Damn... I'm getting attached to this place already... My freshman year is coming to an end in less than a week time... and then there's my finals and *poof*... my freshman year vanishes into the thin air... at least it is thin warm air at this time of the year...

Time really flies... I still remember exactly the day I left Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), with my family and frens seeing me off on Aug 23, 2004... and now, it's almost 8 months I'm here in a foreign land... far from home... but really, i LOVE this place... Ann Arbor is just wonderful and magical in so many ways... U must come here and live it to believe it...

Finally, Spring has come... birds are chirping, insects are crawling... and people are sunbathing.... woohoo...

the weather is great.... Sun is shining brightly, people are spending time outdoor.... many discussions are held outdoor... people in Ann Arbor are able to enjoy SPRING at last...

but... such nice weather isn't going to last long.... coz Thunderstorm is going to loom Ann Arbor later today, and it is forecasted that it is going to snow of Saturday.. WTF....

I want sunshine... i want warm but breezy weather... i want to wear sandals, t-shirt and shorts... i want to enjoy the weather... after 4 months of hiding in door, and wearing thick and bulky jacket...

hi peeps... my midterms are finally over... they are now history... yeah... great history of mine... so, i'm gonna chill out for the moment being... at least for another 2 weeks or so before laboring myself in Math, Econs and Astronomy again..

such feeling is sooooo good... u know, the feeling after u know that midterms are finally over, the feeling that u can be yourself again, the feeling that u dun have to study when u dun feel like studying... u know what i mean???

first off, i would like to take this opportunity to wish my friends Happy Birthday.... lots of them... March seems to be a popular month for birthday...
well starting from March 18th is my dear senior Elaine... her 21st birthday.... and then another senior, Seow Yuen, on March 20th also 21st birthday... and then, Keng Yang, March 22nd, 20th birthday, and then Ren Jie, on March 25th, his 20th birthday, and then back to another senior, Wei Heong, March 26th, his 21st birthday.... wooohoooo, let's celebrate...
Happy Birthday to all the B'day boys and girls... may all ur wishes come true...

ok, now, back to me...reading back my posts, i kinda shocked becoz i can't believe that i can Bitch so much crap... i can lament on so much things for so many pages... darn... see, i'm lamenting again...STOP IT....

oh yar, yesterday, Ann Arbor was a hilarious place to be... becoz of the Tutors(Graduate Student Instructor, GSI in short) strike... wat's hilarious is that their picket lines are pathetic... i think their plan of trying to have picket lines at every entrance of every freaking building in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus will never work becoz of the number of buildings and huge number of entrance... in the end, each entrance has about 7-8 GSI (most of them in their late 20s or early 30s), walking in circles, holding up signs and chanting something.... and that's all... try to imagine that happening to every entrance of the campus building.... it's hilarious... it's da bomb... it's a sight...

i wanted to take some pics of them picketing, but thinking that it's nothing special, just funny... so i was just too lazy to take my camera out from my bag and snap a few shots... sorry guys... but trust me, IT IS FUNNY....

what else to rant on??? oh yar, my elder bro, Gary will be seating for his very last exam for his Bachelor Degree.... yeah... after this exam (within 12 hours), he will be a free man... and damn, he will be going to Penang for a short holiday, and enjoy all the food and all, well, my eldest bro is going to pick him up, so, meaning both of them will be there, while i'll be here in Ann Arbor, few thousands miles away, 13 hours of timezone difference, (going to be 12 timezones difference soon...)

Spring is around the corner...well it shld be Spring by now... but well, Ann Arbor... dun u just luv a place where there's only 2 seasons, cold season and warm season... forget about spring... forget about autumn... hahaha... but, to tell u the truth, i do really fell in love with this town, this city... this Ann Arbor...

for the past few days, the temperature has been rising slowly but steadily.... SPRING is here... no more thick winter jacket.... but the wind is still quite tormenting... i still need my windbreaker though... but i'm cool with that... later, i'll have my revenge on u...(jackets and sweaters....) i'll pack u up so fast and tight and chuck u somewhere so hidden that u won't be able to see daylight for months.... u hear that.... muahahahaha.....

other than that... just to keep u guys updated.... dunno why, but i can't help but counting the days i'm here in the States... it has been 7 months since I first stepped into this wonderful country... there's this great feeling which i can't put into words.... not that i dun missed home and friends back in Malaysia... but... well.... told u that i can't put it in words...

so, that's all for now... take care... drop by always....

peace out


From:
Voon Seng

Hi everybody, wazzup...

how's everything going?

it's been awhile... really.... almost a month since my last post...

i have been really busy ... well... busy sleeping for the past weeks, and busy studying for the upcoming midterms... i hate my schedule... all my midterms are always together... 3 midterms in 2 days... WTF....

so, let me iterate everthing starting from Spring break... which was from 26 Feb til 6 Mar...

so, i started my spring break... almost ended it too by working as a bus proctor... well i just like check students who are boarding the bus whether or not they have thier tickets, if not, they will have to purchase ticks from me... and that's it... and it's interesting as i met some really nice ppl... funny ppl too... i worked for two Sat, 02/26 and 03/05 ....

other than that... i did some readings... like Dan Brown's.. wanted to read some George Orwell, but was too lazy to start... other than that, caught up with my sleep... alas, 10 hours sleep a day... after much 4-5 hours sleep days... well... but i had hard time sleeping that long... kept waking up every 30 minutes... really hated it.... but can't help it... well, have to blame it on my curtain too... it's white and it's thin.... need to get thicker curtain next time...

so, what other interesting stuff happened during my spring break... well basically not much... did had great time eating Bak Kut Teh(chinese herb soup with pork... Thanks Elaine....my wonderful senior with exceptional culinary skills...

other than that... my frens from Rochester Institute of Technology... the 3 birdies came to visit...
they seemed to like the big campus here... i love it too....

spring break really flies by, so fast and classes restarts.... and 2 months of it.... and worst still, going at a greater speed (or izzit velocity???).... (reads lame attempt in cracking joke)...

so, other than that, did i mention that i'm currently working... well not long, just for 2.5 hours weekly... ,minus the tax and everything, i got about $20 every fortnight... not too bad.... enough to cover my cellphone bill.... (hopefully) i'm working at the front desk as an attendant... so basically, my job responsibility includes sorting the mail, dealing with packages, giving out toilet paper, trash bags, answer queries... and that's most of it.... not a bad job.... quite interesting actually...

another think worth mentioning is my housing application...well... first of all, i got a lousy lottery... got a 608 out of 680+... disastrous... my dream of getting a single room near my classes were dashed at the instance i saw my lottery number.... so, in the end, i went to a rather close....(at least much closer to where i'm staying currently) dorm, with a much bigger single room, hopefully, that will compensate my unlucky draw... so, it is a 9 X 16 room, what shld i get for my new room.... hmm... anybody wanna be my interior designer.... one caveat, i'm cheap with expensive taste... haha...well... i think i'll just get some posters, get a carpet, maybe a bean bag, or a single sofa ( if my budget allows me)..... that'll make a not bad room i guess... but i'll only move into that room coming fall.... end of Aug that is...

so.... going down the road... left with last weekend... MY BIRTHDAY.... MY 20th BIRTHDAY to be exact... so, my buddies and I went to a really nice restaurant to have seafood.... AWESOME.... they have some birthday promotion, where the birthday boy/girl gets free meal + free dessert... and the entree was really wonderful.... and the dessert-the chocolate mousse was so rich.... oh my... really indulge it so much.... the aftertaste of the chocolate is just so fulfilling... and really enjoying...

after the dinner, we went to a Praise Night... the performances were great...

so, i'm 20 already... shit... no more TEEN.... thirteen, fourteen, fifteen....... nineteen... and now... twenty... felt really old... wat a transition.... twenty... OMG... with great age, comes great responsibility... ahaha... but, i'm always young at heart...

oh yar.. did some practice for the upcoming SEA cultural night... going to be in 2 performances... the Malay Wedding and the Dikir Barat... the dikir barat practices were fun... and the tune of the clappings stick.... really.... i can't help but kinda repeat it in my mind... over and over again....

that's all for now....

oh yar... congrats to all the SPM and STPM top scorers... and to my frens... know u guys will perform well in it...

take care....

peace out....

hey dude.... i'm back... back for good...
it's been awhile since i last said anything worth a cent here...

so, how's everything...cool??

well... last week was a killer... sorry for not keeping u guys posted...so now, here i am, making up for the last week's update...

so what about? one thing worth mentioning was the Chinese New Year Dinner...

After all the midterms last Thursday afternoon... Kai and I went to Meijer (a hypermarket) to get some color papers and stuff for decorating the lounge which we had the CNY dinner on Friday...

so, at night... about 11pm... many of us... (Phua, Ren Jie, Eric, Shi Ting, Jin Ye, Kai and I) started making some paper decorations... like calligraphy , paper crane, paper latern... and stuffs... and we had snack at the sametime... Doritos with Salsa sauce... darn good...

so, we parted at about 2.30am... and called it a day...

the next day... after lugged myself thru all the classes and done went back and slacked... started putting up the decos at about 5.30pm... and waited for ppl to come... and set up some music... and when all the food arrived...(and the ppl bringing them too), we started feasting on all the 'cuisine'...delicacies.... delicious....

after that... (all those eating and mingling...) i took down all the decos.. and threw them away... how nice.... and done with the cleaning up work... i went to my fren's place to play some poker... Texas Hold'em... cool...

played til 1am.... and called it a day at 4am... after watching several series....

well... so Saturday.. and Sunday.... nothing much... just started to plan to do my accumulated HW... and well... manage to do some of it...

so, why am I pissed... well... becoz of my silliness... and also becoz of the marking scheme...
becoz of writing a line of statement at the wrong position... i was penalized... heavily....
how heavily? err.... 12/100 points...

well, this will really teach me a lesson... and i'll never ever forget to write this statement: "T is one to one " at the right place at the right time... darn... i'm so so so so so pissed.... sucks...

so.. wat else... oh yar... i started playing this online game Utopia again, after quitted it like several years ago.. becoz it was too time consuming... it still is... but just that becoz my pal has exams and papers due this week.. so, i'm just helping him out in managing his account... but heck... i'm kinda hooked to the game again.... i'm addicted to all the strategies and stuffs....

guess that's all about it... got to run.... cya peeps...

Hi guys.... how you doing??? hope that everything is fine ...

it's been awhile since i last log in and crap here...

well, well... Last week was a nothing much, so so week. Other than all the usual activities, ie lectures, discussions, table tennis practices, some leisure reading, some homework, a bit too much of watching tv series, there's only something worth mentioning.... The great Sunday Night dinner...

so, what's so great about it? Well, for a cash-strapped-yet-cheap international student, a Sunday night dinner at TGIF was so good... The food was nice, the company were great... everything was so comfortable... what a way to revive my long-dead tastebuds... u know wat, dorm foods kill...

so, since last week have not much to offer, i'll have to start talking about this week....

THIS WEEK: So far so good... why? oh... needless to say... Manchester United kicked ARSE.... i mean Arsenal... Arsenal was beaten by MU 2 - 4, at their home ground.... what more can u ask for?? This victory was like hitting the last nail for Arsenal's coffin for title chase... damn, i felt great when i saw the full time score... muahahahaha...

next week will be a tough one for me.... how bad? 4 midterms in the span of 4 days... 1 for Monday, 2 for Wednesday... and one more for Thursday...

wat makes matter worse is that next Wed is Chinese New Year... yeah... The year of Roaster...(that's what my CNY card reads)... The Year of Rooster....The Year of Cock...

so... wish me luck

take care...

Peace out....

hey dudes

how's everything? Good??? Great!
anyway... just want to beam everybody up about my last week...

basically, it was just another week... nothing out of ordinary.... mostly ordinary from an extra-ordinary person like me... hehehe... *evil-grin*

Hey there...

pls forgive my slowness in my posting regarding my trip to NYC and DC last Christmas and New Year holiday... but, i've been pretty busy with a lot of stuff... including watching series (all the new series like Alias, and 24).... in order for me follow the plot... i need to rush through the previous season.... so, i spent like 15 hours watching series last weekends...

anyway... the semester is fast on the roll... all the classes, lectures and homeworks are coming up fast... have been trying real hard to adapt myself to the new schedule.... and to get rid of my holiday mood...

well well.... Winter semester of 2005.... the weather is not that bad... i think i've really got use to the blistering cold.... the snow... kinda fun to play with... but when it starts to melt... it gets really ugly and dirty...

that's all for now... got to go now... will try to update my posting about the trip ASAP.... see ya soon....

and in case i did left u out in the invitations to my snapfish photo album, pls tell me so at the shoutbox.... if not, i assume that everyone has it....

take care and keep warm....

hi again... just wanna remind u guys that i'm writing this 2 weeks after the trip... so, they might be some details which i couldn't remember that well... but, i'm trying my very best to describe the trip as entirely as possible...

so, this morning... woke up really really early becoz we did decided to set off early this morning...waited for 30 minutes, and just to know that my friends were still sleeping... after waited for about an hour, we were all ready to go...