Worms Armageddon

What does the word 'Worm' remind you of?

a) The cute game of worm that goes on battling each other and say cute stuff like - "you'll pay for that" in a very cute voice and with cool weaponary such as the nagging old woman who goes on nagging until it explode.

b) The ringworm - contagious fungus infection that can affect the scalp, the body (particularly the groin), the feet, and the nails. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with worms. The name comes from the characteristic red ring that can appear on an infected person's skin. Ringworm is also called Tinea.

c) The fishbait - the soft pinkish worm that could be found in a freshly dug ground, best used for fishbait

d) The virus that keeps people off from internet connection

For this time being, my answer would be the last one - although at normal daily basis, worm always reminded me of that game. Anyway today's work at the office becomes quite horriffic when i tried to clean up my pc. It was lagging anyway so there I am trying to delete all the temporary files and the 'oh so useless' files in it. Things become quite panicky when I opened the WINDOWS folder and got that message from Norton saying that the pc has been infected with W32.SasserD. My thought was "Oh DARN!" so there I go, trying to log on to the internet with the thought of wanting to know how to get rid of the worm off my pc. One of the good thing is that my IP is not listed in the affected list so I still could browse through the internet but the infected icon bugs the heck out of me.
Updated the virus definition, did wht the page told me to do on how to kill off the worm and run a full system scan. And then it hits me again right in between my eyes. 1502 files were infected with worms. Whoaaaaa!!!!!! W32.SasserD, W32.Spybot, and W32.Korgo. How the heck does it got to that number? Last time I had a brush with a worm virus, it was W32.Blaster. Darn near tear my head off everytime i want to log into the internet. I thought it was the modem that keeps me off the net and after updating and running the scan, I have the worm. I was cleaning the pc when I was raving to Jeff about the worms in the system. He gave me one good tip on confining the sasserD and the possibility of sending it off to anyone who bugs me, but sadly, i totally forgot about that after being reeled down at the thought of having 1502 infected files. I'll do that next time I have worms again which I hope not in this nearest time.
It was tiring having to write every infected files in the list and when u have to delete the files manually. Took me hours (Hey, I'm no computer genius) and after 2 more times of the full system scan, I was satisfied that the computer is finally clean. But it was near to 4pm and I lost all the focus and concentration I had on the quotation that I was working on. Darn worms!

6 Women and a Baby

What do you get when you put 6 friends - 5 single women and a mother with a 5 months old baby who haven't seen each other for months and even years?

You get a commotion with everyone wanting turns to hold the baby and of course, food. We had a small get together at Plaza Pelangi after a few weeks trying to get a good date for that sole purpose. I picked up Odah and Nani at the bus terminal on Saturday after work and boy, we were loud. Took our lunch at McD and pretended that particular section of the restaurant as ours. They were too many things to catch up on. I haven't seen Odah since the day she flew to the UK and I haven't seen Nani since secondary school ended. After we checked up and getting used to the changes in our features, we picked up where we left off the point when we last met. There were no changes in our speech style - we're still as loud as we were in school, thank god hahahaha. I would have a heart attack if Nani turns quiet (she is never a person to be lost for words) and Odah is still the same person I've known even after she returned from abroad (we were classmate for the whole 5 years, dorm-mate for 3 years and my seat partner in the class for 2 whole years). Brought them up to meet another fellow friend, Ipah at the shop who sadly can't join us for our get together on Sunday because of work. She is doing well as an optometrist/branch manager and we get great deal in prices and recommendations on glasses and contacts (yes, Nani, Odah and I wears glasses *sighs). Both of them stayed at my house for a night because they are the ones who have to make 3 hours trip for our little get together in JB. We relinquished on our escapades in school - the puppet show at the first floor of Aspuri (girl's hostel) that we put up to cheer on A.T students who were taking an exam paper that the rest of us didn't take, the constant domination of the first class spot in front of the television every weekend, brush off with the wardens, the terrors of being a school freshmen (our seniors were the most terrorsome lot, or so we thought), old gossips and of course our constant war - girls vs boys when one of us purposely switched off the power supply to the boy's hostel quite a number of times (yes, the main power board is in our territory)
We (Nani, Odah, Eena, Qis, Nofie and I) got together in the afternoon with Nofie bringing along her daughter, Little Qis which we can't get enough of. Took our pre-lunch at Dunkin' Donuts and lunch at the Season's and we pretty much stayed there for hours taking pictures and looking over some pictures that Odah brought back. The sad news that we got was that Qis' big brother passed away earlier this month. We knew him some time before when he gave us a career talk in school about being a quantity surveyor and how to get there.
Did some window shopping afterwards, and besides, it is the megasale carnival again all over the country which I was so glad I managed to refrain myself from buying stuff I don't really need (due to taking along a small sum of money, leaving the rest at home). Before we know it, Lil Qis was crying and its time to head back home. Nani and Odah promised on getting back in JB on my second salary (Oh no! *gasp). We had a great time and thinking of pushing off our alumni for the school reunion which maybe would only happen in few more years. Felt so happy and tired that i went straight to bed the moment i got home, hehehehe.

Lil Qis vs. Big Qis

Letters, Packages and Post Services

i woke up at 4 in the morning to find Jeff's messages saying that he'd received my package. I was surprised because i was expecting that the parcel might come in late and that is after Jeff's birthday. Now i know that I should not underestimate the national courier service. HIDUP POSLAJU!!! I mailed it last week when i was in Serdang because last time I went to Taman U's post office, the officer was giving me a hard time with the package specifications and all those nonsense that it took up most of my time but didn't manage to get anything out of it. Weirdly enough when i went to UPM's post office, the officer there just took the parcel and processed it, no questions at all. Maybe I should try my luck sometimes at the main Poslaju office in Skudai - Serdang is way too far from JB, hahahaha.
I'm really glad that he loves everything I put in it. I have a memory with the the shirt on the teddy bear that I sent him. I did some addition needlework to the shirt and at that time I was sitting on the floor at the foot of my bed. I was too caught up with the needlework until i felt a really painful feeling at my thigh - like a needle pricking but i don't have any needle lying around other than the one that I was holding. I was so darn surprised when I saw a huge centipede (ie: lipan, tikar buruk, etc, etc) at my thigh. I got up, smacking it away but i didn't see it on the floor. It was stilling itself at my shirt and so I swept it off away. Creepyyyyyyyyyy. I was shaking at that time, my parents were asleep and i didn't even make a sound when I was frantic getting the thing off me. Told my mom 2 days after and she was kinda mad because i just leave it away to live. Besides, centipedes are poisonous and dangerous. I was lucky that the bite mark didn't become badly swollen, kinda remembered wht my late granma told me if a centipede bites and did that (not gonna tell you wht I did).Okay back to the package.
I was asking about what he thinks about all the things i put in the box and the hard part comes when Jeff asked me to help him choose a name for the bear. The first name that he chose was Jan for Jeff And Nads (isn't he sweet?) it sounds good for what it stands for but Jan is like an abbreviation for January so we go on to the next choice we have which is none. The name that i came out with sounds real funny and Jedi was one of it. He went kinda mad when i suggested one name because it was made from a part of his middle name which he said, it sound's like a loser's name. Doesn't sound like it to me but his middle name is kinda weighing down his whole name. Anyway we finally agreed on the name June because it is the month that we got together. Even when a few minutes later i pointed out that that is my aunt's name, he was pretty set on naming the bear June. I guess the name does fits. June marks off our relationship and i know i feel a whole lot happier since that particular month. If naming your kids as hard as that, I don't know how long will it take before a name is finally chosen. Probably the whole 9 months, hahahaha.
Anyhow, i bought a new book from James Patterson. Its kinda like Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and the title kinda sound the same. Sam's Letter for Jennifer. Hope its as good as Suzanne's diary. probably finish it tonight. I'm off, to my room, ciao

Graduation weekend

Early Morning

Woke up to the freezing cold of a Sunday morning - didn't manage to snag a blanket before i fell down to the land of oblivion on the soft comforter in front of the pc table. The room is mine!!! (for that time being only) Crickets were cricketing, cats were meowing to the tunes of their hungry tummy (erm... it does sound like mating call to me). Turned on the pc and logged into the internet. Browse, browse, browse and browse, nope, nothing and no one who i want to see online were in the online list. Went downstairs, woke my sister up (she told me to do so at 12 midnight but i fell asleep too) because she have to do some work (which she didn't even look at all after she woke up). Went downstairs with the mood to watch mtv, but my brother beat me to it when he turned on the PS2 and played.

Morning

Ack!!!!! its near to 7 when i was too caught up sending offline messages to Jeff. Fetched my graduation namecard, robe, hood and mortar board and ran to the car when i finally realized, no one was ready to send me off. 'KAK WA!!!!! CEPAT!!!!!' I screamed at my sister from the car and out come my sister, lil bro, mom (bringing along dad's shoes to save up time. They dropped me off at the nearest junction to the hall and off i go, running on my high heels. Luckily I was not that late but i sure am hungry.

Mid Morning

The moment that i have been waiting for - the graduation ceremony. I nearly slipped and fell when i was about to receive my scroll. Grabbed hold on Meelan's shoulder right in front of me and phew! i was saved. Thought no honorary guest would notice until i turned my head and saw 3 of my teachers looking at me with a meaningful smile. Friends at the back saw the attempt and saved their laugh when we get back to our seats. I spoke the wrong words in front of the Sultan of Selangor / UPM Chancellor. Instead of 'menjunjung kasih, tuanku' i said 'kasih menjunjung, tuanku'. Talk about being jittery on stage. As we sat, most of us were complaining on the long hours that we have to survive before we finally found food. We were getting bored and some of us were tersangatlah poyo singing along to whatever music the band were playing. There were 3 different music bands - gamelan, marching band and the contemporary formal band. We even got a warning hush from the students affair officers because we sang nearly too loud for everyone to hear.

Noon

Finally, the ceremony ended. We gathered outside the hall posing for the faculty's photo shoot at the stairs. Threw up the mortar board way high up in the sky but didn't actually expect it to fall dawn with a great impact. Some have it fall on their shoulder/neck/back Ouch! and some of the mortar board got wrecked, hahahaha. After the photoshoot Gee fainted (one of the most hyper active girls in class) because of the 'no breakfast' morning (she's the one who get hungry fast and get full real fast).

Control Pose


Enthusiastic


Satisfied

Ran back to my brother's house to pack because of the function at 2. Packed as fast as I could and check on the net and there I saw Jeff online. Talked for a few while (I would be crazy if i miss the chance to speak to him any time of the day) Glanced at the watch, okay 1.45pm. Relax, everyone would be late.

Mid Afternoon

Reached the faculty at 2.30pm and Dr. Nordin had already started with his speech. As i expected, only 4 of my friends turned up early. The rest of us were a bit late (Give us a break - school ends already, hahahaha) Took some more picture around the faculty and feeling 'oh so melancholic' all the sudden. Been living day and night over there and now its our time to go. LONG LIVE FRSB!!!!!!!!!!

Lessons in life

Live life to the fullest - one of the most famous word if i ever hear on life itself. Today my parents went to 2 funerals. I don't know who they are but one of them is a distant relative of mine. It kinda generate me to think about life and death (wow deep topic here). If there's any event that i hate most, it would be the funeral. I could still remember one incident when i was younger, i was probably 5 or 4. It is surprising how i manage to remember every single bit of it. I woke up crying one morning and ran to my mom in the kitchen where she was having breakfast. I remember telling her I don't want to die because i dreamt that I was being buried. Mom reassured me that everything is going to be fine but the dream is still in my head. The first time that i lost my friend when i was 12. I lost him to leukimia. In 2002, I lost another friend but this time in an road accident. He was so upset about the previous presentation and was bent on returning home which is 3 hours frm campus. You can never predict when is your time. One day you might see people around you all healthy and laughing and who knows you might lose them the next day. And maybe next day it would be your turn.
I read a James Patterson's book titled Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and i've come across the lesson of 5 balls. It is more or less like this:-
Imagine that you are a juggler juggling 5 balls that represents things that matters most in life ~ family, friends, health, integrity and work. You try hard to balance all 5 balls but then you finally understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back but family, friends, health and integrity is made of glass. If you drop one of it, it might be nicked, scarred and sometimes even shattered. Once you know the meaning of this lesson, you might see life in a different perspective.
Since i read that line from the book, I was thinking that it is right. Its the people that you care for most matters and not the career or material possession that you have. You can always get a new job even its hard to do so but if you lost a person that u love most in a fight and get them back after sometime, it won't be as it was before. I'm trying to live by the lesson of 5 balls and even if sometimes it is hard to make everyone happy at the same time but i try to. You never know how much time you have left with them

Friends Forever

Throughout the short duration of my 22 years of life I have come across so many people, some that I could call my friends and some whom i categorised in the 'to be aware of' group. Living away from my family since secondary school years throughout college has taught me a lot about people's personality. Not that i'm implying that I am an expert in people's behaviour but when you get to live under one roof with the same people for 5 whole years, seeing them at the dining hall, shower room, classroom, school hall every single day, you get to learn more about their habit, their likes and dislikes and of course, the bad habit that they have when they think no one was watching, hahahaha.
If there's one thing that I tend to be lazy about is to keep in touch with all of them. I am still in touch with my 'partners in crime' and it is surprising what life brings us when we go on separate ways after secondary school was over. My friend Nofie, she was with the well reputed anti-boys attitude actually became the first among us to get married and now currently fullhanded with her newborn baby. Another friend, along (pronunced as ah-long), the one who's famous for her laser beam eyes when any boys show interest on her turned to be her newself. I honestly don't know where she is now but i hope her all the best. The future is always unpredictable and when it comes, we only have to learn how to get along with it.
In college things doesn't change as much but there are some distinct difference. I would say that the hours that we spent together at the studio makes our bond even stronger. We do assignments, had our meals, slept on the carpet/unused softboard/sleepingbag/chair for so long that we sometimes forget wht it feels to finally sleep on a bed and of course we share lots of our problems together. In a way the friendship bond turns to be a whole lot like a sibling relationship. We bicker a lot and still look after each other - well of course except for that one particular backstabber. There were less than 10 girls in my batch and in a way that makes us somewhat special in the studio. There were 60 students when we first got started, 33 survived the first year and 23 are going to be graduating next week. A friend in need is definitely a friend indeed and you can never have too many of them in your life


Picture taken in KLIA March 2004 - Sent Azhar back home


Fraser Hill 2nd yr