Annoying...oh so annoying...

I just caught myself a cold recently...no worries it's not H1N1...experienced these kinda shit a few times before...can't say I'm too happy to experience it again although it's not the more dangerous counterpart that I'm infected with...Same bloody case again...I got snot flowing backwards to my throat and overtime it turns into flem...causing a hacking cough...

Been coughing like that for a couple of days now...today would be the 3rd...1st day would probably be the most serious as I actually coughed till my throat started to feel painful (experienced it before too, sad to say -_- ) 2nd day...throat is considerably better and coughing less...though it seems to be worse at night...especially during my sleep hours...making me lose some sleep though not totally...3rd day...cough seems even less...looks like I'm well on the way to recovery...

Well I was dead wrong about that...coughing is the worst so far during sleep hours although the sore throat has entirely disappeared...I was coughing so much that I simply can't sleep...it's like every time I get close to sleeping (feeling relaxed and starting to fall asleep) a wake-up call in the form of a damned cough would make me come to my senses...so I kinda spent 4 hours on my bed coughing every 5 minutes to keep myself unwillingly awake...

It's not my 1st time losing sleep, but losing sleep over something like this is just annoying...if there is a level rating for my annoyance it would be over 9000 now...seriously...this is like someone playing a practical joke on me to prevent me from going to sleep...and thx to that...here I sit now typing this blog post for lack of something better to do...annoying...oh how annoying...

Well it's been a while since I blogged anyway...but I've been wanting to say this for a while too...Micheal freaking Jackson...frankly speaking...I just don't get it...people seem to only truly be appreciated when they're actually dead and can't BE appreciated...and such I find the buttloads of people who jumped on the MJ bandwagon more of an insult than honoring the King of Pop...I mean seriously...put urself in his shoes...for the last decade or so I might say people have sort of starting to forsake MJ for his eccentric behaviour save for his hardcore fans...then when he died people start regarding him as a legend...what sort of hypocricy is this?! I've never really liked MJ and my opinion has not changed just cause he's freaking dead...People say I'm heartless but I say it's common sense...you wanna honor somebody then do it when they're alive and kicking...not when they're dead and it already means nothing to them cuz they're 6 feet under and rotting like any other corpse in the world...

That's all folks

A breather

FINALLY.........I was rushing my ass off with assignments lately, and now I finally have a breather...with 2 assignments down and 2 more to go, I am certainly looking forward to that sem break and the end of semester dinner that I'm going to have with my public speaking class, along with the lecturer that I have grown to respect so much...

That aside, another 2 weeks and I'll only need to worry about my psychology paper which I have around 2 weeks free time to study it...I have ample time and opportunity to get my brain filled with what's important so I guess I'm lucky to have that...But damn, I have never rushed that many assignments in such a short time before, and that was hella tiring...it's probably a blessing that next semester would be a short semester, and best of all, I get to go to Australia and visit my dear old brother...

That's all folks

To make things worse

I kinda forgot to include this one on my last post...but a few days ago the primary school that I used to attend was quarantined due to confirmed cases of H1N1...none other than the 'pretigious SJK (c) Jalan Davidson...and a friend of mine is currently teaching there...it's perhaps lucky to say that she seems fine...

And then it was my parents who were down with a sore throat after coming back from a trip to HK...They were wearing face masks for a few days too...gave me a scare but luckily it was ultimately nothing...Then it was a friend of mine who was down for a few days with flu like symptoms...or chicken pox...and haven't really heard from her since...hoping for the best there

Seems like H1N1 is reaching an outbreak level in M'sia currently

That's all folks

Sad story... : \

So it's been about a month since I last updated...well can't really blame though...nothing's really came up until recently...other than that...it's all been college, assignments, arcade, and loop those over and over again...

As for the 1st interesting thing that happened in my life in a month or so...it came in 3...in the form of assignments...though probably the fun and interesting kind...which I am thankful for...2 from my visual communications and 1 from public speaking...for those in visual comms I will have to design and make a learning book for children between ages 4-6...and the other is I'll have to make a 'Green'-shopping bag...the environmental friendly kind...with designs on it...Then it would be public speaking...we will be doing a speech assuming that me and my partner are running for the posts of President and Vice-President in a student council election...interesting stuff indeed...kinda nerve wrecking too...

2nd thing is that I finally get to learn the Basics of photography hands-on with my best friend ZH...the sad thing is...I'm actually taking the same subject in college...I took up the subject during course selection thinking it will have alot of practical work and less theories to bog down my mind with...apparently I was dead wrong about that...Since the start of this semester...we had nothing but theories on how to take photographs...You must be thinking 'WTF?' right now...yeah I was too...it was really all theories...how to do this and that and this and that...and the lecturer never really showed you how to do it...how to apply it in real life...I guess I could say that what he's been teaching so far is pretty much useless...It's nearly been 2 months since my 1st class of this subject...and I only had to take TWO photos so far...furthermore I need to sit through 3 hours of lecture straight every week...although it's not a good thing to do I really can't help but bring myself a newspaper when I'm going for that class...It's dead boring...I swear I felt like smashing my head to the wall at times cuz that really seemed more interesting during class times...Although it could also be said as a miracle that I haven't missed much of this class...

3rd would probably be my hobby...I already have enough money since last month...but I plan to wait it out and start the next one with ZH...so he'll get how to assemble stuff like this although it's pretty straight forward...but guidance is really better than nothing no? But anyhow...date is set for this one...I'll be getting the next one on July 4th...yeah...america's independence day...and so happens I'll be going for a MT3 team meeting during that day too...we'll probably be watching Transformers 2...having a more expensive lunch menu instead of the usual...I guess we have already accomplished what this team was originally made for...Just a bunch of friends fooling around...not fast enough to be a pro...but fast enough to give the pros a run for their money...we set out to show that we may not have as much money to throw onto the game...but we are as good as those who have...and that IMo has ben achieved quite some time ago...which is good...=D

Last but not least...which would really be a sad thing to say...my sister just informed me that a relative of mine who was once very close to me was diagnosed with cancer...My initial reaction is that I really don't know how to react to that...I knew he was sick but I didn't know it was that serious...furthermore we weren't as close as we used to be anymore...I guess when we make new friends our relationship with the older ones tend to get distant after some time...nevertheless we're still good with each other...but he looked fine the last I saw him...which was only a few days ago...what I don't understand is how did he get it though? It's just like one of those cases where a chain smoker lived well up to 80 years old before dying from old age and another perfectly healthy 25 year old man was diagnosed with lung cancer although he never touched a ciggarrette in his 25 years of existence...

Oh well...what happens happens...can't really put a stop to it...but I do hope they can treat it...and I hope it's not too late for it either...

That's all folks

A work in progress...

So it's now 2 week into college and currently the third week...and it does get a little discouraging when I find myself not understanding half of the stuff they're teaching...makes me feel like skipping classes...but my other half tells me that is more the reason to stay in class in order to catch up and get a better picture of what i'm learning...which my matured self agrees with while the tiny little devil that was sitting on my shoulder still offers temptation...but nonetheless I force myself to get in the classes that I've took...A work in progress...

Then the other is I've been sticking to my work out plan for about 3 weeks now...although it's nothing more than a few push ups, sit ups and whatnot daily I'm already feeling the results...which is good...and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something...It's still far from my intended and final goal but it's certainly a stepping stone to get myself back in shape...and I will slowly but surely work my way up back to a better physical state...A work in progress...

Last but not least...my revived hobby...soon I will have enough money to get myself another set to work with...most probably at the end of this month...and most probably a fighter jet instead of a car...which is also another thing I'm looking forward to...A work in progress...

That's all folks

Completed!

So I was talking about reviving an old hobby in my previous post...and that I will assemble the model car after my finals...Well I did...although not exactly the best around but I feel good by just completing it =D...

I started working on it on the day my finals ended...just like I said I would...So I took out the whole box of stuff and sat down in front of me computer after dinner...Just for the music though =P...and started assembling the car...what has surprised me though...is that I sat there for 5 hours assembling it and didn't even move...Obviously I freaking love assembling it...just like I used to...

So after 5 hours of squinting my eyes for the smallest possible parts needed for assembling I finally completed it...Started from 8:30 pm and went all the way till 1:30 am...Aside from my aching back from sitting on the floor for 5 hours straight...I felt a great sense of accomplishment...a kind that I haven't felt in a very long time...

And so here it is...the completed car

The Front view

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b188/AoD22/100B0050.jpg
(blardee blogspot won't let me resize this one -_-)

The top view



The engine bay with a J13B rotary engine inside



The side, complete with RedSuns decal



And finally, the rear



This is indeed my dream car the FC3S RX-7...It looks like a piece of old junk but to me it looks like subtle styling...and has the word "skill" written all over the car...Cuz the people who knows how to drive this car properly has done wonders in it...Fine example is legendary Japanese race cars driver Keiichi Tsuchiya...

Well now that this one is done...I probably should start saving for the next one...My next model would probably be a fighter jet since I actually found one...I don't really have an exact choice yet but chances are it'll be one of these 3 4th generation fighter jets...the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon...

That's all folks

Reviving an old hobby

Not a lot of people know that I used to have this hobby...I like to fix things...as in putting things together...heck even when I'm still wee young I love to take my toys apart only to put them back again...which in some cases resulted in a broken toy lol...

Well going into my teens...that interest of putting things together has got me into fixing plastic models of jet fighters...those days would be probably the times where I actually have something better to do other than sitting around in my place and doing nothing in particular...I've collected like RM300-400 worth of resin model kits...although not a number to brag about but in those days I only had RM25 per week for allowance...and every one of those fighter jest that I love so much were assembled on my own without help...and I'm pretty happy about it...until my mom decided it's all trash that does nothing but collects dust and threw it all in a bag regardless of how fragile those models are...thus resulting most of my models heavily damaged...some beyond repair...some that are repaired just doesn't look as good anymore...and after a few weeks of trying to restore every one of them I gave up...and subsequently I went on without a hobby in my teens...

Since then my interest of putting things together mainly went to clearing the clogs in my parent's toilet basin...pathetic no? Now thanks to ZH, I've realized my interest is still there...hungry to put something together and make it look nice...ZH was planning to start what I did as a hobby...so he asked me for advice...and I told him everything I knew about resin models...although there's not a whole lot that I know...I can feel the excitement inside me...then I thought to myself...what the hell...I'm perfectly capable of paying for those models now...and mom certainly won't lay a finger on my things before asking me...so why not start from square one?

You people have no idea how much I liked the sound of that idea...and so with the help of Max...me & ZH went looking for resin model kits...unfortunately...those things that were so popular and easily found in the 90's and early 00's were now considered outdated...the Tamiya shop in KLCC that used to sell al sorts of fighter jet models that I love has now been reduced to a shelf in Isetan...and other shops all over town has resort to selling gundams and whatever else it is...couldn't say I blame them though...

So I went to my last resort...although there's still one place we haven't looked yet...which is the last shop that sells model kits known to us...chances are it's not selling any...but anyhow...i resorted to buying a car model kit...not exactly what I have in mind but it'll do...but no I'm not disappointed that I bought that boxload of plastic that is worth RM 130 after discount...after all that model is of my dream car...the Infini RX-7 GT-X (FC3S)...it's the second generation RX-7 in short...and what's better? It's modeled after a character's car from Initial D...and coincidentally...it is that character's car that got me interested in the FC in the 1st place...so all in all I think i got myself a good enough bargain...But I will not start assembling it just yet...

Why?

I'll save the fun till Friday night...when I have finished my finals...=D

That's all folks