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A friend of mine, WN will be leaving for New York State next week under the WAT USA Program. So lucky of her. We met up yesterday for a meal at Nando’s.

Little did I know, I was in for a big surprise. That bunch of boys and girls decided to celebrate my birthday, although it’s still more than a month away!
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This tag is from Sat. It’s titled “how much have YOU changed in the last 10 years?”. So here goes..

April 1 1997

1) How old were you? I was 13!

2) Where did you go to school? Seafield

3) Where did you work? Nowhere

4) Where did you live? Selangor, hahaha

5) Where did you hang out? The playground behind my house! Gee
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Here’s a tag by eastcoastlife. It’s about listing 5 to 10 goals that I’d like to achieve before I get too old - no matter how outrageous (feel free to learn more). So, here are my five goals (’only’ five!):

1. Take my parents on a holiday spree - to places we never thought we could afford to go… either by sea, or air, or both… (in particular, I’d like to visit the Neuschwanstein Castle - a magnificient castle that’d instantly warp you into a world of Disney fantasies!)
2. Buy my own Porsche, maybe one more for my Dad, and maybe another one more for sis, or any other car they like… (I’m a huge fan of Porsches’ and I would even like to visit their factory some day!)
3. Finance my sister’s studies at a reputable university overseas… (this is a luxury that I missed out on and I would like to see it doesn’t happen to my sis.)
4. Build a mansion with a private garage (to keep my prized collectibles) and a sound-proofed theatre room. Oh, and also a basketball court (preferably indoor)… and a mini-gymnasium… and a full-sized grand piano… and a jacuzzi pool…… (ok, ok this has gotta stop somewhere…)
5. Get a beautiful loving wife and raise smart, good and filial kids!

Right. Basically what I’d like to do in life has got a lot to do with making my loved ones happy. I’ll be very happy if I’m able to achieve that.

And I shall now spread the love to (I don’t usually tag people. It’s rare. But anyway here goes, hehe…):

1. Chiawyin
2. Satkuru
3. Jian
4. Angel
5. Wuching

The E-Nite is an annual event organized by the Engineering Society. It has always been one of the most anticipated and celebrated events of the year. Attendees are usually students from the Faculty of Engineering (FOE), although it is open to all.

The pictures here are mostly group-pictures. The rest are available for private-viewing (you know the deal with ladies - some might not like the attention!). Details are at the end of this entry.

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The general elections is around the corner. What better way to welcome it than registering to be a voter? I’m 23 this year, and yes that’s a little late considering the legal age to do it is 21. But it’s all good - not too late to do it now anyway. To those of you who haven’t registered yourselves, do it now and exercise your rights! Here’s how it went for me:

- Walked into a post office.

- Got a number.

- At the counter, presented my MyKad.

- Observed the computer screen as the clerk keyed in my particulars. Checked for mistakes.

- A set of carbon-copies of that form was printed out and I signed on it. I kept a copy.

- Walk out of post office.

It took about 10 minutes, including the waiting time. A middle-aged lady was seen registering herself at the counter next to mine too.

Interestingly, someone wrote in to question the rationale behind firearms training conducted in NS camps. Having been following closely on the developments of Virginia Tech’s killings, I can see where that was coming from. No one is safe when there’s a really sick dude around. What more with a gun in hand?

How prepared are our NS trainers for such incidents? Do they check if any of the trainees have a history of mental illness? And if anything happens, do we have medical assistance on stand-by? Well, how does firearm training contribute towards national unity anyway? The amount of money spent on ammunition alone is mind blowing. Is it worth it?

I’m sorry but reading bout the V. Tech massacre has been no less than depressing. YouTube has a number of videos recorded during the shootings as well - they’re among the most-viewed yesterday and today. Imagine each gunshot meant one person dead. Absolutely disturbing.

My heart goes out to those who lost their friends and loved ones on that day.

P/s. A little unrelated: I find sensationalizing a story to the extent of compromising journalistic ethics distasteful.

In fact, it may even appeal to any motorsport junkie. We had Remp-it (loosely associated with the term “Mat Rempit”, coined specially for illegal motorcycle racers) some time back. That movie, Remp-it, was about a group of people who was involved in illegal motorcycle races - which itself is a real-life nuisance in Malaysia. Later this year, we will have a new movie based on drifting on four wheels. Here’s the trailer uploaded by a YouTube user yesterday:

The trailer of Impak Maksima (”Maximum Impact” in English) begins with cars zipping and drifting around the KL city center at night. The city roads are pretty flat, and wide too. I wonder if they had attempted to film in Genting Highlands. There are some funny fighting scenes as well - most notable one would be the 360-degrees spinning kick. It’s abit of an overkill (read: unnecessary), but nicely executed nonetheless.

Among the stars of the movie is Tengku Djan’s heavily modified red rear-wheel-drive Proton Waja. That’s probably the only rear-wheel-drive Proton Waja in the world. A yellow AE86 is thrown in as well, otherwise it’s not ‘drift-racing’ anymore. This is of course thanks to the Japanese manga, Initial D, from which the AE86 gained immense popularity despite its age. Other cars in the trailer include Nissan Skyline, Cefiro and Sylvia.

Will the movie impress the Malaysian Censorship Board? Since Remp-it could pass, I believe Impak Maksima will, too. I may even make my way to the theaters to catch it. Here’s a quote taken from the trailer:

Orang nak main kereta, lu pun nak main kereta! Lain kali kalau tak ada duit, jadi Mat Rempit aje lah!

Impak Maksima… coming to a theater near you!

I received a set of instructions from Sat just moments ago. It went like this:

• Go to google.com
• Click on Maps
• Click on “Get directions”
• From New York
• To Paris
• Read line # 23.

Pretty brief. I followed them. And after that I almost choked on my Milo.

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LOL!

Uh-O… the pink region is gone! Good thing the PC Fair’s here!

*Psst: What is a good price for a 100GB external hard disk?