Happy Birthday Grace

Happy Birthday Grace!!!!The lady of all trade.Brain,look,athleticism all built into one.Smooth sailing ahead Hmm....almost forgot all about it if I had not read YP's post. And with regards to the poem I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced: but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the snow to me had brought: For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. -William Wordsworth- Okay I yahoo! for it,but I remember reading this before,I think it is one of the poems in the "Poetry in Motion Part II" in the Star LRT. And for the birthday song......

Random Thoughts

"What's so good in a bye that we say goodbye?"

Coffee Anyone?

A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning. The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee." The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee." Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee." Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me." So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says.......... "HEBREWS" No offense to anyone.On a lighter note,I am looking to some coffee from some of my Christian friends =)

Karangan

"Tiga tahun.Tiga tahun telah menjelang sejak saya meninggalkan halaman kampung saya di Johor Bahru untuk meneruskan pelajaran saya di salah satu bandaraya yang terunggul di muka bumi ini.Inilah bandaraya yang diagung-agungkan kemudahan pengangkutannya,bandaraya yang menjadi kebanggaan rakyat Malaysia sekalian.Kuala Lumpur namanya.Duduknya saya di sini,mengenang kembali masa lampau,masa di bangku sekolah,betapa senang dan bebasnya hidup sebagai pelajar pada masa itu.Memang tidak sama dengan hidup yang sesak dan penuh tekanan yang saya alami sekarang.Tapi,inilah pengorbanan dan cabaran yang harus saya harungi di menara gading." Dalam tiga tahun ini,banyak sudah berubah di muka bumi ini,bukan setakat di bumi Malaysia,malah di bumi negara lain.Peperangan masih berlaku.Pengorbanan nyawa yang tidak berdosa kian hari kian meningkat.Jenayah juga semakin menjadi-jadi.Adakah hari kiamat sudah hampir?Berapa nyawa lagi yang mesti dikorbankan dalam usaha yang sia-sia mengawal aktiviti pengganasan?Berapa lama lagi peperangan akan diteruskan?Tidak habis menyoal tetapi saya masih tercari-cari jawapannya. Kerap saya bertanya,bukankah kita telah belajar daripada kesalahan yand dilakukan moyang kita dalam perang dunia?Bukankah kita telah mencapai kemajuan yang hanya boleh diia-iakan oleh moyang kepada moyang kita?Bukankah kita makhluk yang bertamadun?Namun,kita masih berperang antara satu sama lain,membesar-besarkan masalah kecil malah rela mengkhianati bukan sahaja pendirian,malah kaum kita sendiri untuk kepentingan masing-masing.Peperangan,penjenayahan,keganasan,kematian,bagaikan sungai tidak berhulu,darah mengalir tanpa henti. Sudah sekian lama saya berhenti mengarang dalam Bahasa Melayu.Harap maaf atas kesalahan tatabahasa ataupun tatacara yang telah saya lakukan.Jika saudara/saudari boleh meluangkan sedikit masa untuk membetulkan atau membaiki karangan saya ini,bolehlah saudara/saudari mencatatkan sepatah dua kata di ruangan yang disediakan.Atas usaha saudara/saudari,saya dahulukan ucapan terima kasih. Just an effort to keep my BM proficiency in check:)

Lectures

This evening,during one of the lectures,one of the lecturers, "Everyone is born with an instinct to suck his or her mother's milk......" To which I,blurly and sleepily added quite loudly,to the extent of attracting the attention (and even hostile looks)of the 3 rows of attentive medical students in front of me, "I was right to say that everyone is born a sucker after all" Cheers:)

IMU Cup 2004:Prologue

Here in my uni we just had a little Olympic, Which provide our life with a little more kick, A short break from studying to cure the sick, It is a time where our studies take a back seat. IMU Cup is the official name, Where participants are those who are game, Enough to chase the win and the fame, As well to temporarily forgo kinship all the same. Some triumphed while others fall, Winners soar yet the losers stood proud and tall, Some foes were made,together with friends and pals, Especially when a referee made a bad call, Who decide winner or loser in game of subjectivity, Some even questioned the judges' objectivity, So much furore with all the controversies, Despite we all are part of humanity, Friends were seen crying and even hugging, Tried so hard and yet ended losing, If my words,as to others,are any more consoling, Don't give up,we just have to keep trying. Questions were raised and opinions were voiced, By winners and losers,girls and boys, Sportmanships are questioned as a good decoy, For the cup delivered as a departing foy, Are the competitions,as rumoured,rigged? Has fair play taken a back seat? Somethings is wrong when winners are booed and weep, But everyone is just defending their own keeps. Time flies and comes closing of the Olympics, With the cheerleaders' graceful cheer in their sexy figs, "Yell for the foxes,we can't be beat" "Watch out people,gotta knock you off your feet" Winners were declared and hearts were shattered, Adding more fire to the ongoing chatters, The girls cried and wept in friends' shoulders, Some did it openly while others try to find shelters. Well,the IMU cup has officially ended, Just like a burnt out candle, Out went the fire and the smoke spindles, If losing,we can't,what else can we handle? -Xiao_zhai- No medal for me this year though

IMU Cup Campaign

IMU Cup campaign had ended,at least for me.Today just got knocked out in the pool semi-finals.It was a close match,in my opinion.I was lucky though to scrap a win in a best of 3.That guy beat me in the next two round earning a point for his team. Basketball semifinals against the M2/02 ended with a loss to them,ending our basketball campaign this time round.Hope to do better next time though.We put up a valiant fight, but with 2 of our starters fouled out in the middle of the second half,we couldn't muster any more defiance against them.As someone put to me before last time while I was still green in basketball,"Height is the first talent."It is undisputable that height cannot be trained in contrast to skills.From the sound of it,our team really lacks talent and our opponent,is blessed with them. I guess a short update will do for now.Going back to the books.Haven't touched them since IMU cup started.Till the next update,which will be most probably a long time from now,sayonara.

IMU Cup 2004 Update:Basketball Semi-finals 1

Today,I just watched the team that beat us the other day, the Sem2 playing against the almost-made-it team,the current Sem4.What make this match so exciting?Both of the team are led by players who are in the class of their own.Raymond,one of my OOs during my orientation,leading his team of M1/03 against M2/04 led by Jin,whom I was one of the OOs.Oh mine,did my life just revolve around basketball? Jin,beat us the other day with an outstanding Jordan-like performance of 43 points against us.Thus today's matchup is very interesting.Star player playing against star player.The Sem4 led by Raymond started brightly,before Jin's team fought back to take the lead in the middle of first half.Jin wasn't shooting as well as he did the other day.Raymond?He had his fair share of misses too.The Sem4 seems to be playing the right defensive strategy by playing a 1-2-2 defense keeping the guards of Sem2 at bay.However,the inside players of M1/04 had quite a day collecting points in the absence of Jin's shooting form.That's a downside of the 1-2-2 zone formation. The Sem2?They defended with 2-3zonal defense,the most often used defense in basketball I think,can be compared to the 4-4-2 applied in soccer.Since they are playing with 2 guys out.Raymond at nearing 6 feet and being such a good dribbler had quite a good time collecting points.Towards the end of the first half,the Sem4 rallied to pull clear by six points leading into halftime. Second half started with a 3 points from Jin.After that,both the team fought hard to try to take the lead but the Sem4 inspired by Raymond,didn't let space of even an inch to them.They didn't want to surrender their lead.Going into the middle of the second half,with Jin starting to regain his form,the Sem4 applied the 1-2-2 man-zonal or the known "Box One" in basketball with WJ being assigned the task to keep Jin's fire down,while the other 4 form a box defending the inside zone.Jin had a tough time taking his shot and he didn't make his shot ala Jordan as what he did against us.Jin's contribution became quite limited as the game went on,throwing away possession and leading to a few fast breaks from the Sem4.Raymond was really in inspiring form,cutting through the defense,making the shots and plays.The Sem2s just couldn't keep Raymond under control.There was only 3 minutes left on the clock when the Sem4s held a 12 points lead.Jin tried to rally his team back into contention.On a normal day,he might make it.But Raymond was unforgiving,making steals and another few fast break keeps the game out of reach for the Sem2s.Sem4s?They are in the finals. A few thing I want to say about Raymond and why I want him to win.He is an outstanding basketball player in his batch or probably even the whole university.As most competitions are played between batches,his batch,lacking dedicated basketball players always didn't make it far in the inter-batch basketball competition.I can see his elation when the game ended.He has finally reached the finals after maybe four semesters of trying?His teamates nevertheless did a great job in helping him.He had cramps too many a time in trying to reach the final with his batch.Now he finally he made it.Congrats nevertheless. To Raymond,when I told you "See you in the final," besides me wanting to be in the final,I also want you to be in the final.You kept your words by bringing your team into the final and let's see if I can keep mine in the upcoming semis against the overwhelming favourite,the Giants of M2/02.We will meet next Monday on the court,I hope.They are beaten before and history does repeat....To the Finals....