Awesome

Busy playing this game on my PSP. Haha re-discovering my love for RPG games again. And Final Fantasy of course. If only the PSP's version of Metal Gear was this good.

Lost. Tired. Just generally don't know what to do. The gf is back in Teluk Intan for 2 days. Just suddenly having the weird empty feeling that hasn't struck me for a long time. Ah bother. There's PBL to do. There is a week of Endocrine notes to read up. Not in the mood. Sad.

Ahh it is a terribly emo night. And tomorrow morning at 7.30am got basketball training. Maybe I should just get an early sleep. Wake up feeling better hopefully. Haih.

It is funny how we never treasure the things we got till they are gone. I know it is a very cliched saying, but it is true. Again and again it will happen.

The next wave

Guess we will have to wait another 4 years for our first Olympic gold medal. Was I disappointed? I have to say I really was, but not because he lost, but the manner that he did so. He really did look like an amateur, weighed down by all the media and the pressure on his shoulders to be the country's first Olympic gold medal winner. 12-21, 8-21. In a finals. That is unheard of until now. Poor Chong Wei. He is not to be blamed I feel. He just couldn't handle the pressure and the crazy China crowd. Where were our supporters?? The ones who keep blaming the athletes for not winning?? Such a pity. All talk no action as usual.

Ah well, maybe better luck next time eh? Congrats to Chong Wei anyway for winning the silver! It is in itself a very great achievement.

Oh and I captained my batch football team to a 5-1 win over Pharm A in the IMU Cup match just now this afternoon. Scored a cracker of a goal from way out - halfway between the halfway line and the goal. Haha! =D Hope we will win tomorrow as well for basketball!! Come on M107, it is our time!!

After watching this movie last night with the gf, I totally recommend this show to everyone. I don't want to be a spoiler so I'll just say that the plot and the overall script was very good, very entertaining and scarily might come true in the near future. In fact some of us are already like that now.

And the main thing on my must buy list is this:
Ahh comic books from Marvel are just awesome. This is the latest crossover production, The Civil War. Costs RM85 for that one book. Thought over it last night after seeing it in the Comic Mart shop in MidValley, and decided to get it soon. How I miss just spending all the lazy afternoons like in primary and secondary school times reading comic and comic. Quite simply put, Marvel rocks.

Sleepy

The EPL kicks off again this weekend. Man Utd's season opener is against the porous defense of Newcastle, though this time around they have Fabricio Coloccini. Rooney is fit to start. Ronaldo is out.

On the local front, Lee Chong Wei is in the finals of the Olympics badminton! Opponent is who else but Lin Dan. Hope we can secure our first ever Olympic Gold heh. We do have a good chance actually, it all depends whether Chong Wei can hold his nerve and make less mistakes.

I want to go out. MidValley. Pavillion. Sunway Pyramid. Anywhere. Just go out and chill and walk around, maybe stay at Starbucks in Borders and read, or watch Wall-E if there are tickets. Instead of everyday training and training and running and training and at the end of the day just crazy tired and KO-ed.

And also maybe mum and sis are coming over this Sunday night until the 21st. Hmmm.

Tired tired tired.

Those are the only words that I can think now.

T'ganu!!

The weekend at the Ma'Daerah Turtle Sanctuary was awesome. Splendid. Not only was it a great time off - it was my real clear holiday without having to worry about the resits or the results. The bus journey was uneventful, and took 6hours, not 8 like what Geowin told me. -_- The place was nice and quaint and quiet, a nice getaway I thought, plus it is so near the sea!

So cutting straight to the chase, the most exciting part was the night patrol duty, which since the gf and I were in the 1st group, took place between 8pm and 2am, though the 1st night we stayed up till 4am. The patrol rangers said that we were very lucky on the 1st night - the night of the 08/08/08 - 8 turtles came out and laid eggs. Wow talk about coincidence. Olympic turtles I'll say. Anyway we couldn't use flash photography but I managed to take a video of one of the turtles laying the eggs. Can't upload it though. Hmm.

But I got pics of the baby turtles that just hatched out from their eggs and they just climbed out of the sand in the hatchery! (yea the babies do have to climb out of the sand from 60cm below all by themselves) We also got to release them to the sea, which really was quite a brilliant sight seeing all the tiny things racing for the sea in a state of energized frenzy.

The hatchery

Baby turtles!

The second night patrol started quite late though as less turtles came up. So we were quite bored and started reading novels and Reader's Digest. There was a group of about 20-30 people from Intel Penang also spending the weekend with us - I though they were a pretty weird group.

The boring 2nd night - so far

Then we got the call that there were 4 turtles coming up. And this one below was the most stubborn and aggressive turtle of the lot. Sitting in darkness and silence for up to 2hours waiting for them to dig the resting hole and egg chamber is just about bareable, but this female decided to change her mind about the hole she dug 3 times! Imagine just sitting there waiting, then when you thought she was ready and we can go nearer and watch (cuz once they start laying eggs hey wouldn't stop no matter what or who) she decides to dig another hole for another 30-40mins.

To make things more frustrating, she only laid 20 eggs. Normal amount 100. But then the rangers noticed that this turtle was different from the other types. It was still under the 'Agar' species, but this one had a longer shell and totally different markings on the shell. Did I mentioned that she was super aggressive?

Was allowed to use flash this time for 'research'

Last day our bus was at 10.30am. Took a few more photos before leaving. Sweet.


And oh, happy 11 months baby. =)

Space Oddity

Resit results out tomorrow 10am. Bus to Terengganu leaves at 11am from Hentian Putra. Yes it is a really tight schedule but it is the latest bus they have in the morning. So I went to IMU just now and asked if I could collect my results earlier - say today - as I'm afraid I might miss the bus. The woman in the AAD who answered my call said, "You can't change your bus ticket, we can't change our policy."

I mean, come on.

They don't even allow me to collect it earlier tomorrow morning. Guess 10am it is. Man this anxiety and nervousness can't be good for my health. ARGH!!

Passion!

Last night was just the greatest night. Ever. Went for the Passion World Tour concert which was held at Sunway Convention Center. A lot of IMU people were there, and there was also many from my church ECF. Geo, Brian and I got there at 3.30pm, which was quite early, and we queued and queued until 6pm before they let us into the air-conditioned hall.

The wait outside

The main screen above the stage

Luckily we all got great seats - right in the middle though it was the last row. Then it began. The slide shows were awesome, and the lighting was dazzling. Then Chris Tomlin got the show on the road. Wow. I listen to his songs and know some of them by heart, but I've never seen him before, so Geo and I thought he was some cowboy singer. Haha!

Throughout the performances, Pastor Louie Giglio gave short yet brilliant and awesome sermons. The message was good, and at the same time kept us all entertained. Heh an entertaining sermon. =p

Anyway Chris Tomlin wasn't he only performer. There was this other rocker dude Charlie Hall. Very cool.
Haha Trisha aren't you jealous? =D Plus I bought the cool T-shirt they were selling. It is very nice but it cost RM60. -__- Ah well, guess it'll help the next stop in Jakarta.