~*Pictures, Pictures & More Pictures*~

Pictures below: My university, Northumbria University

I know it's been a long time since i last updated my blog...this week has been pretty hectic since i have so many seminars to attend and besides that, i have gotta prepare for those seminars. I heard that some of the lecturers here are quite strict when it comes to seminars and all students are expected to do lots of research and be prepared to answer questions during the seminars. If a student can't answer certain questions or refuses to give his opinions, the lecturer could ask that student to leave the class since he is unprepared and that's very humiliating. So, i gotta do lots of research and staying up tll late at night in the library as the library opens from 8am till 12 midnight. After 12 midnight, i will just go over to Pandon Building where there's a 24 hours computer study area to continue doing my research. For the past two days, i've been there till 3am in order for me to complete my seminars questions and that's the reason why i could not update my blog since blogging will take quite some time. Anyway, i've bought my own camera and i did take some beautiful pictures as can be seen above. Okie...gotta go already...shall blog again some other time because as for now, there's more work to be done. Bye!!!

~*Beyonce Cancels Kuala Lumpur Show*~

Omigowd...Beyoncé Knowles is cancelling her debut performance in Kuala Lumpur on the 1st of November and instead she will perform in Jakarta. According to Yahoo! News, Beyoncé Knowles was reluctant to fulfill the Malaysian government's demand for female performers to cover up from the top of their chests to their knees, including their shoulders. The same thing happened to Gwen Stefani two months ago but at least Gwen was sporting enough to accept the demand made by Malaysian government. Alvin, i guess your dream of seeing her perform in Kuala Lumpur has been shattered into million of pieces...don't be sad, there's always a second chance where you will get to see her perform in the future. Luckily i am not a big fan of Beyoncé Knowles...although i do like some of her songs. I guess fans of Beyoncé Knowles from around Malaysia have been so dissappointed and devastated upon hearing the news that she will be cancelling her Kuala Lumpur show. Anyway, just read the article below which i have copied and pasted from Yahoo! News:-

"Beyonce Knowles has scrapped plans to stage her first concert in Malaysia and will instead perform in neighboring Indonesia, which has less stringent rules about how performers should dress and behave.


'The announcement followed recent speculation that Knowles — who is famous for her sexy image and skimpy outfits — was reluctant to fulfill the Malaysian government's demand for female performers to cover up from the top of their chests to their knees, including their shoulders.


International Creative Management, her Los Angeles-based talent agency, said Knowles' Nov. 1 date in Kuala Lumpur was canceled "due to a scheduling conflict."


"It is with regret that we announce the cancellation of The Beyonce Experience World Tour in Kuala Lumpur," said the statement, which was made available Monday by Malaysian entertainment organizers Pineapple Concerts. "It was to mark the very first time the performer would bring her show to Malaysia."


Knowles, 26, will perform in Jakarta on Nov. 1.


Pineapple Concerts Chairman Razlan Ahmad Razali said his company, which has brought Western acts such as Kanye West and Earth, Wind and Fire to Malaysia, was "disappointed and frustrated."


"Though Indonesia is also a Muslim country, it doesn't have all these issues that we have," Razlan told The Associated Press. "She can perform as she likes there."


Concert promoters have said Western performers face mounting pressure in Malaysia to keep skimpy clothes and steamy dance moves off the stage amid protests by conservative Muslims who believe liberal Western performances can corrupt young people.


Gwen Stefani made what she called "a major sacrifice" in August by wearing clothes that revealed little skin at a Kuala Lumpur stadium concert after Muslim students and activists called for the performance to be canceled due to the singer's sultry reputation."

~*Life Goes On*~

Life here in UK have been pretty bizarre lately...strange things seem to happen to me and i am definitely not enjoying it...although for some few special occasions. Anyway, i get to see who my real friends are...those friends whom i have been relying upon during my 2nd year in college turns out to be jerks. Instead, those friends whom i am not close to during my days in college turns out to be really nice to me. Whenever, i am in need especially when i am crying over my dog, they will always lend me their shoulder...and yes, i still cry almost everyday whenever i think of my parents, my lovely dog and not forgetting my best pals back in Penang and those in KL too. Oh yeah, and there's one in Brisbane and another who is staying so close to me, in Manchester. By the way, thanks Yong Ming for calling me to calm me down when i was actually crying at that moment. True friends like them are extremely hard to find...and i do cherish our friendship a lot...i wish you guys are here with me. My friends here in UK are great but it's hard to trust them 100%...the most i can trust them is like 85%. It's hard to predict when they could turn behind your back and stab you without you knowing. For example, a close friend of mine was betrayed by another friend and he's feeling so dissappointed and sad for always believing her. Having warned him many times to be aware of this girl, he still treats her so well and put too much faith in her...and in the end, that's what the consequences is about. I really pity him but he should have listen to me earlier and he wouldn't have to regret now because it's already too late. But then, i will always support him no matter what happens because friendship plays a really important thing in my life. I really thank God for providing me with such incredible and wonderful friends back in Malaysia whom i know i can always trust. Our friendship will last till the very end...missing you guys so so much. I do agree with a close of mine who said that as time passes by, we get parted further and further away from each other. Who knows what the future holds for us...we can't predict what will happen in the next phase of our life...we might ended up getting married and have our own family and et cetera. I still remember when we were young...we used to said that we will go to the same university and stay at the same house when we are old one day and yes, it does seems more and more far-fetched day by day. How i wish we could still have as much fun as we used to had during our teenage life...doing all those crazy stuffs which are sometimes deemed to be illegal. We know that we will soon go our different ways one day but who knew it would be that soon...time really flies by quickly...in an blink of an eye, i've been in UK for more than two weeks already. Hopefully next time when we get married (if that really happens), we will still keep in contact with each other. As for me, i guess i will be staying here for approximately 3 years...1 year (which is this year) to finish my final year of degree, 1 year to do my Masters and another year to find a job here...and who knows, i might eventually settle down in UK if have i found myself a suitable partner whom will take great care of me...hahaha!!! The only thing i miss most about Malaysia are my parents, my dog, my friends and definitely the food there...oh, how i miss the fried koay teow, fried rice, laksa, hokkien mee, curry mee, wantan mee, char hor fun, chee cheong fun, jawa mee and many many more. Besides my friend's cooking (by the way, who is a good cook), I've been eating fast food such as McDonald's, KFC and Burger King nearly everyday since i've been here...errgh, i am so sick of all those of food...i need proper meals...and for the past few days, my friend have been so lazy to cook because she gets exhausted so easily after cooking for so many people...have some sympathy on her. I've been putting on so much weight due to the lack of exercise...no gyming here cause the membership fees is so bloody expensive...can't even go jogging because it's so cold. My studies have been quite smooth too except that i have classes everyday from Mondays to Fridays...back in my college, i only have 3 days class. Luckily my campus is located very near to my place...about less than 5 minutes walk. The weather here have gone mad lately, it's just autumn and the temperature here is freezing cold. I have to wear thick layers of clothes and i definitely look like a big furry ball...anyone wanna cuddle me? I will definitely go crazy by the time winter comes...anyway, i gotta stop bogging for now. Shall blog again soon...take care guys...bye!!!

~*I Am In Love With My University*~

Everything here in my university is computerised. If you wanna reload your mobile phone, all you need to do is go to the vending machine and purchase your reload coupon from the vending machine...which save you lots of time and hassle then to go to the phone shop or convenient store just to purchase a reload coupon. Besides that, borrowing books from the library is also computerised...how cool is that? It's awesome...you can borrow up to 7 books per person for a full one month although there are some books which you can only borrow for 7 days. When you wanna borrow a certain book, all you need to do is to go to the machine, scan your student card and lastly, scan the barcode attached to the book and it's done...there's no need to line up to borrow books from the counter or whatever stupid shit! Back at my previous college in Malaysia, whenever i wanna borrow a book, i have to take the book to the counter and the library lady will have to stamp the date of return and we are only allowed to borrow 1 or 2 books for a maximum of 2-3 days per time. Not only that, the library here in my university is extremely huge...it has a total of 6 floors and there are also 6 elevators leading to all the floors. It's many many many times bigger compared to the public library in Penang. The best thing is that each book has about more than 10 copies each...so that students don't have to fight to get hold of a certain book. All sorts of registration or enrolment is done through online registration...no stupid old-fashion way of filling up forms. Oh yeah, all our assignment are to be received through online from our own webpage or better known as the "eLearning Portal". All students have their own webpage where the lecturers can communicate with. The technology here is super awesome...super cool...super fabulous. The food here in the university cafeteria serves one of the most delicious food ever and it's quite cheap too. There's even a Starbucks coffeehouse inside the cafeteria...fantastico. I am so madly in love with the advance technology here in UK...especially the technology of my university. Northumbria University which i am studying at is currently leading the way in Information Technology (IT) after being named the UK’s ‘Most IT-Enabled Organisation’. Anyway, enough blogging already...i gotta go get some sleep because i have class at 9am tomorrow morning...bye!!!

~*Best Clubbing Experience Ever*~

Last night was the best night i ever had eversince i arrived here less than 2 weeks ago...i went clubbing here in UK for the first time...and it was superbly awesome. It was Shyam's birthday so he kinda invited us over to this club called YO DISCO to celebrate his birthday and have fun at the same time. The clubs over here provide free bus service if you purchase over a certain amount of entrance tickets...and my friend, Shyam invited approximately 30 of us...yup, you read right...there were 30 of us...the whole bunch of us went clubbing together and the entrance fees/charge was paid by the birthday boy. All i need to pay for was my drink...and yes, as usual i ordered a glass of coke which cost me 1.50 pounds. The soft drinks here are so bloody expensive...vodka cost only 1 pound per bottle and a Heineken beer only cost 80 pence per bottle. It surely was crazy...but it's still very much cheaper compared to the drinks sold at clubs back in Malaysia. Anyway, i was kinda nervous at first...thinking twice whether i should go to clubbing or not...because for fear that i am an Asian...or more commonly known here as brown skin people. I was worried that i could ended getting injured by some seriously racist local skinheads. But upon arrival at the club, everyone there was very friendly...unlike clubbing in Malaysia, people here will dance with you eventhough you don't know them at all...they will invite you to dance with them. As i walking to the toilet, there were two guys who invited me over to dance with them and i kinda agreed. So, we kinda danced for a little while till one of the guy grabbed my hands and pulled me towards the toilet...i sensed something was going very wrong...i thought i am a gonner for sure and they are gonna beat me up due to the fact that they are racist and they don't like chinese. But i was so so so shocked that they nearly rape me...yup, believe me...it was a horrifying moment at that time...i am not lying. He pushed his pants right towards me but before he could remove his pants, i got freak out...i tried to run away but the other guy held me so tightly...held my hand for your info...not somewhere else. I was so scared at the moment...i didn't know what to do...and i tried to gave excuses that my friends are waiting for me to go back to the table. At last, after much hesitation, the other guy agreed to let me go...and i ran like a mad dog back to my table and complained to my friends. After that, i didn't see the two guys anymore...i guess they went sumwhere else already. After that, i continued dancing and performing my raunchy moves throughout the night. I know you guys reading my blog will think i am so stupid to avoid such a good opportunity to get laid, but in reality, it really freaks me out. In my opinion, the two guys were drunk...but probably not too...i don't know and don't care whether they are drunk or not...i just tried my very best to run away as far as possible. Guys, this is not a make-up story...it's real...for heaven sake...and for those of you who know me well enough, you know that i am not a boaster. This experience is true...and thinking back, maybe i should have accepted the offer because both the guys are quite gorgeous too...hahaha!!! Anyway, that happened in a straight club...what will happen if i have gone to a gay & lesbian club...which is located just opposite of the club we went to. I didn't think that such things could happen to me last night. I went there with the intention of looking at some eye-candies and dancing all night long and at the same time, celebrate my friend's birthday. Okie, i guess i better than stop blogging for now...wanna go to Chinatown to have my buffet dinner already...yummies...blog some other time...bye!!!

~*Pictures of My Room*~

My Nice and Cozy Bedroom

My Computer and Study Table

The View Outside of My Room

~*This Is The Most Craziest Shit Ever*~

Woah...today me and my friends went shopping at Morrisons to buy some foodstuffs to cook for dinner. We bought so many things till the trolley cart is full of our groceries. We were suppose to take a bus back to my friend's accommodation (where we always gather there for lunch and dinner) but we ended up walking back instead of taking the bus. And the craziest thing we did was to push the whole trolley cart back to her accommodation...about a kilometre walk from the shopping centre back to the accommodation. Holy shit!!! Everyone walking on the street kept staring at us...some even laugh at us...i have no where to hide my face...it's the most humiliating thing that i have ever done in my entire life. Luckily it's not me who have to push the trolley cart...it's my bestest pal here at Newcastle, Alan from Hong Kong who has to do the dirty and embarassing job. I guess Hong Kong people have really thick face for being so daring to do such a shameful act. Imagine guys, pushing as supermarket trolley cart back to the accommodation was unbelievable and hilarious too at the same time. Well, i guess this experience will last in my memory for a very very long time...the day that i will never forget for doing such an embarassing thing. The worse part was that we never return the trolley cart back to the supermarket...we just kinda left it outside my friend's accommodation and ran our asses back up to her room...which means that we kinda stole the trolley cart...i wonder what will happen should the police found out or something like that. I really could not imagine...hahaha!!! But we have no choice...it's just to heavy to carry so many stuffs back to my friend's place and it's really a hassle to carry so many things to catch a bus back...so the best thing to do is to push the whole trolley back with us. Anyway, enough about the trolley cart topic...i should move on to something more serious. One of my friend told me that we will know who our true friends are upon arriving in UK. I totally agree with her...what she said is so true...thanks AK for being so concern. The person i thought was a great friend to me turned out to be a donkey ass...a useless piece of junk...who knows nothing but to criticize and condemn people non-stop. I know this person likes to joke a lot but he gotta has a limit to it...he jokes non-stop day & night and he doesn't know whether that joke will hurt other people's feelings or not. I vow to myself from today onwards i should stay further away from this guy...errghh, i just hate him so much right now although he didn't know that i am hating him so much at this moment...enough about him too!!! As for now, i really wanna take this precious moments to show how much i care and miss my parents, my lovely dog, my brothers, my relatives and also my best friends back in Malaysia. Guys, i miss you all so so much...keep thinking about you all...Ivan Lee, Ivan Teh, Wei Loon, Alvin, Chooi Hoe, Kee Hong and not forgetting Jee Mee who is currently very close to me, in Manchester and also Yong Ming, who is currently in Australia. I also wanna thank God and my parents for giving me the opportunity to study in UK although it's just one year...please let me practice my British Vocational Course here after i have graduated...please...please. I am loving Newcastle day by day and i am even planning to have a UK permanent resident status here. But don't worry, i shall go back to Malaysia for holidays whenever i am free...because i miss everyone back there...love all of you...sobs...sobs...i am crying right now. Hope you are all doing fine. Anyway, the weather here is so cold...especially when the winds blow at your direction...i guess it really is an Early Winter in UK...the temperature during the day time has gone below 10 degrees celcius and i am freezing every hour, every minute and every second. Okie guys, i should stop blogging already...i gotta wake up early tomorrow morning to go to open my bank account at HSBC bank and i also need to go to the General Practitioner to do some medical checkup which is compulsory for all Northumbria University students. That's all for now...take care...bye!!!