No Shit.

2010-08-06T01:22:00.004-05:00

举头望明月,

There's always time for summer.

2010-06-26T21:47:00.008-05:00

Summer summer summer. Summer is everlasting never ending infinitylyly in Malaysia, and yet I never appreciate it as much as I do when I'm here in the States. I'm a boy under the sun. I wanna go out. I don't wanna stay home. Big fan of slippers. Big fan of summer. SUMMER I WANT MOOUREEE!!

So ya anyway, summer is a time where most of my friends will go back home and have a 3 months chillaxing time. Not many will be left here. And that number of "not many" are getting lesser and lesser. Close friends of mine that are around this summer - just a handful. Many has left the country for good but..

srsly, am I the odd one here that cherishes the hot sunshine?

So ya anyway I picked up cycling, which I enjoyed a lot. At first it was for the joy of sightseeing and the sun. But when the cycling motion continued long enough, mentally it felt very much like swimming - very focus. Focus was all on the quadriceps, the uphill, and breathing cycle, not so much on sightseeing anymore.

So ya anyway some pictures taken early June:

Boating! For X reason the water looks blue here, it was actually very greeeeeen.

I CAN HAS MUSHROOMS IN MY CHEEZBURGER!

Grill out at 005.

Meaty i likeys.

Ada Hayden park is about 10 miles from where I live. It was my 1st 15 miles of cycling.

2 weeks after that we cycled to Saylorville Dam. Entire trip was 90 miles!

my fav tank top gives me ugly tan.. aaah..

I like blogspot's new 'design' feature.

Hope you like what I "design"ed !

Equations.

2010-05-25T18:31:00.010-05:00

What's my equation for success in 2020?

What's my equation for happiness in 2020?

What's my equation for rich in 2020?

What's my equation for success, happiness, and rich now?

Success, measured by impact I've made.

Happiness - Eat well, sleep well, and healthy are good enough for me.

Rich can be defined as what's around me that I can't trade with money, but what components makes up to it?

I need to identify all these components.. and hopefully within the next 10 years, I live a life I look forward to. By 2020, I'm 34 - just in time to up gear and hop onto the highway. I will be.. ready.

Mobile Uploads

2010-05-18T01:04:00.010-05:00

Data plan didn't subscribe to my phone so my fb don't have mobile uploads... hence creating one here! hoohoohoooo.. exclusive for No Shit's fans labudden.

This is Bui Bui (fat fat). Bui Bui is now my fav toy and she's enjoying the sun!

Those lunch to survive.

My new netbook and Big John add sprouts add cheese.

Viet noodle soup when I don't feel like taking risk for lunch.

"Camwhore again with my phone!"

Very ugly sad LV bag spotted in JJ.

When JJ gourmet sandwich goes for $1 each. I'm 1 of them!

Chloe's cute ear.

AAaaahhh.. pork chop on fried rice to go please..

Made a fruit cake for Rach on V day...

New E-class spotted in Ames!

Those bad days in winter.

Unlucky car or bad weather?

gg.

Double gg.

This will make me dam happy.

Des Moines best lunch all time hard to stay awake at work 20 years ahead of Hammer - beef hor fun yea.

Amazing? Nah, wasn't even good.

STAA performing. Chloe act cute trying hard.

Sunrise of 2010.

Bui Bui!

Hahaha my bro's gf.

2010-04-25T23:18:00.008-05:00

Another Malaysian graduation yesterday. This is probably my 4th or 5th time attending grad nights, from saying hi to seniors, to saying goodbye to seniors, then my turn to graduate, then say hi to those 1992 dudes, and then maybe I'll still be around when those 1992s graduate.

But this time different la, Rachel is graduating! very very happy!

For that, I have to show my yengness la of course rite.

Yeng anot. The theme was hollywood night so I dressed up as my favorite actor Tony Leung since he look a bit like me.

I was repeatedly mistaken to be mimicking "Go Cun" from God of Gamblers, or Chow Yuen Fatt. Perhaps the bow tie might have confused some of my fans.

'em quotes

2010-03-30T21:45:00.008-05:00

"When you insult the messenger and not the message, you have lost the debate."

by Anonymous, posted in Heng Li's facebook profile.

"Some is better than none. More is better than some. Too much is difficult to get."

Stephen Ball, associate professor about how much to exercise, by CNN.com.

"Yah... they are having way too much fun.. I may have to crack the whip harder on 'em boyz.. "

Lion Dance Sifu Mr. Leow Choy about Nelson and Oliver.

Whataplan

2010-03-27T05:05:00.007-05:00

So the problem I'm facing now is that I'm constantly looking for toys and gadgets to buy. Why/How did I became liddis! Since young until like last year, I don't even dare to crave for things I need. And why am I so focused on just gadgets. I've lost interest in fashion and slippers. Am I slowly turning to a geek then? Or I uncle d? reli meh...

Anyway I realize even though my budget allows me to spend some money for things-I-want, I don't think it's sufficient to justify my buying. I need(want) to upgrade, not stock up. I need better, not more. I need: An investment plan. A yau-mou-lam-lu strategy. A cost-driven goal.

Plan: New laptop, theater system, car, dining table, slippers.
Strategy: Add new stuff to cart only when current ones are sold.
Goal:
1. Sell current for 30% or more from the used value.
2. Subtract from earnings, spend 50% or less from new price tag.
3. Do not skip steps. Do not get distracted and purchase other stuff.

*Delete items from cart*
*Exit Windows*

goooood niiiiiiiight.

5 things about me in the last 10 weeks.

2010-03-14T00:48:00.006-06:00

1. Work is... fun?

Fun is the 1 thing I don't define, measure, analyze, improve, and control. So how can work still be fun? Oliver I need to talk to you about dis.

2. Body building needs consistent dedication.

Which I don't have. My gym buddy used to call me everyday after work, and every time I'll come up with excuses to ffk him hahaha.. now I don't get those calls anymore lor.. going to gym used to be a routine, but this week I only went gym... er once.

3. Snowboarding is no easy, yes addictive, definitely yes for fun.

Honestly the reason I'm into this sport is because HOPEfully I can feel good in winter. I tell you winter here is so long and coooold it's hard to make one smile while walking out. Driving sucks, dry skin, no sun and all. I never enjoyed winter. Guess what this winter I did!

4. Rachel my baby baby.

My baby baby is a wai sek mau! and I love her.. <3!

5. Obviously not blogging.

I'm just lazy. I just changed the entry's title to 5 things, it was 10.. and I'm going to cook supper now woohoo!

6. Ok my hair. The end. Bye bye la!

Happy CNY!

2010-02-13T18:24:00.004-06:00

Just when I almost wanted to get myself new clothes for CNY..

My boss gave some to me!

恭賀新喜、

財源廣進、

大吉大利、

年年有餘、

步步高升、

事事如意、

心想事成、

萬事如意、

一元復始、

萬象更新、

富貴有餘、

金玉滿堂、

福壽雙全、

竹報平安、

龍鳳呈祥、

鴻圖大展、

新年快樂!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Some thoughts while driving in the snow today

2010-02-10T22:23:00.009-06:00

Some say

In Finland, you need to pass a drifting test to get a car licence. In the midwest, you need to pass a drifting test to get to work.

When the temperature is cold enough, Iron Man flys through Iowa to run testings on his suit's de-icing feature.

If you haven't seen Iron Man in Iowa before, you weren't unlucky, but Iron Man felt cold la. He's at home watching American Idol.

I need to improvise my job description by adding "Requires very responsive and quick coordination while driving during winter. Preference: 85% or higher in Guitar Hero Expert Level."

The roads....... cuak la.

Snow storm in Iowa is similiar to waiting for Chloe for 2 hours. It's 5% of wtf, 95% of aiyah sien la always liddat 1.

OC is considering a new Toyota highlander, so during winter when the lakes are frozen, we can still lan yeng on the boat while its being towed by his 4WD.

Yah, snow..... haih.

Our abilities

2010-01-21T23:57:00.015-06:00

"You never know how far you could go, don't guess, just let your ability tell you that"

A facebook status I can't bare not to stare a little longer.

How far are we now? Technology, transportation, manufacturing, education, wireless, etc. We are rocket high far I think. That's due to our rocket high abilities. We started everything by our own hands.

How fast are we? All it takes is an individual. or a few, or a whole lot more, to come up with something new. We're constantly making decisions. We're constantly thinking. The amount of people living in this planet now, decides how fast change is taking place every second, I think.

It's huge now, and we're going fast. The question is, where. Correct or wrong, white or black, or grey. Is our planet getting better in shape, or going side ways. Whatever happens, we're to blamed. It was our decision to choose where, most of the time based on attractive incentives like $$$$$.

$ - Whylayoudomeliddis.

Career.

2010-01-11T22:43:00.005-06:00

1st day of work today.

I am an Industrial Engineer Junior with Bridgestone-Firestone Inc.

This job will make me richer but I'll not work for the money.

Luck has been on my side, and I'm deeply grateful by the opportunities.

I am no longer a college kid.

Big thank you to everybody! Especially to family and friends and teachers.

It's about time to justify the time and investment spent. No Shit.

Yea.

2009 in 30 seconds

2010-01-02T02:01:00.007-06:00

Made a 32 seconds video of my 2009. Apologize for the bad sound quality!

Anyway, Happy 2010 everybody!

I started my year by playing guitar hero from 12am till 9am! haha.. It's my 1st time and I got so addicted to it, so as everybody else! Thanks Alex for bringing the equipments and for rocking the beginning of the year. and omg there was this random guy with us that was sooo annoying, kept barking like a dog at random people and random things. Guess what, kena diu by Alex Tew! Priceless rite hahaha!

2010:

Be optimistic: Replace last with more. This is my last day of 2009, I have 1 more day of 2009.
More fruits. More gym. More snowboarding. More readings.
Less McDonalds.
Sister's wedding.
Keep in touch.
Work hard.

Xan Nin Fai Lok!

Pictures!

2009-12-09T23:29:00.010-06:00

Random pictures found while sorting pictures in my hard drive..

Rachel is a wai sek mau.

We decorated the cake according to systematic layout plan method to determine the best location for the candies! Very fun assignment in the hardest class of all time, IE senior design class.

Lion dance members trying to learn belly dance. Obviously Lee Ping (with both hands up) has the most potential.

The dude that bought my sister's Honda Fit, and me holding big bucks.

Kimchi fried rice desu ne.

I learned how to ride a 600cc bike.

Me cam whoring before interview at Tennessee.

Me cam whoring during commencement.

When Steven was sleeping.

Boss sleeps allllll the time.

Dinner with Whirlpool co-ops!

The Cedar Rapids super models.

Global warming causing glaciers in Msia to melt.

To be fair, Iowa makes icicles!

Zi Ting as naughty nurse. Come, I shall punish you!

I have Miranda Kerr's leg. I meant my arm.

Zi Ting as naughty nurse.

Zi Ting as hairy boobs naughty nurse. Hahhahaha!

I really love Xmas songs.. hope you like it too!

2009-12-04T22:07:00.004-06:00

I'm about to start. but,

I'm not gonna spend my trip back in Ames to bitch about somebody, I came here to feel like home.

You can tell her/whoever anything about me/us , however you wanna put it, create something maybe, I don't care. I think it's weird, and it don't matter to me.

This entry has no meaning. I have way more happy stuff to blog about.

Elfyourself!

2009-11-21T02:51:00.004-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Lol Oliver & ZT sooo cute! =)

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Wooi Hau solo!

Aaahh.. I heart Xmas!

I really really miss

2009-11-14T18:56:00.001-06:00

My parents and my pretty sister.

Kahee and Wei Sheng.

Hokkien mee.

QE Co-op week 25

2009-11-13T01:17:00.003-06:00

Started 1st of June this year, it's so far my longest stay in the same company. Although there's only few weeks left till completion, I am actually looking forward to meet the day liao, the last day to be treated as a student in a workplace.

Proactive is the word I'm striving for in my current job position, as a co-op. I want to seek solution, not told. I want to identify the department's needs by getting involved enough to act like part of the team. There's no need for procedure or template or usually what you should do next. We engineers know our roles.

Apart from that, I gotta say I benefited a lot from this job laaa. It feels like a playground sometimes, I have time to try different approaches in a project. I built a mini assembly line that's expandable! I also tried using plasticine to measure height, turned out to be feasible!

I have a "stimulus plan" that will be proposed tomorrow. It's the same concept as the economy stimulus plan, same theory as advertisement. This plan might revolutionize the measuring phase of major defective issues. Instead of always tracking and looking for root cause (often fail because dam sien), this will show us what we want to see, time, place, and a short clip, in a few mouse clicks. It's gonna be difficult to be approved, when everyone's talking about cost reduction and lean, and my idea will increase cost per unit equivalent, plus some cost to induce technology. Cost & quality = Siti & Alex Tew. This however is a short term thing, a stimulus cost. I have 5 more weeks, we'll see how it goes la.

Quotes I like.

"If you can't measure, you can't control."

"Winter is now, is Spring still faraway?"

Do I actually look like a quality engineer ah? Hmm...

2009-10-09T00:20:00.002-05:00

1. Now we can listen to some music with my playlist added.

2. China's high-speed train has completed. The system is currently the largest, fastest, and most 复杂的. Travelling from Beijing to Shanghai will soon be 4 hours instead of 10!

3. AMSISU has a twitter account - that's cool.

4. Hangover the movie - I watched twice d. It's the all time best movie to watch with friends.

5. I miss che chiong kai's nga bou lou shu fun....

Good morning Friday.

2009-10-02T22:37:00.008-05:00

Pharmacy @ Amana, IA.

Green grass. Clear sky. Buildings stood still. Cars were not wrecked.

There's no need for any enhancements in this situation. It's very green. It's boring but it's ok, because peace, ordinary, and calm itself are worth celebrating.

Every Friday, I want to take off from work and spend the weekend with my loved ones. I wish that the following Friday would stay the same. Till however long it can last.

My deepest sympathy goes to victims of Samoa Island Tsunami, victims of Indonesia quakes, and victims of Philippines Typhoon Ketsana. Prayers to Philippines that are preparing for the 2nd round of Typhoon Pepeng. God bless all of you.

It's all about the money..

2009-09-30T01:40:00.020-05:00

There's a calculator, (thanks to CNNMoney) that calculates for me:

How far will my salary go if I were to work in another city?

What are the cost of living associated with it?

Let's start with I'm earning $50,000 a year in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Cedar Rapids in 2 months time.

If I move to:

Square shaped Penang tower @ Baltimore.

Baltimore, Maryland US no.1 earning state for 2006-2008

Comparable salary: $65,907

Groceries will cost: 18% more

Housing will cost: 105% more

Utilities will cost: 28% more

Transportation will cost: 7% more

Healthcare will cost: 5% more

Sienness @ Stamford, Connecticut.

Stamford, Connecticut

Comparable salary: $80462

Groceries will cost: 29% more

Housing will cost: 181% more

Utilities will cost: 42% more

Transportation will cost: 14% more

Healthcare will cost: 8% more

Golden Gate bridge @ SF.

San Fransisco, California

Comparable salary: $92262

Groceries will cost: 42% more

Housing will cost: 267% more

Utilities will cost: 0% more

Transportation will cost: 15% more

Healthcare will cost: 12% more

Curry laksa, chicken wings, extra crispy orange beef, prawn mee, green tea ice cream etc etc @ Rasa Sayang.

Atlanta, Georgia

Comparable salary: $52250

Groceries will cost: 10% more

Housing will cost: 15% more

Utilities will cost: 10% less

Transportation will cost: 4% more

Healthcare will cost: 4% less

The beautiful Oregan.

Portland, Oregan

Comparable salary: $62931

Groceries will cost: 22% more

Housing will cost: 66% more

Utilities will cost: 4% less

Transportation will cost: 12% more

Healthcare will cost: 0% more

Schneider Electric's recruiting/training center @ Nashville.

Nashville, Tennessee

Comparable salary: $49648

Groceries will cost: 13% more

Housing will cost: 5% less

Utilities will cost: 6% less

Transportation will cost: 3% less

Healthcare will cost: 17% less

Minneapolis is very cold.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Comparable salary: $60231

Groceries will cost: 32% more

Housing will cost: 56% more

Utilities will cost: 3% more

Transportation will cost: 3% more

Healthcare will cost: 1% less

Dim Sum @ Phoenix, Chicago!

Chicago, Illinois

Comparable salary: $60913

Groceries will cost: 18% more

Housing will cost: 66% more

Utilities will cost: 20% more

Transportation will cost: 12% more

Healthcare will cost: 2% less

Timeless beauty. *hide behind sandy!*

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Comparable salary: $12000

Housing will cost: 100% less

Utilities will cost: 100% less

Transportation will cost: 15% more

Walker & 12 years cost: 255% more

F&B will cost: 86% more

Iowa isn't that bad after all. Considering the $250 monthly rent, $2.38/gallon of super unleaded, and $6.00 Taipei meal.

So should I get Need for Speed Shift?

Be the customer.

2009-09-10T23:11:00.006-05:00

This is what everybody will experience and witness. This happens everywhere, in my company, in my department, my ex coop partner, your organization, GM, everywhere. Since I started my job, I can't stress enough how rapid it occured, and how easy all this can come into existence.

To be ideal, for me, is to have what the customer really needed in every process involved. That's perfection if achieved. but perfection is not what we are going for, that's god's business.

However, the direction we're heading is questionable. Is this direction, the direction? Did we commicated well enough? Does he know what he's doing? Does his boss know what he's doing? Am I capable to produce results he wanted? How many thousands of people need to be on the same page this time? So, why are we on this page again?

Many people I've met have the "just do it" attitude. I personally like it when it comes to play, but a big no when it comes to business. If the planning is bad, the engineer is bad. We plan by considering appropriate (instead of a lot) factors, logic, impact, etc. If you're good at that, wow, but are you getting what the customer really needed?

Songness in a short term does not effectively solve a problem/task/situation. Short term fulfillment is a simple trap, when long term goal is not taken into consideration. It is rather easy to accomplish tasks assigned by my boss. Easier to not document it. A lot more easier to talk cock and lie about accomplishment. Even easier to do without thinking.

So I figure out these steps:

1. Identify customer.

2. Is my current action adding value to "what the customer really wanted"?

3. If this is 1st per million, will my last action per million still be able to add value to "what the customer really wanted"?

4. Besides customer and money, were others satisfied?

Plan, with adequate consideration and sufficient understanding, to meet customers' need. Then act.

Started d..

2009-09-07T23:50:00.005-05:00

The challenge starts this week.

Everyone has to study. For those in Ames, fall session will now begin.

FNM (Fannie Mae) & FRE (Freddie Mac) were gg-ed exactly a year ago. Wall street had one of their worse moments in history, September last year. Now onwards: Impact, more impact, current standing, stimulus no more, projected demand? This week will be eyed closely by every investors in every corner. They will be able to tell a (better) story by the end of this week.

Many things will be introduced this week. The new nano and touch with camera? New figures of unemployed Americans. I'm guessing, oil prices might be more favorable to us.

Career fair is nearing soon. Our previous ISU engineering career fair was like a fortune cookie with a piece of paper that writes "sp9yiuhjn" in it. It was like a defect product that was spotted yet released to the consumers. I don't wanna start commenting on it. Anyway, from an optimistic side of it, I still found a job. To be optimistic, it's challenging. Challenge earlier, challenge them back.

Another fun, fast, challenging week ahead. When is not btw?

Big Creek 2009

2009-08-25T01:40:00.016-05:00

Yea I was being unprofessional today at work because I was very lazy because my brain had hangover from the boating trip my brain kept thinking of the boat and flippie floppies and flips and peanut butter.

I made some wallpapers for my lappie toppies. The colors are so sharp and nice! Click to enlarge. And here we go babeh~

Bear, the. Look at them shadows and the light contrast on the bear skin. My fav.

Big jetty Creek jump!

Photosynthesis. A process that converts Angus beef into stomach belly, using energy from the sexiness of the hair grown on the surface of a sexy belly.

Persistence. If there's no struggle, there's no female bears next mating season.

"Eh! Classes start on Monday!", OC and friends swimming towards a boat.

3 years of United States

2009-08-13T01:56:00.012-05:00

Today is a special day for me - I survived exactly 3 years in the United States woohoo!

Looking back through the 3 years I've spent in the States, gosh there's a lot to be mentioned. Met many many people, learned a lot from my IE courses, exposed to unbelievable dramatic situations, ate a lot of burgers, etc etc..

Adjusting to the environment and life style here wasn't as hard as I expected. Thanks to them, my close loops of friends were among the Malaysians that were here for the same reason, same experience, and as uncomfort at the beginning. I always believe we have a bond that'll keep us taking care of each other and try to optimize comfortability in this uncomfort zone. I'm fortunate in my 1st semester to have helpful seniors, helpful sister, and most importantly getting to know ZT & OC. Thanks again la, for the full 3years of laughters!

Throughout the years, I tried my very best to look after dudes from the same kampung too. Countless activites, outings, parties, and performances were planned and carried out. Outcome were always priceless, 'and then lets do it again'.

I've performed a lot in this 3 years. Started as a noob singer on my 1st grad night (kept drinking water oni), followed by Hip Hop with DubH, lion dance, MCN, grad nights, we even performed at some random business conference room in Gerdin. In fact I think I've performed more than anybody else I know in Ames. Well not because I'm talented or what, but I just enjoy the feeling very much, and I always try to influence my friends to perform with me. I still can't believe I actually choreographed a Malay and an Indian dance haha..

Career standpoint, I feel very lucky and satisfied. Had 3 different internships with international corporations, projects with 3 other companies, and tours to more than 10 manufacturing plants, I've gained very valueble experience in my field of interest. I'll continue to work hard for more exposures, more problems to solve, more $$$ of course, and more $$$. Yes I like $$$. If I take my net earnings from engineering jobs in US divided by the total tuition fees I've spent in US, I can say I'm half way meeting the break even point of my study trip investment in US. I am very looking for the day I meet this break even point.

"If you wanna feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy"

All in all, meet or don't meet break even point doesn't matter at all if you don't feel rich. Throughout the 3 years, there's way more ups than downs, I'm very glad about it. I can't tell how many more years I have in the States, but I do hope for the best. Best for you too!

A good 3 years indeed.

Tonight there might be meteors, if I spotted some I wanna pray for you ok! :)

23 years old wish

2009-08-06T00:59:00.005-05:00

Finally I'm blogging yay! Today is my birthday and I feel happy about it, I always do. I enjoy receiving wishes and hear from friends and relatives that I hardly talk to nowadays. I treasure all the friendships I've made in my life, as early as those neighbours cycling kakis I used to hand out with everyday when I'm 7, to new friends I made recently in Cedar Rapids. Of course, especially to my bffs that made me laugh and smile all the time. You guys have made significant impact in my life, and I'll like to thank all of you today. Special thanks to my parents too! for making me, shaping me, and for making everything possible to me.

This is my forth year I have to work on my birthday. 1st time 5 years ago started as working in Mid Valley as Christian Dior perfume sales rep, I wasn't comfortable with it but I am now. Each year has been getting better and I certainly hope that I'll be earning bigger bucks same day next year. So here's my birthday wish for this year: I wish that work and life will only get better every year, for me and for all my loved ones.

Happy Birthday to me again!

*YAAAAAAAAM SING* Cheers!

Today's CNN News

2009-07-15T20:38:00.013-05:00

It's a very interesting reality we're living in.

Untold. Covered. Burried. Shocking!

Vulnarable. Mou fatt mou tin.

A guy bought Europe at a gas station.

Link: Airliner 'disintegrated into pieces' killed 168

Accident. Very saddening.

Link: Big day on Wall Street

Good news.

Abandoned. Abused. Cheated.

Catch up post!

2009-06-24T23:34:00.018-05:00

Has been very the laaaazy lately. Come back home after work & chillax only. Too much computers at work makes me wanna stay away from my laptop. Good kitchen in my current house makes me cook even more, but gets really tired after that. Dvd player ish goood, and thanks to mami she brought my fav red cliff 2 for me! Good stuff.

Summer is here! It's effing hot but I actually enjoy it. Gonna go out and play more and start gym liao. Discovered a good foosball table just 2 miles from my place, but no kaki.. snap

Transformer 2 is out today and I'm very excited about it. The Giza pyramid scene, even National Geographic never got permission to film it that way. Michael Bay took 36 heli loads of armies and sau gau the place. That's still not the few reasons I wanna watch so badly. Good good stuff.

Pics of my new shelter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

Messy living room.

My bedroom got AC from museum.

I like the dining place a lot.

The guest room.

Stove that runs on gas can cook char keuy teow hoho!

Backyard.

Outside view of the crib. And my new black on black!

It's a Hyundai that sells reliability and now, looks too.

I'm a joy ride.

Work is song this week. We're having a 6 sigma training for the whole week. To be short, 6 sigma training means free breakfast and lunch, no need to care about work performance, go home at 3pm, no need to wax hair, and chelseapeers. =)

I'm on the news!

2009-06-21T14:05:00.001-05:00

More here on how Siti made the cut~

Work starts, I'm moving out..

2009-05-31T03:52:00.017-05:00

Tomorrow, June 1st 2009, marks the 1st day of my career after graduation. Though this job position only secures me until the end of this year, I'm pretty sure it won't stop there.

Very excited. Have been looking forward to it since I got the offer. Later today I'll be moving to Cedar Rapids, an industrial city exactly 100 miles east of Ames. Working life over there should be dull. I'll see what I can potentially do with the city's current capability. The best city in the States remains to be Ames, where all my friends are for the moment.

Life have been busy since I got back from Vegas. Spent a week helping Rachel settle down in Sioux City and her driving ability, which was very worth it. ANother week was spent in Ames. Most of the time were spent packing my room for moving out, getting rid of stuff, poker, chillaxing, and used car hunting. Too much poker makes me sick, I don't understand how my friends can play it so much more often than me.

While sorting out in my room I found a lot of interesting documents and stuff that reminsced a lot of memories in ISU. Those were priceless, buuuuuuuuuuut I decided to throw some of them away, after I took some pictures of them. Here are some of them~

Welcome to ISU! Please choose to pay by check, cash, or checking account.

Reached the States on the 11th of August 2006. That's almost 3 years ago. So many things have changed in me and the people around me. So much dramas, achievements, experiences, late night nonsense, snow, laughter, etc etc etc..

My temporary 9 digit University ID number.

1st seminar attended in ISU, the 4.0 guranteed seminar. Er..

The freddy court!

They took my wallet and put those inside.

This is my favorite! Our 1st official meeting minutes of the committee. Ahh those were really dam good times.

The MCN '08 lion dance performers'n list.

My last appearance in DubH ISU Hip Hop club. Those were good times too~

My 1st dance performance of DubH held in Fisher Theater! I still remember I danced to Justin Timberlake's Summer love and Beyonce's freakum dress~

A souvenir.

Don't know what happened to the top part of the paper.. kena syrup bandung maybe.

It's the dikir barat choreograph paper! I used to write or draw the steps out on papers just to make sure the sequence and beats were ok. Swim fly, fly swim~

More dikir barat..

The list of performers for dikir barat.

Good times desu ne. Honto ni. Back to pack pack..

The receptions

2009-05-11T01:39:00.008-05:00

A quick post here!

I have graduated. Commencement took place yesterday afternoon. I am really very happy!

I attended all 3 graduation reception (International students, Industrial Engineering dept, and the general commencement). It'll be a mistake if I've missed either 1 of them.

Rachel hosted the international students graduation reception! Although I'm the only Malaysian to attend the event, I'm glad I did. I had to chance to speak on the podium, telling everyone how thankful I am for my loved ones. Glad to meet some of my international friends too!! Sad thing is, we had to say good bye..

For the Industrial Engineering dept reception, I gotta say it was very very professional and well organized. Again, I had the chance to speak on the podium, thanked the people I wanted to thank all the time, shared my future plans and some of my most memorable IE moments. Had a great time talking to my professors! Very nice gifts tooo.. All in all, it's a very warm feeling hanging out with the IEs for the last time.

Spring 09 commencement: Awesome.

(I slept thru some of the speeches.. but.. still good!)

Parents are good over here. Still sleeps a lot.

I'm off to Vegas in a few hours!

Happy mothers day! And congratulation to all graduates!

"I'm so excited..", Bee.

2009-05-04T12:57:00.008-05:00

YOU GOTS CLICK PLAY, HD, THEN FULLSCREEN NOW!

Colorful feelings..

2009-05-02T18:55:00.011-05:00

Optimistic for the critical exam on Monday.

Confident that Pinky can proceed to malaysian dreamgirl2's top 3 smoothly.

Satisfied after a meal of Bruegger's asiago parmesan bagel with bacon, egg, and cheese.

Guilty for sleeping too much today.

Very happy because my parents will be reaching Ames in less than 5 days!

Excited to attend the graduation ceremony.

Excited for the Vegas trip with my parents.

Excited for parts of the Vegas trip without my parents.

Sad because there's no more spring break for me.

Relieved because quizzes, assignments, group project, absent, and labs are history.

All in all,

it's a colorful season.

It's Spring. =)

Reli!?

2009-04-22T12:25:00.007-05:00

Hyvee bread smells bad. Today is Earth day, so when is Sunday? Today is Rena's birthday too. Kudut is made out of coke and cheeseburgers. Treant hates asian chicks. Oil price is dropping! Finance crisis gg'ed Freddie Mac. I'm still a noob in brushing my teeth.
And oh! Zi Ting now has a blog: it's a mistake dot com. =P

Lessons Learned

2009-04-17T01:44:00.005-05:00

Few days ago, my senior design team conducted a presentation at Rockwell Collins. It was a "report out" presentation, sort of a formal type, where we presented our results on the ideas we proposed few months ago.

Though we were prepared, but based on our performance, I think there's a lot to learn from. For exp don't let Ted drive. etc.

Later that day, I had the privileage to attend a professional development workshop organized by the IEs, the focus was speech design and delivery! Had a great time with the inspiring speaker who taught us a lot.

So here are a few lessones I learned that might be benefitial:

1. You gotta give a good Impression on your 1st minute of the presentation. A very very good 1st minute impression will make the audience excited about you talking. A bad 1st minute impression has put an engineer into sleep that day.

2. Begin a presentation with an agenda is unavoidable, really. However, if an agenda was created for the sake of doing it, it creates no value. A good agenda shuold have a good flow, good sequence, appropriate amount of topics, and clearly numbered.

3. Ted can't drive! It was the part where there's an optimus prime looking truck raced side to side to a compact car, while Vin Diesel (Ted) driving his compact car tries to do a front flip! or maybe 360 I really don't know! But failed. obviously. So for that 2 hours drive back to Ames I was so awake.

4. Focus on what audience needs to see, not what you want to show. So hide those 5 pages time studies data, 8 pages systemic layout planning, details, and explanations.

5. After N months of hard work, what's the impact?

6. During questions and answers section, it's OK to say "I don't know, let me get back to you later".

(From the workshop)

7. Have a plan B if things don't go as you expected.

8. Talk to the audience, not your notes.

9. Have a good rate of activity: Slow down you gestures. Breath, speak, pause. Breath, speak, pause. Hold longer eye contact with each audience member (your rate of speech will slow down).

10. When answering a question, rather than beginning your answer with "er" or "uhm", use the person's name, then respond.

Hope it's helpful!

Counting down the days..

2009-04-14T13:30:00.008-05:00

1 day - Exam: Thermodynamics

2 days - Exam: Operations Supply Chain Management

2 days - Due: pattern allowance lab report

3 days - Due: CNC G code assignment

4 days - Perform @ VEISHEA parade

9 days - Due: senior design final report

9 days - Due: injection molding lab report

11 days - Event: Malaysian Graduation Night

14 days - Presentation: senior design final presentation

17 days - Due: Manufacturing fee/Collecting Incentive project

18 days - Due: Thermo power plant project

18 days - NO MORE CLASSES!

21 days - Finals week still got 4 exams

23 days - Parents arrive Iowa

24 days - International graduation reception

26 days - Graduation Commencement

Kai wan siao. It's not easy to graduate lor. I think this will be my busiest month of my college days (in terms of academic). I'll post more pics if time allow me to do so.

Why la do me like this.

ISU Blood Drive

2009-03-27T02:19:00.002-05:00

Yes.

For the first time, I decided to donate blood.

I'm still unsure of the reason I went for it. But I know I debated for half a day, and I skipped my duper boring thermo class and spent more than an hour registering and queueing up for it.

My badge lor.

Sadly to say, I weren't approved to do so. They told me that my home country that I visited few months ago has risk of exposure to malaria.

DANG.

My last Spring Break

2009-03-22T17:13:00.012-05:00

Was very fun.

Spent most of my time @ Hyland and ISU campus, the 2 places I'm gonna miss a lot after I graduate. That's my initial plan though, but I ended up travelling to more more places. I went Iowa City to shop, Independence Iowa for a plant visit, Sioux City Nebraska for Rachel's interview. The best part of all my travelling is the last part when I know I reached Ames. 2 reasons. The destinations were very sien, and Ames is just way too fun. Some pictures!

Started off with a pot luck on the first day of the break.

Then all of us headed to Frederiksen Court to see what Keng Gee was up to. It was his birthday. We found his apartrment, rushed into his room! We spotted ZT spreading some love on his face!

Nah, he wished. It was some left over cheese cakes that we used to pawn him. That's all of us.

Partay after that! Look at ZT's dulan face pointing at the Mongolian lady with red hair band who puked on his bed haahha.

The next day, bbq @ brookside park.

We had a visitor from Iowa City.

And another from the tree.

It was Heng Li!

Learned slack lining. The new sport up in here.

Camwhoring on a slack line!

Haaa.. campus grass.

Rachel made 面粉糕!

Sioux City has a Floyd monumen that looks like a pencil.

Rachel poser.

Me!

Spring break has ended. Classes resumes. 9am class tomorrow. I shall enjoy classes. 6 more weeks only.

=)

2009-03-09T23:31:00.013-05:00

Quote of the day that made Siti a happy man:

"Ok la you are very handsome!" Jennifer Tan, one my my IE partner.

Hahaha she's right btw. =)

Mm.. Well, although I think she's right, but I doubt that she thinks so.. We were walking back home from class today, she was saying about how my brother and I look so alike, and I told her to be honest to say how handsome my brother and I are.. And so she did!

"Well it's a sad day, and I'm gonna make you happy ya." Jen Tan

It actually did.

Isn't it magnanimous. Thanks Jen~!

Ever since I reached Ames 3 years ago, I always felt fortunate to have a bunch of friends to hang out with and my sister taking care of me . I always felt warm. I have a bunch of great-hearted friends, we take care of each other, throw snow, throw strawberry juice, "consume", travel, celebrate festivals, supper, breakfast, and a lot more together. How to get homesick like this.

Some of us even take things and get things done to another level. We volunteer to spread our love and passionate of consideration to more Malaysians here. We organize trips, host events, raise funds, gain reputation, and a lot more.

We do this in order to achieve a common goal. I always emphasize on this ultimate goal, which is to have fun and be happy. At first I learn how to have fun. Then I often show others how to have fun. My alien-smart TA once said,"the only way to succeed in your academic is to find a way to have fun out of it." I think it's true.

This is what we practice since my first semester here. I can see that many many of my friends here are like this too. Jen is definitely one of them. We spread cheesecake on each other's face. We vacumn each other's balls. We comment on each other's stupidness.

We put a smile on each other's face.

We put money into each other's pocket.

This is what we do. You thought me that.

"Do you know what is friendship?"

You know. I know. HE knows.

Wtf were those posts for man?

~ It's our anniversary ~

2009-02-25T03:02:00.007-06:00

Thank you for baking me the cake at such a busy day! For all the support and love and care and so much more from you, I wanna say happy anniversary dear and I love you dear!

My darling aka my Wai Sek Mau~

Woo so nice. It tasted great too!

Brownie Ms Wai made on Sunday. Topped with B&J's super fudge chunk equals to heaven ah!

Will be skipping class all day tomorrow to travel for an on-site interview at Whirlpool Amana. Hope all turns out smooth la~

What now, TARP?

2009-02-13T09:32:00.014-06:00

Just another bad news for international students looking for jobs in this season of recession..

The Troubled Assets Relief Program aka TARP, is currently the largest component of the U.S. government's measure to address subprime mortgage crisis. Example (recently) famous companies under the program are AIG, Bank of America, Citigroup, GM, Chrysler and so on..

Early this week the U.S. Senate has approved several rules on hiring H-1B,
(H1-B: non-immigrant VISA to be able to work in the US)

The rules are as follow:

1. If your company has been laying off people, you can't hire H-1B.
2. Can't outsource H1-B.
3. Initiate to hire Americans.
4. Simple, no TARP money if don't follow these rules.

Very straight forward rules. Basically, just don't consider international students, ignore their applications, put aside their resumes. Sad case.

I'm not sure how these rules came across their minds during this time of the season. Are companies that are hiring, taking advantage of H1-B dudes lately? Or maybe, vice versa? There are many approach to attend recession, and many other actions to be considered too but why la attack international talents?

It makes sense. Malaysia's unemployment rate is approx 3.5%, and I'm seeking a job in a country of 7.6% unemployment rate. TARP's action hopes to recover U.S. current economy, while making an effort to create as many job openings as possibler for locals. How about your citizens looking for jobs in other countries? Has TARP made any effort collecting local talents currently overseas?

It's getting harder to secure a job in the U.S. for people like me now. Like I say, just another bad news.

Craving for a delicious curry laksa filled with big prawns, juicy tou pok, and curry chicken. Craving for something I want, cause I know it's good. But it seems to be very rare over here now. I'm gonna go find it.

Zhng my Blog

2009-02-07T20:56:00.005-06:00

Added a new cool feature: blog list!

It has rss feeds to all my favorite blogs I always read. Still under renovation though. Been checking it regularly with my bloglines.com, hope it syncs with my feeds, so I don't miss out new posts! This will replace the current feature blog links, subsequently bloglines.com. And then No Shit. will be my main source of daily supplement!

Trying out a few google gadget too, but so far most of it does not work here, I wonder why.

I just hope blog list works, and hope it is reliable. Yoiz!

Speed of time

2009-02-02T00:27:00.007-06:00

My weekend =)

Started on Friday, I had classes till 5pm, rehearsal for lion dance Ames tour till 7pm, drove to Des Moines to attend Keny's CNY steamboat party, back at Ames at 2am. Tired and Zzz..

Sat started at 9.30am. Started our Ames tour at 10-ish. Went to East Hyvee, Thai Kitchen, West Hyvee, New China, Jungs, May House, New China again, and Madarin. Ended at about 5.30pm. Then a few of us went to buy food for steamboat at night. 7pm, reached home and managed to take a righteous half an hour nap . Steamboat was gooood laaa.. big fan of steamboat here yo~! Then I brought all fish ball sotong ball tofu in my stomach together gether go dance party haha. Too much dancing I think I burned a lot of calories.

Sunday was all about finalizing my project proposal, prepared my proposal presentation, how to determine datum reference, hanging out in black basement again, McD chicken nuggets, very itchy soar throat.

It's Monday at 1.35am, I felt that my weekend was kinda nice and smooth. Despite the soar throat and lack of sleep, it wasn't as bad as what I expected to be. Perhaps well planned is the word. It's surprising that it's already Monday. Spped of time in Ames is really fast. It's always the case. Well at least, it was well spent.

13 weeks to a new speed of time.

Happy Chinese New Year!

2009-01-25T17:21:00.004-06:00

Gong Hei Fatt Choi!

San Tai Gin Hong!

Long Ma Zhing Xan!

Happy New Year!

Wish everybody happy chinese new year!

Patriotism

2009-01-23T22:47:00.005-06:00

How patriotic are you?

Do you love your country?

You can love your parents and at the same time hate your country.

Are you proud to say that you're a Malaysian?

How much do you know about Malaysia?

I love my parents and I can say that I'm not so patriotic.

I don't mind telling you why, it might save your life.

But do you know the patriotic side of you?

Perhaps, do you know which part of you has the highest patriotism?

I know mine.

I can show you, it might save your life too.

Ong Lai Steam Fish Head

Madam Kuan Nasi Bojari

Coconut Juice!

Ah Yat Siu Mai

Wantan Mee

Siu Yok

Soo Kee Sang Har Mee

Jln Ipoh Loh Mai Gai

Bor Bor Cha Cha

MY STOMACH

is the most patriotic part of me~ =)

2009: Graduation and Career

2009-01-01T12:46:00.008-06:00

Happy New Year 2009 to all my love ones: my family, relatives, brothers, friends and people I know. I wish all of you a healthy, happy and progressive year!

I've been looking forward to this year ever since I understand the word 'career' and how important it is to me. This year is special as I can't see or tell (yet) what am I by the end of the year. Haha I'm not deforming or turning into something else la, but what will I be known as, after being known as a student for 15 years. 15 years omg. I am graduating this coming May!

So the next move will be to start a career somewhere in the U.S.. Looking at the recession condition currently in the U.S., the challenge of getting a good job is hard. I'll of course take the challenge, as it can only make me stronger, regardless of the result. In this case, I'll plan for some solid alternatives too, but I hope I won't need to use it. To all those who are graduating this coming May and are looking forward to start a career, good luck and all the best!

Some resolutions for 2009:

1. Stay happy and healthy

I love to see my love ones happy and healthy, hence I should do the same to myself too. I'll reduce activities, events, conversations or anything that will make me less healthy or less happy. In some cases, happy stuff are unhealthy, vice versa. Those will depend on the reason behind it..

2. Blog more

So that people who care about me from different parts of the world can see what I'm up to.

3. Gain Weight

Although I still don't know how, but I'll try my best for more regular meals and more in between meals. More muscles too.

4. Stay cute

With my new hairstyle.

Good ah~

Happy New Year!

Jobless

2008-12-12T15:04:00.015-06:00

Just had an intense week for me and students here at ISU. Dead week is memang no joke. Slept a lot lesser this week, as compared to the usual me.. I can sleep 10 minutes after dinner until morning.. haha..

Some numbers to blog this time: job cuts.

Sorted by days in this week only, here are some of the latest announcements from several huge companies.

Monday
Dow Chemical: 5000 jobs cut, 20 plants to be closed
Anheuser-Busch InBev: 1400 positions cut
3M: 1800 cuts

Tuesday
Sony + Danaher Corp. + Wyndham Worldwide + Principal Financial Group + National Football League = 14,400 jobs cut

Wednesday
Office Depot: 2200 jobs cut
Rio Tinto: 14,000 jobs cut worldwide
SKF: 2,500 jobs cut worldwide

Thursday
Bacnk of America: 35,000 wow

Friday
CEM: 500 jobs cut (20% of the staff liao)
FCS: 1,100 jobs cut worldwide (12% of the staff liao)

That's a total of 81,500 jobs cut, this week alone.

2 million jobs this year, so far, has been slashed.

I can imagine employers at their cubicle now, working extra hard in hoping to keep their jobs, at the same time searching for an alternative.

I heard that Honda team is retreating from the F1 championship next year. That means driver Jenson Button and Rudens Barrichello lost their jobs too. If every team faces the same situation too, gam F1 mai dong goh sui loorrrr... =(

Indeed, recession has affected and will affect everybody. On my side, I couldn't sell my sister's car. Entertainment is lesser (F1 for example). Less shopping deals. Might need to pay more tax sooon. Jobless.

Recession in the US has gone very deep. Still going deeper. When will it peak?

Is the government currently doing the right move? I don't think so. I hope Chrysler know what are they doing now.

Who is benefiting at this moment?

Where do I stand as a graduating engineer at this situation?

Hehe.. I guess there's nothing I can do for now.. at least for the next 4 weeks, coz I'll be flying back home liaoz! yay

All the best to my friends taking finals next week!

It's work hard time.

Focus!

2008-12-09T02:35:00.004-06:00

This week is the (so call) dead week.

And I can't focus on my studies.

Had four classes today, couldn't concentrate on all four of them. No complete notes today~

I'M TOO VERY EXCITED TO GO BACK HOME!

In less than 10 days, I can meet my family and Sandy girl and my lovely friends oh I'm so looking forward~

I bought Chrismas pressies and souveniers d. Started packing luggage liao.

I really really really need to stay focus on my finals right now.

So difficcult dam!

Urgh~

Mayonnaise Jar and Two Beers

2008-11-13T01:33:00.012-06:00

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar; he shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced the two beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things---your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions---and if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and
your car.

The sand is ever ything else---the small stuff. 'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

'Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first---the things that really matter. Set your priorities.

'The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beers represented. The professor smiled and said, 'I'm glad you asked.'

The beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

Got this form my sister some time ago, too lazy to open it until another friend of mine send this same thing to me today. I read it. Can't wait to share this with everybody.

In life, nothing is more precious than things that really matters - family and friends.

I'm glad. Very glad that I have a happy healthy family, and friends that will die for each other. I deeply appreciate all of them a lot. Love you all.

"If those were taken away, you'll be left with just sand."

Birthday Surprise!

2008-08-09T14:13:00.008-05:00

A quick post here before I'm off to Atlanta for a couple of weeks~

Big big thank you to my good good buddies who drove 3 hours all the way from Ames to Muscatine, just to give me a warn birthday hug on my birthday 3 days ago.

They are:

The OC

Dragon Brother

ZT Nigga

Kudut aka Indian Jones

Celia

My lovely Rachel Gan~

and leng lui Minami zhe zhe

This kind of friends where to find. Thanks again yo!

Weeee~

2008-08-06T05:37:00.003-05:00

Caramel vanilla cheesecake @ Lake MacBride

Thanks for all the wishes everyone!

N special thanks to Minami, Pam, Keng Yee, Keny, Sook Hoon, Rach, and ML, aka Cedar Rapids TGIF gang, for the surprise!!

More pics to come yo~

Internship will be over this Friday. Sunday morning, Atlanta and Miami!

Cheers~

=)

..I'll assignment tomorrow.

2008-07-23T22:04:00.012-05:00

8am
Just woke up.

8.15am
Reached office. Not awake, but too many tasks lie ahead. Immediately started production line to make a bunch of perfect parts. Took dimensions. All were within tolerances which was good. Drove a 4X4, delivered parts for inspection approval.

10am
Received a call. I was told all parts were approved. Cue to prepare for pilot run. Operator were challenge to beat their best time. He cheated with some help from his temporary workers, but it's totally fine. Welded parts in cart, sent to assembly production line. Replied important emails from Webster City, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Kuala Lumpur and home.

11.30am
Meeting prior pilot run. Question: can we make it for the pilot run? Issues concerned were discussed. Solved. We can make it.

12pm
Drove my fierce ah-ma to a repair shop nearby. My air con was dead. So I told the mechanics the problem while he sat on the driver seats, fondling fierce ah-ma's tits. Then he opened the hood. Inspected and touched a lil here and there. I'm pretty sure he's lost. He told me: "I'm guessing it's the wiring circuit connection. You might wanna try Ree's. They're pretty good when it comes to electronics. Sorry." Fierce ah-ma said: "bbq." I thanked him before I took back my keys. Started the engine. The air con came alive!! Grr.. I own a very guai lan car. When she knows I'm sending her for detention, she'll behave.

1pm
Told my bossy I will behave.

2pm
Pilot Run. An important event where all engineers, product designers and whoever involved in making the new product gather around the production line to witness the making of the 1st batch of product. Basically, if the pilot run went well, product will be launched, mass produced and orders will be taken. Many issues were brought up, but the matters were minor. I'm glad to be there. Engineers were very happy. Everything went well. I see accomplishments. I hear cheers of celebration. It's like watching a kid you've taught for years graduated. It's a very good feeling. I think I like my job a lot.

5.30pm
Gym alone as usual. Underage overweight cheer leaders next doors cr8ting earthquakes as usual.

6.30pm
Cooked dinner.

9.00pm
Life sucks at this time when you enrolled in online courses. Hates it. Sociology quizzes, 8 more to go due next Friday. Accounting assignments, discussions, internet reports, power point presentation and exams.

Fuck it. Today I chose blogging. =)

Assignments...

Want me, Want Me

2008-07-16T22:19:00.011-05:00

We touch hands like a virgin
But don’t forget to bring a Trojan
I am oochie, la la poppin’coochie
Don’t turn me down baby, want me, baby

Ah, ah, I can do you
Yeah, yeah, you can do me

Anything you want me to do
I can do you, I can do you
When its done, untill its done
take the other side
If you’re done with the front
I may give ya something else
Baby, let me taste it, taste it

We don’t need words for this conversaion
Up & down, in & out
bounce with me like this

Why don’t we try
go nice & slow
1 2 3 4 take a breath, look at my eyes
slow down untill I get used to this excitement

No body can do you, do you like me
No body can do me, do me like you

I was updating my Super Hip Hop playlist a lil this evening, in which I realized there's only 1 non-english song, and that happens to be ham ka ling by LMF.. Super Hip Hop?

So I added several japanese hip hops, most of them were my favorite japanese pop star Namie Amuro. One of them, "Want Me, Want Me".

It was my competition song! I was still a cute cute boy 3 years ago when I dance to this track repeatedly and repeatedly for N times in a single practice..

Omg n den I found the lyrics.. yeng zan omgwtfmpkbbq.

My crew was 5 hot girls 1 tall boy. Really very hot hot.. can dance can shake can jump sometimes scream somemore! AAaaahhh how I wish I understood what the song was about at that time.. lol It'll be difficult to dance den..

5 hot girls 1 tall boy crew

la la la la..
Don't forget to bring a Trojan..

I miss dancing!

Spring time @ Reiman Gardens

2008-07-01T23:40:00.005-05:00

So about 2.5 years ago, when my mom and dad visited Iowa State University, they came back and told me about Reiman Gardens. Though they did not pay the $7 admission to enter, they can tell that it's dam cun.

~This is Reiman Gardens~

Minami & U- Xin

My parents had a quick tour around Ames with my sis at that time. They stopped at the Hiton Coliseum, which was next to the Reiman Gardens.

They're amazed with the size and the clealiness of the campus, and then there's a protected garden which you have to pay to enter. Good it must be.

The mini ISU Marston Water Tower

Rachel!

The garden is nice la, but $7 is still a bit exp to tour the garden. But for ISU students, admission is free. Hence very dai d.

The place is clean, fresh and romantic too. The flowers are awesome omg! Especially the Tulips *slurps* they were all in purple color! Aaah I think I kinda like purple...

Some pics of my leng lui zhe zhe and us posing~

Yeng anot.

Very leng Rachel~

Purple Tulips.

Rachel and purple Tulips.

Siti hand stand with Tulips

And here's some SmashpOp style. That dude take good pics can. But hor, some times hor, i cannot tahan, the way he adds poor english caption on his pictures that looks Dam Nice. Haihz.

Go check out his BLOG. He just added a new theme to his blog, and he calls himself hemsem hero.

Anyway, back to some pOp style in Reiman Gardens.

Tulip Jump!

Cheang Jump!

Tulip Lean~

Lol U Xin practising his leaning skills.

Tulip lean 2~

I bet if hemsem hero ever reads this, he'll feel jealous and wonder how come we can lean so geng.

Lastly, some emo session.

U Xin and Siti so emo.

Overall I like it a lot. Great place with beautiful flowers, and it's free. Definitely will come back next spring just to see those purple Tulips.

10. I miss her a lot.

2008-06-24T19:05:00.005-05:00

1. I'm ill. Fever with medium soar throat & flu.

2. Here, there is no restaurant that serves healthy food. The least unhealthy that I can think of is Subway. Subway's processed meat and fresh bacon are at least better than butter bugger.

3. Internet connection is relatively slow this week. This makes me sad.

4. Work is very fulfilling. Waking up early still sucks. I hate the freezing a/c in my office.

5. My laptop no longer bugs me to give her some space. I brought her a male friend. He takes all her shit, and still have 100 gb to spare.

6. I am using firefox 3 and I think you should do the same too. Click me now.

7. SmashpOp calls me bro. SmashpOp is freaky.

8. Chedet.com was locked by the administration of bloggers.com few days ago!? bbq. No wonder RSS feed did not show any updates from the blog. I love chedet.com and I will manually view the blog everyday.

9. I shall sleep now and pray to get well when I wake up.

Interesting Iowa

2008-06-12T00:34:00.022-05:00

Besides the weather, mm..

Flash flood @ Cedar Falls

Since the massive flood occurred about 2 weeks ago in Ames, the weather here has gone mad.

Heavy rain. Strong wind. Thunder storm. Tornadoes. Flash flood. Flying cows.

All of that can happen at the same time within a state.

Like today.

Western Iowa just had a tornado touchdown 2 hours ago. 4 death and 40 injuries. 3400 acres of properties destroyed. Several cows in the air. Cars too. Everybody was terrified.

Almost all major cities are flooded now. Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Ames, Boone, Ottumwa, Washburn, Waverly, etc.

Sandbags just in case @ Scheman building, Ames.

Evacuation in Cedar Falls/Cedar Rapids neighborhoods.

More than 20 highways are going to shut. Too many roads are already closed.

Millions of sandbags. Thousands of volunteers. And that's just Cedar Falls.

"We've saved this city, but we're still at a crucial point." Staudt, a volunteer from Cedar Falls said to the press.

Leaving many homeless tonight, and stress for those involved. And some maybe even not-aware, playing mahjong at home.

And that's all for today.

This weekend is going to be the geng chau 1. The midwest is expecting a historic flood in a few days time. Something like what happened to Iowa in 1993, a devastating flood.

Interesting isn't it.

I'm thinking about my plans tomorrow.

Meeting my sister and friends @ Iowa City for Korean dinner. Kanye West concert @ Moline, Illinois after that.

Or maybe I should just stay home.

And watch couples feeding each other.

Lol I rather ride a sampan to Iowa City ~

Hello from Muscatine!

2008-05-26T23:00:00.011-05:00

It's somewhere in Iowa.

Just moved in yesterday afternoon to this 4 single room apartment. The room structure is very much like the ones in frederiksen court. 2 bathrooms, 4 sinks. Spacious kitchen, which is very very goooood.

Internship starts tomorrow morning, and I have to perform a drug test with other interns before meeting the HRs. So no no to marijuana tonight.. lol.

I wonder how this internship is gonna be. The previous 1 I had was a good 1 I would say. Good as in no long sleeves and tie, no worries about my hair, long lunch hours, flexible time, bla bla bla.. The best thing is that, there's no pressure at all. They're already amazed with my 10%. Haha, not trying to lansi here la, but what I'm trying to say is that the company expects not much from you. Behave then can d.

How do I feel now leh. Excited not. Nervous not. Prepared, er.. maybe. I'm sick of doing all the prior-start-work preparation. From interviewing, emailing, traveling, to CPT application , housing, drug test and so on and so on. It's long and draggy and I don't like it anymore. Instead of doing all this within 2 months, I rather settle all of that in 1 day. Just give me the god dam project scope. Oh, I hope to have high speed internet and a good mechanical pencil tomorrow. The previous company did not have high speed internet or a good mechanical pencil. ARGH I'm so lazy.

It's like I'm ready to work, but not for waking up at 8am.

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Thank you Zi Ting, Lum lum, Kudut, Tew and Windie for stopping by Muscatine today !

Kudut: "I bet you tall people can't do this."

I brought them to the riverside park and berlepakan for a while before they head back to Ames. All of them looked so much darker and exhausted after the Midwest games. Then we went to my apartment for water and toilet break.
Again thanks for dropping by yo~

Srping: Reiman Gardens (Preview)

2008-05-25T02:06:00.005-05:00

Minami Pok Kai @ Reiman Gardens

Minami: Aaaaiiiiyyyaaaakkkk ~

Hehehe..

Char Siew

2008-05-25T02:01:00.005-05:00

Kai Yan Thumbs up ~

Thanks to mami's secret recipe, everybody loved my char siew ~

Catch Up

2008-05-24T00:44:00.009-05:00

Yes la.. finally found something good to do for the break.

Much better as compared to the usual yam cha sessions or spending half the day preparing dinner.

I realized the songness of catching up in Panera bread on Tuesday.

Thanks to their Wi-fi, I was able to check the nutrition facts of the Italian Combo sandwich I had for lunch. It was 1040 calories, and it contains 125% of my daily value for Sodium. Not like something I care months ago huh..

Also, I added 20 friends in facebook! They are all my standard 6 class mates in Kuen Cheng 2.

Very the happy lor. Most of them still do gatherings once in a while, almost all of them are active in facebook! *Thums up Nhat style*

It's a mixed feeling. Most of the times I'm excited. But discoveries isn't always as appealing. Sometimes, it's better not to know. Now that I've discovered it, why do I still ponder the reliability of the source? Or perhaps, why should I even care? I should be happy. Maybe it was shocking but still, I should be happy.

=)

What I've done

2008-05-06T02:03:00.033-05:00

This is a what-have-siti-been-up-to post after a month plus of sat zhong.

Siti just got done with 2 final papers, 1 more to go this Thursday. Then a 15 weeks long holiday!

Very very very enlighten+happy knowing that this semester is ending.

=)

Hou shui do go cha. Here's what I've been up to since the day I got fooled by Minami.

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Fierce Ah-ma

This is fierce ah-ma.

I use to call my gf fierce ah-ma for a short while. Haha.. ya la she very fierce at times 1. Well after I drove this thingy, i realized my gf isn't that fierce after all~

Not bad huh. Everything seems terrific for a 2nd hand vehicle. The CD player. Speakers. Heads up display. Tires. Leather seats.
Very very happppi~

The V8 Pontiac Grand Prix GT.

Zi ting having fun with Fierce Ah-ma under the bright sun.

My 1st ever car I chose and purchased myself. Took me more than a month car hunting (me), she found me. Will take more pics and blog more about fierce ah-ma.. =)

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DubH Spring 2008: Dance or Die

DubH is the only Hip Hop club @ ISU. It's huge. 300 dancers will perform towards the end of every semester, showing off what their choreographers have. I'm involved for the 3rd sem alr. Not bad lor.. really can see tremendous improvement in some dancers who really dance their ass off. There's this fei zhai call JP. TheO.C. also agreed his moves sucks 3 sems ago. But wth, he has dance practices 7 days a week i heard? Last week we saw him again. "MCB, that guy rmb? he's good wei!", theO.C. commented while watching the dance he choreographed. He's now 1 of the best. Siti wish he had more time for this.

Siti wearing white cap on the left.

RAH! Oh that's Jun Yi on the left.

Jung's crew.

Grant the dai zhek lou.

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Grad Night Spring 2008

I'm gonna do this again. But it's hilarious this time!

Check out Minami's entry entitled "ISU Grad Night"

Here's some pictures I like a lot.

I heard her lame jokes are spreading and contaminating Drake. Keny on the other hand still figuring what was the short joke again? Lol.

The 6326 classic.

The committee. Great job organizing guys.

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Bacon VS Furniture

Very lucky, I got 2 offers for an intern position this coming summer. Dilemma, Siti had a hard time choosing which company to work for. Both as potential, both as attractive.

Simple, let's put it this way:

Bacon manufacturing line VS Furniture design headquarters

Very High pay VS Average pay

Look for you own apartment VS Housing included

Kampung VS Kampung

1.5 hours from Ames VS 2.5 hours from Ames

Six Sigma VS Value Stream Map+Rapid Continuous Improvement

How to choose?

So I went to seek valuable advices from my super advisor.

She put it this way,

Pig become pork facility VS Nice cubicle, comfort seat

Not everybody's cup of tea VS That's why the pay is not as high

Indeed, valuable advices.

So I chose to work @ HNI. The 2nd largest office furniture manufacturer in the US.

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Good breakfast

Do you breakfast every day? I don't. But somehow I did lately. And I enjoyed it. At least a small bowl of cereal, or a breakfast bar. It makes your stomach very comfortable. In the class, while you work.

Egg on swiss cheese on ham on bread. Took me less than 5 minutes to prepare.

My stomach was satisfied. x)

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Back to study

BBMB - Biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology

aka

Bullshit bullshit more bullshit.

All the best in finals ISU dudes. Cheers =)

2008-04-01T00:28:00.002-05:00

I still can't believe this..

Go see my sister's blog..

2008-03-31T12:29:00.004-05:00

Gan: "Asians are brilliant people."

Siti: "Ya meh?"

Gan: "Ya.. I'm asian, and I'm a brilliant people."

Siti: "Person."

Gan: "..."

Gan: "*&^#*&$*&^#*"

*kekeke.. haha..

The ultimate

2008-03-22T22:42:00.019-05:00

"I'm gonna get you." said the road.

"Oh. I'm scared. So scared." said the car.

And the road got angry.

"Come on, I can take you." said the road.

But the car kept coming, too cool to even reply.

So the road said. "Well, wait till you get a load of me."

But the car just said, "Is that all you got?"

and showed the road some of his own sweet moves.

Of course the road huffed and puffed some more.

But the car didn't care because he knew

it had its magic.

Any challenger?

said the BMW M5.

Such boast that toy has for the road.

But If you're a fan of the BMW M series models, you wouldn't feel surprise for such exaggeration.

As the machine has what it takes, to speak loud.

With a 5 liters V10 engine and the advanced 7-speed SMG-III computerized clutch gearbox, the BMW M5 produces 400 brake horse power. 0-60 miles in just 4.8 seconds.

Apart from the typical specifications, the M5 has some of its own unique features. Just the gear box itself, you get to choose how ferocious the gear changes to be. 15 different settings for that itself.

The most interesting feature however, is the M button.

With the M button pushed.

The car produces 510 brake horse power instead of 400. Head up display. The gearbox automatically switches to the M default setting. So does the suspension. So does the seat belt. So does the engine.

The engine ROOOOAAARS!

Magnificent.

Engineers call it, the ultimate engineering.

Competitors call it, the ultimate competition.

The road, "You win."

They call it, the ultimate driving machine.

"Doesn't matter what you've ever driven. This is quicker, it's faster, it's more astonishing"
-Jeremy Clarkson-

But what I like most is how they advertise it. The way it's exaggerated. The way they make the road looks so scared, you tend to laugh at the road. The way they make fast cars looks slow, as in high-end expensive fast cars, like a Ferrari 430.

The M5 has what it takes.

Do you have what it takes?

2008-03-20T14:15:00.029-05:00

Mmm, mm.... Breakfast finish d looo.

Took me a month to finish it lol..

Suddenly got mood to blog 1.. I shall update my fan si with lots lots of pic pic.

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Wilson & Seth

Start with Wilson and Seth punya birthday party drinking session @ Kim Meng's place. Thank you Kim Ming for making me chicken rice, for taking care of everybody, and for sacrificing his bed. Thanks to Ing Tai too, for contaminating Kim Ming's bed with his half digested chicken rice plus tequila. This cousin of mine set me up and told his friends about his mission of the night, which is to make me drunk. Well, what Siti can say is that, it looks easy. =)

lei dou yau gam yat laa.. biew sai lou.. hahaha.

Wilson the birthday boy and Minami.

San choi so good.

Very nice fella. Wilson made 2 birthday wishes. He wants to create a computer game of his own and to have a concert.

Birthday boy Seth in white polo, cousin Ing Tai in green.

Statue of Beer Bong Liberty.

Leng chai Seng Zhau.

Erm.

Why la Ing Tai.

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Clubbing @ Summit
Date: 15 March 2008
Location: Summit, Iowa City

L-R : Minami, Oli, Yu, Celia, Zi, Rachel, Hot chick, Kudut, Emmy

The boys

The girls

I miss clubbing already !

Siti Breakfast

2008-02-19T10:02:00.006-06:00

Siti's typical breakfast consists of a double mata kerbau with left overs + Siti laptop.

Got minced pork, choi sam, chicken slices and rice.

Nice leh..

2008 Annual Election

2008-02-18T00:14:00.017-06:00

Steven Lim's videos outdated d. Now heng election. Malaysia having election on March 8th mah, so we also cannot zhap shu 1..

I bring you Siti's Saturday:

10am - 2pm: Work at Cy's and Fries - Flip burgers, berlepak around the MU.
2pm - 4.30pm: AMSISU's annual election

AMSISU's best (looking) committee ever in history

Sad to say this, but that was actually our first & last committee picture. From left, Mandy the hot secretary, Oliver the skinny-looking president, Me the vice, and Alex the handsome treasurer. I already miss Mandy and Alex looo, only during meetings and some events can see their faces. Now that there's no more meetings, I wonder when will I get to see them again.. =(

AMSISU new committee!

The new zha feet yan is Sky. Assisting him will be P=IV. And for random reason, the Malaysians elected a nigga secretary, and a 龍哥 treasurer. Interesting anot.

Previous and current committee

5pm: went home, read blogs and read about Hindraf protest. Ate. Bathed. Slept.
7pm: Steamboat @ Ron's place!

Guang Hwa Lion Dance crew @ Ron's place

Siti so happy get to eat steamboat! Thanks to the club for sponsoring it, Ivie and Ron for hosting it.

The election took place after dinner lor. Sien lor. The outcome also expected 1.

The new Guang Hwa Lion Dance Committee

So Siti as the skinny captain, Oli as the vice captain, and Yu as the percussion leader.

Sigh, this pic looks dam kek. Maybe still not use to it. Too normal d. With those caption some more. Next time I think we need to like hold a glass of shot each. Beer cans also can. Aaahh.. then only look like us maaa.

Kudut: "Percussion leader do what ah?"
Nigga: "Teach drum and Chang Chang la I suppose."
Kudut: "Oh! So now Yu is now the Chang Chang leader."
Siti: "lol."

Courtesy of OC's pictures in this entry. Gamsia gamsia.

Random Shit

2008-02-13T18:35:00.006-06:00

To all Linkin Park fans studying Statics now.

To all couples studying Statics now.

To those who are still sick, very sleepy, just done with few assignments and wants to go to sleep, YET got Statics to study.

I feel it.

So go watch Steven Lim talks about his Edison Chen.

Haha.

I kinda like this guy.

1st illegal post

2008-02-11T23:35:00.003-06:00

Sigh.. Feel like doing something illegal before i sleep.
Entry will be removed within 7 days too! lol

Just for some randomness, and fun,

here's something interesting.

ST --- says:
naughty naughty
Chris says:
changed my nick d
Chris says:
video will be removed in a week
Chris says:
hope you're happy =)
ST--- says:
-_-"
ST --- says:
hopefully i will b
Chris says:
video removed still not happy?
ST--- says:
remove now lah.....pls~
Chris says:
eh
Chris says:
btw, how u know the video is uploaded ah?
ST--- says:
.....i m shen tong guang da
Chris says:
Lol
Chris says:
TT must have told u
ST--- says:
not him
Chris says:
Lol den?
ST--- says:
coz i go yotube key in "TT" and then i found out accidentally by myself
Chris says:
Wah.. how come suddenly will go search for TT 1.
ST--- says:
crush on him mah
Chris says:
hahaha
Chris says:
i dont believe u la
Chris says:
when i type TT the video didn't come out also
ST--- says:
me too
ST--- says:
so i type "TT's"
Chris says:
wah...
Chris says:
so geng 1 u, suddenly will go youtube and type TT's
Chris says:
Anyways, i will keep my words to respect u k
Chris says:
i stop promoting it too
ST--- says:
mm....ok loh... :~
Chris says:
yan zhi yi zhoon d laa
ST--- says:
huh?were u using han yu pin yin?
Chris says:
er..yup

I couldn't continue the conversation with the fella. She's just too dam sporting. And honest.
(Ooops.. gender spilled)

Come on, even TT is ok with it. Well, I believe it's not just me, but every guy in that party, were impressed by TT. Not by his results this time, but his sportingness! He's the man of the man man.

Yup, I agreed on taking the video down. So watch it while you still can.

Dam, why do i feel so good posting illegal chat log with someone else.

Sick d..

2008-02-11T13:44:00.000-06:00

Slept for 17 hours from Saturday 3pm-Sunday 8am

Slept for another 15 hours from Sunday 7pm- Monday 11am

16 biji panadols. Half bottle of hydrogen peroxide. 8 packs of Ho Yan Ho tea.

Still feels the ache on my throat. Gradually getting better.

Yes headache. Yes body pain.

Fever gone. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Feels very much better when there's no fever.

so wai "yau si gan sei, mou si gan bang"
(got time to die, no time to sick)

Top 10 to-do list for this week:
1. IE541 homework
2. IE361 Lab
3. IE361 Project Proposal
4. IE 348 Lab report
5. EM 274 homework
6. ENGL 250 post comments
7. Linkin Park Concert on Wednesday
8. EM 274 Night exam
9. Malaysian Association Election on Sat
10. Lion Dance Election on Sat

Sounds fun wei.. hahhaha.. i likey.

I dont care, tomorrow all sickness will go away.

In the mean time, everyone must watch this. It's TT's first kiss during the Chinese New Year party on Saturday.

More pictures to be posted soon yo~