Happy New Year!

Just a few more hours, a new year is gonna start.

Here i wanna wish every 1 of you will have a great year ahead!

All the best, people!

8 days in Switzerland - Introduction

Hey my dear readers! I just came back from Switzerland after stayed there for 8 days (21-28 Dec 2006) during my winter break. It was a great trip which gave me sweet memories but also some unforgetable experience. Since this was a very meaningful and eventful vacation, I wrote a brief travel log throughout the journey and i shall try to publish it in my blog starting from today.




I went for this trip together with 3 other friends: Caroline (Carol), Lavanya (Lav) and Zhuang Li (ZL). (At the moment i m still yet to get all the pics from them so I shall put a proper group photo once i get this done.)


According to our initial plan, we were supposed to fly to Zurich on the 20th. However, due to the presence of the heavy fog in London, our flight was cancelled.










Oh well, since this was an unpredictable event, we had no choice but to face it. Together with Lav, I queued for approximately 5 hrs just to sort things out with the airline staff. Of course, ZL and Carol were keeping an eye on our baggages while me n Lav were queueing. Here's a pic of the tent where we spent hrs to queue in:










In the end, we were told that most probably we couldnt fly to Zurich until Xmas is over. It was actually quite a bad news to us! Anyway, we were able to obtain a standby ticket which entitled us of any flights which fly to Swiss on the 20th and 21st dec. However, all the flights to Swiss had been cancelled on the 20th. After a discussion, we decided to stay overnite in the airport and tried our luck on the 21st. The airport staff provided each of us a mat and a blanket as the weather was cold there. I was very thankful of what they had provided for us, even though our trip was affected pretty much.



Posing with the all our luggage just b4 i slp. U can see the blankets (blue colour, near my feet) which were given by the airport staff.

So, did we manage to fly to Swiss?

-to be continued...-

Thank you, my friends!

Shining Friends

by 2R



A little faith brightens a rainy day

Life is difficult; you can't go away

Don't hide yourselves in the corner

You have my place to stay



Sorrow is gonna say goodbye

Opens up you'll see the happy sunshine

Keep going on with your dream

Chasing tomorrow's sunrise

The spirit can never die



Sun will shine, my friend

Won't let you cry, my dear

Seeing you shed a tear

Make my world disappear

You will never be alone in darkness



See my smile, my friend

We are with you; holding hands

You have got to believe, you are my destiny

We're meant to be your friends

That's what a friend should be.




A very lively song sent by ZL this afternoon right after i had my afternoon nap. Yay!!!



Thanks so much to all my friends!

Jalan Jalan di Alexandra Garden

Date: 14 Dec 2006 (1 day away from the Welsh Language Exam; 2 days away from Xmas break; 17 days away from year 2007)

Time: 11ish

Venue: The Alexandra Garden (approx 50 m from the Sch of Biosciences)

Who? : Alan, Jassie & WK

and some non-random shots:

Just b4 my practical session starts...

Dear readers,

X'mas is approaching! Not sure if UK here will have a white X'mas this year but the thing that i care the most is when will the Xmas break come. hehe... Well, it is not that far as it will soon start on 16 Dec. Ho...ho...ho... Merry X'mas to every1 and myself! =) So, where is my Xmas present, ppl? U can send them to my add which is (bla...bla...bla) or if u wanna send the present in the form of $ (preferably in pounds, but other currencies are welcome too (please include 5% service charge)), u may transfer the $ into my acc. =P

However, b4 that, i needa sit for the Welsh Language Exam 2mr. Oh well... Needa kambate for it after i come back fr my practical session 2day. Alright, folks, lend me all ur exam lucks ok? Will return them to u once i finish my Welsh Exam. Oh...wait a sec... I gonna pinjam them from you again when I sit for my Anatomy Exam on 8 Jan, which is the 1st day after my break.

After being a medic for more than 1 yr, I realised that the exams, courseworks and revisions will just come to me 1 after another. I used to tell myself that, 'hey, wei kang, just tahan for a while more. You can soon have ur break after this exam/assignment/revision session/etc etc. However, the 'soon' is never 'soon'. In fact, they come to me just like the creeps in DOTA. They will never end until u destroy the base. (Oh well, i start to miss my dota gang already. How about a Xmas reunion? Hehehe....)

Alright, so i decided to spend every possible sec to rest:

everyday i wake up 30 mins earlier just to listen to the radio;

have a short nap during each break betw lectures;

chat with housemates while i m cooking/ eating in the kitchen;

blogging in the middle of my work;

do sum light readings after each of my meals;

watch animes/ movies/ mtv's;

sing along when i listen to songs;

etc etc.

Alright ppl, i shall start getting ready to go for my prac session now. ttyl!

xxx,

WK

Some Recent Pics (Part 2)

WK & Mao Mao

WK & Laptop

WK looking at you??

Opps...=P

Some recent pics

Just some of my random pics:



Slping? Thinking?




Smiling :)




Err...trying to act cool... =P

Because of you

Tell me where it hurts

What hurts the most

Sth that I thought of...

Dear readers,

I just had my shower. While I was in the tiny bathroom, a sentence just struck my mind:

The world doesn't end even you encounter an unfortunate event;
the world does end when you decide not to try your best again.

Take k, ppl!

xxx,

W K

p.s. no attached pic this time coz i can't really put my shower pic here..hehe...i dun intend to make my blog an adult site. =P

WK needs to be strong!

Dear Wei Kang,

I know u r now under lots of stress. Dun worry, everything will b fine for u. U have gone tru many many tough tests. Even there might still be many tougher tests ahead, dun worry, just face them with ur unique 'WK technique'! Try to do ur best n tahan till the very end. Coz after the worst usually the best will follow.

U can cry when u r sad, but pls dun be sad forever.

U can moisture ur eyes with tears, but pls dun just moisture ur eyes without doing anything.

Do ur best, do ur best, do ur best!

The most important thing to be remembered: be like Wei Kang. U are unique and no 1 shall replace u in this world!

Let's shout this 3 times:

I AM WEI KANG

I AM WEI KANG

I AM WEI KANG

xoxo,

Wei Kang

A brief update

Dear readers,

Yo, long time no c! How's life every1?

Just a brief update about my life in the past few days or weeks:

- 2 frens came fr london n visited me (of coz, they din come to cardiff purposely just to look for me lar...) and my other frens. Had a great time and had lotsa good food!

- I skipped many afternoon-naps!!!! OMG!!! This was so so torturing man!!!!

- Finally I went to town n shopped for half a day. A good achievement for a begginer shopper like me.

- As usual, hw is still piling up.

- Learnt quite a few lessons. A bit more mature (mentally ONLY hor! I still dun look v mature yet i think!)

- Learnt a bit more about my horoscope from the internet:

Positive Characteristics:

Ambitious (hm...I wanna be a father...is tat ambitious?)
Responsible (m i responsible ar? not so sure ler)
Determined (hm...this is quite true...but my determination onli lasts for a few mins!)
Hard workers (yeah yeah...i agree...no pain, no gain!)
Scrupulous (Exactly!)
Conscientious (Sometimes gua...)
Efficient (Hm...not really ler...need some catalysts to spear me
Organized (50% correct gua)
Practical (hm..i m quite an idealistic fella ler..)
Dependable (haha...yaya...i agree)
Conservative (definitely!)
Cautious (erm...not really...i can be v impulsive 1)
Businesslike (erm...no lar...i dun think i m good at doing business)
Perfectionist ( I don't think it is good to be a perfectionist, very tiring 1 ler!)
Serious (yaya...i m not lame 1...believe me pls...)

Negative Characteristics:

Status-conscious (erm...no status yet...how to be status-conscious ler?)
Domineering (hm...when i m forced to...ya..)
Inhibited (i m inhibited in terms of rejecting ppl's requests)
Egotistic (not so true...but it may be true)
Unforgiving (erm...not really)
Fatalistic (everything is fated, esp the bad ones? i m not sure)
Stubborn (ya..i admit)
Brooding (mayb this is the reason y i become sad occasionally...thinking too hard d..)

Tat's all about my update. Hope you enjoy reading it!

xxx,

Wei Kang

A sentence that I like

I really like this sentence:

You feel your best when you do your best.

I think it is very true.

So, I shall just do my best n even if i can't get what i wanna get, at least i wun have any regrets.

The 100th Post

Dear Readers,

Finally, my 100th blog entries!

For bloggers who update their blogs frequently, putting up the 100th post is really an easy job for them. However, a blogger like me who is hardly updating the blog, 100 isn't just a small number. In fact, it is sth really BIG and SIGNIFICANT! haha...

Let me just write some random sentences to end this entry:

"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect, it just means you have decided to see beyond the imperfections."
Winning a race is relatively easier than winning it after several failed attempts. Every1 can b successful, but v few of us can still be determined to achieve success when we fail many times.

Every1 dares to win, but v few of us dare to fail.

With love,
W K

OBLIGATORY VOLUNTARILY DUTY

Dear Readers,

The above title is not a tongue twister, so you can read it slowly like this: Obligatory.... Voluntarily....Duty.

You may ask: "why is it obligatory and voluntarily? Isn't this a bit of a contradiction?"

Indeed, you are right. My life is full of contradictions.

For example, you think that working as a volunteer in an organisation is meaningful as you can help other ppl while filling your free time. Sounds cool n noble, isnt it?

However, you have got a fixed schedule to do your volunteering work. And then u realised that you cant devote as much time to do the job as b4. So the initially noble task has now become a heavy burden to you.

"Serves you right! Who asks you to be so kaypoh? ", some ppl might say.

"Oh poor thing... Why don't you tell them your prob and try to solve the prob?", some kind-hearted souls might suggest.

Nonetheless, some probs are not as simple as that. Solving them is a complex procedures.

Imagine, if you are the key player in a football team (eg: the only goal keeper in the team), can you just pull out halfway during a match?

What done is done. And you need to do is to pull it through, right?

Oh well, life goes on...






p.s. paiseh.. this entry sounds quite melancholic...mayb it is the aftermath of 3 consecutive lectures which contain a huge amount of info...

with love,

WK

SOMETHING ON MY MIND

Dear readers,



I am just wondering, when you are reading this entry now, are you at home, or are you away from your hometown?



I know, it will be a good experience to study abroad as one can learn to lead an independent life, mix with the foreign ppl and study their living and cultures, improve the communication skill (and one might have the chance to learn a new language, eg. welsh), try new food, etc etc...



However, it is not a very good feeling to be homesick, especially you are stressed out due to the amount of work you having. Well, I know i gotta adapt to this situation bcoz i can't go back until the Summer.



Enough crapping, now i shall continue doing my essay while homesick-ing in my little personal space on this foreign land.





With love,

W K

A BUSY TUESDAY

Dear readers,

Hi there! How's life every1?

I just had a busy day. I attended 2 neuroscience lectures in the morning, then i gave a presentation during the Infection and Immunity tutorial. I had my lunch fr 12-1pm, and this was followed by a dissecting practical session which stretched fr 1-5pm. Well, this is what i experience almost everyday as a medical student in the university.

Seriously, I need a good break now. Zzzz....

MONDAY BLUE?

Dear readers,

It is monday again and this means tat another week of lectures+tutorials+practicals+assignments has just started. I am currently having a 2-hr break after an interesting lecture which is about the 'international health'. The lecturer presented the topic well and I am quite keen to learn more about the health inequalities which are experienced by more than 50% of the population in the world.

Anyway, it is quite boring if i just carry on talking about the international health issue (or mayb because that i dun have enaf info to write about? hehe...) in this entry. And due to the feedback i got from jas, I decided to embed a short video clip which i received from lav just now:



This clips was produced by the MediaCorp, Singapore to help prevent the SARS pandemic. Quite a funny clip but i think this clip actually served its purpose - to educate ppl how to prevent the spread of SARS.

Hope it helps to de-stress a couple of you.

Love,

W K

TRAFFIC LIGHT

Dear readers,

I just thought about sth and would like to share it with you:

WK's Traffic Light Rule

STOP and think about all the feasible options before you make any decisions;
LOOK at the best option that you have chosen, study its pro and cons; and
GO ahead to take the action once you have made the final decision.




With love,
W K

A COMPLETE MAKEOVER

Dear readers,


First of all, thank you for supporting this blog site until now.


I have been having stressful moments due to several stressful events. A stressful event might not drive a person to the verge of breaking down. However, when a person actually experiences a series of stressful events at the same time, he or she might not be able to handle them appropriately. To reduce the high level of stress back to the normal, acceptable level one, the person needs to do something to release the excess amount of stress. There are numerous ways of doing it: jumping around like a monkey, running a marathon, driving as if you are M. Schumacher, crying continuously until your eyes are swollen, singing until you actually increase the level of noise pollution, drawing abstract art pictures, etc etc...


Therefore, I decided to do something to my blog site. First, I thought that I would need to change my previously dull-looking background to sth which looks brighter and 'more cheerful'. Hence, I chose this current background. Second, I need more pictures to make my blog site livelier. Thus, I added the 'Picture of the Day' section which is at the bottom of this page.

Hope you will like the changes made on Yo~~ I AM WEI KANG~~!








With love,
W K

A noisy night and a quiet house

It is 1045pm now in Cardiff. It is unusually noisy now due to the firework display which are now held in the Bute Park - which is very near to my house - on the Bonfire Night. From my room, I can now clearly hear people talking as they walk pass my house.

So what the quiet house is about?

2 of my housemates which i usually hang out with are away from Cardiff and both are in Nottingham now. Usually we were the ppl who made the house 'more lively' (=P) but now since they r not in, the house is 'unusually quiet'. Well, i do enjoy the peaceful moment now but sumtimes it is also good to have a low level of 'noise pollution'. =P

I tend to do some reflections when i m alone. N now i m currently thinking sth... It seems tat it has been a long time since i last contacted some of my frens. Also, i did notice some of them have changed - slightly or tremendously.

This entry is quite random. So u might have a random kind of feeling after u read it. Anyway, if u r free...feel free to drop me a msg to update me about ur recent life.

Life is quite dynamic, but there are things which are quite constant too; friendship is one of them.

A brief random update of WK

Long time no blog!

The weather in Caerdydd is getting colder and the workload of my studies is getting heavier. Aren't we supposed to have a good nap in the cold weather? Yeah, perhaps. However, this doesn't apply to me, who is currently a medical student. Oh well, winter break is coming soon and hopefully i can have a good break then.

I just came back from the Welsh Language class. I found that the welsh language is somehow similar to tamil because both languages have many words which require the speakers to twist their tongues. Aih...as a mandarin speaker, I cant really twist my tongue tat well. Mayb this has nth to do with the languages but rather it is due to my inability to twist my tongue. Anyway, i think indians are born with the ability to speak diff languages easily. Don't believe? Try to see how many indians can speak in mandarin and how many chinese can actually speak in tamil. =P

Lastly, let me just show you a random picture of mine. (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING PICTURE MIGHT CAUSE ANY OF YOU EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS. PLEASE CLOSE THIS PAGE IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF HEART ATTACK OR ASTHMA. THE BLOG'S OWNER WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES THAT YOU HAVE AFTER SEEING THE FOLLOWING IMAGE.)






























Bye!

Maybe wei kang shouldn't be so lame...

YES! I M LAME... and i think if i dun stop myself from being such a lame person, my 'lame-ness' will b irreversible.

Anyway...really sorry if i had offended any of u either purposely or accidentally, directly or indirectly with my lame jokes.

SORRY...

I need to grow up...not physically but mentally...

(Guilt-ridden WK's signing off...)

An eye for an eye?

Today, we had our 1st Colum9's house meeting in the only common area in the house - the kitchen. The meeting was held as a result of the complaint that we received from the residence office. They claimed that the kitchen is 'disgusting' (Haha...I have learnt a new term to describe the kitchen). I must admit that the kitchen was a bit messed up, but I think 'disgusting' is a bit too exagerating.

After the meeting, we cleaned the kitchen and it looked much cleaner and tidier now.

So, wat's this story going to do with the title of this blog?

OK, let's rewind a bit to the time when we had the meeting. After knowing the comment of the residence office about our kitchen, few of my housemates actually got very angry as they thought it was utterly rediculous to demand us to clean our kitchen because the residence office still hasn't repaired the faulty exhaust fan in the kitchen and we haven't got a bigger fridge which can accommodate our food. Therefore, they said we shouldn't do anything b4 the office does their job.

Hm... An eye for an eye?

I think they din really mean it... They just said it coz they were irritated by the complaints.

However, i think it is not necessary to have the 'revenge' feeling in our minds. When we rcv bad treatments from ppl, must we seek for a revenge?

Here's an example:

When A killed B, B's son killed A, then A's son killed B's son... So, in the end, everybody died. What's the point of seeking for a revenge? They just prolonged the vicious cycle.

Let's go back to the current situation:

If we refuse to clean the kitchen, the residence office will fine us and take no action on the faulty exhaust fan. Then we will feel that we have been treated unfairly n lodge a complaint hoping that the residence office will be given a warning by the university... So in the end, the exhaust fan remains in a bad state and both parties are now 'enemies' to each other.

"Causing troubles to other ppl will only cause us more troubles."

(WK's signing off...)

Wei Kang Dw I

Shwmae! Sut wyt ti?

Can anybody understand wat i just typed?

Well... it is actually a Welsh sentence. It simply means: Hello! How are you?

I am taking a beginner Welsh language class in my university. Btw, i am currently studying in Cardiff - which is the capital of Wales. And Wales, together with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, form the United Kingdom. Many ppl tend to think that UK is equal to England but this is really a misconception. England is just 1 of the 4 countries which form the United Kingdom.

Anyway, back to the Welsh Language class. Well, it is actually part of my Student Selected Component module. This module actually give us the opportunity to learn sth which is not in the academic syllabus, whether it is clinical or non-clinical in nature. Since i have travelled so far to study in Wales, i think it will b a good idea to learn a bit about her language as well.

I onli had 1 lesson so far so my Welsh vocab is still v limited. B4 i sign off, I wanna tell u all about the meaning of this entry's title. 'Wei kang dw i' actully means 'i m wei kang'.

Another Welsh sentence to end this entry:

'Rwy'n dy garu di, waijing!

(WK signing off...)

I am being Colum9ised

Yes, i am being Colum9ised (pronounced as Colum-nine-ised)... Don't worry if u havent seen this peculiar term... coz it not a std english word...i just made an innovation on the word 'Columised (again, this is not a std eng word) which is invented by Shuly, my fellow 'Columate'. The word 'Colum9ise' actually means 'the action that changes me since the day i move to 9, Colum Road.

So, wat is the evidence of the Colum9isation of Wei Kang?

1. I have an Indian name - RaGu, which is given by my Columates. And together with 3 other Columates i.e. Siu-tee, Nana & Alaghi (all these are jz nicknames, not their real names), we formed the Colum 9's Fantastic 4! haha...sounds v funny rite?

2. I am currently a member of Colum 9's Mamak Club which is co-founded by Siu-tee and me. The entry requirement is v simple - u just need to b able to eat a lot of food. haha... Our daily activity is to have a mamak session fr 2300-2330 (the time can be extended if there is a public demand). We are still recruiting members so u may contact our Miss President, Siu-tee for membership registration.

3. I am becoming more lame now. It is not tat i wanna b a lame person. I just try to make the atmosphere of Colum 9 more cheerful n bearable..haha...I do tell a lot of lame jokes but dun forget: laughter is the best medicine!

4. I have overcome my purple-phobia. Yes, i dun like purple colour. No reason. I just dun like the colour. And the most ironic thing is: all the walls of this house are painted in PURPLE! OMG!
Oh well... I think it will b a lot easier to start to accept this colour rather than shifting to another student house.

Alrite, i think i shall sign off here n start to restore my energy (slping).

Zzzzz....

(WK signing off... )

A car accident

Don't worry, people! I m still in one piece now... it wasnt me who were involved in the car accident...

As you know, i can clearly c the Colum Road, which is a busy road, from my room's window. Just now, a minor car accident occured right in front of my house. 1 car 'kissed' another car while the traffic light turned red. Luckily, no 1 was injured. However, as usual, the 2 drivers came out n sorted out the prob. So, can u guess what happened next?

Both of them smiled at each other when they walked out fr the cars, 1 driver apologised and the other 1 smiled back at him, then they shook their hands, hopped on to their cars, n left... The whole process took place in less than 5 mins.

What will happen if both of them are msians?

(WK is signing off...)

MSSCF 's Hi-tea session

Yo~ how's life, boys n gals? (oppss..i think i sound like 1 of my lovely housemates now...)

Well, as u can c fr the pic, MSSCF is the abbreviation of Msian Students' Soc of Cardiff. I put this pic up becoz this entry is related to it.

I went to the hi tea session (well..actually i think it was more like a dinner session coz it was held during dinner time...haha..but anyway, who cares?) last evening. The venue is pretty far from the place where i live so i really had a good exercise by walking to there...

The food served was ok but i think it can still b FURTHER improved... anyway, i m not a person who is fussy bout food...so, i really appreciate the chefs who prepared the meal for us...thank u!

I actually met quite a lot of new frens there, n of coz, i had a good chatting session with all my 'old frens' (well, they r not old lar...juz tat i knew them for quite long d...) who went for this hi tea session. Wow, i really really enjoyed it man!

Hm... i m looking forward for the forthcoming events of MSSCF...n people...remember to drop me a msg, whether u r free or not free...haha... do keep in touch with me ya...

(WK is signing off....)

home sweet home (part 2)

Here are some more pics of my room:


My wardrobe cabinet


My desk


View fr my window 1

View from my window 2

Home Sweet Home

Halor! I m now living in a student house in Colum Road, which is about 5 mins walking distance fr the School of Biosciences (the place where most of my lectures take place). Now, let me show you some pics of my room:


This is the view that you will see once you enter my room. You can see that my study desk is pretty long. I divided the desk into 2 regions: the right hand side is my working station and the left hand side is the place where i display photos, decorative items, etc etc. And of course, a rack which is full of my lecture notes n textbooks. From the window, i can actually part of the Colum Road. And I always look out fr the window when i nd some temporary rest during my work, this is the reason y i put the workstation on the right hand side of the desk. =P


This is my bed. The duvet cover actually matches the colour of the wall.


A closer view on my workstation.


My noticeboard.


And this is me, sitting in front of the desk.

More pics are posted in the next entry...

The 1st day of Intermediate MB BCh (Phase 1)

MB BCh is the course that i m currently pursuing in Cardiff... And i m now in my 2nd year...well...it is pretty boring to talk bout academic stuff here but anyway...i think i had a great start of my Year 2...

Right after the enrolment, I attended my 1st lecture of this academic year... it is juz an introductory lecture to all the year 2 medical students, regarding all the stuff that we need to know and ought to do in the coming 9 mths time... it is gonna to b tough but hopefully i will b able to handle it well... :)

There is one particular sentence that i wud like to share with all of u who are still studying now:

RETAIN YOUR INDIVIDUALITY AND DON'T GIVE IN TO THE PEER PRESSURE.

Cheers!

A blog entry from my bro's blog

I just read an entry in my bro's blog... v well written...(but it is in chinese)

http://kongaznalaa.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-post.html

u may follow the link above to read it...

Cheers!

Yo~ I m back in Cardiff!

Time really passes so fast that I din realize that my 3-mth-summer-holiday is gonna end in just a few day’s time. Now, I am back in Cardiff already. Things haven’t been changed much here, despite some newly built buildings which are scattered in different parts of Cardiff.

After spending 9 mths in my previous room in Senghennydd Court last year, I am now living in a student house in Colum Road for the coming 9 mths. Compared to the room I lived in b4, my present room is more spacious n nearer to the sch, even though I am now further away from the city centre. Since I m not really a shopping person, I suppose this doesn’t really affect me much, hopefully.

So far the most enjoyable thing that happened since I arrived here was being able to meet up with ppl, both old n new frens. I am very fortunate to be able to live in this student house together with 3 other classmates and 2 new housemates, all of them are very nice people.

Of course, life doesn’t go so smoothly at all the time. I did meet some probs here, but luckily the probs are not that serious. Few days ago, I thought I had lost my lecture notes but eventually my frens managed to get them back for me. I m really really thankful to them! Also, I am currently not having any internet connection in my room. As a person whose main hobby is to online, I find it quite annoying when I really need to online to get my stuff done. Anyway, this prob will soon b solved as my housemate already apply for the internet service. J

My term will officially commence on 27th September. Currently I dun really hav a really ambitious target for this coming year, I just hope tat I can do better than what I did in the 1st year and be able to enjoy the learning process throughout the year.

Well I guess that’s all for now coz I m feeling quite slpy rite now n seriously need to get some rest for now. Take k, ppl! Nitez!

WK's 5-day-trip

Yo!

I just came back fr a trip. During this trip, I visited a few places: nilai, seremban, subang, setapak, kl, kuantan n kemaman.

Day 1

I travelled to nilai with Ric and his frens. This was my first time to step on the ground of Nilai (actually I went past here for a few times when I went to KLIA). Bsides, a huge INTI College and the TBUN CC, nth really impressed me here. Oh ya, just b4 we arrived in Nilai, we had a scrumptious dinner in Seremban. And I had the opportunity to witness the 'genocide' of the crabs by one of my frens... haha...

After DOTA-ed for nearly 5 hrs, I went to bed at around 430am. What a crazy nite!

Day 2

After saying 'good bye' to Nilai, I went to Sunway Pyramid in Bandar Sunway (obviously!) to meet a fren. Sunway Pyramid hasnt changed significantly since I graduated from Sunway College, just that its carpark has slightly been extended. Anyway, Sunway Pyramid 2 is goin to b opened in 2007 so i think when i go back there next yr, things will change more greatly.

Then we went to yum cha in a cafe near Bukit Bintang b4 goin to petaling st. Petaling st is still as bz as b4, haha...

At nite, i tumpang malam in Chee Han's house. I fell aslp while chatting with him in his room... Zzzzzzz.....

Day 3

I went to Setapak 2day. Not long ago, 1 college student had been murdered here by the snatch thieves. Therefore, I tend to b more 'kful' when jaga my personal belongings while waiting for my frens to pick me up fr the LRT stn.

I actually planned to stay overnite in Setapak but I cancelled this initial plan bcoz my frens were bz preparing for their exams. However, we still had a good chat during our dinner.

Day 4

2day i went to Seremban to visit XY. She brought me to jln jln in the park n i discovered that Seremban actually has a nicer park compared to the jb's hutan bandar! haha.. N we saw a snake in the park! Instead of being frightened by the snake, I was terrified by XY's screaming! =P

Then we went to cari makan after jln jln. However, we spent a great amount of time to find a restaurant bcoz most of the famous restaurants were closed on tat day. Finally we found 1 restaurant and we had our lunch there. Three words to describe the meal: Cheap and nice!

After I bought the seremban 'shao1 bao1', I went to Nilai to meet Ric. Then I tumpang his car to go back to Sunway. I then went to Red Box with Jia Mean n Chee Han. Haha... We really had a great singing session that time! =P

Just b4 we went back home, we jln jln in Putrajaya and had a good talk on one of the bridges there. Hehe...

Day 5

2day I left KL and took a bus to Kuantan to meet my papa there. Finally I had eaten the fishhead curry... haha... Then we jln jln in the town area of Kuantan n Kemaman b4 we went back to my papa's hse.

Day 6

After seeing a giant 'golden dragon fish' in a chinese temple, I went back to JB together with my papa. It took us about 5 hrs to reach JB and finally we had a good chat during the car trip. =)


So my 5-day-trip officially ended on yesterday. It was an enjoyable trip, thanks to my papa n all my frens. It is a great fullstop of my summer hol in 2006! =)

I was sick…

Yes. I was sick… for 2 days.

When I woke up on the Friday’s morning, the first thing I did was neither to brush my teeth nor comb my hair. The first thing I did was to rush to the washroom, due to the excruciating pain originated from my tummy. After visited the toilet for a few rounds (trust me, you will never gonna like to experience this… not even once in your whole life), I thought I was fine again. However, I was wrong. Hence, I went to the clinic (without making an appointment, thank god!). I was told by the doctor that my problem was due to indigestion. Omg, I think I really need to eat more vegetables and fruits d. Fortunately, after taking the medicine for 3 rounds, I felt much much better d.

The next morning when I woke up, I went to brush my teeth but still… I din comb my hair. Please dun get me wrong, it is not because that I am an untidy and lazy guy. I really dun need to comb my hair when I wake up because my hair will look ‘ok’ even some1 messes up my hair while I slp. =P When I wanted to start having my bfast, I realized that my cheek was hot (I mean the temperature)! And the 1st thing which appeared in my mind was: I had a fever. Thus, another day of 20-hr slping day!

Honest speaking, falling sick is not an enjoyable experience. However, it will be a good indicator to show that we need to pause briefly in our hectic life and have a good rest. So, between ‘REST TO PREVENT FROM FALLING SICK’ or ‘REST TO ASSIST RECOVERING FROM SICK’, which one would you choose? Well, I choose the 1st one, that’s why I LOVE TO SLEEP, whether I am busy or free. =P

Zzzzzzzz…..

My Horoscope

CAPRICORN MAN

A man in this Zodiac has a pair of round big beautiful eyes, a nice structure jaw line. He is a good listener and can understand everything easily and clearly. He can guess what you will say before you even say it. He often shakes his head or touch his hair. He is a big built, but he will tend to have a small ear. He tends to have a darker shade of hair and eyes' color. He will likely have a short and strong neck, broad shoulder, muscular, strong hands and grips. He has a shorter fingers compare to the man of the same size and same height in the other zodiac. His hands can work well at the same time can protect and care for his woman. His height will be proportional to his weight. He will walk firmly and always take a big long step. As he walks he will look around in caution with no disturbance from his problems at present or in the past. He likes to watch things built with fascinate and wonder about how it is done, so you could see him watching a construction site and not get bored. He is a good dancer. He is a careful person in instinct, so even at dance floor, he will already have to know what in front or behind him before he will take any steps. Green is his favorite color. You will mostly see him wear green, navy, blue, or brown. In all 12 Zodiacs, he is the one who can get the most satisfaction from possession of beautiful thing, and cherish it as if it is very valuable to him even it is just a crystal ball made in France. It is his luck that he hardly has to chase after woman. They always come themselves without his invitation. He likes to treat his guest in his house than visiting his guest at their house. He does not like to be a center of attention, so if you need his help, you have to look up for him. He lives his life in stability and simplicity. Every decision made are already "Sure" and carefully thought out. He will not do what he has been asked to do if he is not interested in doing it. He acts casually but in reality, he always doing things seriously. He loves peaceful and quiet environment so in his free time, he will stay at home instead of going out and look for adventure. He loves nature and dreams of a nice and quiet house with lots of trees, or he may dream of a house in a beautiful countryside. He will let you have freedoms and watching you in a distance. If you are over doing something, he will let you know by his icy cold look. He is the perfect lover in all the Zodiac for nothing he will not do for his love one. He won't allow people to laugh at him or think he is a joker, so he will spent for himself luxury for what it is worth. He likes neat and well dressed woman, so do not be a slop if you are dating this guy. If you do that he will loose his face. He is the romantic type who would dance with you under the moon light. Love will make him shines and you will see it in his face. He will not say it out loud, you have to know it yourself.

An one-day-trip to Singapore

In the early morning of 17 August, I picked up a backpack which I din use for a long period, carried it and walked on the path (which I long time never take already) which is leading to the small bus stop in my taman. Since the day my dad bought the kancil for me, I very seldom became a bus passenger in JB, until this morning. It was because I am going to s’pore and both my dad and younger bro were not at home so I have no choice but to go to the customs on my own. Approximately 40 minutes later, I arrived at the JB customs. I used to take public buses to sch on a daily basis when I was in Form 4. I hated waiting for buses when I was rushing to the sch last time. I am a person who treats punctuality very seriously, therefore, I hate to be late. Anyway, 2day’s bus trip is indeed a reminiscence of my sec school’s life. What a great start of a lovely day!

However, 2 of my frens were late and made me and another fren waited for nearly 1 hr. Omg, it has been a while since I waited a person for so long. Anyway, the trip would b meaningless if we cant go as a group so I try to suppress all my ‘ketidakpuasan’and tried to call them to reach here asap. While we waiting for them, I met a ‘long-lost friend’at the customs building. I have never seen this friend for more than a year. She used to be a very good working partner to me when we both were student reporters. She was on her way to her hostel in Singapore. Since she would be free till the evening, she volunteered to be our tour guide! Shortly after this, the other 2 frens had finally arrived. So, 5 of us moved towards the customs checkpoints happily together. And of course, the trip from the customs to the mrt station was full with our ‘cold jokes’ and non-stop rubbish talk. Haha…

We went to the city centre of Singapore and visited the theater – the Esplanade - which is famous of its unique ‘durian-shaped’ structure. “The durians are best served chilled” appeared on one of the promoting banner and I find it very funny yet meaningful!

After that, we were quite unsure about where to go and finally we decided to go to the Jurong Birdpark. This tourist hotspot is very near to my bro’s uni yet I din pay him a visit. Hehe… paiseh lor coz I really din have sufficient time to include this in my itinerary. =P
The park is really huge and it is a very difficult task to walk to every corner of the park. However, we did cover all the parts of it, thanks to the clever invention of monorail. Hehe… being lazy is not good but sometimes laziness will help us to create a useful invention. =P

Although we had the opportunities to observe the birds closely, it is quite disheartening to see them being caged in a small area. If possible, I really hope that the authority can set them free, or at least provide them a bigger living area. And yet I paid them to continue caging the poor birds. Aih…

Then, we traveled to Bugis and had our dinner in McD. It was a good dinner session with continuous crappy talk and ‘unstoppable’laughters. Hahaha… I think we are really “godlike” cold jokers! (BG Lee, u will miss me when I mentioned these ‘keywords’… haha…)

I reached home at approximately 930pm. It was such a WONDERFUL trip and I shall never forget this meaningful day!

Special thanks to:

Miss tour guide a.k.a Meng Hwey;
Mr Ah Fook a.k.a. Wei Xiang;
Ms Diana;
And Miss Sujen.

Lastly, thanks for having so much patience to read my longest entry since I started this blog! Xie Xie!

The Summer Live Concert

Fui yo~I went to the Summer Live Concert organised by the 8tv which was held in the famous Danga Bay in JB last nite. It was a super hot nite due to the hot weather, hot singers and the extremely hot atmosphere (according to the MC, there were about 100K ppl attended this super hot event... and according to one of my frens, the total population in JB is 1 million...so there were one tenth of the total JB population present on that event)!

For those who had attended any concerts b4, u shud know the difference betw watching it from the tv and watching it in the venue itself. If u haven been to a concert yet, perhaps u shud come n experience it next yr in danga bay (hopefully 8tv will still organise such a cool concert in the future).

Summer Live Concert... It was so hot and amazingly good! Fui yo~~

:)

While I was browsing through the societies’ group photos in the secondary school magazines, I received a call from my bf (don’t worry, I am not a gay. The ‘bf’ here stands for best friend.) He was inviting me to visit him in his uni when his term starts in September. That was all. The call didn’t exceed 1 minute. However, this less-than-a-minute call has given me a brief happy moment. He used to be my best partner in school and had taught me many lessons which had influenced me positively. “A person should not boast about his capabilities. Otherwise, he will not be respected and be recognized as a capable individual.” This was a sentence that he told me before. Consequently, it gave me a positive influence in my life. Until now, I still always use this sentence to remind myself to be a humble person.

Steamboat dinner

Steamboat (in chinese, huo guo); dinner (wan can)

I just came back from a steamboat dinner which i had together with 3 other sec sch mates. It was quite a good dinner coz we all had a good chatting n laughing session + a tableful of nice dishes. Too bad i forgot to take the picture of this event, otherwise i cud hav showed the 'evidence' to you all. =P

My stomach is so full now... and my brain too! When this two reason combines, the result is fairly obvious: a sleepless night for Wei Kang.

Good Night (wan an)!

Disclaimer

All the articles in my blog do not carry the objective to condemn any particular individuals. They are written based on my own opinions, feelings and judgement. I apologise if any of my previous entries have caused you any unnecessary troubles.

Happy or Sad?

If you are asked to choose to be either a happy or sad person, what will be your answer? Happy? Sad? Or Uncertain?

Hopefully, the answer will be ‘Be a happy person’, as I always believe that a happy person is the one who always think positively. If you choose to b sad or uncertain, don’t worry, start to think positive from this moment onwards.

So the question now will be: How to be happy?

The concept is quite simple. Here’s an example: in a test, what is the probability of scoring 100% exactly and that of scoring 50% and above? The answers are 0.01 and 0.50.

Now you will ask me: what is the connection between this example and the concept? Well, it is like this: it depends how you define the feeling ‘happy’.

For a smart student, s/he might feel that his/her hardwork and intelligence will only be justified only if s/he scores well in exams. Therefore, s/he works very hard to ensure that s/he can score 80% and above in every exam. However, not all the time she can achieve that because some of the exams are really difficult. So the person starts to keep blaming himself/herself for not working hard enough and thus studying 24/7 (of coz, this is impossible…hehe… It is just an example so don’t take it too seriously =P). In the end, she still fail to achieve what she wants as she cant concentrate in her exams due to poor health.

If you always think that being happy is sth which is unreacheable, you will never be a happy person. Happy is not sth which is very complicated. You don’t really need to work hard 24/7 just to be a happy person. Being happy is very simple. You just have to learn how to be grateful of what you already have.

Think about those who don’t have enough money to buy food to eat.

Think about those patients suffering terminal illness who have only limited days to live.

Think about those who have lost their home due to war.

Think about those who are too poor to study.

And the list can still go on…

While reading this, you are still breathing and living healthily. You might not be rich, but certainly you have enough money to sustain your life and also have the privilege to enjoy surfing the internet. You are not illiterate. You have a shelter to live in. etc etc…

Of course, we will face challenge in our lives. Even when you are so stressed that any additional problems will cause an immediate nervous breakdown to you, you must always remember that without going tru this period, you will never grow. Just stay calmly and think of ways to tackle the probs but not trying to find the methods of quitting it.

Happiness is not a luxury in our life. You will discover its presence in your life when you know how to appreciate your life.

中文 a.k.a Chinese Language a.k.a Bahasa Cina

When I first started blogging at approximately (I must admit that I really like this word because it is a more ‘polite way’ to give an uncertain answer which I cant remember exactly) a year ago, I was hesitating whether I should create a 100% angmoh (English in Hokkien) blog, a “seratus peratus blog Bahasa Cina” or perhaps a rojak-language blog which might consist of the 3 languages that I know, i.e. English, Bahasa Melayu and中文. At that time, due to the fact that I communicated in Mandarin (with my friends and family, and sometimes with the hawkers selling food in kopitiam ) and Malay Language (when I sang “Negaraku”, beli tiket bas, paying utilities bills, etc etc.) for about 90% of the time when I spoke, thus I decided to make English as my blog’s official language. That was not just to serve as a platform for me to practice the language but I also hope that my blog will be “flagged” as an international blog 1 day. =P And here we go, I started blogging about myself in “broken English”. Haha…

However, I soon felt that English has become my main communicating language since the day I first landed in United Kingdom to pursue a degree in Medicine. At about 99% of the time I spoke English over there (even though my Manglish would sometimes confused the local ppl there =P), and for the remaining of my time I would find myself skyping with family using my mother tongue. Without realizing it, I think I will soon be Anglicised.

Hence, I decided to include some Chinese articles in my blog in order to maintain my level of command of the language. However, this amendment has caused some unexpected distress to a big number of my blog readers. I truly regret about this and wish to apologise that I, however, will still write more Chinese articles in the future because at certain time I feel more comfortable to blog in my mother tongue about certain events in my life. Don’t worry if you cant understand Chinese Language because even if you do, you might not understand what I wrote, as most of them are quite abstract.

Hm… maybe I shall consider to conduct a mini Chinese Language class series here so that some of you may actually gain benefits from visiting my blog. =P

...

我心情不好时，会变得很沉默。沉默到自己能很清楚地听见自己的心跳、听见自己的呼吸···

有些话，不管说的人有心还是无意，真的是伤人十足。

难道，心情不好就是伤人的license 吗？
难道，心情不好就要拒绝别人的关心吗？

话，说过了，或许能轻易忘掉；
心，伤过了，伤处该如何抚平？

我不敢奢望从此再也不受到伤害，只希望能在心的同一个地方受伤。这样，或许比较不会那么痛。

志翰说得对，我是个情绪化的人。

(P.S. 本人受过专业的受伤训练，请各位网友勿轻易模仿。我自己不开心就算了，真的不希望你们也和我一样。祝你们快乐！)

Determination

A goal in our life might b as tall as this building. However, with determination of a level which is higher than it, we can achieve the goal one day.

Kambate!

y?

y?
y?
y?

i dunoe wat to write....i jz feel like 'conteng' sth here... bad mood...bad mood...bad mood...
wat can i do when i m :( ?
erm....
haha...

dunnoe ler....

Feel like screaming now...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

相爱无梦

跟你抱着未等于爱上
不再抱着未等于不想
你我在这分钟
说过无缘再见
下秒钟再凑巧碰上

即使一起貌合却又神离
分隔两地日夜挂着愁眉
再各自结新欢
却暗地拿你去比较现有的
始终偏袒你

有心爱你却爱不到
抱紧了你却又未想终老
再等到与对方失散以后
就会知原来谁最好
爱不到至会更想爱
抱紧了你我又无心装载
我跟你也破不到
男与女之间爱情的定数

一个过活恨抱着情人
一对过活又挂念谁人
到了话要分开
你我尚有恻隐
又再探听对方新闻

phobia?

When you wanna do sth....just do it (but pls make sure you wun do any harm to other ppl). When you r worried too much, you cant do a single thing successfully.

IF you dun strike when the opportunity comes, you may miss it for the rest of ur life...

A random post

"A kind-hearted person has a greater tendency to b sad bcoz he/she is always worried about the ppl around him."

I think it is quite true, so what do you think?

happiness

We should never take our happiness for granted. Even if we are fated to possess a great amount of happiness in our life, without maintaining the happiness properly, we will soon find that no matter how much happiness we have, it will disappear eventually.

So, when your happiness arrives, you must hold on to it tightly and shall never miss this opportunity to keep it by your side forever. Do cherish the one that you love.

Good luck!

心情超不好的一天

今天心情好差哦！好想找个人出来向他倾诉一番。但，我才发现原来身边的朋友大多数都不在JB，有在的却不能抽空与我会面。我看了看日历，才发现今天是所谓的“家庭日”－星期日。没办法，只好拿起自己心爱的吉他，弹奏那第一百零一首歌曲－《关怀方式》。不知不觉，眼泪已静悄悄地流下来···

认识我的人，都知道我很容易哭。从小到大，哭，是我唯一的发泄方式。如今，我又多了一个宣泄心情的管道－写部落格。

不久前，一位好友告诉我其实我时常不经意地把快乐带给身边的人。但，是否有人察觉到我那偶尔隐藏在笑声背后的伤感呢？

:)

康仔: 勿为小事忧, 事事皆小事

Daily pics

Bored?

Almost 1 mth since the day i reached here for my summer break. While i was in UK, i always imagined wat i gonna do when i come back here... However, I basically did nth 'great' so far. I m just breathing the Malaysia's air, watching M'sia n S'pore TV shows, eating m'sian food, slping on my own bed, driving my 'long-lost' car, walking on the land where i was born, meeting frens whom i haven met for a long time... etc etc...

All these activities look v simple... n u may find them boring coz one can almost do them at anytime he/she wants... provided he/she is in JB.

So this is wat i wanna say. When u hav a thing which is always by ur side, u may not realise its importance until u lose it. And when u eventually get it back, u will know how great it is.

Perhaps u will understand the feeling more when u r away fr home for a certain period...

Home sweet home...

失望

失望

两个字

非常简短

伤害力十足

“你真的让我很失望”

真的是这样吗？

或许吧···

心很痛

却得承受

没关系

跌倒了总得自己站起来

让人对我失望后

我要继续努力

做好自己

但愿在不久的将来

给别人的

不是失望

而是希望。

Opps…打错字了…

刚才

我不小心打错了一个字

马上按了“Backspace”键一下

把错别字删除了

从新输入正确的字

可是

我所做错的事、说错的话

却覆水难收

虽说“知错能改，善莫大焉”

错了

始终还是错了

改过

永远都是在下一次

但人生

能从来多少次呢？

“人非圣贤，孰能无过”

这句话或许是我的唯一安慰吧！

Mobile PC Reformatted

“Please insert the System CD…..”

“Please insert the Recovery CD 1…..”

“Please insert the Recovery CD 2 ….”

30 minutes later, all the programmes and settings of my laptop were deleted and reinstalled. And now all the settings of this mobile PC are back to the default settings.

Why bother to do this?

My laptop was like a garbage collection point with everything messed up in my tiny C & D drives. It took me ages to open an IE window and significantly slowed the song playing speed of my wmp.

Just like the gotong royong before CNY, my laptop needed a mass clean-up. Therefore, it was reformatted.

This is the 3rd week of my 3-mth hols. Besides, eating, slping, watching TV shows, lepak-ing with frens, pak tor with gf, reformatting the laptop is another item on my To-Do List during the break. I just finished my 1st MBBCh year. It was not too bad, but I still have many things yet to be completed.

People always say that ‘to rest is to prepare to walk further.’ Therefore, I must take this opportunity to have enough rest – although I will always find that the rest is not enough – before facing the tougher challenge in the future.

(yawning…..)

Goodnight! :)

你能把你放进我的鞋子里吗?

别误会, 我并不是脑袋出了问题, 也不是在胡说八道. 我只不过把 “Could you put yourself in my shoes ” 直译成华文.

你能将心比心, 时时刻刻都为别人着想吗?

人是自私的动物, 这点我非常地同意. 虽然有人常说: “吃亏就是占便宜”, 但我想今时今日肯吃亏而不占人便宜的人已经濒临绝种了, 不是吗?

就算不占人便宜, 你是否能凡事都替他人着想, 处处忍让别人呢? 不是我悲观, 但我真的认为现今的社会已经很少会出现真的能够100%体谅别人的人了.

陌生人不体谅你, 气一气后心情很容易就雨过天晴了; 朋友无理取闹地刁难, 忍一忍也许心中的怨气就能烟飞云散; 但如果被家人误解了, 心中的痛是痛彻心扉的, 久久都不能抚平.

自己常常躲在别人的鞋中, 偶尔也希望得到别人的谅解, 不算太过分吧?

Pressure?

Haha… I m v stressed now… V V V stressed…. I cant believe that I m actually having so much stress now even I m having my summer break now….

Aih…wat a day….

Photographs taken in Barry Island

Leaning against the rocks...hm...it wud b niz if i cud sit on them whenever i need a break...


Pointing at the clouds... and looking forward to face the challenge lying in front of us...


Looking at the blue sky...the world is so wide... there is always a hope awaiting us in a corner of the world... we just need to keep on searching for it...and dun giv it up easily...


Looking at the sky again... haha... as we develop the country, will such a beautiful beach be conserved in the future? Hopefully yes....


I just simply love the beach... perhaps it is bcoz I grew up in a city which has a considerably long coastline... Although the geography of Pantai Lido (Lido Beach) has changed quite significantly, my memories are constantly lingering in somewhere on the beach...

A trip to Barry Island

WK @ Barry Island