I had recently went to enrolled at Deakin University for my course and for all intent purposes it was a really blistering, excruciating, exhausting, perspiring, and very uncomfortable day. After all it was around 1.00pm went I head off to Deakin under a shocking 42 degree Celsius temperature. It was not my kind of day and it did not really help as I got lost momentarily in this surprisingly large 27ha+ campus. And like most people asking directions was a main priority. It was then I regretted NOT attending the university numerous open days and information sessions before hand. But it was a minor inconvenience.

Registering was fairly simple process and the staff was especially helpful and very friendly, especially a lady by the named of Joanna who I believe was career adviser.

The only snag was when it came to choosing my units for my first year which turn out to be more complicated then I thought. It is not that I had no inkling of what units to do (Accountant with CA recognition) but was the actual versatility on offer. The great advantage of doing a double degree can also be a drawback which its versatility because with the great flexibility to choose the units we also have an enormous responsibility to plan our courses ourselves.

However all in all it was a really cool day, well except for the hellish temperature and mange to meet some new friends as well though I now wish my student card look a lot better! (damn why must the lady take my picture without allowing me time to get ready!)

Sigh the hot temperature is killing me right now....

Every now and then movie that does not depends on special effects and fantasy like settings to grab my attention blows my mind away and one of those movies I seen so far that fits that description is Gran Torino.

Starring Clint Eastwood from Dirty Harry and numerous other western pictures fame really brings to life the story of change and redemption in a relatively small and quite town in America. What this movie really excels in is the ability to be funny,poignant,exciting,melancholic and ultimately heartbreaking all in space less then two hours.

The movies does have some flaws but all in all the strength and depth of story itself makes this movie as one of the best movies I had seen in a long time . And that says a lot for a person growing up in an age where special effects and fantastical settings are needed to grab the attention of viewers like us today.

I give this movie a solid rating 9/10.

Clint Eastwood as Wait still showing how badass his character is!



Sue helping Walt (Eastwood) to not only get to know the family but also help himself to some 'Gook' food.



A really 'insightful' bonding session about a girl Walt named 'yum yum. Hahaha!



Walt and his 'Padre' before going of to (spoilers) fateful showdown with the gangsters.

As Chinese New Year and Australia day coincides at around the same time this year I just want to wish everybody

and Happy Australia Day as well!!!

After waiting agonizingly like an idiot for my clock to reach 6.30 pm today I finally knew what university I got into and drum roll please.......I got into...........................................................................
Deakin University!



Yup I am actually quite satisfied with what I got heck I will be doing Bachelor of Arts(International studies)/ Bachelor of commerce! A double degree which I am seriously ecstatic after all I get to have internship with an overseas organization during penultimate year!! I can see it now Paris here I come! Hahahaha!( Though I can imagine it will be some place more mundane).

Yes world I am finally or going to be a formal undergraduate student!!! Heres my online offer!


Ok that's all time to prepare myself for a challenging year! Seeya!

Today I went online and was flabbergasted !!!

Why you ask?
Just realize that the tertiary placement offers through VTAC is going to be release tomorrow on the

freaking 19th of January

, 6.30 pm one full day before 20th!!! My mind is racing right now as the words "Oh my Gawd" keeps on repeating it self in my brain like a broken old record player!

I feel so screwed right now....looks I am going to have a beer in one hand and a gun in another ....depending on the result I am going to use one of them! God I so hate university applications.....(crosses fingers, killed a rabbit for its lucky foot,praying like crazy and undergoing a strange mystic occult ritual) X_X

I am officially having a severe depressing nervous breakdown....

The date 20th of January is coming and it is a really

significant day for me! Not only is the eyes of the entire world going to be fixed

on the Presidential Inauguration of Barrack Obama, which by the way it is also

coincidentally touted as one of the most expensive Inauguration events in US

presidential history it is going to be a significant event and will be one for the

history books!

On a more personal level it is also going be the day when

the first round university offers are going to be release in Victoria for 2009! I

seriously can't wait! Though I am going to be nervous wondering what university and

which course or courses I will be accepted. I just hope i will get my first

preference and if worse come to worse I can always wait for the second round offers.

Damn the wait is killing me! Wish me luck!

How would you like to be caretaker

to this

And get this you will receive a salary of A$150,000 ($103,000, £70,000) for six monthsand get to live rent-free in a three-bedroom villa, complete with pool for only 12 hours a month! Some of the duties included are feeding fishes and collecting mail (wow sounds cushy).

Well recently tourism officials has recently had just did that and the best part is the only qualification you need is.....

there is NONE

so if you guys seriously want the job just sent an online video application before February 22. And oh yeah you better hurry thousand of applicants from around the world has applied already! Just google Tourism Australia Queensland!

This is an article which I had plan to write a long time coming but I had not really had the time to think this through due to the fact the morons in the ministry it so badly and are delusional about its effectiveness! Heck even most of the minister children in power are placed in in schools that uses everything (from international schools to being overseas) but its own locally made jaguh kampung system. As a result I would like to delve in to that stupid issue later.

So allow me to begin to begin with a few aspects about the education system that I believe should either be do away and be completely purge from the system.

At number 1To many freaking subjects
- It seems the morons in the ministry have this twisted and sickening idea that increasing the number of COMPULSORY
subjects is a way to gauge the intelligence of students of the system. It can be seen very clearly as an average student in Malaysia face an increasing overload of subjects as he or she progresses from Primary 1 to Form 5. This is incredible ridiculous because by the time he or she reach to their SPM level they are now face with taking a a scandalous amount of about 10 to 21 subjects (yeah I know they had recently put a cap of 12 subjects but seriously that is still a stupid amount). As a result
we have a whole generation of students not only burden with lots of subjects they are also burden with pressures of peer peer prejudice favoring a certain subject over another.

2ndly
- WTF is with the irrelevant subjects.
With this the first that comes to mind is why the heck there is a subject called Pendidikan Moral/Moral Education? Its more like like 'Lets memorize some stupid irrelevant moral values word by word which by the way does not make sense as moral values are SUBJECTIVE!!!' subject. The only reason I can think about why they have to implement thsi subject because they have to help the non-Muslims waste their time (and Grey matter) while their Muslim friends/brethren learn about their religion. Other subjects that comes to mind are subjects like history (though if they did it right it can be one of the most worthwhile and fulfilling subjects) but right now it plainly sucks.

3rdly
-The content within the subjects.
This has been nagging me for a long time is the content in some subjects. Moral is one of them with the entire syllabus is stupid. History is filled with lots propaganda shit and subjects like living skills/kemahiran hidup does not really help at all. Even subjects that is suppose to in depth and relevant has a shockingly shallow content. Its not only superficial but the tendency for teachers to follow the textbook content strictly does not help matters. Subjects like English and even Malay has a very narrow minded syllabus and or intent purposes boring.

4th
Ever changing policy changes.
The people in charge of the Education Ministry have a very short sighted and short term memory in their decision making about how they should educate the public. They keep on changing policies that often seem out of date or it was seemed to be made by people who is out of touch of the system. Which all of this goes back to ministers children. It is mind boggling to me how they can suggest and implement measures that affects everyday normal school going Malaysian when their children does not follow system at all! If only they had the balls to walk the walk and actually trust in the system that they had perpetuated while having a mental breakdown would they then realize the the fallacy of their policies. How would they feel if their children comes home after school and have a following conversation as follows:

Minister :Hello son how was your day?

Son: It was a really crappy day, half of the teachers are having some kind of meeting in some far of place, my maths English teacher has just walk out o the classroom due to can't take the stress,my PE teacher was spewing stuff about having PE in the classroom but at least I have NO homework again.

Minister: What again it has been almost an entire year and your SPM is next week,how are you going to prepare for it!

Son: Duh! That is what tuition is for! School is just for playing and sleeping.

Minister: Oh my [censored] goodness! (faints)

See if only they would actually force their children to endure the education system that they had made then and only then they would actually strive to make it better.

DISCLAIMER: . The author reminds that this post is purely of the author’s sincere opinion. No intention of defaming or offending is intended. As such, the author requests that readers keep an open and rational mind while reading this post.

As some of you might know I am avid fan of books about history and politics especially concerning the Asia Pacific most notably regarding the Malayan Archipelago. Books like The Malay Dilemma and The Singapore Story are counted as one of my most favorite books of all time. More often it is not the political ideas that makes me want to read such things but more of the story and experiences behind the story. So when I found the book Lee's Law How Singapore Crushes Dissent from the Monash Public Library I immediately went and borrowed it and boy was it a great read and it was the first time I was actually nearly brought to tears by a book. Why you may ask, the book is essentially a mans struggle as an opposition leader in Singapore who had campaigned and experience hardships and struggles against the People Action Party (PAP)and lost everything in the process.

I am of course talking about the late JB Jayaretnam. The book recounts his life and from his childhood to fall of his political office in Singapore. It essntially recounts how he had rise from the countless defamation suits and kiasu mentality of the PAP especially from his old political rival Lee Kuan Yew. Though I had always admired and greatly respect the Lee Kuan Yew, he like many of us had an Achilles Heel or a flaw which in his case was his stubborn mentality against criticism especially from the opposition.

As I read through the book I was impress with with Jayaretnam never say die attitude despite the difficult odds and obstacles as an opposition leader in Singapore. His every word has to be scrutinized to prevent the ruling government of Singapore from launching libel suits against him. Which in this case was often very successful and Jayaretnam was declared bankrupt on multiple occasions. But for some reasons he had always tried to keep on fighting for democracy which he strongly believes Singapore deserve. It is this endeavor that made this story both poignant and inspiring for person such as myself. The story itself should serve as an inspiration to all who are often face with difficulties so that they can strive to preserve their ideals and aspirations.

All in all it was a great read as it gave me a glimpse of the nation Singapore that it is today. A very successful nation in terms material wealth but is plagued with the issues of elitism,wealth gap and a kiasu mentality to boot. It makes me wonder what would Singapore do to finally become a true democratic nation (so that is success can continue) and not just and over glorified municipal council, albeit a very successful one.

Conclusion: A MUST READ. 9/10 (Its nearly in my eyes perfect expect for the bitter sweet ending.)

DISCLAIMER: . The author reminds that this post is purely of the author’s sincere opinion. No intention of defaming or offending is intended. As such, the author requests that readers keep an open and rational mind while reading this post.
PS Recently started archiving and cataloging all my posts to make it easier to find and read. Hope its makes it easier now. ^_^

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM. You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION. You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION. You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION. You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called 'Cowkimon' and market them worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION. You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION. You have two cows. Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION. You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

A SWISS CORPORATION. You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION. You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment and high bovine productivity. You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION. You have two cows. You worship them.

A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION. You have two cows. You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at 0.06 per lit. Then midway you raised the price to 0.60 or you cut supply. When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and now want 1.20. The buyer decided you can keep the milk and they go look for milk that comes from recycled cows. Your two cows retire together with the PM.