End of June

Today is the end of June, count.. count... and count...... already 9 months passed since after I've registered Ph.D.

Did I achieve anything? Yeah... at least passed the proposal defense stage. But is there anything else??? Now just keep on working on the thesis paper gradually.

When can I finish then?? Hmm.... after that, where am I going also??? Too far to think now??? Or to slow to make decision d?

Hahaha, now just keep rushing the final assignment that due on this Saturday. Wuwuwuuw... No need sleep again lo..... @_@

Saw a beautiful rainbow today right after our class end around evening. Heidi was the one who saw the rainbow while I was driving my car. But we can't hold our temptation as the rainbow is so soooo beautiful, so I decided to stop my car along the roadside and we both went down from the car to snap some photos.

It was a double rainbow !!! Somemore is a complete one. I felt so calm and pleasant when seeing this rainbow.


Due to I can't snap the rainbow in the complete form, I ended up took a short video clip for this rainbow.... So far this is the best and perfect rainbow I had ever seen in my life :>

Awww.... it makes my evening mood turn so peaceful and felt it's so perfect that the rainbow like lay on top of our head. Hahaha.... just liked wearing a rainbow glowing kind of hairband, such a dreamy princess :)

Entreprenuership assignment

OMG !!! How to write?? How to write??
A non-business minded de me, how to figure out all this things ler....

What kind of conceptual business plan that I can come out with?
Help ar... :(

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I found this was very meaningful... Thanks to my best buddy who sent me this through email and I wish to share with you all.

【你会如何决择呢??】
你开着一辆车。
在一个暴风雨的晚上。
你经过一个车站。
有三个人正在焦急的等公共汽车。 
一个是快要临死的老人，他需要马上去医院。
一个是医生，他曾救过你的命，你做梦都想报答他。
还有一个女人/男人，她/他是你做梦都想嫁/娶的人，也许错过就没有了。
但你的车只能在坐下一个人，你会如何选择？
我不知道这是不是一个对你性格的测试, 因为每一个回答都有他自己的原因。
老人快要死了，你首先应该先救他。
你也想让那个医生上车，因为他救过你，这是个好机会报答他。
还有就是你的梦中情人。错过了这个机会。你可能永远不能遇到一个让
你这么心动的人了。

在200个应征者中，只有一个人被雇佣了，他并没有解释他的理由，他只是说了以下的话：

'给医生车钥匙，让他带着老人去医院，而我则留下来陪我的梦中情人一起等公车!'
每个人都认为以上的回答是最好的，但没有一个人一开始就想到。

小哲理：
是否是因为我们从未想过要放弃我们手中已经拥有的优势（车钥匙）? 有时，如果我们能放弃一些我们的固执，狭隘，和一些优势的话，我们可能会得到更多。


【和尚与屠夫】
从前有一个和尚跟一个屠夫是好朋友。和尚天天早上要起来念经，而屠夫天天要起来杀猪。 为了不耽误他们早上的工作，是他们约定早上互相叫对方起床。
多年以后，和尚与屠夫相继去世了。屠夫去上天堂了，而和尚却下地狱了。
Why?
因为屠夫天天作善事，叫和尚起来念经，相反地，和尚天天叫屠夫起来杀生……

小哲理：
你所认为的事情以及你所做的东西你一直认为是对的，但有时后却不一定是对的。<做每样事情时,不妨站在其他人的角度看一看,想一想吧!>


【皮鞋的来历】

很久很久以前，人类都还赤着双脚走路。

有一位国王到某个偏远的乡间旅行，因为路面崎岖不平，有很多碎石头，刺得他的脚又痛又麻。回到王宫后，他下了一道命令，要将国内的所有道路都铺上一层牛皮。他认为这样做，不只是为自己，还可造福他的人民，让大家走路时不再受刺痛之苦。

但即使杀尽国内所有的牛，也筹措不到足够的皮革，而所花费的金钱、动用的人力，更不知凡几。虽然根本做不到，甚至还相当愚蠢，但因为是国王的命令，大家也只能摇头叹息。

一位聪明的仆人大胆向国王提出建言：「国王啊！为什么您要劳师动众，牺牲那么多头牛，花费那么多金钱呢？您何不只用两小片牛皮包住您的脚呢？」国王听了很惊讶，但也当下领悟，于是立刻收回成命，改采这个建议。据说，这就是「皮鞋」的由来。

小哲理：
想改变世界，很难；要改变自己，则较为容易。
与其改变全世界，不如先改变自己--「将自己的双脚包起来」。
改变自己的某些观念和作法，以抵御外来的侵袭。
当自己改变后，眼中的世界自然也就跟着改变了。
如果你希望看到世界改变，那么第一个必须改变的就是自己!!

不要时常埋怨,不要时常感到不满,不要时常有很多怨恨,不要时常问为什么挨骂的又是我呢??不要问上天 / 社会 /家庭 / 老板给于我们什么东西,问一问自己到底给于/付出于什么东西给于他们呢??不要尝试叫环境适应你而是我们要学会适应环境^^我们要学会改变的就是自己,一起迎合美好的一切!!

「心若改变，态度就会改变；态度改变，习惯就改变；习惯改变，人生就会改变。」

Hope you guys like it :)

Ermm.... what a weekend

=.= been through a boring weekend.
Saturday = As usual, without any plan at nite, definately gonna stay at home "fat mou" de. Just had a simple steamboat dinner with my family at home then, that's it.... at night was just sit infront of my notebook again and play facebook. (This time even chi kik, counting sheep infront of my notebook!! GenG @_@).

Sunday = Able to meet my dear for a movie @ Tropicana City Mall. Watched the movie called "Knight and Day" film starring by Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. It was a comedy + action movie. Had a good laugh during the movie. After that went home dinner with my family then... Taadaaa.... Back home again to face infront of my notebook. Think and think about my phd work stuff and the stupid assignment which I hate assignment the most!!!

Yer... help ar, why I just can't have a enjoyable and fun weekend rather than just like this???? People went shopping during weekend (*which my purse run out of $$$) People went vacation during the weekend (*one day trip to any un-discoverable place also not bad)

Me ler??? Why have to stay at home "counting sheep"?? @_@

Tiring day

Attended my DM class as usual on Tuesday. But today's class seems to be a little bit different as compared to last week. My supervisor were given them the final assignment project briefing. Where also this is my very first time to see the DM class where so serious and concern to complete this assignments. ** At first I don't expect they gonna pay much attention and efford in this class. And yet, this time is different. Hahahha, good for me to take such good data for my phd study also, I should say....

Took a few pictures in this class session for my future references. Hahaha, hope it helps as an evidence to prove how they "cooperate" as a group.

Funny part was that, this class is huge !!! 200+ students..hohohoho. That's why I feel excited when retrieving their survey feedback.

Decision: No go…..

After some series of deep consideration, a decision had made where there will be a “No go” for this matter.

Well, since is their decision; there is nothing I can object on. Just let it be then :)

Kellies Castle

I went back to Ipoh with my parents today. It was just a simple day trip to meet my aunty. While on the way to find my aunty at Jelapang, I passed by Batu Gajah then I saw a road sign “Kellies Castle” which attracted me out of sudden. I did heard of the name before, but I have no idea where about this place as well as the background story of it. So I went online to check on it. Wooossshhhh…… what a discovery !!!!

Here is the little story of the Kellies Castle (*credit to the original writers of the website - http://www.pulau-pangkor.com/Kellies-Castle.html)

Kellies Castle

For many years, Kellies Castle has been shrouded in mystery. Today it's nicely restored and easy to reach from Ipoh.

Kellie's Castle is located in Batuh Gajah. The castle is not as famous as the Taj Mahal in Agra, India but there are some similarities, both in architecture as in the story of its building.

A symbol of love

Kellies Castle is symbol of love, like the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. And in the architecture, there is definitely some moghul influence visible.

Kellie's Castle was built by a Scottish planter called William Kellie Smith. He built the castle for his wife. Smith himself was from a little town in Scotland: Kellas. He built the castle for the same reason as Shah Jahan a few centuries earlier the Taj Mahal: Love

Shah Jahan built the Taj as a monument for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The original idea was to build a black and a white Taj on both sites of the river. Shah Jahan didn't come further then the known white Taj. Smith however, never had the idea of building two castles.

But Smiths' reasons were no different. He loved his wife, adored her. At the age of 20, it was in 1890, he arrived in Malaya, as Malaysia was known then. He came in touch with an estate owner called Alma Baker. Baker had won concessions from the state government to lear 360 hectares of forest in Perak.

Smith made some substantial profits with his business with Baker. This resulted in Smith planting rubber trees. He also was involved in the tin mining industry, which at that time was at it's highpoint in Perak. In time, he became the owner of Kinta Kellas Estate and the Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging Company, near Ipoh.

Now he had made his fortune. It was time to return to Scotland and marry his Scottish girl Agnes. He brought her to Malaysia in 1903. In 1904 they became the parents of a daughter: Helen.

Smith wanted a son too, but Agnes failed to conceive. Smith wanted his heir to take over his empire in Malaya. It was not until 1915 before Agnes became pregnant again. She gave birth to a son: Anthony. The birth of his son was the start of an even greater success.

Anthony's birth was the start of the expansion of the mansion. Smith started planning to build a castle which he wanted to call Kellas House, after his hometown in Scotland.

Smith was fascinated by the Hindu culture. His plans were to build his house with similar architecture features as in south India, Madras. For the building he imported bricks and tiles from India. He even employed even Indian workers to keep his house Indian.

The costs of material, brought from India and the Indian workers made the house fascinating for locals and foreigners. But there were other intriguing things on the house. Smith wanted to have am elevator. And he build an elevator in the castle, the first one in Malaya.

The elevator connects the very top roof of the house with two underground tunnels that run under the river just outside the house. One of these tunnels connects to the Hindu temple nearby.

On the second floor, Smith planned to build a indoor tennis court. Even by today's standards it was an ambitious project. The rooftop was reserved for a courtyard for parties. It was to become to the hub for colonial planters who have settled in Malaya. His house was so unique, that the London Financier Newspaper mentioned it in it's issue of 15 September 1911.

No good fortune

Soon after Smith started the construction of the house, some tragedies started to happen. First it was the "Spanish flu" which killed many workers in the Kellas Estate. The flu had easily spread from Europe to Asia. Soon another 70 workers became victim of the flu.

Smith had spend already a fortune in his new house but now he lost now even more money because of this. The First World War slowed the process of building. The result was that Kellas House was never completed.

Smith went for a short trip to Portugal in 1926. He died there of pneumonia. His wife was still in Malaya, heartbroken. She decided to pack and return to Scotland. She sold Kellie's Castle to a British company called Harrisons and Crossfield.

Kellies Castle was never to be finished. It became a ruine with many legends. Legend of the ghost of Smith wandering through the ruins. Other legends were off secret underground tunnels. But apart of the two known tunnels, none were ever found.

However, after over eighty years, the Malaysian government refurbished the house in 2000. It had been a tourist attraction but now it became an even bigger attraction and easy accessible

The restoration of Kellie's Castle

At arrival at Kellie's Castle you can "meet" William Kellie Smith and his two children. Their sculptures are standing on the exterior wall. The one of his beloved wife fell off some years back.

The tunnels have been sealed off for safety reasons. The rumour is that Smith's car is parked in one of the tunnels.

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After all, I didn't went there to check out the place as we were rushing back to KL to avoid any traffic jam. Well well, maybe next time can have a look if I go visit Ipoh once again. ^^

暴风雨过后,会有晴天吗?

Aih... as expected. The prediction turns into real fact. And now I'm totally falls into sleepless night condition. I can't sleep... I JUST CAN'T SLEEP T_T
Now the only thing I can do is to face it... I can't escape anymore.
Did I did something wrong in my past life or what? Why always have such thing happpen in my life?
Is this consider a 惩罚 for me?

I need to know...

SE Xperia 10 mini

Got myself a mini version of a Xperia 10. It’s just like my palm size. So cute and so tiny little gadget. Running Android technology, 5.0 Megapixel camera.......

Aih… too high tech d, until I can’t find those normal use features that I used on my previous Nokia phone. Huhuhuhu… have to learn all over again. =.=

Overall is a very handy little phone.

Wonder shall I “bling” my phone next XD

只想说.....

球迷啊，

见一个，爱一个；
爱一个，赌一个；
赌一个，输整个；
输整个，剩下的钱没两个。。。。


世界杯，真有你的。。。。。。 =.=
真是害人不浅哦。

Eucerin AQUAporin ACTIVE

My skin condition use to be very oily last time, and I’ve got no idea when out of sudden my skin turn into sensitive and extremely dry lately. A lot of pimples break out during my period and also my body gets easily dehydrated when I’m stress.

Hahaha, when I was studying at uni that time; my oily skin causes the most for the pimples break out. Worst was that, the surface of my skin was covered by a thick layer of oil ( XD can fried an egg on my face d) Yuuuck….. =.=

And now, my skin turn so sensitive !!! Can’t even scratch my face as it will have like those ugly red patches on my skin once I scratch it due to itchiness…. T.T

I was so struggled of getting the correct skin care to apply on my face so that can sooth down my skin condition. Tried various of moisturizers from different brand. Although the product did mentioned it’s not oily and sticky; but still I feel not satisfy at all. I still can feel there is something heavily patch on my skin surface. Urrrgghhhh….

Since I’m wondered about this Eucerin AQUAporin ACTIVE moisturizer, I was lucky by given a chance to try on the moisturizer sample given by my friend. Really thanks to Heidi :)

After I’ve applied the moisturizer on my skin, I was surprised the surface of my skin was as light as feather (where it was like nothing I’ve applied on), feeling so fresh!!! I can even feel the suppleness on the skin (a thin layer of “powder” feel on my face). And even the next day when I woke up, my skin still can feel the smoothness out of it!!

As what I’ve read through their Eucerin website saying about this moisturizer; it says that this product will help to distribute moisture, even in the deeper epidermal skin layers. Significantly tested on my skin, really GOOD !!!!

Thumbs up for this moisturizer ^^

Life as a PhD candidate

Now I can feel the "pressure" of being a PhD students.

Planning > Preparation > Execution > Analyse > Bla bla bla....... @_@

Every single details have to write from tip to toe. Oh my god !!! Besides that, writing conference paper, journals, tons of assignments and extra time for students consultations. Man, this is not joking ...... will go crazy neh...

It's good to go for further studies like this if there is a chance.. (*I'm very fortunate that I got such chance) Although there is a lot complains, but I still have to go on with it. I just somehow need someone to talk with, so that I can release all these "transparent stress" out from my mind.

:(

Whose understand it??? Whose listening ?? Who cares too?

很有Feel的夜景

这个公共假期，去了一趟Bukit Tinggi。。。 去年5月来过一次，然而，一年后的这里，还是老样子。这次只是拍了几张夜景。

也好，很久没让自己放假了。。。

就当作一个 short break, short trip 咯。透透气

Respect & Trust worthy

每当他说他和朋友出去一下，我真的不敢问他是和谁出去。。”他”或者是”她” 。也许这是他的自由吧

可是我的心非常不安，也不知道该怎样跟自己说不要想太多。

然而，昨天的噩梦；真的打从心底把我的不安感觉变本加厉。。。 为什么会梦见如此的情形。实在是太可怕了。

我有几次发梦的情景，真的发生在我的现实生活里。难道这次的梦，会变真??

Respect 和Trust worthy ，我到底做到那一点呢。。。

安全感和自信心，你跑去那里啊

Something worth sharing

I’m truly amazed and stunned when I read a blog of someone that mention about these statement:

To keep a relationship for long , respect is the key. If u don’t respect others , even your friends will leave u for good . Trust comes second and we ourselves comes in the third place.

and…

Don’t ever treat a man as though they were your ATM machine. Pity them. They are just like us. They are also human. For your own sake go get a job n pay for ur own shopping. Ur man will love u more if u do that. And dun always call them up to check on them. They’re not a ding dong. They know when to go home n when to have fun just like us do when we know when to stop a girls night out and stop shopping.

~~~~~ Credit and Salute to LY ~~~~~

I really felt that every girl should have such practice as to respect their partners without having a lot of guessing behind them. I do admit that I’m a girl that don’t know how to treat myself good (*as in going for shopping and enjoy my life through travelling) but I do serious about generate a respect and trusty relationship with my man. And I hope my beloved one will cherish whatever I’ve done for him.

男人的意中人和红颜知己，只是一线之差吗??

A big Q's bounced in my mind about this posted by a friend of mine. And I wonder izzit true. If a guy owns a true lover, why would this 红颜知己 still appear?

As like another friend told me:

"I can accept they have it, but cannot let me know"

Which I believe where guys tend to hide this "红颜知己" in his heart rather than telling their love one, because they already knew the consequences. So why guys still wanna own a 红颜知己 then? I talk about something that can't even share the thing with their love one? Or to do something that can't even let the love one knows?

As for me, I really don't hv a 红颜知己. But I do cherish whatever I can for the one I love. But I don't wish to end up being hide and not told by my man because of their 红颜知己.

What about you?