007, the first time Zenit had won a league title since 1984.
Played a key part in Zenit’s 2008 UEFA Cup winning campaign.
Came on as a half-time substitute in the 2008 UEFA Super Cup victory over Manchester United in Monaco, in August 2008. Zenit won 2-1.
Three impressive performances earned him a place in the ‘EURO 2008 Team of the Tournament’.
Graduated from the Smena football school. In 1999 – 2000, he played for Zenit’s ‘farm club’, Zenit-2 in the Russian Second Division.
Made his full Zenit debut in England, against Bradford City in the Intertoto Cup at Valley Parade in August 2000. Zenit won the match 3-0.
Is comfortable in many positions. He started his career as a right midfielder, then as an attacking midfielder and more recently has been playing in the ‘second striker’s’ role.

And finally some awesome photos of the latest Gunner.





Nice eh?

In a different news, Arsenal's FA Cup replay against Cardiff City is postponed due to heavy snow in London. Here is how The Emirates look like yesterday.





Looks really cold. Anyway, that's a wrap!