Finish my second year of university, I left one more year in MMU and get my "shining" degree. Before anything happen, I have one semester of industry training for 4 months. Ermmm... it's actually just switching part time to full time for me :P Full Time Game Programmer woh! It's really my dream to become a game developer and now I enjoying it right before I really going into working life... it's felt good :D
To knew what am I doing? Actually is what hatchlings Games team doing, just click on the link provided in my previous post, register for alpha tester, wait for approvement (if you desperate, tell me, i hack and make your account been approve immediately), and play the game!
My full time game programmer life just started. Full time here doesnt mean raise in wages, or increment in hours of working. Full time for current situation mean, there is no nasty assignment, there is no sleepy lecture force to attend, there is no mind-blasting tests or exam to attend. It left me and the game for this 4 month!
To imagine what kind of job that actually I can have fun and willing to work hard on it, it's only game developer. How many employee are feeling sad on Sunday nigth, how many employee are feeling happy when the clock tick near 5pm and rush home, how many people are actually having fun during their work except the moment they got promoted or got their salary? Before I caught myself into those dilemma, lets just stick to what is fun.
Today Brain's Talk's :: What is life if you not enjoying in? What to regret if life never taste fun?
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Quasr Closed Alpha Launched!!!
Yes! This is it. If you all still wondering what's made Kuan busy, what's made him not avaible to gathering, what's made my nickname in msn so down or moody. It's all because there is one big project on going and I worked for it hardly ( In the spare time between my assignment and exam lah). It's Quasr: The Trading Card Game by Hatchlings Games !
Anyone interested wanna test out the game that Me and my wonderful teammate made? This game was design initially to bang a big sound to the world, it aiming to be very big! Without saying much from my side, better to see with your own eye.
Currently we just in close alpha launch. It's mean a testing period where the game still not polish, buggy, lack of function and design. Alpha testing is there to fix those thing and make the game better by figure out the tester response. Anyone who is interested, please sign up as our alpha tester! I cannot guarentee you getting a spot as a tester anyway :P
Quasr
Enjoy :)
Anyone interested wanna test out the game that Me and my wonderful teammate made? This game was design initially to bang a big sound to the world, it aiming to be very big! Without saying much from my side, better to see with your own eye.
Currently we just in close alpha launch. It's mean a testing period where the game still not polish, buggy, lack of function and design. Alpha testing is there to fix those thing and make the game better by figure out the tester response. Anyone who is interested, please sign up as our alpha tester! I cannot guarentee you getting a spot as a tester anyway :P
Quasr
Enjoy :)
Sunday, May 20, 2007
StarCraft : A game that change my world
For those still a little bit outdated StarCraft II was announce officially by Blizzard as one of their next release. Diablo 3, next warcraft expansion, are still in mystery. But this... can I say it is the biggest game title in the PC game history? This coming title, SCII naturally become one of the most wanted game, most looking forward game, it may be a game to hit this world again... who knows. Blizzard never fail to develop a world's game.
StarCraft. The first time I saw someone playing it was at a computer shop at Karamunsing, KK. It caught my sight for a long time, then it's in my hand (Pirated...) few minutes after I found out that this game was developed by my favourite Game company - Blizzard. Dissapoint hit me badly after I install the game into my very old computer, it ran, but very slow. I never gave up playing, even with a ridiculus (ridiculus? sound familiar) speed.
So far, this point doesnt make sense of my topic today. StarCraft playing didn't actually changed my world. It's brought me something to change my world. A group of friends - LsL. (LsL again, next time have to intro other gang liaw, hehe). No matter what are the other reasons, the most significant put us together at 1999 is this game named starcraft.
We call each other, play this game at a very expensive cyber cafe (RM5 per hour). Days carried on, our starcraft became bigger and bigger. More and more comrades we can gather together and went CC to play SC. We walk like 2KM from school to Damai, we woke up 7am and reach a CC at 8am to grab a place, we took bus together to town, just for SC. We overnight at each other house, main activity SC. Every Monday morning, we discuss and revise our strategy of last week. Lunch, we talked SC. Walk, we talked SC. SC SC and SC.
Miss those day badly :)
Today Picture :
Today Brain's Predicting : Guys, StarCraft going to have a better, updated version. LsL need to update too :D
StarCraft. The first time I saw someone playing it was at a computer shop at Karamunsing, KK. It caught my sight for a long time, then it's in my hand (Pirated...) few minutes after I found out that this game was developed by my favourite Game company - Blizzard. Dissapoint hit me badly after I install the game into my very old computer, it ran, but very slow. I never gave up playing, even with a ridiculus (ridiculus? sound familiar) speed.
So far, this point doesnt make sense of my topic today. StarCraft playing didn't actually changed my world. It's brought me something to change my world. A group of friends - LsL. (LsL again, next time have to intro other gang liaw, hehe). No matter what are the other reasons, the most significant put us together at 1999 is this game named starcraft.
We call each other, play this game at a very expensive cyber cafe (RM5 per hour). Days carried on, our starcraft became bigger and bigger. More and more comrades we can gather together and went CC to play SC. We walk like 2KM from school to Damai, we woke up 7am and reach a CC at 8am to grab a place, we took bus together to town, just for SC. We overnight at each other house, main activity SC. Every Monday morning, we discuss and revise our strategy of last week. Lunch, we talked SC. Walk, we talked SC. SC SC and SC.
Miss those day badly :)
Today Picture :
Today Brain's Predicting : Guys, StarCraft going to have a better, updated version. LsL need to update too :D
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Isn't it ridiculus that...
Lets take an example of one office, It managed by a boss. This boss gave the key to the manager and assistant managers. So, here we go...
Isn't it ridiculus that...
One of the employee, (let give that a name...ermm....KY?) KY once borrowed a key from manager with a reason that he left something in the office and wanna retrieve it. After a few days, assistant found out that this KY duplicate the key and start using the office without noticing. ( what is the use of manager and assistant manager...)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
After some times, this KY failed to become one of the company's big project leader and decided to quit the office. Then this KY returned the key to the assistant manager with a bill to claim the fee of duplication. ( Ever happen that a thieve claimed transportation fee from the home owner after he stole something from the house and need to transfer stolen thing to other place).
Isn't it ridiculus that...
One day, this assistant manager (this is so tedius to type this again and again, give it a name... YK?). YK went to office to do something. FOUND OUT THAT THIS KY IS SLEEPING IN THE OFFICE! It's mean that KY duplicate another key without noticing and pretended that he returned the key (most ridiculus is he claimed that). ** Attention here, actually the company can sue him with a criminal act **
Isn't it ridiculus that...
Until one day, YK with his comrade found out that this KY even brought pillow, sleeping bag, tooth brush and tooth paste to the office. It is a bed room! ( It's a free single room with air conditional, anyone interested?)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
When YK and his assistant returned the things back to KY and get the key from him. KY first response is " Okay, I wont use the office to sleep anymore". (KY didnt aware that he is wrong, what the fuck?)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
Refer back to company record, this KY never did a shit for the company. And KY thought that he worth using the room to sleep and eat. (Oh my godness)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
There is once he refuse to admit his fault (duplicating the key with cheating us and used the room to sleep) and complain others were using the office to do work or personally working, or assignment. ( Heal the world....makes it a better day )
If this is actually happen to me in real life? I just said...IF...
Today Brain's Curious @@ There are many ridiculus people around. Some times it's come to a level that made me thought I am the one ridiculus. Unbelievable.
Isn't it ridiculus that...
One of the employee, (let give that a name...ermm....KY?) KY once borrowed a key from manager with a reason that he left something in the office and wanna retrieve it. After a few days, assistant found out that this KY duplicate the key and start using the office without noticing. ( what is the use of manager and assistant manager...)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
After some times, this KY failed to become one of the company's big project leader and decided to quit the office. Then this KY returned the key to the assistant manager with a bill to claim the fee of duplication. ( Ever happen that a thieve claimed transportation fee from the home owner after he stole something from the house and need to transfer stolen thing to other place).
Isn't it ridiculus that...
One day, this assistant manager (this is so tedius to type this again and again, give it a name... YK?). YK went to office to do something. FOUND OUT THAT THIS KY IS SLEEPING IN THE OFFICE! It's mean that KY duplicate another key without noticing and pretended that he returned the key (most ridiculus is he claimed that). ** Attention here, actually the company can sue him with a criminal act **
Isn't it ridiculus that...
Until one day, YK with his comrade found out that this KY even brought pillow, sleeping bag, tooth brush and tooth paste to the office. It is a bed room! ( It's a free single room with air conditional, anyone interested?)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
When YK and his assistant returned the things back to KY and get the key from him. KY first response is " Okay, I wont use the office to sleep anymore". (KY didnt aware that he is wrong, what the fuck?)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
Refer back to company record, this KY never did a shit for the company. And KY thought that he worth using the room to sleep and eat. (Oh my godness)
Isn't it ridiculus that...
There is once he refuse to admit his fault (duplicating the key with cheating us and used the room to sleep) and complain others were using the office to do work or personally working, or assignment. ( Heal the world....makes it a better day )
If this is actually happen to me in real life? I just said...IF...
Today Brain's Curious @@ There are many ridiculus people around. Some times it's come to a level that made me thought I am the one ridiculus. Unbelievable.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
A Special Friend Leaving Us
First semester of my gamma year in MMU, we made a unique decision to take Korea Language 1 as our coco subject. I was the first to start this korea wave then William, Eddie, Leong kee, following to join this unique first class of Korea Language. So happen that Min Bee also in the same class, same session, but she was not under my influence.
The first class is one unforgettable class since it's the first day we met this special friend - Ms Yoon Sang Mi (Actually it's a bit odd to keep on calling she Ms Yoon, she's just 27 anyway). She's quite a korean type pretty girl. Her friendly way of conducting a class form our habit of attending every class by her. Honestly, Korea Language 1 is the only class which I holding a 100% attendance record since I came out from secondary school.
We managed to pull her out for a trip to Taman Negara ( please refer to my previous post of taman negara for more information), and this trip built a friendship among us. After that we had some other activities as well like watching movie, dinner, bbq, whatever. Although we're a bit slack during the second trimester and this trimester as well, but I believe she appreciate our friendship.
Today Picture : Ms Yoon and her three favourite students :P
So, tomorrow is a day my first korean friend going to leave this country. She's leaving us, but B&B last long :) Malaysia didn't leave a nice image to her as a country, MMU not giving her a nice memory been a lecturer in it, but I do hope we all as her friends let her has something to keep in heart.
Today Brain's Farewell :: Farewell our beloved Korea Teacher and good friend. Wish your future will be happier and sweet sweet with your love one. Ann Yeong!
The first class is one unforgettable class since it's the first day we met this special friend - Ms Yoon Sang Mi (Actually it's a bit odd to keep on calling she Ms Yoon, she's just 27 anyway). She's quite a korean type pretty girl. Her friendly way of conducting a class form our habit of attending every class by her. Honestly, Korea Language 1 is the only class which I holding a 100% attendance record since I came out from secondary school.
We managed to pull her out for a trip to Taman Negara ( please refer to my previous post of taman negara for more information), and this trip built a friendship among us. After that we had some other activities as well like watching movie, dinner, bbq, whatever. Although we're a bit slack during the second trimester and this trimester as well, but I believe she appreciate our friendship.
Today Picture : Ms Yoon and her three favourite students :P
So, tomorrow is a day my first korean friend going to leave this country. She's leaving us, but B&B last long :) Malaysia didn't leave a nice image to her as a country, MMU not giving her a nice memory been a lecturer in it, but I do hope we all as her friends let her has something to keep in heart.
Today Brain's Farewell :: Farewell our beloved Korea Teacher and good friend. Wish your future will be happier and sweet sweet with your love one. Ann Yeong!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
The Old Days
Sound like an old guy? Ya... It is.
Since young, my mother taught me one thing, enjoy my time in school, It is the best time ever. This theory seem hard for me to understand in my primary school age. In those days, I suffering in class time, boring classes, force to do homework, singing class (terrible), sprank by teacher. We always looking forward for recess bell rang or end of classes, then it's my free time to play around... except my tution time lah. It's fun to remember back my old friends and cousins at Sandakan, the sweet time we play together and talk which sound like an adult but actually it's very childish but true. We hate schooling so much that we neglect the fact that, it is the place to bind us together.
The theory was reminded by my mother again when I was in my secondary school, junior forms. Studying in my secondary school is a tough life for me. I met all those cleverer, and more hard working student there. They spoke english like the one in english movie, they study so hard that life is to read a book, they score so well in examination which seem so hard of me to say it's so easy. Then I start dislike schooling again, enviroment force me to study so hard that i need to sacrify my computer gaming time for examination. Academic is not the only thing taught in school. I not yet understand my mother's theory by that time but I actually applying it. LsL formed at my junior forms. After strugling for classes ( or slept pass it), we went cyber play starcraft, or basketball court play ball, or Center point to lepak. I forgot most of the thing I learn in my geography or history classes, but I earned one gang of friends which accompany me in my whole life.
Today Picture 1 : LsL ( Edmund, Koh, Cheong, Shyang, Me, Kent, Daniel and Ryan (spirit :P ) )
Senior forms in my secondary school, honestly, should be the best time ever in life. Just as my mum told me. I joined prefect board in my secondary school and it brought me a lot of memory and friends which I will never forget. With my own brother gang LsL, and brother gang prefect board (HLG) and sister gang ( 8po Group). Though there were problems of study, relationship and event, though there were anger, dissapointment towards some people. The joy I got in that time made my life already something not to be regret. There are no complicated personality, there are no relationship bing with money or busingess, there are no betrayal, no true hate, no ridiculus, no dark side of human being. At the end of my secondary school, I already learnt and understood my mother's theory.
After my schooling days, I went college and currently at University. I am happy and joyful that I still met some good friends just like I did in my secondary friends. Simple and true friends. Whether it's the growing up effect or complicated people mind, I met some people, I taste some relationship, I witnessed some personality which I thought only happen in dramas or movie. The price of growing up. It really sound like a kampung boy who went to a big bright city. lol.
Today Brain's Reminding :: I guess I made a lot of right chose of friends in my life. Just to remind that, chose a friend which is true.
Since young, my mother taught me one thing, enjoy my time in school, It is the best time ever. This theory seem hard for me to understand in my primary school age. In those days, I suffering in class time, boring classes, force to do homework, singing class (terrible), sprank by teacher. We always looking forward for recess bell rang or end of classes, then it's my free time to play around... except my tution time lah. It's fun to remember back my old friends and cousins at Sandakan, the sweet time we play together and talk which sound like an adult but actually it's very childish but true. We hate schooling so much that we neglect the fact that, it is the place to bind us together.
The theory was reminded by my mother again when I was in my secondary school, junior forms. Studying in my secondary school is a tough life for me. I met all those cleverer, and more hard working student there. They spoke english like the one in english movie, they study so hard that life is to read a book, they score so well in examination which seem so hard of me to say it's so easy. Then I start dislike schooling again, enviroment force me to study so hard that i need to sacrify my computer gaming time for examination. Academic is not the only thing taught in school. I not yet understand my mother's theory by that time but I actually applying it. LsL formed at my junior forms. After strugling for classes ( or slept pass it), we went cyber play starcraft, or basketball court play ball, or Center point to lepak. I forgot most of the thing I learn in my geography or history classes, but I earned one gang of friends which accompany me in my whole life.
Today Picture 1 : LsL ( Edmund, Koh, Cheong, Shyang, Me, Kent, Daniel and Ryan (spirit :P ) )
Senior forms in my secondary school, honestly, should be the best time ever in life. Just as my mum told me. I joined prefect board in my secondary school and it brought me a lot of memory and friends which I will never forget. With my own brother gang LsL, and brother gang prefect board (HLG) and sister gang ( 8po Group). Though there were problems of study, relationship and event, though there were anger, dissapointment towards some people. The joy I got in that time made my life already something not to be regret. There are no complicated personality, there are no relationship bing with money or busingess, there are no betrayal, no true hate, no ridiculus, no dark side of human being. At the end of my secondary school, I already learnt and understood my mother's theory.
After my schooling days, I went college and currently at University. I am happy and joyful that I still met some good friends just like I did in my secondary friends. Simple and true friends. Whether it's the growing up effect or complicated people mind, I met some people, I taste some relationship, I witnessed some personality which I thought only happen in dramas or movie. The price of growing up. It really sound like a kampung boy who went to a big bright city. lol.
Today Brain's Reminding :: I guess I made a lot of right chose of friends in my life. Just to remind that, chose a friend which is true.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Egg Run Beta Testing
*Drum rolllllllinggggggggggg* *Qiaaaaaaanag!*
Oh yeah, here come Egg Run beta testing. Anyone interested please find my personally. But sorry to say that, to play this game, you need to have sony ericsson color mobile phone which screen size is at least 200 pixel and upper, then the next requirement is you need to have a way to transfer the file to your handphone. After unzip EggRun.zip, navigate to /bin/ and send the EggRun.jar to your handphone, then, done! . If you don't have sony ericsson phone and still wanna help me out with the beta testing, there is one way... Quite tedius way.
Go to this site. Click on the first file "Sony Ericsson SDK 2.2.4 for the Java(TM) ME Platform", and yes, it's 73mb (this determine how passionate you are to help kuan out :P) After the download, install the SDK. ( It's actually a full SDK that you actually can start developing your own java mobile edition program for your hand phone, in case you knew how to program in java lah. ) After the installation, to the the start menu > sony ericsson > WTK2 > Run Midp Application. One pop up window will ask you for a .jad file. Navigate it to the place you found my Egg Run folder, open the EggGame.jad in /bin/ folder. Then you can enjoy the game!
I personally very satidfy with this game we produced, it will worth the tough work, download and stuff. By the way, reminder on the jaR and jaD, they're different.
I like to say thanks for the people who tested, or going to test the game, and feedback is really needed. *BOW*
Today Brain's Begging :: Test lahh :P
Oh yeah, here come Egg Run beta testing. Anyone interested please find my personally. But sorry to say that, to play this game, you need to have sony ericsson color mobile phone which screen size is at least 200 pixel and upper, then the next requirement is you need to have a way to transfer the file to your handphone. After unzip EggRun.zip, navigate to /bin/ and send the EggRun.jar to your handphone, then, done! . If you don't have sony ericsson phone and still wanna help me out with the beta testing, there is one way... Quite tedius way.
Go to this site. Click on the first file "Sony Ericsson SDK 2.2.4 for the Java(TM) ME Platform", and yes, it's 73mb (this determine how passionate you are to help kuan out :P) After the download, install the SDK. ( It's actually a full SDK that you actually can start developing your own java mobile edition program for your hand phone, in case you knew how to program in java lah. ) After the installation, to the the start menu > sony ericsson > WTK2 > Run Midp Application. One pop up window will ask you for a .jad file. Navigate it to the place you found my Egg Run folder, open the EggGame.jad in /bin/ folder. Then you can enjoy the game!
I personally very satidfy with this game we produced, it will worth the tough work, download and stuff. By the way, reminder on the jaR and jaD, they're different.
I like to say thanks for the people who tested, or going to test the game, and feedback is really needed. *BOW*
Today Brain's Begging :: Test lahh :P
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Birthday of My Girl, and My Friends
26th April just past (few days ago lah). It is a special day to me, I have 4 friends birthday on that day, which is the most in my calender (in mind one). So, here, happy belated birthday to Jagung, Terrence, Yan Ling and.... my dearest Min Bee.
I believe she got a really nice birthday week (never heard of birthday week? which is her invention that the whole week is her birthday and almost everyday has something to celebate.) Well, beside it is Min Bee's birthday week, it also our MMU's assignment killing period where most of us have at least 2 assignment to pass up this week. Time management became important then ( because she is the priority in any situation... unless I risk my life).
Genting trip in my previous post is the starting of the activity in this crazy busy week. After that, we had a BBQ party at C block pool side. Most of her friends (My friends too lah) invited to this pool side party. Bao Bao, Josh, Ms yoon, Yan Hui, and new member to Bao Bao - Hao Hao. The party was very fun, we chatting around, playing, burning, josh busy taking photo, Yan hui busy burning the food, etc etc. But the party end up burning under a roof because of raining but still keeping the fun, everyone sang birthday songs to Min Bee in varies language ( so happy :D)
Today Picture 1 : This the indoor bbq area.
Another activity is the midnite-putrajaya-bridge candle "blowing". The same party member gather together at wednesday night, brought a cake, brough a special gift, 2 cars and rush to the bridge. Cake cut and share, gift unwrap and show, mouth smile and laugh, picture caught and store, and lastly... police came and we RAN!!! Ms Yoon felt funny we had to run like that. she knew the real reason after I said one thing "they want money" then she understood. How corrupted is our country can be proof that Ms Yoon already force to pay rasuah in the first day she reach Malaysia since the custom claim that she cannot bring in her comestic thingy.
Today picture 2 : Mid night in putrajaya Bridge.
Today picture 3 : Yum Cah after the escape.
Well, 26th April sure is the day I reserve for her de lah. Lucky that it is holiday. Activity ? Secret :P
Today's Brain's Wish :: Happy birthday to my love, wish you will happy and happier in future and happiest all the time .
I believe she got a really nice birthday week (never heard of birthday week? which is her invention that the whole week is her birthday and almost everyday has something to celebate.) Well, beside it is Min Bee's birthday week, it also our MMU's assignment killing period where most of us have at least 2 assignment to pass up this week. Time management became important then ( because she is the priority in any situation... unless I risk my life).
Genting trip in my previous post is the starting of the activity in this crazy busy week. After that, we had a BBQ party at C block pool side. Most of her friends (My friends too lah) invited to this pool side party. Bao Bao, Josh, Ms yoon, Yan Hui, and new member to Bao Bao - Hao Hao. The party was very fun, we chatting around, playing, burning, josh busy taking photo, Yan hui busy burning the food, etc etc. But the party end up burning under a roof because of raining but still keeping the fun, everyone sang birthday songs to Min Bee in varies language ( so happy :D)
Today Picture 1 : This the indoor bbq area.
Another activity is the midnite-putrajaya-bridge candle "blowing". The same party member gather together at wednesday night, brought a cake, brough a special gift, 2 cars and rush to the bridge. Cake cut and share, gift unwrap and show, mouth smile and laugh, picture caught and store, and lastly... police came and we RAN!!! Ms Yoon felt funny we had to run like that. she knew the real reason after I said one thing "they want money" then she understood. How corrupted is our country can be proof that Ms Yoon already force to pay rasuah in the first day she reach Malaysia since the custom claim that she cannot bring in her comestic thingy.
Today picture 2 : Mid night in putrajaya Bridge.
Today picture 3 : Yum Cah after the escape.
Well, 26th April sure is the day I reserve for her de lah. Lucky that it is holiday. Activity ? Secret :P
Today's Brain's Wish :: Happy birthday to my love, wish you will happy and happier in future and happiest all the time .
Sunday, April 22, 2007
All Red, one Green Spot
It's a phrase used in chinese to describe something which happen/act very different compare to all the thing around or happen recently. It's happy to say that, this is finally a trip post :)
Trip? MMU student might start wondering are we crazy because we (me, Min Bee, William, Eddie, Leong Kee and Josh) just back from Genting highland today and we move out yesterday early morning. All of us have 3 assignment to pass up next week. No doubt, It's 3 assignments. We actually already past up few before this weekend and need to work on to finish another 3 in the following week. All red, and we just did a Green in our tension life.
We enjoyed very much for this trip. Although there are some conversation related to assignments but in these one day half, we made it to free our mind from those stress. We played bowling, we ate buffet, we went into Casino, we drank Starbuck coffee, we watched movie, we played card, we laugh, we crazy, we had fun :)
Anyway, this is the last week we need to focus our eye that much to the computer screen just to finish something will convert into floating point in our degree certificate. Trip over :D
Today's Picture : A series of SS (syok sendiri) picture took in the hotel.
Brain peace.
Trip? MMU student might start wondering are we crazy because we (me, Min Bee, William, Eddie, Leong Kee and Josh) just back from Genting highland today and we move out yesterday early morning. All of us have 3 assignment to pass up next week. No doubt, It's 3 assignments. We actually already past up few before this weekend and need to work on to finish another 3 in the following week. All red, and we just did a Green in our tension life.
We enjoyed very much for this trip. Although there are some conversation related to assignments but in these one day half, we made it to free our mind from those stress. We played bowling, we ate buffet, we went into Casino, we drank Starbuck coffee, we watched movie, we played card, we laugh, we crazy, we had fun :)
Anyway, this is the last week we need to focus our eye that much to the computer screen just to finish something will convert into floating point in our degree certificate. Trip over :D
Today's Picture : A series of SS (syok sendiri) picture took in the hotel.
Brain peace.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Friends
This word seem important to me, well, it's actually important to everyone. Why Kuan suddenly want to talk about you (my friend :) ). It's because I'm too sien and nothing to blog about lo. hehe.
Busy and stress are really something that will drive someone minds away. I tasted it. When all things came together and all waiting for me to handle, whether it's problem or trouble, It's just feel like collapse. Then I picked up piece by piece, jewel or trashes, there is one piece which still shiny just that dust polluted it, a bit.( sound literature? May be I just saw my MUET exam slip ).
How weak I became, how upset I pissed off myself and those pissed me off, there is one party, whole lot of people, who still stand by me. Even they are still busy and hanging with their own life's troubles, hands are still given out. How dare I forget about it and so selffish that I burried my head into the soil of stress and trouble.
It's weird but actually the memories help this out. I remember the sweet times. LsL, HLG, GnL, B&B, Bao Bao and Min Bee :D
Today Braind's Flashing Back :: It's been so long since I can laugh without thinking who am I just thinking whom I be with.
Busy and stress are really something that will drive someone minds away. I tasted it. When all things came together and all waiting for me to handle, whether it's problem or trouble, It's just feel like collapse. Then I picked up piece by piece, jewel or trashes, there is one piece which still shiny just that dust polluted it, a bit.( sound literature? May be I just saw my MUET exam slip ).
How weak I became, how upset I pissed off myself and those pissed me off, there is one party, whole lot of people, who still stand by me. Even they are still busy and hanging with their own life's troubles, hands are still given out. How dare I forget about it and so selffish that I burried my head into the soil of stress and trouble.
It's weird but actually the memories help this out. I remember the sweet times. LsL, HLG, GnL, B&B, Bao Bao and Min Bee :D
Today Braind's Flashing Back :: It's been so long since I can laugh without thinking who am I just thinking whom I be with.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Busy and Simple. It's life
It's not common to hear Kuan said "I'm am freaking busy with my life now", "I got no time to the gather, because I got lots to do" or "Sorry, I'm busy, mind chat next time?". It's really not common to hear this for the years before I step the foot to MMU campus. It's common now, especially this and last year. I am so sorry that some of my good friends actually start my MSN chat with "bz?", "still there?" or "..." not interested to find me anymore coz I turned them down few times.
Sorry friends to me to act like that. I have a very bad control of my life right now, it's just too mess. Things pop up like mushroom after rain, even last last week my car in accident and she's done now. I still not getting her back because I am too busy and lost the energy to get it back. Too many things floating over my mind made me no heart to think about my car. It's really bad.
Anyway, I recharged my battery. The charger is Segamat. I went there yesterday with Min Bee to celebrate her father's birthday. First time met her parent, hehe, I guess I did quite well anyway. I was there since saturday morning until sunday (today) evening. I did nothing but watch TV on the sofa, went eat Segamat food, enjoy 2 ppl world with Min Bee. Ah~~~ Refreshed and recharged.
Today Picture : All my "treassure" gathered in my life. the WOWTBC is actually Kent's :P
Today Brain's Sharing ** Life is actually simple, just ignore those negative people, ignore those annoying comment, ignore those fake praises, ignore those you-think-it's-shit.
Sorry friends to me to act like that. I have a very bad control of my life right now, it's just too mess. Things pop up like mushroom after rain, even last last week my car in accident and she's done now. I still not getting her back because I am too busy and lost the energy to get it back. Too many things floating over my mind made me no heart to think about my car. It's really bad.
Anyway, I recharged my battery. The charger is Segamat. I went there yesterday with Min Bee to celebrate her father's birthday. First time met her parent, hehe, I guess I did quite well anyway. I was there since saturday morning until sunday (today) evening. I did nothing but watch TV on the sofa, went eat Segamat food, enjoy 2 ppl world with Min Bee. Ah~~~ Refreshed and recharged.
Today Picture : All my "treassure" gathered in my life. the WOWTBC is actually Kent's :P
Today Brain's Sharing ** Life is actually simple, just ignore those negative people, ignore those annoying comment, ignore those fake praises, ignore those you-think-it's-shit.
Monday, April 02, 2007
Paid and Play
Today Kelvin told me one of his lecturer's high pay story. This lecturer graduate from MMU's IT faculty with 4 flat degree, get his master in around one year at Swinburne (AUS). After that he wrote few book, e.g. related to encryption and water marking. While he was teaching at Kuching, Kelvin said he got paid around 20k Ringgit. Currently he was sponsored by government all the way to Switzerland for a research project. He pay is 40k US dollar now.
Kelvin is so amaze about that large sum of pay the "guy" got pay just doing some programming stuff, me either, imagining if I got that kind of paid while doing some cutting edge research and I actually passionate in doing it. Let say, some stupid company / agent pay me RM 10k to research on Movie watching and Game playing. Awh...
Back to work, my current research : Quasr.
Today Brain's Researching ** If Plant knew how to talk or send message to human, what vegetarian should eat **
Kelvin is so amaze about that large sum of pay the "guy" got pay just doing some programming stuff, me either, imagining if I got that kind of paid while doing some cutting edge research and I actually passionate in doing it. Let say, some stupid company / agent pay me RM 10k to research on Movie watching and Game playing. Awh...
Back to work, my current research : Quasr.
Today Brain's Researching ** If Plant knew how to talk or send message to human, what vegetarian should eat **
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Egg Run alpha testing
This semester assignment is mobile game. I team with Jun Hao and Ee Kean. After discussion and discussion, we made this game, named Egg Run. We completed the alpha release two days ago, and send the game to some friend to try it out. Happy is that we really satisfy with the game, and the feedbacks are cool.
This game is actually play by those tester on their handphone (so far just sony ericsson supported). Well... it's kind of proud that we manage to make that in 8 weeks time. Although it still far behind from what we planned for beta realease, but it hit the milestone quite well.
Here is some screen shot (put some picture so my blog wont be that boring).
Felt interest and wanna try it out? The limitation is, sony ericsson phone guarentee play well, Nokia guarentee play sucks, others I don't know. and will need bluetooth, memory card or cable to install this game to phone. Find me personally to get the alpha. hehe.
Brain peace.
This game is actually play by those tester on their handphone (so far just sony ericsson supported). Well... it's kind of proud that we manage to make that in 8 weeks time. Although it still far behind from what we planned for beta realease, but it hit the milestone quite well.
Here is some screen shot (put some picture so my blog wont be that boring).
Felt interest and wanna try it out? The limitation is, sony ericsson phone guarentee play well, Nokia guarentee play sucks, others I don't know. and will need bluetooth, memory card or cable to install this game to phone. Find me personally to get the alpha. hehe.
Brain peace.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
It's Dark
It's bad, bad, bad and it's too bad. I let my dear wife (named myvi) fall into valley of suffering, Factory of crazy doctor, Hell. She's hurt, again. It happended at the peaceful MMU campus where there are road and junctions.
It's not a good day for me before that trajedy happen. My brain is full with Code, Java or Action Script, and full with game, Quasr or EggRun. Beside of codes, there are alarm clocks ticking and warning me that they going to ring soon, those damn DEADLINE alarm. Brain is yelling, knocking me to get some fresh air but NO! I'll die if I missed those deadline.
With the burdened heart and sportless-body moving back to my dear wife after a sleeping class. I was going to drag my way back to my dear second wife(named laptop) and continue killing codes monsters. And here come a lovely wira, trying his very bad luck to jump into a junction infront of it, where he need to pass through a straight and lineless road, where I driving on. Whether he is blind, or he thought I fast enought to halt my dear wife, he's all wrong. There, the trajedi of pain happen.
Brain's Praying **Give me some light...**
It's not a good day for me before that trajedy happen. My brain is full with Code, Java or Action Script, and full with game, Quasr or EggRun. Beside of codes, there are alarm clocks ticking and warning me that they going to ring soon, those damn DEADLINE alarm. Brain is yelling, knocking me to get some fresh air but NO! I'll die if I missed those deadline.
With the burdened heart and sportless-body moving back to my dear wife after a sleeping class. I was going to drag my way back to my dear second wife(named laptop) and continue killing codes monsters. And here come a lovely wira, trying his very bad luck to jump into a junction infront of it, where he need to pass through a straight and lineless road, where I driving on. Whether he is blind, or he thought I fast enought to halt my dear wife, he's all wrong. There, the trajedi of pain happen.
Brain's Praying **Give me some light...**
Saturday, March 24, 2007
387 KM
Today has a special mission from my dear Mei Mei. Drive all the way to Tangkak (Dong jia) and celebrate birthday with her sister Min Hui. Before reaching Tangkak we went Melaka to meet Min Bee's uncle to pass something to him. Unbelievable I went Melaka the fifth time, and today is the second time I went there in this year, never thought I will be there so many times.
Drove whole morning and noon, until evening, my right feet push about 387 KM today. I think this should be my record, most KM drove in one day.
After a long break, actually is kind of sick leave for myself, it's time to crunch again.
Today brain's Travelling ** Melaka is a town smell good. Smell of History's Blood and Glory, Smell of Cendol and Chicken Rice, Smell of Culture. **
Drove whole morning and noon, until evening, my right feet push about 387 KM today. I think this should be my record, most KM drove in one day.
After a long break, actually is kind of sick leave for myself, it's time to crunch again.
Today brain's Travelling ** Melaka is a town smell good. Smell of History's Blood and Glory, Smell of Cendol and Chicken Rice, Smell of Culture. **
Monday, March 19, 2007
FIx Style
Was coding for almost 2 full days except from eat and sleep, tommorow will carry on until the dead line is meet I guess. It's crunch :(
After typed thousand plus plus line of code, editing, testing, debugging. I figure out that my coding style change a bit, in term of code architecture I should say. Quite happy about that since changing in style always mean improvement cause we never chose to change only if that change we felt better. Still, something is fix. Part of the code still carry on with the same style, It's kind of FIX where it's hard to change, or there is no alternative.
When people doing something regulary for a long time, it's become fix. And process a style of doing it which is fix. Then change getting more and more reluctant. Because people like comfort, constant, and feeling of all things still under control and this lead to refuse facing the truth, the world, the life. Things around changes, so do we need to change to adapt, to actually see what is going on. Unless people want to leave behind, hiding in a ball of him/herself.
It's not about making ourself more clever, more up to date, more competitive. It's about how you use your life to taste what's world give, good or bad.
Today Brain's Reminding **Friend, we helped enough, change or fix, make your own life decision** (Dedicated to someone, on behalf of LsL)
After typed thousand plus plus line of code, editing, testing, debugging. I figure out that my coding style change a bit, in term of code architecture I should say. Quite happy about that since changing in style always mean improvement cause we never chose to change only if that change we felt better. Still, something is fix. Part of the code still carry on with the same style, It's kind of FIX where it's hard to change, or there is no alternative.
When people doing something regulary for a long time, it's become fix. And process a style of doing it which is fix. Then change getting more and more reluctant. Because people like comfort, constant, and feeling of all things still under control and this lead to refuse facing the truth, the world, the life. Things around changes, so do we need to change to adapt, to actually see what is going on. Unless people want to leave behind, hiding in a ball of him/herself.
It's not about making ourself more clever, more up to date, more competitive. It's about how you use your life to taste what's world give, good or bad.
Today Brain's Reminding **Friend, we helped enough, change or fix, make your own life decision** (Dedicated to someone, on behalf of LsL)
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Rain in the morning
I love rain in the morning, those cold enough to keep me awake, those soft enough to take my breath away. It's saturyday morning. The rain just started after I wash up myself. Whenever there's rain in the morning, it's always nice to stand at the balcony, feel the breeze of the rain, enjoy the scene of a foggy morning. The rest of this day going to use in doing one work only. So here I am to part time abit blogging.
Yesterday was a wonderful day. Mother came KL to join some company's party. Yesterday she just landed here and free of the day. Sure I'll be there with my mother and Min Bee too. We had some nice time at Wan Utama. The best time I guess is the dinner time where Ah Hou, Ah Chee and Bryan were there too. We steamboat at Sunway there. It's from 8pm till 12 am.
Not reporting my dairly life but what I wanna say is, the time with family and true friends always is the moment really make me feel life is alive and it's the reason I keep myself breath. Back at cyber, assignment, works, club thingy, some people might think it's good to be busy, actually I just felt being stupid. It's always no matter how much you did, it's turn out bad, or it's turn out good but the people who judging it, viewing it is not in mood or didnt catch the feel. The thing failed.
Idiot I am sometime I used so many time to do one thing but just get replaced in one second or only receive critic. It's like living under someone I dislike shadow. Why need to do some shit to please those I hate. I rather spend the time with the one I love. Friends, we always live in this kind of dilemma, it's really stupid when you dislike it but force yourself doing it for something not necessary. Unless you find a reason for yourself, else don't work for it.
Today Brain's taking ** It's still responsible to take even you like it or not, beware of responsible then, we got a family responsible and true friends responsible to carry, those undefined, leave it, whether it's take your fame or name, you don't need it from them. **
Yesterday was a wonderful day. Mother came KL to join some company's party. Yesterday she just landed here and free of the day. Sure I'll be there with my mother and Min Bee too. We had some nice time at Wan Utama. The best time I guess is the dinner time where Ah Hou, Ah Chee and Bryan were there too. We steamboat at Sunway there. It's from 8pm till 12 am.
Not reporting my dairly life but what I wanna say is, the time with family and true friends always is the moment really make me feel life is alive and it's the reason I keep myself breath. Back at cyber, assignment, works, club thingy, some people might think it's good to be busy, actually I just felt being stupid. It's always no matter how much you did, it's turn out bad, or it's turn out good but the people who judging it, viewing it is not in mood or didnt catch the feel. The thing failed.
Idiot I am sometime I used so many time to do one thing but just get replaced in one second or only receive critic. It's like living under someone I dislike shadow. Why need to do some shit to please those I hate. I rather spend the time with the one I love. Friends, we always live in this kind of dilemma, it's really stupid when you dislike it but force yourself doing it for something not necessary. Unless you find a reason for yourself, else don't work for it.
Today Brain's taking ** It's still responsible to take even you like it or not, beware of responsible then, we got a family responsible and true friends responsible to carry, those undefined, leave it, whether it's take your fame or name, you don't need it from them. **
Thursday, March 15, 2007
FWD: Why Schools Don't Educate
Checking my early email, as usual, some working mail to read. But I got this forwarded mail and forward mail is very rare in my gmail account. Anyway, the title catch me. It is a very very long article but somehow I finish reading it in one time, cause it's really interesting. So, lets read some serious stuff today.
Why Schools Don't Educate, by John Taylor Gatto
Enjoy :)
today brain's learning **No matter how the school is, I left last one year in my life for "schooling" **
Why Schools Don't Educate, by John Taylor Gatto
Enjoy :)
today brain's learning **No matter how the school is, I left last one year in my life for "schooling" **
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Longest Kebab, set a World Record!
Wuahahaha, so energetic to blog twice in a day, in an hour. The power of working enviroment i guess. William just inspire me to say something about this longest kebab record. A world record, just set by MMU student yesterday. Got news one, see here.
RM 24k on this event. Wow. Then hundred of student keep working on this kebab and "DING" they broke the record! They spent 24,000 ringgit and hit this record! Then... what? RM 30 is enough for one poor children to live one month. RM 1000 is slighty enough for one old folks home to maintain. RM 24,000 is far more enough to spend text book for few poor kampung kampung school. One longest Kebab... Wow... Fame cost, ya know now.
I know lah. People might say, then you go donate loh, why eat KFC and Mc D? People make kebab and I care so much. Hehe, I envy mah.
Today Brain's Complaining **How come GDC not getting money to make more event but people get money to make kebab? May be people give free food to students, thats the reason, go ask those poor kid come and eat then. **
RM 24k on this event. Wow. Then hundred of student keep working on this kebab and "DING" they broke the record! They spent 24,000 ringgit and hit this record! Then... what? RM 30 is enough for one poor children to live one month. RM 1000 is slighty enough for one old folks home to maintain. RM 24,000 is far more enough to spend text book for few poor kampung kampung school. One longest Kebab... Wow... Fame cost, ya know now.
I know lah. People might say, then you go donate loh, why eat KFC and Mc D? People make kebab and I care so much. Hehe, I envy mah.
Today Brain's Complaining **How come GDC not getting money to make more event but people get money to make kebab? May be people give free food to students, thats the reason, go ask those poor kid come and eat then. **
Sitting in the room of GDC
*yawn*
Ermm, ya. As this semester we FIT student start our class at our new FIT building, as a FIT student we can raise our head a bit higher since we have a newest home to struggle. As every lectures get their own new single room, so do our FIT own "proud" societies have their own room too.
So far we used our room pretty well. Had few meeting over here, Hi-Comm meeting, FGCS meeting, Hi-comm self assignment meeting (Oops). Mr Wong sponsor a lot of his beloved book here to let we and member has some free book to glance at (althought they are a little bit old, but some knowledge not aging too fast). Me went here at empty weekend, put on my laptop, plug in the LAN cable and play some WoW, the latency here is fantastic! Erm... well, did some work too. Well, I am not the only one with a key doing this, even someone accidently had a key also did this ( but people did sponsor a box of biscult to the room lah). But I didn't use Codeplay T-shirt as pillow, I am not guilty then :P
I guess it's natural of human that we work more effectively in a office enviroment. I can stay focus and awake all day long in this room, coding, searching, chatting. It just feel very right mood to work on something. After leaving the room and back to my own room, it's sleeeeeepy! Well, working life style i guess.
today brain's crying ** GDC is not fun... at all. I missed TTSS prefect board liaw. Much fun, much friends, much meaning, much rewarding and much worth it. **
Ermm, ya. As this semester we FIT student start our class at our new FIT building, as a FIT student we can raise our head a bit higher since we have a newest home to struggle. As every lectures get their own new single room, so do our FIT own "proud" societies have their own room too.
So far we used our room pretty well. Had few meeting over here, Hi-Comm meeting, FGCS meeting, Hi-comm self assignment meeting (Oops). Mr Wong sponsor a lot of his beloved book here to let we and member has some free book to glance at (althought they are a little bit old, but some knowledge not aging too fast). Me went here at empty weekend, put on my laptop, plug in the LAN cable and play some WoW, the latency here is fantastic! Erm... well, did some work too. Well, I am not the only one with a key doing this, even someone accidently had a key also did this ( but people did sponsor a box of biscult to the room lah). But I didn't use Codeplay T-shirt as pillow, I am not guilty then :P
I guess it's natural of human that we work more effectively in a office enviroment. I can stay focus and awake all day long in this room, coding, searching, chatting. It just feel very right mood to work on something. After leaving the room and back to my own room, it's sleeeeeepy! Well, working life style i guess.
today brain's crying ** GDC is not fun... at all. I missed TTSS prefect board liaw. Much fun, much friends, much meaning, much rewarding and much worth it. **
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Reincarnation
It's funny to read my second previous blog to find out that I actually said I reblog after the long pain of hand and this blog telling my fellow friends that I actually reblog again. I can felt dissapointment of my blog's viewer. So until today, I was speaking this matter with Edmund. Well, I should thank him really to change my perception towards blogging and encourage me to continue blogging with a different kind of feeling.
The reason I stop blogging is over, it's not important anyway. I came back after changed my blog title and objective. Last year, my blog visited by many of my friends, or some other stranger who accidently click into my blog. From the statistic, I believe my post about trip and life were most welcome, and these posts are the one I actually enjoy blogging.
I had a very nice trip back at Sabah this January, too bad I wont blog it since it over for almost 2 month and it's 7 days trip (finger also patah then :| ). As long as my blog has one visitor, I will continue, my promise to you, Edmund. hehe.
The reason I stop blogging is over, it's not important anyway. I came back after changed my blog title and objective. Last year, my blog visited by many of my friends, or some other stranger who accidently click into my blog. From the statistic, I believe my post about trip and life were most welcome, and these posts are the one I actually enjoy blogging.
I had a very nice trip back at Sabah this January, too bad I wont blog it since it over for almost 2 month and it's 7 days trip (finger also patah then :| ). As long as my blog has one visitor, I will continue, my promise to you, Edmund. hehe.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Sabah's Trip Preparation
*clear throat*
1st post in year 2007. It is an announcement post instead. Hehe.
Fellow Sabah 2007 MMU visitors :
Welcome to the year 2007 and welcome to Kuan's blog. Welcome to Sabah too (soon). So, as everyone desired and requested, I made a details financial and activity plan for our coming soon Sabah Trip. It's a bit late, but never mind, I knew you won't mind (wuahahahahah).
The city we going to stay and visit is Kota Kinabalu - Capital of Sabah, highland we going to climb is Mount Kinabalu - Highest mountain in Malaysia, Hot Spring we going to bath is Poring - Best hot spring in Malaysia, paradise we going to swim is Manukan Island - beutiful Island and other places which will determine later.
Preview some picture to keep you guys DESPERATE more. hehe
THE PLAN
*note that, text is color to indicate... FOOD, PLACE, ACTIVITY, TIME
Day 1 (10th)
Start from KL-Cyberjaya, we will go to LCCT and catch our plane at 11a.m. Whoever follow Kuan, gather at Cyberia and we will move to LCCT at 9a.m. Whoever not following Kuan, meet at LCCT at 10a.m. We will get our breakfast/lunch at LCCT before we on board.
Around 2:30p.m. We will reach Kota Kinabalu Terminal Dua. My father and Dont-Know-Who-Yet will be there to fetch us to Kuan's house.
Settle down at Kuan House. (Key, please note that, actually See Ngai and Jinwern no need to stay at their friend's house. After discuss and plan with my mum, we can fit into my house).
4:30p.m. I guess everybody is hungry, lets get some food. We will going to Tun Furd Park. Eat something light (ABC, mee goreng, pisang goreng, Cendol). Then go up the park, jog/walk around, enjoy the scene and lake, climb some small hill as warm up for the BIG one.
8.00p.m. Dinner time, I will try to find sponsor for our first seafood dinner else we going to share it. Well, when you at Sabah, make sure you get enough seafood into your stomach. Venue unsure, but food...yes....it's seafood.
After Dinner. Back to Kuan's house. Bath, TV, Cards, Mahjong... pass the time.
11p.m. It's yum cah time. We will go Tanjung Aru to grab some "burn chicken wing", sate, coconut water by the time feel the night sea breeze from the beach.
Back to Kuan's house. End of day one.
Day 2 (11st)
Early in the morning. Wake up, brush, pack some cloth and stuff We going to Manukan Island this day.
8.00a.m. Breakfast will be at Guang Dong Zei, eat roasted duck or chicken, mee or rice. Famous one.
9.30a.m. Get to KK dock, wait for the boat to fetch us to Manukan Island.
(Activity at the Island and food is not yet confirm but as we been throw to the island, nothing much can do. Such as swimming, beach volley ball, beach soccer, sand castle building, hiking. I try to arrange snorkelling and BBQ but waiting my mother's reply. Accomodation we booked 2 chalet at the hill of the island. Sponsored by Kuan's father, so no worry.)
We will overnight at the island for one night
Day 3(12nd)
Wake up at the Island. Check out. Get on boat. Back to KK.
Noon, Lunch at Damai - A famous yum cah paradise at KK. We will eat bread, fried noodle, chu chang fen or others there. It's good, this I can guarentee. hehe.
After lunch, back to Kuan's house. I guess everyone need to put down luggage, bath, rest awhile.
Evening, just do something light. What in my mind is walk to the temple just right behing my house, Bu Tuo Shi, famous one even it so close :P
Dinner we will go (forgot the name, just remember the place) eat Wo Tie, Shui Jiao, Burn Fish and Burn Lamb.
After Dinner, this is optional because not sure what's everyone prefer. Options are watching movie at the big cinema (it is BIG screen and BIG hall), play pool/snooker at Lintas, play game at cyberX, bowling at Center Point , clubing, or whatever. I guess we will figure this out on the day.
Supper, also optional. Options are YoYo (those Zen Chu Lai Cha), Salim (KK's most famous mamak), Jin Shi Lou (heard that the best Fuk Jian Chao in KK), Xuang Tian (Open air area which concist of wo tie, shui jiao, chicken wing, sate, seafood, prawn, crab, shells), or... We had enough food, stop it!
Day4(13th)
I think it's enough for fix plan. This day is a variable day. We get enough time before this day to discuss what to do on this day. This is not a tour by some package anyway. But some MUST need to be on this day.
We will going to one of the shopping center in KK, most probaly is Center Point to get sourvenier, last resortto buy tool/stuff to climb the mountain, get food, junk food or accesories for the mountain climbing.
Eat the last seafood dinner. There won't be anymore for next few days.
Day5(14th)
Ladies and gentlements... it'ssss.......Mount Kinabalu Climbing Day! Okay, here's the plan.
Morning, wait the van to get us from kuan's house. On the way breakfast or before that, question.
Noon we will reach Kinabalu National Park. Settle down our luggage at the hostel. then we walk around the park. I think the van is leaving us so what we can do is walk around the park. There are several small trial to try around, cold place, rain forest, and a souvenier shop.
We going to spend one night at the national park, hostel booked already. Dinner we will figure it out before since no restaurant is open. We might bring something there to cook or eat.
Note that Kinabalu National Park is about 2000m from sea level. It's cold there. At the night we just play some card game, or Kuan's game (hehehe). Just make sure everyone relax and keep in the best condition.
Get a good sleep, prepare for the climbing next day.
Day6(15th)
Early in the morning, get up. Pack up the Mountain luggage, fit yourself, let's move!
We will catch a van from the HQ and taken to the entrance of Mount Kinabalu Submit Trial. So, from there, we start our journey to the submit.
Some tips for the mountain climbing.
Check in to our hostel - Gunting Laganda. Get some nap there, replenish energy. The true challenge is later.
Nothing much to do there. Rocks, brushes, houses, ah.
Dinner we need to settle ourself. Bread with tuna or satin is the best and easiest way.
When the night is dark, and there is no rain. You guys are lucky. Cover yourself with enough jacket, go outside, lye on the big rock and have a starry night with shooting starS.
Then go to bed earlier!
Day7(16th)
02.00a.m. If the weather is clear, no rain no big wind no big fog. We will put on at least 2 jacket, 2 long pant, socks, shoes, touch light, glove, mask, tag, water bottle, choclate, alcohol, medicine and gather around with our guide. In a dark, cold and windy dawn, we journey to the highest peak of Mount Kinabalu named Low's peak.
Some more tips :
1-2p.m. We will reach Kinabalu National Park again. Take a van back to HQ, get our certificate (this is extremely important) . Lunch. Wait for our own bus and we proceed to Poring - Hot spring.
4.00p.m. Reach Poring. Settle our stuff and let's go BATH! Actually bathing the hot spring I will suggest at night time. There will be very less people and if lucky enough, there will be star field too.
There is a waterfall after a 30 minutes trial. If we are fit enough, we can walk that trial. There is another very grand waterfall after a 3-4 hours trial, I never been there, and I don't think we will be there too :P. There has buttery farm too.
Well, I guess the last night of Sabah trip will end up bathing the hot water then.
Day8(17th)
This is a rush day. Ranau is around 2 hour car travel from KK and you guys need to catch a plane at 2p.m. Sorry to make this rush because I book the hostel quite late and these are the only date i can make.
With or without breakfast. We need to get on bus and moving back at 9.00a.m. On the way I will ask the driver stop us at Tuaran to eat Tuaran Mee. Hope we can make it.
Back to Kuan's house, pack all the stuff, we move to KK terminal Dua again.
Then...fairwell. I will be leave behind at my own home. hehehe.
CHECKLIST
How is the plan? Hope it clear enough to give you an overview picture how the trip going to look like.
Here is the Checklist for the mountain
I need you guys to comment this for unclear situation, question, or extra comment. If i left out something, tell me. Okay, off to Computer Graphic exam.
1st post in year 2007. It is an announcement post instead. Hehe.
Fellow Sabah 2007 MMU visitors :
Welcome to the year 2007 and welcome to Kuan's blog. Welcome to Sabah too (soon). So, as everyone desired and requested, I made a details financial and activity plan for our coming soon Sabah Trip. It's a bit late, but never mind, I knew you won't mind (wuahahahahah).
The city we going to stay and visit is Kota Kinabalu - Capital of Sabah, highland we going to climb is Mount Kinabalu - Highest mountain in Malaysia, Hot Spring we going to bath is Poring - Best hot spring in Malaysia, paradise we going to swim is Manukan Island - beutiful Island and other places which will determine later.
Preview some picture to keep you guys DESPERATE more. hehe
THE PLAN
*note that, text is color to indicate... FOOD, PLACE, ACTIVITY, TIME
Day 1 (10th)
Start from KL-Cyberjaya, we will go to LCCT and catch our plane at 11a.m. Whoever follow Kuan, gather at Cyberia and we will move to LCCT at 9a.m. Whoever not following Kuan, meet at LCCT at 10a.m. We will get our breakfast/lunch at LCCT before we on board.
Around 2:30p.m. We will reach Kota Kinabalu Terminal Dua. My father and Dont-Know-Who-Yet will be there to fetch us to Kuan's house.
Settle down at Kuan House. (Key, please note that, actually See Ngai and Jinwern no need to stay at their friend's house. After discuss and plan with my mum, we can fit into my house).
4:30p.m. I guess everybody is hungry, lets get some food. We will going to Tun Furd Park. Eat something light (ABC, mee goreng, pisang goreng, Cendol). Then go up the park, jog/walk around, enjoy the scene and lake, climb some small hill as warm up for the BIG one.
8.00p.m. Dinner time, I will try to find sponsor for our first seafood dinner else we going to share it. Well, when you at Sabah, make sure you get enough seafood into your stomach. Venue unsure, but food...yes....it's seafood.
After Dinner. Back to Kuan's house. Bath, TV, Cards, Mahjong... pass the time.
11p.m. It's yum cah time. We will go Tanjung Aru to grab some "burn chicken wing", sate, coconut water by the time feel the night sea breeze from the beach.
Back to Kuan's house. End of day one.
Day 2 (11st)
Early in the morning. Wake up, brush, pack some cloth and stuff We going to Manukan Island this day.
8.00a.m. Breakfast will be at Guang Dong Zei, eat roasted duck or chicken, mee or rice. Famous one.
9.30a.m. Get to KK dock, wait for the boat to fetch us to Manukan Island.
(Activity at the Island and food is not yet confirm but as we been throw to the island, nothing much can do. Such as swimming, beach volley ball, beach soccer, sand castle building, hiking. I try to arrange snorkelling and BBQ but waiting my mother's reply. Accomodation we booked 2 chalet at the hill of the island. Sponsored by Kuan's father, so no worry.)
We will overnight at the island for one night
Day 3(12nd)
Wake up at the Island. Check out. Get on boat. Back to KK.
Noon, Lunch at Damai - A famous yum cah paradise at KK. We will eat bread, fried noodle, chu chang fen or others there. It's good, this I can guarentee. hehe.
After lunch, back to Kuan's house. I guess everyone need to put down luggage, bath, rest awhile.
Evening, just do something light. What in my mind is walk to the temple just right behing my house, Bu Tuo Shi, famous one even it so close :P
Dinner we will go (forgot the name, just remember the place) eat Wo Tie, Shui Jiao, Burn Fish and Burn Lamb.
After Dinner, this is optional because not sure what's everyone prefer. Options are watching movie at the big cinema (it is BIG screen and BIG hall), play pool/snooker at Lintas, play game at cyberX, bowling at Center Point , clubing, or whatever. I guess we will figure this out on the day.
Supper, also optional. Options are YoYo (those Zen Chu Lai Cha), Salim (KK's most famous mamak), Jin Shi Lou (heard that the best Fuk Jian Chao in KK), Xuang Tian (Open air area which concist of wo tie, shui jiao, chicken wing, sate, seafood, prawn, crab, shells), or... We had enough food, stop it!
Day4(13th)
I think it's enough for fix plan. This day is a variable day. We get enough time before this day to discuss what to do on this day. This is not a tour by some package anyway. But some MUST need to be on this day.
We will going to one of the shopping center in KK, most probaly is Center Point to get sourvenier, last resortto buy tool/stuff to climb the mountain, get food, junk food or accesories for the mountain climbing.
Eat the last seafood dinner. There won't be anymore for next few days.
Day5(14th)
Ladies and gentlements... it'ssss.......Mount Kinabalu Climbing Day! Okay, here's the plan.
Morning, wait the van to get us from kuan's house. On the way breakfast or before that, question.
Noon we will reach Kinabalu National Park. Settle down our luggage at the hostel. then we walk around the park. I think the van is leaving us so what we can do is walk around the park. There are several small trial to try around, cold place, rain forest, and a souvenier shop.
We going to spend one night at the national park, hostel booked already. Dinner we will figure it out before since no restaurant is open. We might bring something there to cook or eat.
Note that Kinabalu National Park is about 2000m from sea level. It's cold there. At the night we just play some card game, or Kuan's game (hehehe). Just make sure everyone relax and keep in the best condition.
Get a good sleep, prepare for the climbing next day.
Day6(15th)
Early in the morning, get up. Pack up the Mountain luggage, fit yourself, let's move!
We will catch a van from the HQ and taken to the entrance of Mount Kinabalu Submit Trial. So, from there, we start our journey to the submit.
Some tips for the mountain climbing.
- Trial got few check point, which is pondok. Can refill or release water there.
- Basicly we walking, instead of jogging or crawling
- No leech. (thank god)
- Keep yourself fit and relax
- Get enough 100 plus, it's not fun to get clamp
- Any "head faint body hot" say out. Get panadol when you feeling not well not when you feeling very bad. Panadol and 100plus are your best friends in this trial
- Sing, talk, joke, entertain us please.
- Stick to the team, or at least stay in pair.
- Catch photo
- When you see someone coming down, say Hello, koniciwa, an nyeong or ni hao, you're be pleased
- When some Kadazan girl carry 2 gas tank going up, please make way, they will be faster.
- Just in case you get lost, stay at the same place. But you wont unless you cannot differentiat a tree trunk and a road.
- Dont put too much cloth at the start, you will have a hard time to strip them.
- But do put on cloth when you reach 6th or 7th pondok, it definately getting cold.
- When you're not the last to reach Laban Rata (place to stay up hill) go to the restaurant and wait for the team.
- walk slowly, enjoy the scene, but not too slow.
- Actually I will brief again before we climb, put here just for fun :P
Check in to our hostel - Gunting Laganda. Get some nap there, replenish energy. The true challenge is later.
Nothing much to do there. Rocks, brushes, houses, ah.
Dinner we need to settle ourself. Bread with tuna or satin is the best and easiest way.
When the night is dark, and there is no rain. You guys are lucky. Cover yourself with enough jacket, go outside, lye on the big rock and have a starry night with shooting starS.
Then go to bed earlier!
Day7(16th)
02.00a.m. If the weather is clear, no rain no big wind no big fog. We will put on at least 2 jacket, 2 long pant, socks, shoes, touch light, glove, mask, tag, water bottle, choclate, alcohol, medicine and gather around with our guide. In a dark, cold and windy dawn, we journey to the highest peak of Mount Kinabalu named Low's peak.
Some more tips :
- No calling of full name, we use nick. If someone call you at the back with your full name, don't look back (this is some mountain climbing believe)
- Try to stick together or at least stay in pair. If you get alone, just follow the white rope.
- If left out from the team, just carry on. Hardly to recognize back your friends since everyone dress alike unless someone willing to wear a pinky shiny Jacket.
- Follow, carry, use the white rope, that is the only thing lead your to the peak.
- Use your tourch light, you'll be climbing rocks, wet rocks.
- Cover your finger and ear, those part is easier to get cold and hurt.
- Get some rest and graze some star if your feeling tired and beg other to wait for you.
- Time yourself, to have a chance to witness a peak sunrise, you need stand on the peak around 6a.m.
- Make sure you register yourself on the half way inside a hut to prove that you are climbing the peak. Else you will get a Laban Rata certificate.
- 8a.m. is a time limit to stay there and must get back. the fog is coming.
- take photo when we going back, not going up (coz it is dark and...you better keep climbing)
- Believe what Kuan say such as "in front is the peak already", "just few meter and we will see the peak", because this is his 3rd time :D
- You need nothing much to stand on the peak, just one very important thing. Determination. You will feel exhausted, tired, cold, sleepy, giving up, pain, headache, regret why you are there, cursing Kuan to bring you there. Just keep moving.
- Dont rush, dont run/jog.
- When you reach the peak, make sure you touch/kiss the plate and take a picture with it.
- Lastly, help your friend, our objective is to get everyone up to the peak. Don't fail my record. hehe.
1-2p.m. We will reach Kinabalu National Park again. Take a van back to HQ, get our certificate (this is extremely important) . Lunch. Wait for our own bus and we proceed to Poring - Hot spring.
4.00p.m. Reach Poring. Settle our stuff and let's go BATH! Actually bathing the hot spring I will suggest at night time. There will be very less people and if lucky enough, there will be star field too.
There is a waterfall after a 30 minutes trial. If we are fit enough, we can walk that trial. There is another very grand waterfall after a 3-4 hours trial, I never been there, and I don't think we will be there too :P. There has buttery farm too.
Well, I guess the last night of Sabah trip will end up bathing the hot water then.
Day8(17th)
This is a rush day. Ranau is around 2 hour car travel from KK and you guys need to catch a plane at 2p.m. Sorry to make this rush because I book the hostel quite late and these are the only date i can make.
With or without breakfast. We need to get on bus and moving back at 9.00a.m. On the way I will ask the driver stop us at Tuaran to eat Tuaran Mee. Hope we can make it.
Back to Kuan's house, pack all the stuff, we move to KK terminal Dua again.
Then...fairwell. I will be leave behind at my own home. hehehe.
CHECKLIST
How is the plan? Hope it clear enough to give you an overview picture how the trip going to look like.
Here is the Checklist for the mountain
- Wind breaker/jacket which not easy get wet.
- Torch light. Strong one. Batteries
- Glove. cloth one okay, PVC is recommended (not the one from kitchen).
- Water bottle
- Mask or ear protector or snowcap. Something to cover the ear.
- shoes. with grib.
- socks. 2 pairs
- Raincoat.
- Personal medicine. General one i will get them. So that we not bring a pharmacy up there.
- Camera which can work in cold and humid
- more cloth, more long pant
- pastic bag to cover feet (i did this twice, to prevent wet sock freeze your feet)
- Cloth enough for 8 days? hehe. Can wash at my house. So, you can count. 1st day can wash, 3rd day can wash, 4th day can wash. So, if you wanna wash at my house (my house has washing machine and maid but probaly she wont help or my mum has to add some salary) you can wash and count the amount yourself. To island will swim and snorkelling. To Mount kinabalu, you need a lot of cloth, especially thick one.
- One hiking bag. I expect you guys will take a big luggage but make sure you have one bag for mountain climbing. Is those put on your back, not one handed carry, you need both hand to walk. And, just one and only one bag to the mountain.
- Personal medicine.
- Small size board game or card game. We have some time which nothing to do. Such as waiting leong kee finish his bath.
- Underwears, swimsuit (if you want, no body care you wear or nake at the seaside)
- Others. Cannot think of myself now.
- Estimated rm250 just for mountain climbing. (rm700 transport, rm850 accomodation, these are total! other fee like hiring a guide, insurane, adventure permit, food,) sourvenier or extra food not included.
- Estimated rm 100 - 150 for FOOD at KK.
- Estimated rm 50 - 100 for miscellaneous (boat ticket, snorkelling, possible activities)
- Bring your ATM card.
I need you guys to comment this for unclear situation, question, or extra comment. If i left out something, tell me. Okay, off to Computer Graphic exam.
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