End of the blog competition

Yay~ Finally the competition comes to an end. Sorry for not posting up the result after such a long time.

I'll tell you guys what I'd been busy about lately tomorrow, ok?


NOW, here's the result:


tada...


Mandarin section:
1. Akira
2. Hui Hui

English section:
1. Akira & Zara <---- DRAW!!!
As for the English section, I decided to give out a prize for each of the participant, as it hurt so much to choose between these two great works. So, both of you get first prize.

Thanks for joining in my competition.

I'm thinking of organising another competition next year, could someone please give me some ideas? Thanks in advance.

PS: Prizes had been given out, hope you guys love it. :)

Japanese Star in UTM

Something extremely extraordinary had happened yesterday (18 Novermber 2008) morning in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, or more casually known as UTM. Yes, indeed, something was really something that only happened once in a blue moon, no maybe once in your entire life!

Everyone seemed so anxious. They could hardly sit still. Some even bit their own nails. Some even hold their breathe when the emcee was introducing the special guess. The atmosphere was so strange, even weirder than the atmosphere in the X-File series. The cameraman (BERNAMA), however, was extremely calm.

Once the curtain rolled up, everyone finally had the golden chance to get a glimpse of this special guess of honour or you can even called her a star. She walked slowly on the stage in really small steps while waving at the crowds gorgeously.

Within split seconds, the crowds dash forward like crazy. Some kiddos even fell down as the result of crowds pushing. Dozens of cameras suddenly popped up out of nowhere. Blazing flash lightened up the whole place for quite a few minutes.

2008年11月18日早上，一件很奇妙的事情发生在工艺大学，简称工大。是的，这的确是一件很微妙的事情，也许一生中只能够那么一次碰到它。

每个人都是那么紧张。有些目不转眼地追看着主词人、有些甚至咬手指甲、有些有些甚至忘了呼吸。这奇妙的这奇妙的气氛，甚至可以媲美X档案内的气氛。但是，BERNAMA摄影师依旧那么镇定地把整个过程拍下。

当窗帘布慢慢地张开时，每位来客终于有黄金机会见到这位神秘嘉宾了，你甚至可以称她为大明星。她一边向观众挥挥手，一边慢条斯理地在台上漫步。

她的一出现，人潮立刻疯狂般地涌上。有一两位小孩不小心摔到了，也许是斗不过人潮拥挤吧。几十台相机立刻出现在大明星的眼前，闪亮个不停。

More people dashing forward to take picture

Hehe, getting more curious? Let me give you some tips. The clue was this guess of honour was a Japanese star. Yes, you have heard it right, a Japanese star had landed here in UTM at 10 o'clock this morning. Try to guess who she was. Think.

Hmm, I guess it was too hard after all. Alright, let me tell you she was.

呵呵，是否开始紧张了呢？好吧，就让我给你们一些贴士。这位神秘嘉宾是位日本大明星。是的，你没听错，一位鼎鼎大名的日本大明星于早上10点抵达工艺大学。试看猜一猜她是谁。想一想。

也许太难了吧。好吧，那我就告诉你们她的点点滴滴。

*drum roll*

tada...

She is ASIMO, アシモ.
Did I get you? Haha.

她就是ASIMO, アシモ。
猜得到吗？

Yes, I'm the Star :)
对，我就是那个大明星。

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Brief introduction of ASIMO (taken from Wikipedia):

ASIMO stands for "Advanced Step in Mobility". ASIMO is a humanoid robot created by Honda Motor Company. Standing at 130 cm and weighing 54 kg. The robot resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack and can walk or run ontwo feet at speeds up to 6 km/h. ASIMO was created at Honda's Research & Development Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. It is the current model in a line of eleven that began in 1986 with E0.

Officially, the name is an acronym for "Advanced Step in Innovative MObility". Honda's official statements claim that the robot's name is not a reference to science fiction writer and inventor of the Three Laws of Robotics, Isaac Asimov.

As of 2007, there are 46 ASIMO units in existence. Each one costs less than $1 million.

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ASIMO first gave the crowd every bits of shock by demonstrating some great skills. She can:

ASIMO不断给观众惊喜。她的每一个动作，都会赢得大家的欢呼声。她可以：

1. walk 走路

2. run 跑步

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3. dance 跳舞

Before ASIMO left UTM, there was a quiz section. Anyone who can successfully answer the question correctly, he/she can take a picture with ASIMO on the stage. Well, I did put up my hands so that the emcee would select me to answer the questions, but, alas, the emcee only aimed for kiddos. So, really no luck to be chosen at all. Only 20 questions were asked and 20 lucky person were chosen.

在ASIMO在还没离开前，主办当局准备了一些小小测验给观众，答对的人可以与ASIMO合照。我又举手，甚至举了两只手。但是，可悲的是主词人只选小孩们，未免太过偏心了。一共有20题。

The chosen 20 person taking picture with ASIMO

If you have missed out this chance, don't be sad. There would still be a series of ASIMO show in Malaysia, namely in Johor's City Square and Penang's Queensbay Mall.

如果你不幸地错过了这一次机会，别伤心，因为还有几趟ASIMO展览于柔佛的City Square及槟城的Queensbay Mall。所谓百闻不如一见，大家就抓紧机会见日本大明星哦。


Catch ASIMO in:
1. City Square, Johor Bahru
20 November 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
21 November 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
22 November 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
23 November 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 7:45 pm

2. Queensbay Mall, Penang
27 November 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
28 November 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
29 November 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm
30 November 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 7:45 pm

Blog Contest Ended

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Every readers, cast your vote before 23rd November!

As for the contestants：

1. post up whatever prizes you would like to have.
2. Vote for yourself :)
   
3. Promote your work :)

Have fun, everyone :)

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Finally, the contest reached the end. It's been a great achievement so far.

First off, I would like to express my gratitude towards everyone that participated in my blog contest. A bunch of thanks for those who taken their time to sit down and think of a suitable dialogues.


终于，比赛结束了。这是一项很大的成功。

首先，很感激每位参赛者的努力。真得很谢谢你们愿意花一些时间想些很有创意的对白。呵呵。

They have submitted superb ideas. Hence, I really need the help from all of my dearest readers to choose the winners. Yeah, that's right. You guys have the right to cast your vote on the ideas that you love the most.

Of course, even the contestants are not only allowed to advertise themselves, but they are also allowed to cast their own votes for themselves.

Each and everyone of you guys can cast a vote for each of the English and Mandarin section in the comment section.

他们呈交了很棒的作品。因此，我想借此机会向大家求救。呵呵。希望大家可以帮忙选一选大家心目中最棒的作品。对，你们大家都有权利选择谁才是最棒的。

当然，参赛者不但可以乘此机会为自己打广告，而且也一样有权力投自己一票。

每个人都有权里为每个项目（英与项目和华语项目）投上您手上的神圣的一票。

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原创　The original

1. 华语项目　Mandarin Section
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(a) Akira

(b) 慧慧

2. 英语项目　English Section
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(a) Akira

(b) Zara

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My Own (not counted)
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请投上您神圣的一票!

至于参赛者：

1. 请把你们所中意的礼物写上。
2. 投您自己一票哦。
3. 乘机为自己打广告。

希望大家开心就好 :)

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Special Announcement:

The contest is about to end. However, the participation is not as much as I had anticipated. So, I have decided to open it for another 2 days, that is until this Sunday 11.59pm.

Grab this chance now. You can request for the prize. Yes, you can. Else, I would choose for the winners.

Please read the details here and sent in your work to my email: srmomo85@gmail.com
before this Sunday (16/11/2008, 11.59pm)

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这个星期一傍晚，我从我家乡搭飞机回来大学。在飞机上，我阅读了心灵鸡汤（Chicken Soup for the Soul - Celebrating People Who Make a Difference）。

这本心灵鸡汤真的写地很棒，当中少不了许许多多的超感人的故事。

阅读时，也许太过沉迷于故事当吧，眼泪 汗水不知不觉从眼睛流了出来。哇，我赶紧把帽子拉底下来，望向窗外，轻轻地把眼泪擦掉。

怎么啦？为何那么轻易就流泪汗了？

还记得以前观看一套日剧《一公升的眼泪》时，哭得很惨，而且从第二局哭到最后一局（第十一局）。但，最重要的事，从中得到勇气，努力生存下去，学会珍惜生命。

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最近比较烦。考试方面，有一两张考卷特别难的。哎，看来我这个学期会死得很惨。T_______T

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This Monday evening, I took a flight from my hometown back to my university. On the flight, I read Chicken Soup for the Soul - Celebrating People Who Make a Difference.

This book was really well-written, with tonnes of touching stories.

While reading, maybe I was too into the stories, tears sweat started rolling down my cheeks. Gosh, I quickly pulled down my cap, looked away at the window, wiped off my tears sweat gently.

Now what? Why tears sweat dripping down so easily?

I can still remember when I watched a Japanese Drama named "1 Liter of Tears", I cried a lot, from the second episode until the last episode (the eleventh episode). But the most important thing is that I had gathered up strength to live my life to the fullest.

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I am quite troubled lately. In term of test, there were one or two paper that is extraordinary hard. Haiz, looks like I would be in deep trouble. T_______T

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面试 Interview

You have over qualified for this program. I see, you are quite an active person, joining lots of curriculum activities.

Huh? Really?

So, if we offer you INSTEP program, would you accept it?

Umm, well, but I still have another semester to go, whereas this program starts at January next year. So, I think I won't go for it. Thanks for offering me anyway.

Oh, that's a pity then.

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Ouch, that really hurt. I flew back just for an interview, and yet, why did the outcome turned out to be like this? Did I just wasted my 400 bucks? Never mind.

哎呀，真得很痛。我特地飞回来面试，但是，为何成果却是这样的呢？难道我浪费了400块钱？算了。

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Recently, I came across some humorous Bleach pics. Enjoy them :)

最近在网上发现到许多很有趣的死神照片。希望你们会喜欢。

你们喜欢哪一张呢？

Which one do you guys like?

On my way back (7 Nov 2008)

终于，我所等待的这一天来临了。我即将飞回我的家乡，美里。它位于东马砂砬越的 北区。

抵达机场时，我到蓝梅（Lavendar)，买了些面包填肚子。结果买了日式乳酪。软软的，非常好吃，非常值得进入大家的肚子。呵呵。


Finally, the day I have been waiting for has come. I am going back to my hometown, Miri. It is located at the north of Sarawak.

When I reached the Senai Airport, I went to Lavendar and ordered some bread. I chose Japanese Cheese Stick. It's tender soft made this cheese stic really something you guys should buy one and pop it into your mouth.

考试前夕 Before Exam

前文：现在是考试的季节

深更半夜，有几个人影在球场上飞舞。一粒羽毛球在空中飞翔着，久久不着地。望一望手表，已经两点凌晨了。现在不是睡觉时间咩？只见两位实力可媲美奥运会健将的男孩儿们在忘我的情况下，依旧在球场上飞舞。

呵呵，还有更多更奇妙的现象哦。

比如说，熟睡时，突然被一些怪物似的尖叫声吵醒了。望一望表，才三点凌晨罢了。又是一位受不起压力的人的解脱方式。

打开了房门，走出了房间，望一望宿舍，发现到依然有许多房间的灯还亮着。一些正在埋头苦干地温习功课。难道他们不用睡的吗？

偶尔听到阵阵的枪声、怪物的临死的惨叫声、一些日语对话（大概是动漫的对白）、戏剧里的经典笑声、观众的欢呼声（大概是踢进了球时的欢呼声）。。。

哎，难道面临考试的前夕有那么多压力吗？甚至忘了睡眠。

我呢，哎，还是老样子。呵呵。不知道是好事还是相反的。管它了，人生就是要享受才对的。

Intro: It is the season of Final Exam currently

In the middle of the night, some shadows were dancing on court. A badminton shuttle soared in the sky gracefully without touching the floor. Glancing at the watch, it was already 2am. Isn't it the time for normal human beings to sleep? Those two 'Olympic-leveled' guys seemed to have entered some self-unawareness state, kept on dancing on the court.

There are much more unique situations wor.

For example, while still in sweet dreams, suddenly awoken up by some monstrous noises. Glancing at the wrist watch, it was just 3am. Again, another self-invent method of releasing stress by someone who couldn't take it anymore.

Open up the door, took a walk out of my room and took a quick glance at my hostel, man, there were still so rooms with the light on. Some were busy burning their midnight oil. Do these guys do not need any sleep?

Quite often, the air was filled with gun shots, inhuman shrieks before death, some Japanese dialogues (most probably animes' dialogues), comedian laughter, some goal celebration shouts...

Haiz, is it that stressful when facing test? Even up to the state of forgetting sleep?

Well, as for me, hehe, it was still the same old me. Don't know if this is a good thing or the opposite.

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最近，浏览了Akira的部落格时，发现到有很多死神迷。我也是很喜欢看这部动漫哦，也有收藏的哦。

突然心血来潮，想使用Adobe来edit一些照片。呵呵，那我就大展身手吧。

首先，选了一张蛮有形的照片。呵呵，就是这一张。


Recently, visited Akira's blog and found out many blog readers were Bleach's fans. I love this anime too, even collected them.

Suddenly, I feel like wanting to try out some picture editing work using Adobe. Hehe, let me try first.

Firstly, I chose a quite cool picture. Hehe, this one.

Original

经过了一番苦功后，呵呵，这就是成果了。

After some hard work, hehe, this is the result.

After edited

怎么样，有什么建议吗？

So, any comments?

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对了，明天下午，我会回家乡。这个星期天有国油(PETRONAS)的面试。大家祝福我吧。谢谢。

Oh ya, I would be going back to my hometown tomorrow afternoon. I am going to have an interview with PETRONAS this Sunday. Please wish good luck for me, everyone. Thanks.

点点滴滴 Bits of My Life

灰蓝色的天空，是否是我的心情写照呢？
The dark gray sky, does it reflect my heart?

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A: 错错错，酱做才是对的。

B: 表酱纸啦。相信我啦。看在朋友一场吧。

A: 你讲鸟话。sommok朋友一场。哼哼。每次都是你搞鬼的。不是我要讲你啦，还记得N年前的事情吗？

B: Eh，不过呢，这个鬼东西，呵呵，我才是最棒的

C: 你有听过此鸟不飞则已，一飞冲天；不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。B可是这一行的鬼才子哦。

A: 随便你们吧。好吧，既然你这个叛徒那么相信他，那就给他这么一次机会吧。到时，可别哭着投诉哦。


以上的对话其实是。。。 呵呵。先吊大家的口味。呵呵。


A: No no no, this is the right way.
B: Don't be like that la. Just believe me bah. We are friends, aren't we?
A: You're talking nonsense. What friends? Ceh, every time you would just be the leg puller. still remember what happened N-years ago?
B: Eh, but as for this thingy, hehe, I am the best.
C: Have you heard of a Chinese proverb saying that someone with talent would definitely shine when it comes to his expert field.
A: Whatevere, you this traitor for believing him so much. Fine, I'll give him this chance. If anything goes wrong, don't complain.

As for the above converstion, well, I'll just leave it for later. Hehe. Evil me.

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话说回来，很久没有写部落格了。已经有。。。唔（数一数手子）。。。差不多一个星期了吧。在这一段日子里，发生了许多事情。好吧，就让我慢慢地写吧。;)

Back to the topic, it has been ages since the last time I updated my blog. Already... (counting my fingers) almost a week. In this time interval, lots of things happened. Ok, just let me write slowly. ;)

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上个星期五下午，我到工大的辅导中心那儿烧烤。呵呵。这是金钥匙小组的活动之一。小小声说：其实我并不是金钥匙的成员哦。管它了，反正人家都邀请了，就去吃个痛快吧。哇咔咔。

我当然不是白吃一场哦，我有帮忙烧烤的，而且还烧烤到满身烧烤味的。这就是平时较少烧烤的后果咯，哎，算了，别提了。

在旁的人不耐烦地问：“那，上面的对白呢？”

哈哈，好的。其实呢。。。

突然有人插嘴：“你单刀直入吧，把话说简单点。”

哎，那么不耐烦。好吧，其实那是正当我们要开始烧烤时，有位同学推荐自己当烧烤的主将，意思是说，所有的烧烤的东西都交给他一手包办。但是，好像有人不爽他，所以叻，上面的对白就出现了。

幸好，最后出炉的鸡肉还蛮不错的。难怪他干自我推荐。

Last Friday, I went to Pusat Kaunseling and Kerjaya (PKK) there for a barbecue session which was organised by the Golden Key. whisper: I'm not a Golden Key member. XD

Of course, I was not there for a free meal, I did help out in the BBQ thingy and get all myself smoked. Haha, I guess this is what happen when you very seldom go for BBQ. Just cut it out.

Some impatient outsiders grumbled: "So, how about the conversation above?"

Haha, ok, actually...

Someone butted in:" Just cut it short, ok?"

Haiz, so impatient. Fine, actually the conversation happened while preparing for the BBG things. Someone wanted to handle the whole BBQ thing, but someone else was not that happy with it, hence, the conversation took place.

Luckily the chicken was quite nice. No wonder he volunteered himself to do it.

上个星期六，到大学城逛逛，顺便寻找一些书本。结果，花了超过一百令吉。也许会把一些的书本当作礼物给我所举办的比赛优胜者。

对了，到目前为止，只有一位参赛者。如果没有其他参赛者的话，那，礼物就是她的咯。大家，赶快参加吧。

有关比赛的详情。
我的电邮：srmomo85@gmail.com

Last Saturday, I went to Taman U for shopping, hunting for some books. I spent slightly more than a hundred Ringgit just for the books. Maybe I would give away some of the book as the prizes for my competition.

Oh ya, up to now, only 1 participant had submitted her piece of work. If there are no other contestants, then, she would automatically be the winner. So, please hurry up, everyone.

Details of the contest
my email: srmomo85@gmail.com

前天，起着老铁马，在工艺大学校园内四处逛。突然看到正在散步的明婵，于是便于她打个招呼。当我告诉她我其实是想去湖边喂鱼时，她说我像个老人家，自由自在的，好像没什么烦恼的。哇唠，我照照镜子一看，夷，我有那么老吗?哇咔咔。也许吧。

突然想起了，宋朝时，辛弃疾说了一句相当有意思的话：“我见青山多妩媚，料青山，见我应如是。”
当时的辛弃疾才算是逍遥自在的咯。我呢，哎， 一大堆烦恼、功课、考试。。。。。。数也数不清。

Two days back, I rode my bike around my university. Suddenly I saw Min Chan jogging, so I went up to her to say hi. When I told her that I was on my way to Tasek UTM for fish feeding, she laughed and said that I looked like retired old man enjoying his life, with no worries. Wah, I look into the mirror, eh, do I look that old? Wakaka, maybe.

Actually I do have tonnes of worries, like my study problem, test... uncountable indeed.

我的老铁马

骑了大约半句钟，终于，到了目的地。脱下了帽子，感觉到阵阵的风吹向我，把我的头发吹乱了少许。我闭上眼睛，深深得呼吸了口新鲜的空气。突然四周围的环境改变了。那烦人的吵杂音也不知何时消失在云霄了，只听到了海浪的声音及小孩玩耍的声音。多活快啊。

回神过来后，才发现我已经很久没那么悠闲了。也许是繁忙的生活所害的。算了，那些烦人的东西就抛在脑后，就让我享受着现在的每一分每一秒吧。呵呵。醉翁之意不在酒，在乎山水之间也。

After riding for more or less half an hour, finally, I reached my destiny. Once I took down my cap, a cool breeze welcomed me, making my hair a little messy. I closed my eyes, took a deep breathe of the fresh air. Suddenly it seemed that the surroundings had changed. All of the irritating noises have gone into thin air, I could just hear the sound of waves hitting the bank and kiddos' playful sounds. So refreshing.

After coming back to reality, found that it has been ages since the last time I was so relax. Maybe it was all the busy lifestyle's fault. Oh, never mind, just leave all these irritating things behind, let me enjoy every bits of moment now.

自拍

好吧，就借此机会向大家介绍我的大学，工艺大学（工大）的美丽风景。呵呵。

Ok, let me take this chance to introduce the beautiful scenery in my university, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

对了，那喂鱼呢？别急。就让我慢慢写吧。当天，我带了一些即将过期的面包去喂鱼，大概有七八片面包。用手把面包撕成小小块，然后抛进湖里面，慢慢地欣赏鱼儿一口一口把面包吃完。真是人生绝对享受。呵呵。

Oh ya, how about my original panning - fish feeding? Haha. Don't be pushy, let me write about it slowly. I brought some about-to-be-expired bread to Tasek UTM to feed the fish, about 7 or 8 pieces of white bread. I tore them up into small pieces, then threw them into the pond, watching the fish eating them piece by piece. It really was one of the most enjoyable moment. Hehe.

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重要通告：
最近，小弟不会那么常更换部落格，因为小弟正在面临着大考，这是小弟的生死关头。

下个月尾，大考完毕后，小弟的部落格便会恢复以往的活力。

Important Notice:
Lately, I would be very seldom updating my blog as I am facing my final exam, it is a die or swim situation for me.

By the end of next week, after the tests are over, my blog would be as lively as ever.

Cheers.

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Comic 漫画

请按这个图案以看到更大的图案。

Please click on this picture for a bigger picture.

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好的，我决定要举办一个很特别的比赛个大家。

这是为了回馈大家对我的部落格的支持。呵呵。

比赛详情：

1. 把图画上的所有空白对话填上您最有创意的对话。
2. 有两个项目，那就是华文组及英文组。
   
3. 所有的主意必须是原作。不可以抄他人的作品。若被查处，比赛资格立刻被取消。
4. 您可以提交最多两个作品，那就是一个英文作品和一个华文作品。
   
5. 请不要把您的答案寄来这儿，把答案寄来我的email。
6. 截止日期是2008年11月14日。
7. 比赛结束后，我会把大家的答案post上来我的部落格。到时，大家就是评审员了。记得哦。以后，我会告诉大家更多评审详情。
8. 如果必要，我会加更多比赛规矩。

关于礼物，呵呵，我暂时还没想到，但是，大家可以在建议。只要是合理的，我就会接受。可以的话，三十令吉是极限。当然，一切的邮政局手续费，我都会一手包办。

那还等什么呢？赶快参与吧。

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Ok, I have decided to hold a contest for all of ya. This is for the sake of every readers' support for my blog. Hehe.

Contest Details:

1. Fill in the dialogue boxes with the most creative conversation.
2. There are 2 categories, English contest and Mandarin contest.
   
3. The idea must be ORIGINAL. No copy cat by all means. If found out, you'll be disqualified immediately.
   
4. You may submit no more than 2 submissions, that is one submission per category.
   
5. Do not post your answer here. Post up your answer to my email.
6. Due date: 14 November 2008.
7. When the contest is over, I'll post up all of the contestants' answer up here in my blog. I'll let everyone be the judges. I'll think of the judging rules later.
8. If needed, I'll add in more rules.

As for the prizes, well, for the moment, I have not thought of yet, but you guys can suggest, but only reasonable ones, please. If possible, I would like to allocate to more than RM30 for each prize. I am no rich guy, OK? But, of course, I'll pay for the pos laju thing. No worries.

I am still having trouble to make the codings,
so, please let me take some time to finish it up. XD

The last week 最后个星期了

哈哈。很高兴耶。终于到了最后个星期了。哈哈。最后个星期上课了。下个星期就是study week了。再下个星期就是大考了。大家，祝我好运吧。哈哈。

哎。短暂的快乐。夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。管它了，就让我短暂地兴奋一个星期吧。哇咔咔。

哈哈，这个周末，有朋友约了我去爬山，心痒痒地答应了。当然，会拍很多张相片给大家看的哦。下个星期记得来看看哦。呵呵。

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Haha. I am very pleased. Finally, reached the very last week. Haha. The next week would be study week. The following week would be the starting of my final exam. Everyone, wish me all the best. Haha.

Haiz, such a short happiness. Never mind, just let me have an enjoyable week. Wakaka.

Haha, oh ya,a friend of mine invited me to climb some mountain this weekend, without much doubt, I agreed spontaneously. Of course, I would take some beautiful pictures and post them up here for all of ya. So, stay tune next week.

阅读报告 - The Last Lecture

UPDATED
(on 22nd October 2008 5.25pm)
OK, here's what I have promised. Thanks for the wait.
I have added the English version behind this post.
~Enjoy reading, everyone ;) ~

前面

后面

其实呢，我是阅读了Ida的部落格后，就开始对这本书产生兴趣。所以就跑到了大学附近的JUSCO里的那间MPH找一找这本书。哈哈，结果，轻而易举得便找到了。这本书似乎也在等着它的主人吧，已经厌倦了躺在书架上的日子了，迫不及待想投进我的怀抱里。呵呵。

对了，这本书是英文版的，今年才出炉的。呵呵。在还没开始前，我要事先说明，以下的每一个中文字体都是我从这本英文书翻译的。若有什么差错或语法上的问题，请您多多指教。

From left: Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (the writer)

它是关于兰迪（Randy Pausch），一位年轻的电脑系的博士。当医生告诉他的寿命只剩下半年罢了，故事便从这儿开始蔓延下去。兰迪有两个选择。第一个是呆在家里或医院里，等着时间慢慢渡过，并慢慢享受着最后的人生。但是，兰迪却选择了第二个选择，那就是继续他的教书生涯，并把他的每份精力都投资在教学生涯上。这种这种舍己为人的精神值得大家多多学习。

Dr Randy giving a lecture

这本书分为六个部分：

1. The Last Lecture
2. Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
3. Adventures...and Lessons Learned
4. Enabling the Dreams of Others
5. It's About How to Live Your Life
6. Final Remarks

Randy Pausch's Family

前面的部分大多数是关于兰迪的个人经验，其中记载了兰迪的童年梦、中学生涯、大学生涯、爱情篇等。当中，有许许多多的很强的词句如：

经验是你当你得不到你所要的东西

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted"

运气是当筹备工作遇到时机
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity"

当你认为你可以或不可以，你是对的
"When you think you can or can't, you're right"

兰迪也分享了许多个人经验，如：

1. 当你要表达一件难听的事情时，尽量少用“不”的字眼或一些较负面的词汇或句子，而是尽量以婉转的方式表达。兰迪给了许多很棒的例子，如"The park is open until 8pm"来代替"The park closes at 8pm"。第一句回比较正面（带给顾客一些希望），而第二个句子则比较负面（让顾客觉得那个公园8点事就会干人走）。
2. 勇敢地去编制大大的梦想。兰迪给了人类第一次登上月亮的故事。当时的人们，有些认为这是白费金钱的；兰迪却认为这个超越当时想象能力的登月计划可以引导更多更大的未来计划。
3. 不要唠叨，更加努力就行了。唠叨并不能解决任何问题的，更不是什么上计。所以，与其浪费时间再唠叨上，不如花更多时间再做更好的计划。正所谓“临河而羡鱼，不如回家织网”。
4. 疗治疾病，不是症状。很多时候，人们只看到问题的表面，并没深入研究治病的根源。所以不能把真正的问题解决好。
5. 不要太过在意别人在想什么。其实，如果我们把那猜测别人的脑海里在想什么的时间，花在其他的方面上，哪怕只是小事件，我们肯定会更加成功的。
6. 寻找他人的最好一面。只要我们肯多等待一会儿，我们肯定能够看到别人的最好一面的。兰迪说，当你对一个人生气时，那代表你还没]给于他们足够的时间来表达自我。
7. 勇于失败。在我们的日常生活中，成功的人很多，但是失败了的人也很多。有些时候，那些曾经经历过失败过的人更加被重视。怎么说呢？让我们看看新开装的公司，他们有些时候在聘请新的高层人员时，很多时候是找来了那些曾经经历过挫折的人，因为这些人知道如何预防未来的挫折。然而，那些一生中只有成功，没有失败过的家伙，很大可能性会面对失败。
8. 一个差劲的道歉比没道歉更差。不真诚的道歉反而深损别人。真诚的道歉是良药；半真诚的道歉是在伤口上洒盐。何谓真诚的道歉呢？真诚的道歉包含了三个重要的部分，那就是：我错了、对不起我伤害了你及如何能够补偿呢？很多时候，我们忘了最重要的第三环节，忘了问该如何补偿我们的过失。
9. 说实话。兰迪的三个字：tell the truth（说实话），另外三个字：all the time（时时刻刻）。诚实不但是在道德上绝对是对的，而且很高效率。说谎只能暂时蒙住他人的眼睛，但是日子久了，谎言被拆穿后，他人肯定会牢记祝你当时的谎言，而且会四处散播你的过失。到时，你的日子肯定会很难挨过的。
10. 永不放弃。失败了一次，不代表永远失败。所谓千淘万漉虽辛苦，吹尽狂沙始到金，只要我们永不言败，肯定有肯定有那道彩虹在等待我们的。

超喜欢这本书，它轻而易举地激发起小我的战斗精神。呵呵。尤其是当你心情地落实或遇到什么挫折时，这本书可以成为你的救星。

其实还有更多更精彩的故事及人生原则，但是假如太多曝光在这儿的话，那就会减少了大家的读书兴趣。哈哈。有兴趣的话，去找一找吧。

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Actually I started to fell in love with this book after reading the post in Ida's blog. So, without much hesitation, I rushed to JUSCO's MPH to buy this motivation book. Haha, much to my surprise, I found it lying on the shelf with ease. Maybe this book sent me some signals to buy it. Maybe it was bored of lying there on the shelf so lonely. Maybe it really wanted to have a good owner like me(what a bullshit). For whatever reasons, I found it without any trouble and bought it back to my hostel.

This book, written by a journalist, Jeffrey Zaslow, on a really aspiring life of a young computer science professor of Carnegie Mellon University in USA. The story begins when Randy was told that he was diagnosed with critical pancreatic cancer and could utmost live a life of 6 months. Randy even counted the tumors in the X-ray photo to confirm this death sentence. Randy was left with 2 choices, the first one would be staying back at home and enjoy his life with his family while he still can. However, Randy chose the second, that is to live his life to the fullest and carry on his teaching life until the very end. His great spirit is something that everyone of us should learn in order to achieve success in our life.

This book contains of 6 major parts:

1. The Last Lecture
2. Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
3. Adventures...and Lessons Learned
4. Enabling the Dreams of Others
5. It's About How to Live Your Life
6. Final Remarks

The earlier parts are mainly about how Randy live his life, including his childhood life, his school life, his love and his family. There are some very interesting and ad powerful wordings like:

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted"

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity"

"When you think you can or can't, you're right"

Randy also shared some of his life principles, such as:

1. When telling a difficult situation, avoid the usage of 'no' or any negative words. Randy gave a very good example about something a Disney park assistant would say when being ask by customers, "The park is open until 8pm". Notice that this sentence gives the customers hope. If the assistant says, "The park closes at 8pm", it would have some meaning that the park is going to chase all of the customers away by 8pm.
2. Dare to dream big. Randy gave an example of human first ever landed on the moon. Some of the people of that time thought that this moon exploring project is just a wasteful white elephant project. But, Randy did not see things like that. Instead, he knew that this big project would give boost to the future project later.
3. Lessen grumble. Grumbling would not help things work. So, instead of wasting time on complaining things, it is more advisable to make full use of this time to plan things out more properly.
4. Cure the disease, not the symptoms. Most people are blinded by the surface of a problem. They paid too much time and attention towards these minor problems and hence can't treat the real problem.
5. Do not care so much about what others thinking. As human beings, sometime, we tend to spend too much time on wondering what others are thinking about something. However, if we can make full use of this time on something else, surely, our life would be much more successful.
6. Look for the best in others. If we wait long enough, surely we would be able to see the best in everyone, regardless of how small it is. Randy mentioned that when we are angry at someone, this means that we have not given enough time for them to express themselves.
7. Be dare to fail. Lots of people have success in this world, the failed ones are a lot too. Sometime, the failed ones are even more being appreciated. How? Let's take a newly-opened company. Most of the time, the newly operating companies would hire someone who have a background of failed before as they would know what to do to avoid the same failure in the future. Whereas the ones who have yet to experience failure in life, they are the ones who would be most probably to face one in the future.
8. A halfhearted apology is worse than no apology. A sincere apology is a good medicine, whereas a halfhearted apology is more of like showering injuries with salt. So, what is a good and sincere apology? It consists of 3 main parts: 1. I was wrong 2. Sorry that I hurt you 3. How can I repent my sin? Most people forget the most important part when apologising, that is the third part.
9. Tell the truth. Three words from Randy: Tell the truth. Another three words: all the time. Being honest is not only morally correct, but it is the most efficient way in every way. Lying might be able to cover up someone's eyes for a short period of time, but once they know the truth, they would gossip about you being a liar. You would earn yourself a notorious title in no time.
10. Never give up. Failed once does not mean that you always fail. As long as we work hard towards our goals, there would always be a rainbow waiting for us.

Really love this book. The aspiring stories spurred up my fighting spirit easily.
If you are down, I would recommend you to read this book.
If you want to power up your fighting spirit, this would be a great book for you.

*Actually there are more to be written up here, but I'll leave them to you. Exposing more would only be killing your reading interest. Ok, it's time for you to grab this book in bookstore. Come on. Grab it now.

愛だの誕生日 （10月19日）

お誕生日おめでとございます！

今日はアイダちゃんの誕生日ですね。おめでとございます。

哈哈，今天是Ida的生日。恭喜恭喜。认识她大约有两年多了吧。所谓路遥知马力，日就见人心，呵呵，发现到她是位很好的人哦。哈哈，我就借此介绍她一下吧。

1. 她可是一位未来的人类灵魂工程师哦。
2. 她的性格开朗，恐怕没见过她难过吧。呵呵。
3. 她是位只要朋友有难，她就会拔刀相助的人。
   
4. 跟我一样，都曾当过工艺大学华文班的教员，而且她当了3个学期的教员。她很用心哦，她所教的班，每堂课都是满满的。更厉害的是她还当上了最佳教员耶。太棒了。***鼓掌***
5. 嗯，她的日文很厉害哦。哈哈，她还经常借我她的日语note。ありがとうございます。去年她报考了JLPT4，而且还得当相当不错的成绩哦。今年底，她将会报考 JLPT3，希望她可以再次得到佳绩。
6. 她特别欢橙色，还把自己的部落格染成了橙色。オレンジだよ。

最后，再次说声“生日快乐”。

日本語の授業 nihongo no jyugyou

こんにちは、みんなさん。今、日本語の授業でしょう。
konnichiwa, minna-san. ima, nihongo no jyugyou deshou.
嗨，大家好。现在是上日语课。
Hi, everyone. This is a Japanese lesson.

今天，我会与大家分享一些简单但很有用的日语常用词。

Today, I am going to share some easy but useful daily Japanese phrases.

すみましたか？
sumimashitaka?

这句话的意思是“完了吗”。当你要得到一些确定一些事情，是否已经完毕了，你就可以应用这句话。一些简单的例子：

This means "be over" or "finish". You can use it when asking if something is over or someone finishes something. Examples:

当你的同事回到他的座位时（开会过后），你可以这样问他：

when your Japanese colleague returns to his/her desk after a meeting,
you can ask him/her:

かいぎはすみましたか？
kaigi wa sumimashitaka?
开会完毕了吗？

Is the meeting over?

如果开会完毕了，他就会回答说：
If the meeting is over, he/she would answer:
ええ、すみました。
ee, sumimashita.

嗯，完毕了。

Yup, it's over.

如果开会还为完毕呢，答案就会是这样的：
If the meeting is not over yet, the answer would be:
まだです。
mada desu.
还没。
Not over yet.

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当你遇见一位朋友时，想与他一起吃午餐，你可以这样问：
When you meet a friend of yours, and want to have lunch with him/her,
you can ask:
おひるごはんはすみましたか？
ohirugohan wa sumimashitaka?

*注：お (o)是为了表示尊重ひるごはん (hiru gohan)而加上的
*note: the use of お (o) is just to express the respect for the lunch ひるごはん (hiru gohan)

如果答案是まだです(mada desu)，那你就可以邀请他一起吃饭。
If the answer is まだです(mada desu), you can have your lunch with him/her.

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しごとはすみましたか？
shigoto wa sumimashitaka?
你的工作完毕了吗？
Is your work finished?

このざっしはすみましたか？
kono zasshi wa sumimashitaka?
你读完了这本杂志吗？
Have you finished reading this magazine?

なつやすみはすみましたか？
natsu yasumi wa sumimashitaka?
你的夏天的假期完了吗？
Is your summer holiday over?

しけんはすみましたか？
shiken wa sumimashitaka?
考试完了吗？
Is the examination over?

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家庭成员或朋友方面呢，可以使用比较随和的语气如すんだ (sunda)
Among family members or friends, a more casual expression like すんだ (sunda) can be used instead of みましたか(sumimashitaka)

母亲是常这样问他们的孩子
Mothers usually ask their children,
しゅくだいすんだ(shukudai sunda)
‘功课做完了吗？’
'Did you finish your homework?'


你的日族朋友也许会这样问你：
Your Japanese friends might ask you:
夕飯すんだ (yuuhan sunda)
你吃晚餐了吗？
Did you finish your dinner?

较随和的答案：
as for answering in more casual way:
まだよ(mada yo)
还没。
Not yet.

もうすんだよ(mou sunda)
吃饱了。
Already finished.

现在的学生。。。 Students nowadays...

今晚，我与一位朋友去大学内的一间餐厅吃晚餐。正在吃晚餐时，电视播着TV3的八点新闻。新闻头条是关于学生的问题。这件事发生在玻璃市的某间中学。事情是这样的：

一位老师不满意她的学生没把功课做完在物理作业簿上写了一些“脏话”，于是，她便请那两位学生到前面解释。
也许那位学生甲很冲动吧。
当老师伸出右手指向她时，那位学生立刻把老师的手推下。
这立刻引起了老师的不满。于是，老师便追问她。
谁知道，学生乙踢了老师一脚。
哇唠耶，现在的学生未免太野蛮了吧！这样的事情也敢做出来。太没经过大脑了吧！
但是呢，事情还没结束哦。
放学后，学生甲和学生乙找来了别的学校的朋友到她们的学校找老师报仇。
受恐吓的老师，立刻以光束飞到办公室，然后报警。

看了这则新闻后，我的心还不能接受事实，难道大马的学生有这么一小辍的野蛮学生？

还是说现在的学生比以前的我们坏？还是从前的我们比较乖？

到底问题在何处呢？教育制度？学生自己？老师？家长？

谁应该挑起这重担呢？

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Earlier, I had my dinner with a friend of mine at a cafe in my university. I was enjoying my dinner while watching TV3's 8pm news. The headline was about a disciplinary problem in a middle school somewhere in Perlis. The case was like this:

There was a teacher who could not accept the fact that her students failed to finish up their homework. Hence, she called them forward and demanded answers.
Maybe the students were being too reckless.
When their teacher pointed her finger at student A, student A immediately pushed her teacher's hand down.
This annoyed the teacher. She immediately demanded for reasons for doing this.
Surprisingly, student B kicked her teacher.
Wah, that was pretty daring of her. Even dare to do this at school. I wonder if she had really thought wisely at that split moment.
The case was not closed yet.
After school, student A and student B found lots of friends from other schools to have their revenge on their teacher.
The fear stricken teacher immediately rushed to the office in light speed and reported to the police.

After seeing this news, my heart sank. I simply couldn't accept this reality yet. Is it true that secondary schools in Malaysia consist of students as rude as this?

Or should we say that the students of our time were a lot better than students nowadays?

Where is the root of this problem? The students themselves? The teachers? Parents?

Who should be the one responsible for this problem?