Finale of Year 2009 is here.

Without us realizing, it's going to be year 2010 tomorrow.

New year, new resolution.

That's what you always hear.

Before looking up for a new resolution, lets look at what you did and accomplished for the year of 2009.

Below are what I done and achieved of year 2009:

1) Got a job in a computer shop.

2) Got straight A's in my SPM.

3) Went to Cameron Highlands for vacation with family.

4) Went for National Service in Tawau for 84+/- days.

5) Got interviewed for Petronas Scholarship but did not get to secure the scholarship.

6) Celebrated my 18th birthday 1700++ km away from home (in a NS camp).

7) Directed the sketch for the closing ceremony for my National Service Camp.

8) Got the offer to continue my studies in University of Malaysia Pahang.

9) Cycled from Kuantan to Teluk Chempedak (15-16km for return journey).

10)Went to Sandakan for vacation (alone)

11)In charge of Civilization Week for my section.

12)Got CGPA 3.98 for my first Semester.

13)Moved to a new house.

14)Bought a new laptop to replace my old buddy along with a speaker and a Walkman.

15)Movie marathon during the holidays(Hong Kong drama actually).

16)Went to Penang to meet a long lost friend of my dad's and celebrated Christmas.

Well my 2010's resolution(s) are :

1)Reduce my body mass index from 24.8 to 22.0-23.5

2)Keep my CGPA above 3.90

3)Get a Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional enabled phone.

4)Visit any ASEAN country besides Malaysia.(Need to renew my passport first)

5)Get plenty of ANG PAU's during Chinese New Year.

6)Understand Auto-CAD better.

7)Be more active in sports than usual. (Not too active)

8)Get more savings.

9)Do part-time jobs on weekends during semester break.

10)Go outing with alma mater friends during semester break.(away from KL)

11)Score at least Band 4 for MUET.

12)Improve my Mandarin.

Well, you should have your own resolution(s) after looking at mine.

J.Z.Wong

Entering second semester.

Few days to new year, I'm already in my campus.

Tomorrow is my the first day of my second semester.

Five more semesters to complete my diploma.

Well, below is my current timetable for my second semester.

J.Z.Wong

My Results for My First Semester

CGPA 3.98

J.Z.Wong

Screw TM!

My house phone line has just installed yesterday after almost three weeks of waiting.

My problem has not ended.

Guess what?

I need to wait for three or seven working days to get my Streamyx done.

That's what they said that they need to transfer the phone line along with the 'Screamyx'.

Please do not tell me that I'm required to wait for another three weeks for the Screamyx.

Fortunately I'm able to get my laptop connected to a Wi-Fi connection of a coffee shop behind my house from my room to allow myself to surf the net but it's available 11am-4pm only.

Screw TM for not being able to give quality service.
We subscribers paying money to this lousy ISP and phone company.

Please stop its monopoly.

What the use of spending much money on the Malaysian Tiger that scored 1-0 against Vietnam last week in SEA Games if we are unable to have the same speed of Internet as Ho Chin Minh.

There are enjoying 10Mbps in urban area.

Does anyone knows that when you want to buy something from overseas, the Custom Department requires you to present them a fixed line number?

Besides that, Pos Malaysia requires you to present them a fixed line number when you are posting some items overseas.

Why government most impose such rules that allows the monopoly of TM to grow even bigger?

What is the purpose of having 1Malaysia Concept ,'People first, performance now', if the government still allows such policy that encourages monopoly.

Once again, please stop such monopoly.

Besides, TM need to work 5+1 days a week excluding National Public Holidays since TM is a Private owned listed company.

This can allow them to increase their creditability.

If Maxis, Digi and U mobile can make their staff to work 5+1 days a week by giving more salary pay.

Furthermore, certain private service sectors in the market requires them to be opened everyday including Public Holidays such as food sector, computing, medical sector, etc.

If these sectors are able to do it, why not TM.

In a nut shell stop TM's monopoly.

J.Z.Wong

Someone please stop the Monopoly of TM!!!

On the 3rd of December 2009, I went to TM Point Pandan Indah to transfer the fixed line and the Streamyx(Should call it Screamyx) of my old house to the new house that I'm currently residing in Bandar Damai Perdana.

Guess what?

It's still not done yet till now.

Yesterday, I went to TM Point again along with my dad to question them about the delay.

Do you want to know what is the reply of their sales representative?

She replied, sir its none of my business so I do not know anything about it and try to call 100 for more info.

My dad told her that we tried already and the person on the line said that we need to go to the nearest TM point to complain about it.

Then she said that she's just a sales representative and she's not involved in this transaction.

Then we demanded to see the manager of the branch.

Do you know what she told us before getting us the manager?

She said that we are stubborn.

So this is what you call productivity.

When the manager listened to our problem, we were told that our address is not valid that became the root of the problem.

We showed her the electric bill and water bill that contained the address of our new home and questioned her about the validity of the address.

Then she called a few numbers and told us that our area is not covered with TM line.

Then we informed her that our neighbour has TM fixed line and we even showed the picture TM junction box located in the field in front of our house.

After a few calls she made, she found out that TM made their mistake.

Guess what?

Taman Desa Bukit Cahaya, Bandar Damai Perdana is registered as Taman Desa Cahaya, Bandar Damai Perdana.

Do you think that TM should make such mistake?

J.Z.Wong

Poorer by RM3000++

Yesterday, I bought a Futjitsu L1010 Laptop for RM2999 and an Edifier HCS 2330 Speaker for RM270 from the PIKOM PC Fair.

As I told you, I'm getting a new laptop to replace my old buddy, HP520 Business Series after two years using him. Now he will be serving my younger brother.

Do you know why am I getting a new laptop?

Well these are my reasons:

Need higher specifications to run CAD for my Engineering Drawing subject.

Need a laptop with Web Cam to enable me to do video call via Skype, Live Messenger or Oovoo.

Need a laptop with longer battery life as my old buddy is very energy hungry though its running on 6 cells.

My brother needs a laptop, so he can use my old buddy when I get a new partner which is L1010.

Need a laptop with HDD shock absorber as my old buddy has his 80GB HDD when dead before replacing a 250GB one.

Getting a new speaker is to allow me to enjoy nice musics without harming my laptop's speaker at my campus although my L1010's speaker is actually good enough.

It also allows me to play songs without switching my laptop on as I can plug my Walkman.

J.Z.Wong

After two weeks of exam, finally I'm back home.

It's over now and it signifies the start of my Semester Break that will last for five weeks.

I reached Kuala Lumpur at 1.30 pm.

I took me three hours for the journey from my campus to Kuala Lumpur, including the 30 minutes stop for lunch by the bus driver at Temerloh, Pahang.

When I reached home, I placed my luggage and went to my alma mater to get this year's copy of The Legacy.

Then I went back home along with my younger brother.

On the way, we stopped at a mamak corner and had our snack there.

Then back home I took a bath and switch on the computer.

One of the website that I visited is maybank2u.com. I log on to check my saving's status because I'km going to get myself a new laptop in two weeks time.

Guess what?

I'm rewarded by Maybank a Mc.Donald's voucher in conjunction of an event organised by the bank.

I think I'm going to treat my younger brother using this voucher.

J.Z.Wong

End of Lecture for First Semester

Happy Halloween.

Today was my last day of lecture for this semester.
It ended with a General Physics Test 2 that lasted for one and a half hour.
I would like to ask whether it is ethical for people to cheat during their quizzes, test or even exam.
I found out that it's a norm for nowadays students to cheat during these events.
I had questioned a few person that I saw them cheating. Do you know what is their reply?
"Man, the person invigilating does not care, so take up the chance to CHEAT." Some even said that its normal for humans to cheat in life especially in the society.
These people should know that you are able cheat the whole world but you not able to cheat yourself. If they are really build up with adequate knowledge before going for test, they should not cheat. When they cheat, they are actually underestimating their own ability to strive in life.

Do you think that it's fair for those who really worked hard and yet some who did not score the same with those who cheated? To me those who cheats are just being unfair to themselves actually.

I would like to tell you a quote by my former school principal, Datuk Noor Rezan Bapoo Hashim.
"When you win, you win with pride, when you lose, you lose gracefully".

J.Z.Wong

A Night to Embrace Chinese Culture with Varsity-mates

Though it's about two weeks the Mid-Autumn Festival has past, but the spirit of having it with friends is not extinguished even time passes. Nevertheless, its still the eighth lunar month so its still reasonable to celebrate the cherished event at this moment of time.
The event started at eight o' clock in the evening and its raining cats and dogs that time. With such spirit, such minor weather change will not stop the even from going smoothly.
There were performance by chinese martial arts performers, chinese orchestra, drum player ,etc.
There is even an exhibition about the variety chinese culture especially about this very festival.

J.Z.Wong

Shopping for Grocery.

My food storage is decreasing, so it's time for me to get my body to the town which is 20 miles away from my campus.
It's a half an hour journey from Gambang to Kuantan.
At there, I went to Mc.Donalds and get myself a Big Mac with a Light Coke and a Chocolate Sundae.
It comes with a Coca Cola Glass Contour with the price 0f RM12.75 including the 5% tax.
It just took me 20 minutes for me to fill the basket with food and drinks at Carrefour.
I'm RM35+/- poorer after buying my supplies.
I'm sure that you will ask on what I bought for RM35.
I bought three bags of instant noodles, a bag of instant rice noodles, two bottles of Diet Coke, four packets of instant porridge, two boxes of instant mushroom soup and a carton of eggs.
Then I had my hair cut by a barber at a stall in Stadium Darul Makmur for RM8.
The barber took 45 minutes to deal with my hair from this






to this.



After spending three hours at Kuantan, I went to the place that University of Malaysia Pahang stops to aboard it.
The journey back to campus is not as smooth as the journey heading to Kuantan because the bus that I aboarded is running on a low level of diesel.
The bus stopped several times because the engine stop generating adequate power for it to move further.
To enable the bus to move well, the air-conditioning system is turn off to reduce the power consumption.
At last I reached safely at my campus at a quarter to seven in the evening.
J.Z.Wong

Back to Usual

Today I'm returning to my campus to resume my second half of the first semester.

This means:

-Lots of things need to complete.

-More quizzes.

-Need to excel in subjects such as General Physics and Mathematics 1 (final exam and the second test is around the corner).

-More serious action, less jokes.

-Lesser food supplies.(Need to save money to buy a newer laptop to replace my two year old buddy)

-Less tasty food.

-No more Physics Lab.

That's the journey of an average student.

J.Z.Wong

Trip to Sandakan, The City of Nature

It's been a quarter of a year that I did not step myself to the Land Below the Wind.

I went there to fill my mid-semester break as a vacation.

I departed LCCT at 0715 hours by a boarding Flight AK 5160 and reached the airport of Sandakan at 1000hours.

After getting my luggage and the immigration procedure to settle, I took a mini van @ mini bus to the town.

I reached to about an hour before noon.

At there, I checked into a hotel before going for my lunch.

I had some grilled fish as my lunch before heading to the house of our cousins, the Orang Utans at the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre for Orang Utan.

The centre is situated a mile from the Sandakan branch campus of University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS).

At there, I get to get myself close to our cousins which has about 96% of our genetic informations.

Then, I had a can of 100 PLUS to quench my thirst after having an hour of walking in the forest of Sepilok.

Right before dawn, I went to the Rotary Club Observatory Pavilion situated on top of the hill where the site of house of a well known author, Agnes Keith. At the pavilion, you can have an awesome panorama of Elopura.

From the pavilion, you can also see that the traffic is not as worse as the want we face in Cheras though, the population of the city is approximately equal to Cheras.

It is more common for you to find roundabouts compare to traffic lights.

I had steamboat as my dinner at a restaurant in the central market.

I'm served with seafood such as shell fish that include oysters, lala and abalone, crab, prawns and tuna with an interesting price that is not available in Kuala Lumpur, RM18.00 only!!!

That night, I had a walk along the coastal area and had a cup of bubble milk shake. For your information, North Borneo Chinese is highly influenced by the culture of Hong Kong Islanders and Taiwanese because most of the Chinese community of that state have very long and established trading activities with Hong Kong and Taiwan. Thus, it is not a shock to see certain food and drinks of those countries can be found fondly at Sandakan such as the bubble milk shake and Taiwanese pancakes.

Before I go for sleep after a day long of traveling about a thousand miles, I checked my e-mail using the WiFi connection of the hotel.

The next morning, I had 'Roti Kahwin' and a glass of hot chocolate as my breakfast before starting my journey to explore the city with plenty of 'Timber Tycoons'.

I went to a incredible temple built in 1987 that is funded by most of the 'Timber Tycoons'.

It is located on the peak of a hill facing the harbour of Sandakan where timbers are collected and exported to several East Asian countries.

Then, I had Nasi Minyak as my lunch to gain some energy to continue my trip.

My next checkpoint is the infamous site of the camp of the Prisoners of War (P.O.W.) during the occupation of the Land of the Rising Sun where now stands the War Memorial of the Death March. There were only six survivors of the brutal Death March.

A structure aged more than a century is my last stop of the day. On the way to the mentioned structure, I passed by an ancient Chinese cemetery site and it is said to be existed in the late 1790s. The mentioned monument is the St. Michael Church that took 20 years to be completed and it survived the bombing of Elopura by the Allied during the Japanese Occupation.

That evening, I had Gado-gado(Similiar to Mamak Rojak) and Bakso(noodle dish with meatballs) to fill my roaring stomach. Honeydew with sago drink as the dessert.

The next morning, I took an express bus to Lahad Datu to meet some of my NS mates.

My trip to the City of Nature is an enjoyable moment and I hope that I am able to have a night stay at Pulau Penyu of Sandakan to observe turtles laying eggs when I come to visit this lovely city.

J.Z.Wong

The Project Manager

It's been a while that I did not update my blog because the internet connection in my campus is not at it's best performance because some upgrading work is done. I hope that it will not take a long period because slow internet means no life. To add insult to injury, I'm having several tests and it is done during my normal leisure time, thus no time to update this blog.

I'm the project manager for my Islamic and Asian Civilization Studies subject a.k.a. TITAS. When my lecturer, En. Fazullah appointed me as the project manager,I asked him why am I chosen instead my lecture group monitor and if I were to screw-up this project, I'll cause everyone to kiss goodbye to their 15% of the total credits. Guess what he replied, every one will have his or her chance. Then, I told myself why don't you take the chance as chances don't roll like a ball to you.

In conjunction of Civilisation Week, our lecture group will be organising some events like talks and interviews. Our topic is to educate so called adults to be punctual as most of the undergraduates especially the elder ones are not being punctual for lecture class, tutorial , etc. As you know it's difficult to educate adults to be punctual in university because there are no parents to nag them to wake up early. To make thing worst, most of us go to bed when it's almost 3 o' clock in the morning and the next class is at 8.00am. If you were in their shoes, will you be able to wake up to get yourself to the class?
J.Z.Wong

Enjoying the view of Kuantan from a Different Perspective

On a rainy Sunday, I woke up early to prepare myself before going for an event organized by the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development in conjuction of the National Consumer Day.

A cycling tour from the Municipal Hall's field to the well-known Bay of Chempedak aka Teluk Chempedak.

It's an eight kilometres journey to there.

We were escorted by the traffic personel on duty to prevent any accidents from occurring during the event.

At the beach, we were asked to teamed-up to clean the lovely beach.

After an hour of cleaning the beach, I went to the Mc.Donald Drive-Thru Restaurant to get a Sundae Cone to treat myself.

Then our lunch were served. It was chicken rice cooked by the Red Crescent First Aid Member.

We left Teluk Chempedak a quater to one in the afternoon.

At the Municipal Hall Field we were presented certificates of participation and a lucky draw event was done. It was not my day, so no prizes for me.

Hope that I will be able to join such adventerous activity in the future.

J.Z.Wong

Back to Then...

Last week, I saw the news about reverting the language of teaching for Science and Mathematics back to our national language, Bahasa Malaysia at Petronas Petrol Station of KM26 Gambang.

Honestly I felt that the step of reverting back to Bahasa Malaysia is not a wise decission done by the cabinet and the minister of education himself.

I'm not in a state of opposing the decission of our governmernt but to express my feelings on the action done as a student of the second batch that undergoes the transition plan done by Dr. M or known as Che Det.

In year 2002 when the government announced that all the teaching of Science and Mathematics will be done in English, I felt reluctant about it since I'm from a non-eglish-speaking-school(Sekolah Kebangsaan Yacob Latif) before entering a Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Bintang Utara where most of the students uses English as their second language after their mother tounge.

After undergoing the plan for five years, I felt that I'm lucky to be born in a right year since Science and Mathematics were taught in English because it has improved my command in English tremendously.

Besides it also transformed me from an introvert to an extrovert and more outspoken person.

When I entered university, I found it to be easier for me to learn compare to my seniors that studied their 'Sains dan Matematik' in Bahasa Malaysia.

I had even discussed this with my fellow friends from the rural areas of Sabah during my national service in Tawau, they supported the idea of Che Det because they said that this enable them to improve their ability to converse in that particular language and set a platform for them to prepare themselves before entering tertiary studies where most of the references are bountily in the language once became our lingua franca before independance.

If the natives of Sabah like Kadazan-Dusun, Suluk and Bajau where they are away from the norm of using the language felt the importance of the language as an instruction language for these two subjects, why citizens of Penisular Malaysia need to complain about when we are living at a region blessed with plenty of resources of knowing the language better.

If the government wants to revert it back to our national lingua franca, I think that we should wait for a few years to see the effectiveness of PPSMI. At least see the product of the first batch graduating from university and secured their jobs. In conclusion, politicians should not use education as a tool to please the RAKYAT to gain their votes.

Listen to the opinion of individuals that are professionals in the field of Science and Mathematics not the professionals in linguistic.

I hope that the decission done by our government is right and it will not ruined the future of our nation.

J.Z.Wong

My Resting Zone in University

'Home Sweet Home', that's a phrase that is always in my mind wherever I travel.
I'm not a person with home-sick disorder like most person has although I share some of the symptoms of home-sick.
By using the phrase above, I try my effort to make my room as sweet as possible.
A person normally spend the most time in his/her room.
Therefore, room is the best place for us to reminisce our home when we are away from it.
It is important for every individual to have a lovely and comfort room.
It is very subjective to define a person's comfort towards his room.
That's why I'm using my effort to transform Room 4 of House 3 of Row K into a place I call comfort zone.

J.Z.Wong

The Next Level of My Journey

On the 27th of June 2009, I went to Kuantan along with my parents. It took me, two and a half hours to travel from my house to the house of a friend of my family at Kuantan.
We overnight at his place since it is not easy for us to find accommodation in the heart of the largest city in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia after dusk.
The next morning, I woke up as early as half past six to finish up my final preparation before entering the gate of the institute that that I'm going to reside for three years.
At the guard house we were ushered by a few seniors to the registration center for new students.
Before entering the building to register, students were screened to ensure that there are no one infected by the swine flu a.k.a. H1N1 so that the university ground is free from that fatal influenza.
The registration took about three hours because there was a black-out occurring at the campus. For your information, all the registration are done via online thus none of the registration can be done till the electrical supply is restored.
At noon, I checked into my room and placed all my belongings accordingly.
In the evening, we had our first activity for our induction week for the new students(MIND'S @Minggu Induksi Siswa).
We were told about the vast difference in between the life of an undergraduate with a high school student.
Our MIND'S runs well for the whole week.
Yesterday I had my first lecture class at UNiversiti Malaysia Pahang and it's English for Communication.
I hope that the next level of my life will be smooth.
Lastly I would like to wish good luck for all my readers.
J.Z.Wong

Revenge of the Fallen at IMAX Berjaya Times Square.

Today I went to IMAX Berjaya Times Square to watch the long-waited Transformers:Revenge of The Fallen by the well-known director of Pearl Harbor and Armageddon.
I bought an advanced ticket last week for RM11.00 . I'm given a cup of Coca Cola for free and I bought a regular popcorn from Golden Screen Cinemas at third floor for RM5.00 because the popcorn sold at IMAX is not up to my expectations though the volume of it for regular is slightly higher.
At the lobby of the cinema I met one of my NS-camp mate, Pralath from block Bravo.
Watching Optimus Prime at IMAX is like seeing him in person due to the size of the projection of the video. It's about five times larger than normal screen.
The place is disabled friendly because it has a lift to charter the disabled to their seats which normally located at row A and B( the best view).
Since I had promised James not to review on the movie till he watched it, I'm not going to discuss further about the plot.
Listen to my advise, it's a MUST WATCH movie of the year.

J.Z.Wong

I Gotta Feeling from The E.N.D. by B.E.P.

I Gotta Feeling is a new singles by Black Eyed Peas.

It replaced Boom Boom Pow for being No. 1 hit song.

Below is the lyric of the song.

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good night
that tonight's gonna be a good good night (x4)

Tonight's the night night
Let's live it up
I got my money
Let's spend it up

Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let's get get OFF

I know that we'll have a ball
If we get down
And go out
And just loose it all

I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Lets go way out spaced out
and loosing all control

Fill up my cup
Mazal tov
Look at her dancing
Just take it off

Let's paint the town
We'll shut it down
Let's burn the roof
And then we'll do it again

Let's Do it (x13)
And live it up

I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night (x2)

Tonight's the night(hey)
Let's live it up
I got my money(I'm payed)
Let's spend it up

Go out and smash it(smash it)
Like Oh My God(Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa(c'mon)
Let's get get OFF

Fill up my cup (Drink)
Mazal tov (La' Chaim)
Look at her dancing (Move it Move it)
Just take it off

Let's paint the town(paint the town)
We'll shut it down(we'll shut it down)
Let's burn the roof(oh oh ohh)
and then we'll do it again

Lets do it (x15)
Let's live it up

Here we come
Here we go
We gotta rock

Easy come
Easy go
Now we on top

Feel the shot
Body rock
Rock it don't stop

Round and round
Up and down
Around the clock

Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday
Friday, Saturday
Saturday to Sunday

Get get get get get with us
You know what we say
Party every day
Pa pa pa Party every day

And I'm feelin
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

I gotta feeling tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Hope that you enjoyed the song by Black Eyed Peas.

J.Z.Wong

Revenge of the Fallen

Finally, award winning director, Michael Bay along with Steven Spielberg had produced a movie that we longed for.

Will Sam Witwicky survive from the attacks of Decepticons?

Will The Fallen able to find the Matrix of Leadership?

Watch it original in cinemas to know about it.

Officially release on 24th June 2009 in Malaysia.

Make sure that you listen to New Divide from Linkin Park.

Don't miss it!!!

J.Z.Wong

Outing with James and Winston at KLCC

Me and Winston

Me and James

Winston, Me, James at the special spot.

James, Me, Winston at Chili's

Taj Mahal

Pyramid Chichen Itza

Petronas Twin Towers

Taj Mahal

Firstly I would like to wish James and Winston for organizing such outing for me.

We had our lunch at Chili's of KLCC at half past noon.

Winston and I had beef burgers, while James had grilled ham with pita bread.

At the end of our lunch, we ordered a chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream on it.

Then we went to Tanjung Golden Village ticket booth to get tickets of Alien vs. Monster.

After getting the tickets, we travel all the way to the ground floor by using the lift to a special spot told by James.

There, we relaxed ourselves and capture a few pictures of us together.

We were there for less than half an hour before going to Kinokuniya.

About 10 minutes before four in the evening we proceed to the cinema.

The movie was an enjoyable and hillarious one. Therefore I would like to recommend that it is a must watch movie of the month. besides Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen.

Last but not least, thanks to James and Winston.

J.Z.Wong