Before my blood is spilled

Before my blood is spilled,not too long ago, I ran a search on www.yahoo.com on my quotes just to pass time as usual.You know,seeing your site at the top of the search result,makes you feel .....good.Oh mine,had a pleasant surprise when someone actually quoted me in her blog.I know it is only one but that can't stop me from feeling so good.*Getting a boost of confidence of my intelligence before the hematology exam in 12 hours time* "Sometimes,ironically, the saddest moment in life is when there's no one to share your happiest moment of your life." -Xiao- "The ship that can help you traverse the greatest distance, brave the biggest storm,ride the most violent wave and yet you survive,wet but unscathed is not a ship but friendship" -Xiao- Okay.Time to clear a few more notes and retire for the night.Adios from the founder of the newly founded Federal Union Centre of Knowledge of The Underground Bloggers. F.U.C.K.T.U.B Cheers:)

IMU Cup 2004 Update:Basketball

Yesterday,we just concluded our group stage for basketball with a hard-fought 55-34 over the new boys of M2/04.We fought it out on the tar,in the rain,for a win,to qualify for semi-finals.We faced a problem in our starting lineup as one of our starter was absent because he's not feeling well.A slight tweak with the starting line up caused us to lose the cohesiveness that we used to choreograph in the first few opening minutes. The new boys take the lead initially with a 13-7 scoreline.Sensing a mistake in the strategy we employed,our team captain did another tweak with the line-up.The result?we level the score at 15-15 and never look back since,concluding the game with 55-34 scoreline to us. Somewhere along the game, Xiao_zhai : @#$%@* WHERE IS THE DEFENSE?REMEMBER WHAT I SAID? *pulling a fist at my teammates and shouting at the top of my voice. Someone in the crowd: Take it easy on your teammates,Xiao.Did you check out the scoreline? Okay,I didn't.But I think we got quite a comfortable lead then.But the game is never won until the game has been won.Can't let complacency sink in and take the victory away. Another friend even commented "Xiao,you are darn fierce. lar"I looked back at her and smiled,putting my most innocent face,expressing surprise and answering " Really?"Maybe got a bit too emotional during the game. End of day,what I got: 5 missed shots 0 points 2 missed free throws 4 steals Lost my voice Half of hematology notes to go Gotta study for hemato already.Sayonara.

"Holds the Fort,Xiao"

Yesterday the was chess competition for IMU Cup with the international chess and chinese chess being played simultaneously.Thus,though one is good in both events,he or she can't take part in both.I for one,took part in the international chess.I looked at both the international and chinese chess team of my batch.None of them that I don't know.I,for one and most of us,I believe,think that chess is played by those nerdy-looking anti-social katak di bawah tempurung who only come out in the sun just to get the vitamin D metabolism in his or her body going.I was wrong,very darn wrong.We have our batch's footballer,badminton,basketball players,swimmer who can run and jump with athletic agility.Okay,this may not include me. Anyway,back to the chess competition.Maybe I should let everyone know, 3 of the 4 members of our chess(international) team didn't know that the competition was held yesterday,of course before we frantically trying to reach each other to tell each other that the competition was going to be held in one hour time.kJ flew in with his while Ash,Grace and me reached on bare foot. The competition format is what we call round robin.6 teams divided into 2 groups where the top 2 from each group proceed. First Match vs Pharmacy.We went into the battefield with all guns blazing.All four boards won.4-0 to M203.I pawned the first guy kau kau Second Match vs M204.Come up with the junior that was in my orientation group.Tough matchup.Draw 2-2.Our star striker KenJ score one and Ash managed another from the jaw of defeat.I was defeated together with Grace with grace. We qualified for semifinals.An enormous achievement since "I have no professional training or whatsoever".Love this line made famous by Willie or AI.Thought M204 was tough,now we got an ever tougher matchup.Going up against 2 very strong(national?)player.We are a team of 4 so we are almost guaranteed to lose 2 boards.I stress,almost but not sure. 3rd Match vs M104.I was in the first board.Their first board is their strongest player while I am probably the weakest player among the 3 males in our team.kenJ can't beat that guy,kenJ said.So it is up to me to upset the odds.Going for a draw with my opponent will upset the balance considerably,favouring us,of course.This is something I learned in the Sun Tzu's Art of War."Spread your strength evenly.Pit your weakest against their strongest army.You may lose a battle but won the others and thus the war." I was using white.FYI,white starts first in chess and thus has the initiative to attack while black is normally a defensive play.White is not my best choice.My stronger play will be with black.He(my national level opponent?)started with a very unorthodox opening.Something that I have seen before but I couldn't quite recall.Must have been some very powerful opening that people used.I have seen that before.I sweat at the thought of it because I believe that it is one of opening the state level chess players that I have play against during my secondary, have used before against me.I lost then,needless to say.A bad sense of deja vu Anyway,I played defensively making sure not to commit any mistake.Against him,I think one mistake will be the last I make.My strategy is to gain material upperhand,and offering a draw.By midgame,I was still on par with him.Our loss are even- a bishop,a knight and a pawn.I think I have tested his patience with my cautious play.Then it happened.Blitzkrieg.He probed and probed my defense until he found a leak.In order to save my king and my day,I have to sacrifice a knight.With the material upperhand he got on me,and the skills and experience that I don't possess,his army was all over my board in the next few moves.I tried and tried yet his army keep coming.Losses getting heavier on each side though I am still the one with more losses than him.It will not be long before my defense crumble. The wall I put up cracks and falls and his queen wielded,in her delicate fingers, the artistically carved knife against my king's throat.Checkmate.I was the last man standing on that table.For once,I made full use of the time I have. The final score was 2-2 again with our trump cards Ash and kenJ scoring the vital points.Sadly and unfortunately, we lost based on the past points accumulated in the group stage.It is equivalent to Malaysia bowing out to Brazil in soccer through penalty shootout after the full time score levels at 2-2. Why do I feel like I was the victor of the day although I have lost?I guess I have done what I could and take the fight to them.This time,I was the underdog.

Life is a game

Life is a game.Of course a game that you cannot save and try to load later.What's past is past.A shot missed will never go in.A pass missed will never be recovered.A second passed will not return.What set the victors and vanquished apart? We are no professional or even semi-professional yet we train,we sweat,we bleed,we bruise and we grit in pain for all we did,in hope of vanquishing the opponent and leaving the court a victor.Thus,skill and ability-wise,the dividing line is blur.What have they got and we not?It is the heart,the determination to go for every ball as if it is your life depends on it.It is the passion,the love for the game.No,it is not the beautiful game that most people in the world play.It is a theoritically non-contact ball game played in rectangular court with two small hoop on opposite ends as the targets.However,with ten persons moving with speed and superb agility within a confine space,contacts is inevitable.It is the game one call it basketball. Over two halves of twenty minutes each,on a tarred court as the chosen battlefield,two teams, comprising of 5 players and 7 benchers slugging it out to outwit,outrun and outscore each other.The heart is not there,one say.That guy is too good,say another.Nevertheless,we felt threatened for the odd was not against us.When they managed to take the fight to us and fight us tooth for tooth,we feel......defeated.When one is defeated at the heart,that's one real defeat.How many times have I been outscored by the other team and yet not defeated?But this is one real defeat,a loss that is hard to take.Hopefully a loss that will be a lesson for the future. Life is a game with no rules but one rule that rules - never ever give up. I love this game.

"Stressometry"

Done a test at http://www.sanriotown.com/psycho/psycho6/psycho6_us.htm Analysis:

"You are a cheerful person and likely never worry about stress.Even when you encounter any problem,you will not pay attention.Though,it is not the whole truth.Maybe you just simply put stress aside. You might be exposed to stress one day.When that occurs,gardening will be the best way to keep a balance stress level."

What?!!!Gardening??Hmm....speaking of which,the durian seed I threw in my home compound has started to bear fruits this year.The only thing I ever did is throwing the seed after I finish the flesh almost a decade ago.I guess that can be considered gardening.....Hemato,IMU cup,crapping,shitting,eating,sleeping.Darn.....need better time management.

Malaysia In Recent Days

What I do when not studying, Besides some shitting and some crapping, I did try to do some analysing, On Malaysia's recent happenings. Come have a look at some garmen's policy, "All out war against piracy" Yet we still Ah Bengs selling VCD, Now advanced already to DVD. When things go wrong,we form committees, Always say,"We will launch an inquiry" "Need inputs from all parties" That's it,folks,end of one story. Our sports fail to shine,say we need more measure, "We have to promote sports,not just for leisure" Athletes fail,we then say it is good exposure World standard,how can we be sure? Question same is not worrying, "Besides, this is not copying" I thought originality we are lobbying, Maybe one can call it "coincidental printing." Smoking is good,says one MP, "My friend don't smoke and he dies early." "Compared to strolling,smoking is more healthy." Looks like someone doesn't know his health's ABC. "Sorry,docs,we have no money" Yey they still drive their big big Mercedes, "Sorry,that car's not mine,belong to my honey." I sometimes do find them very funny. Graft is bad,we abhor nepotism, Yet those Benzs are driven with such enthusiasm, Can even go overseas to cure rheumatism, But they can't even take a little criticism. First,they say they champion for freedom of press, Yet they now complain about so-called bad press, Saying it causes some people undue stress, Wonder why their words are such a mess? Malaysia has the first world facility, But we run it with third world mentality, Given chance,most of us will sure take a MC, It is a wonder we built that KLCC. This is the Malaysia of today, And the stories for the past few days, A glimpse of the country I stay, We are uniquely Malaysian,I say.

Recharge

Going to go back my hometown in JB for some refreshment and to recharge my mental battery today after today's lecture if I can get the ticket.Life is getting more hectic.It's not that far,yet I don't go back often.Hopefully,if inspiration struck on my way home,then I will post the poem here.That's the time when I got most of my inspiration to write something.Non-medical of course.Might not be blogging for a few days.Living on dialup there. To my self-imposed isolation.Cheers!!!Take care those who are preparing for the IMU Cup.

"Winning isn't everything.IT is the thing"

Okay,that's not what I want to say.Anyway,just enjoy those sweats,pains,cramps,aches and malaise for those preparing for IMU Cup.Will end with one of the quotes I really like

"Though one may conquer a thousand man a thousand times in a battlefield,yet he who conquers himself is the greatest conquerer." -Buddha-

Let us be the greatest conquerers.......

My Secret Identity

Take the quiz: "What is your secret IDENTITY?" Leonardo DaVinchi Such intellegence...You are the kind of person who sees things differently. Completely different perspective of life. This is awesome, the world needs intellecutals like you. You can go far with your thoughts. My secret identity.Oh mine,I didn't know that.Will try out other quiz.

Budget

Just checked the paper today and found out a new Budget has been tabulated by our government.The tax relief for purchase of books will be increased from RM 500 to RM 700. Yeah....I love to buy books.Now there will be less burden on my Ministry of Finance(read my Dad) Medical books are expensive so the relief will,oh well, come as a relief.Been planning to add a few more books to my medical library.Now I can get another 2 or 3 ORIGINAL medical books to add to my medical library here. There is also an increase in sin tax namely alcohol and cigarettes.The increase in cigarettes is good I believe because everyone or almost everyone know that smoking is bad for health.As for the increase in alcohol,I don't know what to say about it.Anything excessive is detrimental and I drink OCCASIONALLY.Thus,it won't has much effect on me.Just in case there are any blur sotongs from medical university,the price increase DOES NOT affect alcohol swabs.I repeat, DOES NOT affect alcohol swabs. Now onto something else:Been wondering how will Acid and Obasan(a type of alkali) go. Just titred Acid with Obasan(Obasan:Oxidised Barium Sulphate ANhydrous;just crapping here) using a spoonful of cake held by burette filled with Obasan's solution.Shall check with a pH paper at regular interval now to see if there is any changes in pH. Here,pH = -logarithm base 10 of (intensity of happiness of Acid) One more thing to add,with the tax increase,there goes my plan to keep a bottle of JD in my room.Who say taxes are not a good deterrent? Enough baba for now.Sayonara

A Bugga's Birthday

Celebrated my dive buddy's birthday.Had lots of fun especially the matchmaking part.*Rumour mill churns churns churns.*He got a brand new very cool-looking LAZYBUM Equipment watch.Some people just knew how crappy I can get.Downed 9 glasses of todi unknowingly.No,frankly,I don't drink.SERIOUS..... Anyway,happy 21st birthday, Bugga.You will soon be de-singlelised,don't worry be happy.

Orientation M2/04:updates

I was one of the few if not only Orientation Officer from my batch.Oh boy.Lessons I learned from the orientation:

1. You should learn from your past experience (orientation)
2. Greetings from your batchmates come in the form of flour, water baloons, paint, water, eggs and God-knows-what-they-can-grasp-in-their-hand.
3. You will get special VIP treatment when your batchmates are the sadisticstation masters.
4. Eggs are good for your hair, "Not oily,not day, I'm balanced" to quote an adverts motto.
5. You time-slip in and out of the future. Your hair will be black in the morning, white(read flour) in the afternoon, yellow(read egg yolks) in the evening and black again before you go to sleep.
6. The orientation T-shirt is able to withstand at least 10 time wash over 3 days.
7. Sleep is secondary.

On a more positive note,I enjoyed the orientation well.Got to know some of the juniors under my charge although I still have a hard time putting names to their face even now.Hmm...I have a confession to make:I still don't know the names of some of the friends I normally talk to even now in university.The respi exam killed my brain cells you see.At first, I was quite paranoid about being an OO.But my group cope well in my absence(There are other OOs as well)Kudos to them for coming up with the cheer and the costumes and the spirits.I really respect them.Why do I become an OO?Hmm.....Helping out is secondary.Primarily is to know some of the leng luisjuniors and help them with their university.Yet,so far nobody had approached me for any help or any kind.Maybe it is just the first day after orientation.(self-consoling)My point here is I had helluva fun during orientation,getting thrown flour,eggs,water baloons and etc.Okay.That don't sound right.Actually I really thank them(my juniors) for putting in their best efforts.Okay,I had cramps on both my legs(I am getting older,you see) during the late part of treasure hunt yet they still went on.Also want to thank them for calling me the best OOs which I don't quite deserve for what I have done for the first 2 days,abandoning them for my books.Respi exam,what to do.

At the end of day,the orientation was fun and a success considering the time and effort everyone put in.

"One should not be judged on how much wealth he give,but how much of his wealth that he had given."-Xiao_zhai-

Thus,A starving man gives more than a billionaire's millions through his gift of crumbs.Judging by this saying,I have to say the those committee members sure have put in a lot of efforts.To coordinate an orientation for 170+ students with your exam practically the next day really need some BIG sacrifice.Some even went to the extent of skipping the all-too-important medical lectures.

Kudos to the Committee of Orientation M2/04 for a job well done.Kudos to Chern Wuay for leading STD so well in the temporary absence of the OOs.

High School

Was doing some housekeeping in my pc and happen to come across this questionaire I got about a year ago.Maybe I should post it up: Your High School : Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar(English College), JB 1. nickname in high school? Siao most of the time, Steroid King, AirBall King, Cramp King 2. best subject? English 5. worst subject? chemistry too much memory work and not much practical then 6. a teacher you owe life lessons to: Pn Chong(Standard 1 class teacher),Mr Lim(primary school),Miss Tan(Primary school),Pn Low(Standard 6 Mathematics)Miss Syamala and practically most of them in schools.They can't beat my DAD though 7. a teacher you wanna kick in the ass? None i can think of 8. Describe sec 1 year: Get to know lotsa new ppl though a few still come from my primary school.Joined Land Scout.It was very fun then. 9. sec 2 year: Picked up basketball.That's where I got most of my nick in sec school.Start to play(and cramp)quite regularly towards the year end.I was nv an athlete.Got selected as Assistant Junior Troop Leader for Land Scout.Learned a whole lots fun and interesting things in scout 10. sec 3 year: PMR year.Getting to have regular ballmates for basketball namely Eric,JS,QM,ZL,Darrell,but never really acquire the technique.I remember more than 15ppl gather for the last ball meet just before PMR.Getting my friends from St. John to practise first aid on cramps on ME!!!Got a good result for PMR.Scout movement starting to wane after the change of leadership.Still present for every meet without fail though.I am a never a fan of the first Saturday off for the government servant if it involves school.Saturday,school was off limit,hindering lots of ECA activities. 11. sec 4 year: Great year.Major exam just over.Tried a few things.Joined Photography Club got a post as club photographer.Interact club was fun too.Best moments- The U-16 basketball open competition(Won 1 lost 1)Major switch to St John from Scout movements.Won the best camp with them.Selected as President for EC basketball club.plan to try out for MABA referee but never materialise. 12. sec 5 year: Study year.Basketball take a back seat though we still play.Not having too many airball in my shooting edi.Quite happy with the improvement.SPM result shocking.... 13. your best friends was? Soon Liang,Soon Liang and Soon Liang 14. your worst friend was? Hmm...none. 15. cafeteria food sucked? Really sucks.Expensive and normally I don't even eat there. 16. most hilarious school rule? Still remember the first time I was disciplined till I got into the black book.Kesalahan:"Bermain bola keranjang pada hari panas" 17. wore uniforms? Yeah.Ties.Every1 wear ties.Diff from the primary school where only prefects got the "privelege" 18. how was the prom? National school no prom 1 la. 19. who was prom king and queen? refer to Question 18 20. any achievements? Learned a lot of things and found to have a deep passion for basketball. 21. were you popular? maybe among my ballmates and St John friends who keep helping me with my constant cramping 22. best song that reminds you of high school? Some thing that goes like "Wo Men Zhe Yi Pan,Ren Zhai Ke Shi,Xin Zhai Lan Qiu Cang,Wo Men Zhe Yi Pan,Che Yuan Tou Kan,Fen Shu Dou Yi Yang..(We in this class,though we sit in the class,our hearts lies with the court,We in this class,during test copy each other,result comes score all the same) 23. unforgettable high school crush? Nope.Basketball was my passion then. 24. most embarrassing moment? 3 airball in the U-16 basketball competition.I took only 3 shots 25. memory you'd like to forget about high skool: NOne 26. best memory? everything..maybe i should mention about the 7.8 meter high flag pole that won us the best camp. 27. any regrets? Not brushing up my written Chinese. 28. would you like your "future child" to attend ur high skool? Nah...too politicised now.To hell with the quota system.Unless this change,dun think I will.Of course,that's so long b4 even having a kid.Can't really say.Nv say nv..

Gracing Grace's Graces

Just added another fellow batchmate who is into blogging now at www.grchew.blogspot.com and YP's bitching Ranting has just moved. Planning to launch my own site soon. Running out of space at geocities. Trying to get a 100 mb webspace and a domain.People keep asking me why my homepage only archive my college life and not my uni life.Hmm...There is not enough space there to update there,people,that's why it has been stagnant.I wonder how many did check out my homepage. Sayonara for now