Thursday, March 11, 2010

Imperial College Malaysian Society Malaysian Night 2010

Finally it's over. Here goes the videos during the night itself. It has been a wonderful experience working with everyone and i'm sure that this memory will be etched on our hearts forever!

Act 1

Opening dance




Melodi + From This Moment On




Asmaradana + Indian Dance




Mamak Mia




MJ Dance - Smooth Criminal





Act 2

Stomp




Curtain Call

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The year of Tigerroarrrrrrrrrrrrr

Happy Chinese New Year to you all! Gosh I'm missing home badly. Here we had our very own potluck dinner - Fried mee, lasagna, salmosa, rendang, bakuteh etc etc. Here are some photos for the CNY Dinner held at my place.



And not to forget, our very own karaoke session in my room. lol.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Wicked

Had a great night watching Wicked, a musical telling stories regarding the witches of Oz.


Great music. Great story. *thumbs up*

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Malaysian Night 2010 Trailer

Imperial College Malaysian Night 2010 trailer is up! Enjoy! :)

Friday, February 5, 2010

Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister

12th January was the day when we had our dialogue session and dinner with our Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin at Malaysian High Commission.




Our DPM



Have a short conversation with the deputy prime minister. He asked about what course I'm currently pursuing and about my musical interest. :D

Imperial group photos before leaving the embassy

Nevertheless, it's such a great experience and privilege to be able to shake hands and talk to our deputy prime minister in person. Will always cherish this precious moment. Now gotta focus on work and Malaysian Night! :)

Previous Winter Holiday

I have been extremely busy recently. With my assignments starting to pile up and being the music director for Imperial Malaysian Night 2010, I could hardly find any time for blogging.


Anyway, you can access my winter holiday photos here. Enjoy :D

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Summing up

Sorry for the late update. 2nd year is quite a hectic year for me. Though this year the number of study groups has been cut down significantly, I still find it challenging to cope up with every subject. More time has been allocated to lab work and music technology’s coursework. I need to come out with a music composition (3 minutes) that has to be submitted on the 11th January 2010. Ah! Enough of ranting..

One more day left before my Christmas break! I’m so looking forward to it! Here’s my plan. Josephine will be coming to London on the 23rd December! ^^ After settling down we will do some shopping the next day and go to my aunt’s house in the late afternoon for Christmas Dinner. Might consider going to Windsor on the 26th December with Josephine and aunt for some Boxing Day shopping. On the 28th to the 30th, Oslo here I come! The weather there will be much colder (-5 degrees?) so we need to make sure we are kept warm. On the 31st, we will be visiting Stonehenge and meeting up with Huong Eng and Ee Yun. When we get back we will be heading straight to the Thames River for New Year Countdown! For the following days we will be visiting museums and some landmarks in London. Will see how things go..

Anyway it started snowing today :D

Failed to capture any photos of snowflakes

2nd attempt, failed miserably

3rd attempt, ah yes finally you can see it! but my shutter speed is not high enough therefore it looks like it's raining D=

Final resolution....

Look at my hair

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

7 Finally

After such a long wait,

^^

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Updates! Updates!

Gosh it has been more than a month since I updated! Finally our broadband was activated by O2 this morning! =D However the speed is much slower than the Imperial network, but life without internet had really put me into an internet withdrawal symptom. Basically I was busy moving into my new house which is located 18min-walk away from Imperial College. And I LOVE my room really much! Learned to appreciate this new room much more after all the stuff I've gone through during my 1st year stay in the hall.

My study table, oh and by the way that's the lego i bought it last year. Didn't get a chance to build it so I just did few days ago.

Lego Technics with motorised digging function! =)

2nd year life is going to be really hectic. My year started with Malaysian Freshers' Reception and Welcome Dinner at Holiday Villa.


Though this year the study groups have been replaced by classes and office hours, I found out that the course contents taught this year are much harder. Gotta be consistent in revision and assignments! By the way during the 2nd year we have to sign up for at least one Humanities/Language course, and I signed up for Music Technology! Basically we get to learn MIDI, sequencing, digital sound sampling, synthesis, hard disk recording, mixing and mastering to CD. In this course we are required to buy a pair of headphones for the course at the start of the term. Got myself this pair of Shure headphones.

And all in all I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the sound quality of this set of headphones! =D It's still going through its burn-in period. Click here to learn about burn-in.

Tomorrow's gonna be another enervating day - 9am to 5pm class with only an hour of break in between! Back to sleep and more updates coming soon! =)

Monday, September 14, 2009

Samurai Beetle

Recently there was a newspaper post about Samurai Beetle (aka the beetle with human face). They were talking about how rare it is but who says it's rare? There are already 6-7 of them flying around the pomelo tree right in my backyard!

Interesting facts about Samurai Beetle:

This beetle from Japan is doubly interesting in that it shows a different face depending on which direction it's viewed from. Look from behind and you're reminded of a bearded sage. From the front, the image is even more remarkable - a samurai's face, right down to the distinctive traditional hairstyle!

Of course, evolution didn't set out to give the beetle markings that resemble a human face - after all, the beetle was probably around long before human beings were. Many creatures - and insects especially - have evolved complex and elaborate recognition patterns that are intended to ward off predators. Often these patterns include contrasting eye spots... then our imaginative minds do the rest by using other features around the eye-spots to approximate a human face. Tis colorful Japanese beetle is a prime example!

[Quote from http://inventorspot.com/articles/five_freaky_creatures_human_face_9311]

Scared? :D

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Dell Studio XPS 16

Finally!!! The wait is over!


My specs:
Obsidian Black 16 " 1080p WUXGA (1920x1080) RGBLED Full HD Display w/ 2MP cam
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 64 bit Edition (English)
4GB (2 X 2GB) Dual Channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
Slot Load 8X DVD + /-RW Drive with double layer write capability
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
6-Cell (56WHr) Li-Ion Primary Battery edit
Intel® WiFi Link 5300 (802.11a/g/n) Half Mini-card (MY)
Dell™ Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module (MY)
1-year XPS Premier Service with 1-year CompleteCover
Microsoft® Works 9.0 (Does Not Include Microsoft® Office 2003/2007 Software)
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® Security Center 10 (Multi Language) - 2 Years