Hello 2013! :2012 Highlights

Happy New Year everybody! A new year, again and as for me, is turning 22 years old soon in another 8 months.

How time flies, right?

Can start using this Hello Kitty diary book 2013 =D

Well, I’m in a middle of final exam for my 3^rd semester and here I am writing this post.

This time, I celebrate 2013 New Year Eve with Engineering Mathematics III final exam.

What a way to end a wonderful year of 2012. I hope I can get good CGPA this semester.

There are so many things that happen in 2012 that is like my ‘wish comes true’ kind of moment.

My bicycle that I ride every week for 2^nd semester for Mandarin class

Let’s look at the highlight event picture timeline of 2012:

1. NHK World 2011 Competition. Token of appreciation form NHK!

Token of appreciation from NHK world straight from NHK HQ Tokyo, Japan.

2. MuROC 2012: Attacked by this robot!!

Paintball robot from UiTM...

3. I sing for more than 10 events on 2012. Whoa… But I sing either for free or for merit. haha

Selected singing event  the one that I have the picture

4. HKUST International Sumer Program 2012. I love HKUST! Miss Hong Kong a lot. Hong Kong is a special
chapter of 2012. Check out my blogpost regarding my experience.

I love HKUST!

Such experience at 21 years old, amazing feeling ever!

With my awesome group member for IT Revolution presentation

5. Malaysia ROBOCON 2012 – Just go as a busy body. XP

6. Really touched by  birthday card wish by my dad on my 21^st birthday J Better than any present that a parents can give.

7. Freescale Smartcar Competition 2012 – seriously I am really facing a really big problem next year! >.<

Smartcar track. Oh, where the smartcar? I'll post about it maybe in another post?

8. I join Yinzi! Fall in love with this guitar on first sight, seriously. I’m so in love with guitar!

Welcome guitar to my humble music family.
Keyboard + guitar + violin

Love at first sight!

9. I got a 1^st year junior! She’s from Sabah. :D

10. I join NHK World We Love Japanese Song again!
This time, it is better than last year. I hope can get the souvenir, again!

My Japanese friends are so supportive! Miyu, my penpal and Nao my group member from HKUST ISP 2012.

Receive mail from NHK! How can they know I join the competition ‘again’ since I use different e-mail this year?lol

My IT group mate from Japan :)

Miyu ask her friend to vote :)

[Update: 2/1/2013]: I didn't win anything and my video not even show in the show.. again... Next year try again!!!

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The sad part of 2012 is that my beloved grandmother passed away, when my plane from Hong Kong touch down around noon. I always have her in my prayers. Al-Fatihah.

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[Verilog with altera board. The 2^nd computer language we learn after C-programming]

It is my ambition since 10 years old to involve in electrical and electronic engineering. I am fascinates with electric, even though I am really not science or math genius. It is constant struggle with all these technical subject and Maths. But it is important that I need to grasp fundamental in order to achieve understanding in this field. How difficult it is, when you have target/goal, anything is attainable. :)

Besides than that, I love singing. But I just sing for fun, but since I enter UPM, I really start to SING!
In UPM, I get the opportunity to sing at Dewan Besar, and many other events. I’m so blessed to meet with all friendly course mate and friends in UPM. Of course there are ups and downs throughout the year. But overall, I am amazed with what I achieved.

[It is an amazing feeling ever get to sing on that stage twice! I love big stage and spotlight. Lol]

I wish to join Pesta Ang Pau again this year! If they need my vocal again-lah. haha

So this year’s target?

Will think about it after my final exam over. :)

Have a nice day! I’m going off to study. Hopefully. XP

Hello 2013! :)

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [Finals and Return]

Presentation day~ I wear my 2008's baju raya =D
So proud wear baju kurung in Hong Kong! hehe

So finally~!
I'm gonna wrap up my journey for the last few days in Hong Kong in this post.

This is taken on the way to class.
Look at the shadow - looks like the arrow to go class~

On the same side, taken on afternoon, the arrow pointed to the way to hostel!

Such memories that I made: friends, environment, university, lecturer, food, .. I'm in love with Hong Kong.
I feel that I can blend in with the HK society... with a hiccup. I can't speak Chinese!
I am gonna miss HK a lot!!

I need to 'add oil' for Chinese as I really really really need it.
Really!

Click read more to read about my final memories in Hong Kong that ended my HKUST International Summer Program 2012.

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [HK Disneyland]

Well, my new semester has already begun, finally able to go back home and update my last bits of HK experience. Gotta need to start finish it!!

So I can update about my current life in university =D

Not really have anything to talk here, just sharing some photos and moments.

Luckily my roommate want to join us going to Disneyland, or else I going out with 2 guys to DISNEYLAND! I feel weird. haha

Well, it kind of rushing, since I do not want to skip class, we decided to go on Sunday.

Great! The next day is Poster day~ O.M.G.

Click read more to see more photos~~

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [Enrichment Tour - Leisure Trip to Lantau Island]

Meeting Time: 8.30 am
Meeting Point: Atrium
Itinerary: Ngong Ping 360 via cable car, Po Lin Monastery, Giant Buddha, Tai O Fishing Village, scenic point in Tsing-Ma Bridge / Vegetarian lunch at Po Lin Monastery / drop-off at HKUST before 6 pm

So today is the last day we have trip, next week Friday gonna be the farewell lunch which I decided not to go.

Top: With Doris :)
Below: With Lina and Joy

So, we begin our journey with cable car ride~

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [1st July]

Take photo in front of the iconic structure of HKUST before going. =)
It is a sundial.
Some sort like the sun clock.
But it looks like a turkey!
(From Kah Wai's camera)

1st July.
What so special about this date for Hong Kong?

1st July is Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
(HKSAR establishment day) where on this day two things happen. 
One is the protest, and at night, there will be fireworks display held in Victoria Harbour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region_Establishment_Day

" The Hong Kong 1 July protests (Chinese: 七一遊行) is an annual protest rally originally led by the Civil Human Rights Front since the 1997 handover on the HKSAR establishment day. However, it was not until 2003 that the march drew large public attention by opposing the legislation of Basic Law Article 23.........The introduction of Article 23 legislation was temporarily shelved because of the protest. Since then, the 1 July marches have been held every year as a channel to demand for democracy, universal suffrage, rights of minorities, protection of freedom of speech and a variety of other political concerns." 

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1_July_marches

It is a special day for me to experience this and I will try to documented it here.
It is a very memorable day and unforgettable as it is eventful and meaningful day.
In short, it is the day I'll never forget.

Since this post got a lots of photos, please click read more to see them =)

I choose to wear bright yellow =D
The bright colour stand out in the picture.lol

We're heading to the HK city center.

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [A taste of local food @ Hang Hau]

From right: My room mate, me, Kah Wai and Andy.
(From Kah Wai's camera)

That day we went to the ISP trip, the typhoon warning level 8 are issued and we are advised to stay indoor.
So, my room mate and myself stay in our room but when I woke up, the weather is calm, beautiful and fine.

Look at the beautiful scenery from my room and all these yacht emerges out of nowhere. lol

For the rest of the day, we just stay in our room but at night, Andy invited us to eat out for dinner.

Since the weather is fine, my course mate invited my room mate together to eat out at Hang Hau.

Andy ask me to order but all the menu here is written in traditional Chinese and of course I can't read it.
(-.-'')
haha.

Anybody have any idea how to read this handwriting? XD

Since I can only eat seafood and vegetable, my friend make sure there's no meat in the certain dish that I can eat.
So, only these two dish I can eat:

Fish cooked with corn...

... and vegetable soup.

Fish + rice

This is  Si Chuan style frog dish.
My room mate like spicy food and ended up with this dish.
Of course I don't and cannot eat frog!

Read here from Kah Wai's post about food :http://bakaahwai.blogspot.com/2012/08/life-in-hkust-part-iii.html

 The restaurant that we went is where local people normally eat out.
Because the food that I can eat in these kind of restaurant is limited, I don't mind because sometimes its not the food that matter, its the environment and the experience.

I feel that the experience to be in the foreign country should be explore and this will open up our perception and views toward their culture.
But of course, I take care of what I eat and thank goodness that my friends are very understanding.

This dinner here is pretty special. My room mate is from mainland China and Andy is local Hong Kong people and Kah Wai, Fook Hee and me are Malaysian.
I don't really know Chinese, so Kah Wai help translating for me in English.
Andy speak Cantonese, my room mate speak Mandarin, Fook Hee speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English until his tongue got twisted and got confused with the language and ended up speaking Malay as well. haha!
They talk mostly about language and a bit of politics in China before the situation got tense we Malaysian said "Aiya, nevermind la~". lol!

Here in Hong Kong they are free to voice out their opinion but in mainland China and even Malaysia, we're restricted by law to voice out certain issue.
We Malaysian are used to not talk about sensitive issue and just "never mind" it, so we're like that. haha.

Its a nice experience that even though we're having Chinese heritage, from China, looks like Chinese, but we speak Chinese differently and different from each other.

It is a very interesting point for me because I was raised up in more towards Malay culture and not much of Chinese culture except from my dad's family.
I'm started to get exposed to the Chinese culture from peers was when I'm in Form 6 where almost all of my schoolmate are Chinese.
When I enter UPM, my course mate as well as other university friend invited me to join the Chinese cultural activities and there is where I learn a lot about it.

Going to Hong Kong broadened my mind and perception even more as I met more people and understand more even though I do not really understand Chinese.
(Most of the time I just guessing and it turn out to be wrong.. Bad experience >.<)

Take photo after eating =D

I realized that at this point that I want to be consistent and serious in learning Chinese and Japanese as well.
For instance, Chinese language is a very important language and understanding the language actually narrow down the culture barrier that's really strong, especially in Malaysia.
That's is what I felt and what I can conclude from this.

HKUST International Summer Program 2012: [Enrichment Tour: Cultural and Heritage]

This is the first trip that I follow my fellow Summer Program exchange tour since I arrive late to Hong Kong.
I'm really looking forward to it as we can visit places in Hong Kong.

I took this picture at the place near the wishing tree

We first gather at HKUST atrium at 8 am before depart with our respective group.
I'm I'm in group 2.
We're going for heritage tour where we going to visit the old building and museum at the new territory of Hong Kong.

Itinerary:
Yuen Long Old Market, Nam Sang Wai, Ping Shan Heritage Trail, Tai Fu Tai Mansion
Lunch: Ping Shan Traditional Basin Dish
Drop-off at HKUST before 6pm

Me before going down.

Squid shaped cracker ~ Cute.

That's our tour guide, Monica.

This is the longest suspension bridge in Hong Kong.
The wire used for the construction can circle earth about 3 times!
Its kinda foggy... Because at that time is typhoon level T1.
I wonder does it related.

This is Hong Kong cargo port, 3rd largest after Singapore and Shanghai.
I wonder what number is Port Klang?? lol

can you see at the building? They mark 8 and 15th floor I guess.
My birthday month and date :D

The building they build is soooo high~ Look at that!
I guess civil engineer here got paid really well. haha

HKUST bus. We stopped at the the cookies factory.

This is sorta like coupon for us to retrieve free cake~

Friends for National University Singapore (NUS)
From left hand side:
Singaporean, Malaysian and Mainland Chinese :D

Beware!

This blogpost is loaded with lots of pictures. XD