~ Me - Myself - Photography ~

SCSU Women's Hockey

2010-02-05T22:20:00.000-08:00

Here are some of my university's women's hockey game's photos.

Fire Alarm

2009-08-24T18:51:00.000-07:00

I cant believe On the first day of class the fire alarm "sings" in my dorm!!

someone's cooking has triggered it!! hate the noise!! deafening!!

Walmart - again

2009-08-20T22:06:00.000-07:00

I went to Walmart again today(20 Aug) to buy some things.

US style food!! My breakfast for future days!

Problem Resolved

2009-08-19T22:20:00.000-07:00

I have a problem when i came to St Cloud State U. The university mistakenly entered me into the list of people that need to take the english placement test and caused me some trouble, such as I cant get my ID card, cant use the internet, cant register for classes and so on.

I went to the Center For International Studies to resolve this problem. The advisor finally helped me resolve this problem and I might be able to get my ID card tomorrow(thursday).

Finally I can use the ID card to go to Walmart and Crossroads to get some essentials stuffs. YES!!

I also met 3 cute korean girls, also staying in the same dorm as I do. I also know a japanese girl. Weird eh.. why I know girls? hmm... haha

Its been a while I have not taken any photos. If tomorrow does not rain like today I might take my camera out and go out to get some shots!!

Hope I will do that! HAHA

First blog in ST Cloud, Minnesota, US

2009-08-16T18:22:00.001-07:00

This is the first blog in US. In this few days, starting from Aug 12 until now, I have been to Walmart, Crossroad(shopping center in St Cloud), banks, and other places in St Cloud.

I have bought some things from Walmart and Crossroad. It is still summer here, and the highest temperature I have experienced here is 33 degrees celcius. It is as hot in malaysia. cant imagine that right?

I have seen squirrels, rabbit running around the grass. The grass is greener here, the flowers are more vibrant in colors, and the trees are different from malaysia. Can only be seen in US!! haha..

Reached SEOUL, Korea

2009-08-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

I have reached Seol, Korea after a 6 hours ++ flight.

Now its 8.17am Korea time. ! more hour to board my flight!

Next stop, Atlanta!! Excited and nervous!! haha

Finish Finals!!

2009-08-06T18:40:00.001-07:00

Finally finish my finals!! Now need to prepare the stuffs that I need for US!!

getting excited by the minute!! Yoohoo

Going to US soon

2009-08-05T11:30:00.000-07:00

Finally, the day is almost near.

I am so excited!! Although I'm still in my final exam week, but I do not have any mood to study seriously for the exam.

I am going to St Cloud State University in Minnesota. Going alone unfortunately!!

But I can't wait for the trip! Going to take a lot of photos later on! wait for it!!

College Model Angels 2009

2009-06-09T17:22:00.000-07:00

Finally college model angels 2009 audition is finished!!

This is my 1st time seeing so many prety girls gather in 1 place. Haha.

I manage to befriend a few girls but they all already have boyfriend. so sad. but anyway I dun have that intention. LOL.

There are a few photos that i took during the audition. It was fun and nice using the studio setups and lightings! it was awesome!

wish i can do it again sometimes. maybe i will have a simple studio in US. haha

I will upload some photos later of some girls that i took. have fun waiting

Malaysian Cultural Night 2009

2009-05-21T22:16:00.000-07:00

19 may 2009 - Malaysian Cultural Night

I normally don't go to this kind of night but so weird I still went to Malaysian Cultural night.

I went there to accompany Emelia, my kai mui...

That night is quite alright.. the programs is ok... and I took quite a lot of photos.. here are some photos..

will post more some other time...

Exhibition Week

2009-05-13T02:16:00.000-07:00

Today is the second day for the exhibition week.

This time it is held in the MPH.

The layout is something like an education fair.

Although it is very spacious in MPH, but not all students will come into the MPH to walk around looking at the clubs and societies.

Hope this time we will do well.

Jerome Bixby Man From Earth (2007)

2009-04-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

I love this movie!!

It is full of philosophy!!

What the world be if there is no philosophy??

2009-04-14T08:46:00.000-07:00

This was one of the question asked in my philosophy final exam paper.

In my opinion, most people will instinctively says that the world will be full of uncivilized people. But if philosophy didnt exists in the first place, there will not be any intellectuals in the world. Without any intellectuals or civilized people in the world, how do we have any comparison with the others so called uncivilized people.

From what I have studied in my philosophy class, philosophy is the study of knowledge. Without philosophy, means without knowledge, without knowledge, there wont have science, mathematics etc. there will not be any advancement, language, anything.

From here, there will not have anyone can have the understanding of what world would be.

You can leave your opinion.

Final Exam

2009-04-03T12:30:00.000-07:00

Final exam is around the corner, but I still haven't started doing revision yet.

LOL

Dunno what am I going to read for philosophy. There are so many chapters and until now we still haven't finish all the chapters in the book.

Well, I guess I need to read all of it on my own. Studying philosophy makes me look at the world differently, and think more about a lot of issues.

I recommend everyone to read up some philosophy books and text. It will help u in the future.

Trials

2009-04-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

Its getting to the end of the semester, and with Dr Borges around there would be trials going on.

I had been to 2 trials and had became thier jury.

In my opinion, the topic for these 2 trials are quite good and interesting!

1 trial is a criminal case and 1 is a civil case.

It is not easy being a jury in these trials. We kept getting some close call for both trials.

But at last, we finally manage to get a verdict for these 2 trials.

It was quite exhilirating attending these 2 trials.

Not to mention that my trials are just around the corner. My trial was about the assassin of Hitler, is he guilty or not??

Well, this is up to the juries to decide after they have heard our prosecutor team and the defence team debate about the case!

Those who are free please come and have a look and experience the trial. It was on April 7th Tuesday 4pm in the viewing room 1 inside the library!

Come and join US!!

Qing Ming

2009-03-27T22:55:00.000-07:00

Came back home yesterday because me and my family are going back to my dad's hometown in penang for Qing Ming.

This might be my last qing ming before I go to US to further my degree studies.

We will be on the way back to penang by 4pm today.

Unfortunately I cant drive, because my driving license have expired.

~LOL~

Graffiti in INTI

2009-03-22T03:51:00.000-07:00

I saw this graffitti on the wall of INTI....

colored version

black and white version

WoW!! I am impressed with the person who did this!!

Ampang Look Out Point

2009-03-02T01:22:00.000-08:00

Went to look out point on 28 Feb which was on saturday...

this is what me and my friends ate... looks nice isn't it?? haha

(remember to click it to see a larger photo)

This was the city night taken from the menara tinjau... after taking this photo it rains heavily!!

was covering up my camera that time... haha

Photos from Hostel

2009-02-28T18:24:00.000-08:00

These were taken at friday 7pm from my hostel newton block 4th floor...

click to see a larger photo...

sorry for the power lines... haha

so glad that day's weather is good!! sky is clear and no mist! wish to take photos again some other day!

Photoshoot Outing (7th - 8th March)

2009-02-08T07:12:00.000-08:00

This 2 days I have been following Gibran and the social board out for a photoshoot outing at Sepang Gold Coast, shooting Mr and Ms Inti.

It was a fun and experince fulfilling!!

Learned so much from this photoshoot outing!!

The candidates are not so used to modelling.. but the girls are pretty and the guys... no comments.. haha

Here are some candidates(girls):

Back To College!!

2009-01-05T07:44:00.000-08:00

Finally I'm back to college. Its been a while and I miss college life so much!

I brought all my things back including my Canon 450D!!

Other than that, I went to Sg. Wang today and bought a Nissin di 622 flash back!

There is another sad news. My American History lecturer and her family ran into an accident and unfortunately her husband and son died at the spot! She was admitted into the hospital and I heard that she's still in a coma..

I hope she will recovers quickly physically and mentally...

Comic Fiesta 2008 (Dec 21)

2008-12-21T05:32:00.000-08:00

Today I went to this comic fiesta with my new bought 450D. It was fun taking photos of cosplayers there in the events.

There are some cool cosplayers, cute cosplayers and definitely beautiful/pretty cosplayers.

I didnt expect that I will took so much photos in a day. Guess I'm getting poison by DSLR now!!

HAHA

Hope to attend another event that I can take many many photos.

HAHA

Here are some photos I took that day..

Canon 450D

2008-12-15T07:51:00.000-08:00

Finally, my dream come true!!

I finally gotten my own DSLR!!

Canon 450D!!

Need to thank my dad help me pay for the camera first. I will return the debt after i finish my part time job!

Hope I still have a bit more money after paying him back to buy 1 more lense and a lense filter.

My DSLR journey begins!!

Stressed

2008-12-13T09:44:00.000-08:00

This is the very first that I felt very stressful after becoming a temporary cashier for the pharmacy I'm working in.

Becoming a cashier is very stressful if its working under this my boss.

She will unintentionally give you some pressure and you cant afford to make mistakes.

She will become a bit emotional and unstable, which I think its a weakness in doing business.

I just cant wait for December to end and get my salary!

I want to get my DSLR ASAP!!

Finish Final Exam!!

2008-11-03T08:12:00.000-08:00

Finally I'm free!!

Finally I finished my final exam!!

I'm at home now, resting for maybe 1 day and i will start go do my part time job at the pharmacy as a sales assistant!

Good luck to those that still having exam!!

Fianl Examination

2008-11-02T17:46:00.000-08:00

Today (3/11/2008) is the start of my final examination. I am taking only one paper this semester and it just so happened that the exam fall on the last few days of the exam week.

It is quite annoying and tiring waiting for the exam to be over.

My exam starts at a very bad time which is 5pm. Who set this time anyway?

Anyway, i have studied few days and I didnt memorize them.. haha.. It needs understanding, not memorizing!!

Deepavali

2008-10-26T22:12:00.000-07:00

Today is deepavali and its a boring day for me.

I have nothing to do.. and the weather is so hot!! Almost cant stand it!!

I'm going to eat only bread to pass the whole week.

What to do?? Not enough money!!

Sigh~

Anyway, I'm already used to it.. haha..

Cant wait for the final exam and holidays.. although I'm working part time during holiday.

Finished my second presentation

2008-10-22T03:09:00.000-07:00

Finally I finished my second presentation. This time, I didnt present good enough. I have a gap between my speech, this is because I am trying to recall back what should i say.

I didnt use any notecards so its a disadvantage for me. Sigh~~

But however, now I am going to concentrate on studying the textbook for my final exam.

Tomorrow my grades for the second presentation is out. I am a bit nervous. Hope its not very bad!

Finished My First Major Presentation

2008-10-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

Finally my first major presentation is finished!

I only got 72% out of it!

Well I think i can do much better that day if I didn't hesitate for a while or being monotonous.

The best thing is that I only rehearsed for one and a half day, and i didnt use any note cards.

My second and last major presentation is on Tuesday! And I still haven't practice yet.. haha

Wish me luck!

Major informative presentation is coming

2008-10-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

My major informative presentation is around the corner. I am a bit nervous and I am not fully prepared yet!

I am talking about the impacts of global warming. This is a topic that I am interested in. Hope my interest doesn't fail me.

I will tried not to use notecards and rehearse until i remember all my points.

Hope I get a good grades for my presentation!

Blood Donation

2008-10-12T01:22:00.000-07:00

Few days ago is our Inti International University College's blood donation drive, organized by our Inti's Leo Club.

As usual, I went to donate my blood.

It is my eighth time donating blood. I will continue donate my blood as long as possible!!

I hope everyone can go donate thier blood to help others!!

Hard to express love

2008-10-08T05:42:00.000-07:00

It has very hard to express love to somebody.

Liking someone is easy but trying to make sure that someone likes you or not is hard!!

I found out that I liked a girl which she is quite cute and pretty. She is the same program with me, but unfortunately this semester i didn't have any class which is same with hers.

It is also quite hard to meet her and date her. haha

But fortunately I met her on my way when I am walking to somewhere and when I'm going to lunch.

Missing her quite much.

Debate on Friday

2008-09-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

I have a debate coming up this friday, and my group is agaisnt this topic: "Home Work should be banned".

This topic looks easy but its also quite difficult. We need to find out all of the benefits and positiveeffects of home work, and i think it won't be a problem.

Feels weird doing this question, as I was a person that dislike home work. Haha!!

Anyway, this is my first time doing debate. Nervousness is inevitable. I didn't really know how debate is going about. Hope I will do well on friday.

Ghost Stories

2008-09-21T23:32:00.000-07:00

Every place has its own ghost stories to tell, including Inti college.

I've heard a number of stories in Inti and some is quite scary.

I've even seen one or two inside our Inti's multi-purpose hall. Black shadow, swooping past behind me and disappear. At first I thought I'm imagining things up but later on I found out that its true. Strangely enough I'm not scared and I even have the urge of wanting to see them again.

I even seen one in the forest near a waterfall. It was white in color, I can't see the face, and it was just standing there watching. It was 5.30am in the morning!!

After I woke up I told my friends, and they asked me not to scared them. Haha.

Anyway, we do not need to be afraid of them because they just won't harm us!!

Latin Dance

2008-09-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Just finished my latin dance class!!

We are learning a new dance, Rumba.

I've learned Jive and Cha Cha... and Rumba is quite similar to Cha Cha.

Although it was slower than Cha Cha, but it emphasize more on techniques and body gestures, and this was something not so easy.

But it was fun I enjoyed latin dance very much!!

Adventure Club Gathering Night

2008-09-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday (16/09/2008) was our Inti International University College Adventure Club's Gathering Night!

It just so happens that I'm the organizing chairperson for this event!

The programs went well, and I am very pleased with the MC Jojo. She was a good mc, and can be a better one with more experience and training. I hope we can invite her to be our adventure club's personal mc. HAHA!!

Moreover, the games is well organized and the food is superb!! Congratz to the food coordinators that help prepare these wonderful dinner for the members!!

It was fun and I'm quite happy to see that most of the members have the fun of their life!

Night activities in college

2008-09-15T09:05:00.000-07:00

Huh~~every night in college is very boring..

don't have anything to do but watching movies or series..

anyone watched Iryu before??

Characteristics of An Effective Public Speaker

2008-09-14T02:27:00.000-07:00

This is my next assignment's topic "Characteristics of An Effective Public Speaker". Although it seems quite easy but actually its not.

I have search for the answers on the Internet and this is what I get:

1. ** Never memorize your speech **

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to try memorizing your speach. Why do people do this? Because it's a way to make sure they don't stumble during the speech. In other words, it's to alleviate their fear of getting lost, stumbling, or getting overly nervous.

However, memorizing can in fact, make matters worse! First, you could sound like a machine or robot. And that can bore people or make them wonder if you even know your stuff. Second, it can create problems is someone interrupts you or your lose your train of thought. And third, it can make you even more nervous because you may constantly worry if you'll stay on script.

So the best thing you can do is not memorize every single word. Just let your actual words flow naturally. Your audience will like that much more!

2. ** Be prepared **

Preparation in public speaking is an absolute must, even for those who regularly give speeches. Every audience is different because people are never exactly the same. So the dynamics of your audience will vary each and every time you give your speech.

By preparation, I mean making sure you've got your materials--notecards, handouts, projector, etc ready to go. And if you're bringing handouts, make sure you have enough copies--always have extras just in case! Also, make sure you test out the projector if you'll need one.

3. ** Be confident **

When you give a speech, you are the one the audience is focused on. So you need to show confidence in what you have to say. If you don't sound confident, then I won't believe you and/or I'll get bored.

This means using a powerful voice that shows confidence, knowledge, and command of the material! And make sure your voice is loud enough for people in the back and on the sides to hear you. Yet, you don't want to blast too loudly that the people up front will go deaf.

Sometimes, you may have a microphone and speakers to help amplify (increase) your voice. But other times, you may not. If not, then make sure you don't speak too loudly that you'll loose your voice or hurt your vocal cords.

4. ** Organization **

A good speech is like a great essay or book. It has an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. And all this is centered on a specific goal to accomplish. In other words, there's a main point your speech is making.

Your intro should tell audience members who you are, what you'll be speaking about in general, and what they'll learn or walk out with in the end. Your body should provide all the details and information necessary to accomplish your speech's goal. And your conclusion should provide some follow-up, summarize key points made during your speech, and possibly allow for some audience questions (Q&A).

If anyone of you are going to encounter a public speaking situation, these pointers can help you.

Sunday morning

2008-09-13T21:05:00.000-07:00

Today(September 14, 2008) is moon cake festival for all Chinese around the world.

The hostel is very lifeless since many students went back to their hometown to celebrate the festival with their family.

It is so quiet and peaceful and yet its so boring not to see many friends around.

Maybe i will go out and buy some moon cake to indulge in.

Ha ha!!

Public Speaking - 2nd presentation

2008-09-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

The 2nd presentation was to talk about something that impacted my life.

It took me 2-3 days to think about what i wanted to say until my friend gave me an inspiration.

I ended up talking about Adventure Club.

I get a fairly good grade for that presentation. I still have some improvements to do and i believe i can do it better for the next presentation.

Public Speaking - 1st presentation

2008-09-13T20:38:00.000-07:00

After enrolling in public speaking class, i was nervous and excited!

I feel nervous because I've heard that we will be having 2 micro-presentation every week for 5 weeks and excited because i can train my public speaking skills and building up my confidence.

The first assignment my lecturer gave us is to introduce a friend in 1 minute. This assignment sound easy but actually its not so easy as it seems.

I met up with my friend and interviewed him to get some info about himself so that i can introduce him in front of the class. In the end, i end up with a written speech of what i wanted to say.

When the day comes, after our presentation, our lecturer told us that a 1 minute presentation shouldn't have a speech. But since this was our first presentation she left us off the hook.

That was my first presentation in my public speaking class