About done
Friday, April 29, 2005


1 more exam this Monday and I'm ready to go! yeay! I can't wait. I'll be going to IU soon but I'll be back for the first session's summer school.Then, balik Mesia.. yeayea... although my sister wouldn't be there to drive me around, hehe, I hope my friends (ehem2 yg kat SA tu) will take me shopping here n there... hehehe... (silly me, I can't drive.. not yet, of course)

I guess I have most of my activities at IU planned. Dot bought me a ticket to Good Charlotte and Simple Plan's concert, Ikram bought me a ticket to IU's graduation dinner, I'll be attending Kak Nik's graduation and go shopping with her. Other than that, I might be sleeping, eating and watching TV. aaaa.. heaven... O yes... this time, I will not forget to go to Siam House. My favorite! (No offense to Dot's curry and Kak Nik's tomyam... hehee)

I have lots to do this summer. I'm taking classes, working(maybe) and doing something else(secret), just so that I won't get bored. When I'm back home, I'll get lots of rest and Ilo and Add will be staying over at my place for quite some time(I think). Then, I'll be having the Petronas reorientation program and the Anak Angkat Program in Terengganu.

After that, I'll come back here and go through JUNIOR YEAR. I can't believe I have two more years left at CMU. It feels so quick, AND, I feel so old... :( it would be different without the graduating seniors, but two more years wouldn't be so bad for me to live a lonely life here.. hehe

hmm... to all of the graduating seniors.. CONGRATS and gud luck with whatever you guys are doing after this (grad school, work or get married.. *wink2*) hehe... It's so nice having you people around and I will surely miss the company.

O well, I'd better get back to my books. Gud luck on finals.. may Allah bless y'all... :) take care


Spring Carnival
Monday, April 25, 2005



pretending to be a kid... weee


Bowling
Sunday, April 24, 2005


hellooo...

I had a great time last night. At 8pm, me and my roommate, Kak Myn, were brain storming for places to have dinner when my friend called me and invited me to go bowling. Amy has invited me to go ice skating a few times but I've always said no because I'm just terrible at skating and I don't want to show my silliness to everyone. hahaa.... but when Fatmata told me that it's bowling this time, I said yes. I'm not a good bowler but at least I know how to play.

A tribute to Kak Myn, hihi, sorry I went bowling instead. At least we cooked before I left. hehee...

So, there were Amy and her boyfriend, Dustin, her housemate, Nery, Fatmata and Lluis. For the first game I got second but for the second game I was third. Hahaa... come on, it's been two years since I last bowled I think, so I guess it's not that bad.

It's very nice of Lluis to pick up me and Fatmata although he warned us that his car can crash anytime in the rain and we'll all have to walk back home.

I like all of my friends in Mech E. Everyone seems to be very nice. There were two parties at Laura Rose's house for Mech E students in my batch after we all failed Fluid's exams. Of course, I didn't go. The subject of the email sent for the first party was, "Do you guys feel like getting drunk?" hahaa... I guess it would be weird to be with all the Mech Es but when they're all drunk. Lluis said it was weird but what's more weird is that our TA, Burrock, actually went to the party. haha... it would be worse if my professor, Steif, was there.

At the end of the night, I had a great time. I'm in the mood of bowling right now so I might be hanging out at the bowling alley in IU some time soon. IU peeps out there, let's go bowling! yeay!


The Sweetest Thing
Sunday, April 17, 2005


Hi,

Actually, I have lots to say about my Spring Carnival but I guess I'll keep it for some other time. I read this article in Utusan Malaysia about this woman sacrificing her life for her daughter's. Read on...

``Abang lepaskan tangan saya, selamatkan anak kita''

Oleh BORHAN ABU SAMAH

BETONG 16 April - ``Abang lepaskan tangan saya dan selamatkan anak kita,'' itulah kata-kata terakhir Elina Othman, 21, yang terkorban dalam tragedi bot pukat tunda karam di Beladin, dekat sini, semalam, kepada suaminya. Sesungguhnya pilihan itu amat berat sekali ditanggung oleh Nur Jali Morsidi, 24. Namun itulah qadak dan qadar yang telah pun ditentukan oleh Allah s.w.t. Elina berkorban nyawa semata-mata untuk memastikan suaminya dan anak tunggal mereka, Nurul Safina, 7 bulan, terselamat dalam nahas itu. Kata-kata terakhir itu masih terngiang-ngiang di telinga Nur Jali walaupun dia redha dengan pemergian Elina setelah mendirikan rumah tangga selama dua tahun bersama isteri tercinta. Nur Jali ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Beladin memberitahu, kejadian itu berlaku sekelip mata dan dia, isteri serta anaknya telah tercampak ke dalam sungai. ``Saya memegang anak saya di tangan kanan saya, manakala isteri saya di tangan kiri untuk menyelamatkan mereka. ``Pada masa itu isteri dan anak saya dalam keadaan lemah akibat beberapa kali lemas dan saya sendiri sukar untuk berenang kerana memegang mereka berdua,'' katanya. Kata Nur Jali, dalam kekalutan itu isterinya meminta dia melepaskan tangannya demi memastikan dia dapat menyelamatkan anak mereka. ``Saya tidak mempunyai pilihan lain, kerana isteri saya tidak pandai berenang dan terpaksa melepaskannya dengan hati yang berat,'' katanya. Nur Jali berkata, dengan memegang anaknya dia terus berenang ke tebing dan berharap akan sempat kembali menyelamatkan isterinya. ``Apabila tiba di tebing anak saya tidak bergerak lagi, saya sangkakan dia telah meninggal dunia, manakala isteri saya telah hilang,'' katanya. Menurut beliau, anaknya kini dirawat di Hospital Betong dan jenazah isterinya yang ditemui pada kira-kira pukul 7 pagi ini selamat dikebumikan. Menceritakan perubahan sikap isterinya, kata Nur Jali, sehari sebelum mereka bertolak ke Kuching iaitu pada 11 April lalu isterinya berkali-kali memohon maaf. ``Dia juga meminta saya tidak melepaskan tangannya ketika tidur, tetapi saya tidak menyangka terpaksa melepaskan tangannya di saat kami terpaksa berpisah selama-lamanya,'' katanya.

-Utusan Malaysia

:'(

This woman must've been a very loyal person to God and her husband because she had been given a chance to apologize for her sins and died as a syahid.

The fact that she asked her husband not to let go of her hand in bed because she'll ask him to let go of her hand some time later, is the sweetest thing. Although it will be hard for her husband to live without her, but life goes on.

This is Qadak n Qadar. No matter how bad life is for us, always think that there are people with worse fate. I should be thankful for what I have and accord to everything that happened to me.

What a sad entry. I'll write about the carnival soon. Take care y'all.


Design Project
Sunday, April 10, 2005


Let me explain about my design project, so that everyone can share my pain... hehehe

This is the project...



We are supposed to create a lifting mechanism to lift 1 pound of weight. We get to use a servo, a bunch of gears and lots of aluminium strips to build that stupid machine.

The machine is supposed to be able to go through a hole while a lifting arm connected to the machine should raise the weight.

This is the 'dungeon'...




As you can see... there are two holes. We can use any one hole. The weight is in front of the big hole but the place to clamp the base of our project is at the back of the small hole. Thus, whatever hole we choose, we still have to build the project having some connected arms.

THE PROBLEM IS... as we've finished building and everything, we have a lifting motion BUT it does not lift the weight... crap...

And now every day I just work with my lab partner, Fatmata, in the lab to rebuild the parts of our project that's not stiff enough and somehow change the position of the servo to make the project works.

Well, all I can hope for right now, is a brighter future. At this moment, things have not gone really well for me... but I guess I can just keep on praying and keep on striving for whatever sunshine's left for me.

At least, it's spring...