Thought No. 1: being away from home
My youngest bro just started his life as an undergrad student few days ago. For the first time, he left the house and live outside. I went to send him to his hostel with my parents. At that time, memories of my first day at Sunway College suddenly flashed back in my mind. I could remember how my parents helped me to settle down on the first day i was away from home. Being away from home was not very exciting for me. It was quite scary actually. That was the first day i felt that i was officially a real adult as i had to start handling my life on my own. I really missed my parents' nagging at that time when i could only be nagged once in few mths' time. Luckily, i met a bunch of good friends there and i was able to adapt to my life away from home quite soon. Now i wonder how will my bro feels and how fast can he adapt to his new life in the new environment. Hopefully he is coping well.
Thought No.2: Never take things for granted
The trigger of this thought is from another bro of mine whose laptop just 'retired' few days ago. In his blog, he said that he never really appreciated the importance of his lappie until the day it retired. It was disastrous for him as he lost all his files.
Then i met a friend in KL. He is a medical student and we talked about the anatomy classes that we learnt at uni. He said that I was lucky enough to be able to dissect cadevers during my anatomy classes as he could only study at the dummies in his classes. I said there's nth he should be envious about since the cadever does not have the texture like the living body. He said that i took things for granted. He also said that he would be happy enough even if he can study on the real specimens of the body parts.
I think too many times I forgot to appreciate the persons and things which are so important to me until the moment which i am going to lose or already lost them.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
SumBlog - The Price is High
While I was still in Cardiff I had heard about the fuel price hike which happened in Malaysia. I was wondering what kind of effect will it have on the living cost back home. Things have become evident when I m back in JB.
The newspaper reported that the inflation rate of this year would be 6-7%. For a person who knows very little about Economy like me, i will give you a very simple example. Last Summer, a plate of Fried Kuay Tiow costed me RM 3 but this Summer I have to pay RM 3.50 for the same amount of it. Imagine if I have to eat 2 plates of it everyday, i will have to pay an extra RM 30 in a mth.
On the other hand, the petrol price is high too.
Last year, my Kancil (the smallest car and probably the most economical car in terms of petrol consumption) consumed about RM 40 for a full tank of petrol. This year, it needs RM 50 to top up the same amount of petrol. On average, I visit the petrol kiosk once a week so i will need to pay an extra RM40 every mth.
According to my mum, the price of rice and paper are also increased, and many other things as well, except for 1 thing: the income of my Pa.
Just read a news about the British Prime Minister is having his holidays in the UK as he wants to show an example not to waste unnecessary money during this difficult situation. In Malaysia, similar effort was shown by the Terengganu State Government where we saw the purchase of the Mercedes Benz cars to replace our beloved Proton's flagship: Proton Perdana Executive V6. It claimed that this is a money saving measure as the Perdana requires a huge amount of ringgits for the maintenance. However, the Proton's spokeperson thought otherwise and said that it was incorrect.
A Mercedes Benz costs RM 400K while a Perdana costs around RM 160K (rough estimates). The Terengganu Government spent around RM 10 - 100K ++ for the maintenance for 1 Perdana. So the maintenance fee for 2 years on a Perdana will be more than enough to get a new Perdana. No wonder they want to change to Mercedes Benz (MB) la. Hence the state government spent RM 3 mil to get 16 brand new MB as they don't want to waste the rakyat's money anymore.
Does this mean that we will see more MB on the road next time since it is a money-saving measure used by the government of a state? We shall wait and see then.
The newspaper reported that the inflation rate of this year would be 6-7%. For a person who knows very little about Economy like me, i will give you a very simple example. Last Summer, a plate of Fried Kuay Tiow costed me RM 3 but this Summer I have to pay RM 3.50 for the same amount of it. Imagine if I have to eat 2 plates of it everyday, i will have to pay an extra RM 30 in a mth.
On the other hand, the petrol price is high too.
Last year, my Kancil (the smallest car and probably the most economical car in terms of petrol consumption) consumed about RM 40 for a full tank of petrol. This year, it needs RM 50 to top up the same amount of petrol. On average, I visit the petrol kiosk once a week so i will need to pay an extra RM40 every mth.
According to my mum, the price of rice and paper are also increased, and many other things as well, except for 1 thing: the income of my Pa.
Just read a news about the British Prime Minister is having his holidays in the UK as he wants to show an example not to waste unnecessary money during this difficult situation. In Malaysia, similar effort was shown by the Terengganu State Government where we saw the purchase of the Mercedes Benz cars to replace our beloved Proton's flagship: Proton Perdana Executive V6. It claimed that this is a money saving measure as the Perdana requires a huge amount of ringgits for the maintenance. However, the Proton's spokeperson thought otherwise and said that it was incorrect.
A Mercedes Benz costs RM 400K while a Perdana costs around RM 160K (rough estimates). The Terengganu Government spent around RM 10 - 100K ++ for the maintenance for 1 Perdana. So the maintenance fee for 2 years on a Perdana will be more than enough to get a new Perdana. No wonder they want to change to Mercedes Benz (MB) la. Hence the state government spent RM 3 mil to get 16 brand new MB as they don't want to waste the rakyat's money anymore.
Does this mean that we will see more MB on the road next time since it is a money-saving measure used by the government of a state? We shall wait and see then.
SumBlog - Family and Her
SumBlog is an abbrevation which I just created. It simply means Summer Blog. In this SumBlog series, I will (try my best to) write about my life in Msia during this summer.
In this very first article of my SumBlog series, I will give some updates on "Family and Her". "Family" this word is already self-explanatory while "Her" refers to my Soya Mean.
My parents still look pretty much the same, no signs of aging can be detected on their appearances yet. Pa still doesnt talk a lot except on issues like my studies, pocket money, living expenses, etc etc. Mama still likes to comment on my health status and she will forever ask me to drink more h2o. =P My two bros are away from home at the moment: one at the 'lion city' while the other one is in the Multimedia Super Corridor of Malaysia. Both of them are doing undergrad studies. My lil sis (not very little actually) is studying at Fifth form in JB. Suddenly i feel that every1 has grown up already, except for my parents. =P
My Soya Mean lives in a place which is about 300 ++ km away from my house so i am now a frequent user of the express buses as i need to "deliver" myself to her. =P She is still as pretty as before (probably prettier) but has become lazier since the 1st day i was back in msia. The reason is very simple. You will surely understand it when u have your personal driver + bodyguard + tutor + entertainer. =P Well, life is definitely tougher now but as long as Soya Mean is happy then i will continue enduring the 'hardship'. =P
It's very difficult to describe the feeling when I saw my family and gf whom I didn't see for almost 1 year. I just hope my summer will have 48 hrs per day so that i can spend more time with them.
Happy Holiday, WK!
In this very first article of my SumBlog series, I will give some updates on "Family and Her". "Family" this word is already self-explanatory while "Her" refers to my Soya Mean.
My parents still look pretty much the same, no signs of aging can be detected on their appearances yet. Pa still doesnt talk a lot except on issues like my studies, pocket money, living expenses, etc etc. Mama still likes to comment on my health status and she will forever ask me to drink more h2o. =P My two bros are away from home at the moment: one at the 'lion city' while the other one is in the Multimedia Super Corridor of Malaysia. Both of them are doing undergrad studies. My lil sis (not very little actually) is studying at Fifth form in JB. Suddenly i feel that every1 has grown up already, except for my parents. =P
My Soya Mean lives in a place which is about 300 ++ km away from my house so i am now a frequent user of the express buses as i need to "deliver" myself to her. =P She is still as pretty as before (probably prettier) but has become lazier since the 1st day i was back in msia. The reason is very simple. You will surely understand it when u have your personal driver + bodyguard + tutor + entertainer. =P Well, life is definitely tougher now but as long as Soya Mean is happy then i will continue enduring the 'hardship'. =P
It's very difficult to describe the feeling when I saw my family and gf whom I didn't see for almost 1 year. I just hope my summer will have 48 hrs per day so that i can spend more time with them.
Happy Holiday, WK!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008
My homecoming
Few days ago I had a brief conversation with a housemate in the kitchen. She said she was happy for me when she knew that i could go home soon because she understood that i missed my home very very much. It was good to know that some1 actually shared my happiness with me. =)
Yeah~ I am going to feel the peacefulness, which I have been devoid of for almost 1 year, when I reach home. I need to be recharged after a long haul since last autumn.
Yeah~ I am going to feel the peacefulness, which I have been devoid of for almost 1 year, when I reach home. I need to be recharged after a long haul since last autumn.
When I am trying my best...
When I was a teenager, I used to think that the best thing to do in life was to try my best and make other ppl happy so at the same time i could feel their happiness too.
Now, I am still trying my best to help ppl but i realised that sometimes the outcomes were very disappointing. The help given with a good intention can unintentionally become a harm to ppl.
It is indeed that I feel the best when i do the best but other ppl may not feel the same, or even worse they may feel the worst.
Sometimes it is good to let the Nature takes its own course.
Now, I am still trying my best to help ppl but i realised that sometimes the outcomes were very disappointing. The help given with a good intention can unintentionally become a harm to ppl.
It is indeed that I feel the best when i do the best but other ppl may not feel the same, or even worse they may feel the worst.
Sometimes it is good to let the Nature takes its own course.
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