A lot of things happened over the past few months. I was in 2 road accidents one of my fault while the other, I wasn't even the driver. My mum was diagnosed with last stage lung cancer. I had a out of the world internship experience with KPMG, definitely couldn't have asked for a better internship experience. My flight back to the UK was equally dramatic, the plane engine failed (thank God we didn't get onto the plane), we were then compensated with the chance to use the business class lounge of Emirates in Dubai which I thought was awesome...
Back in the UK, I was greeted with a diarrhea and a bee sting... how is it even possible for all these to happen when I am leaving on the 17th floor of Central London... And the bad luck didnt stop there. when my phone got spoilt. On the bright side however, I have got another scholarship which is worth GBP2750!
I just hope the series of mishap will discontinue itself from this point onward. Nevertheless I am optimistic as usual that things are going to turn out fine. Now my next challenge is to keep up with the ever demanding Actuarial Science degree.... Lets just hope I dont drop out from my degree this year. Not to mention, I hope the Malaysian Society under my leadership will be have a fun and fruitful year ahead..
Sorry for my rambling... I shall sign off by now. Till then, to the readers of my blog, I am sorry for so few updates. I really have too many things on my mind currently, and even as I wrote this post, I did it subconsciously.
Take care!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Meatball sensation
Just some of my recent cookings. Don't get me wrong, I don't really enjoy cooking but I was forced to as nobody wants to go out with me. yes I know, what a sad life.... What can I do about it? I am in a freaking Actuarial Science course.... Nevertheless, they look pretty good. (and taste pretty good too)
Summer Plans
To my loyal blog readers, just a sneak peek on what I am up to this summer!
Yup, you got it right! I am going to be doing my very first internship in my life with KPMG and yesss!!!! I am so excited to the point that every single cell of my body wants to be there this instant! Of course, I will also be spending much time with the people that I care too.
Back to nerding
adieu
Yup, you got it right! I am going to be doing my very first internship in my life with KPMG and yesss!!!! I am so excited to the point that every single cell of my body wants to be there this instant! Of course, I will also be spending much time with the people that I care too.
Back to nerding
adieu
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Just some food to make you envious
My Own Cooking, Chicken Breast with Stuffings and side salads
Mediterranean Food in Ottolenghi- Salmon with light Salsa coupled with red basmati and herbs and grilled peach with walnut. One of the best that I have since maybe since I was born....
Tinseltown famous Titanic Delight. A must try if you love desserts and fancy one late night.
Magnum gold! With Gold packaging. Mouth watering....
Sushi!
The Reappearance of the Leaf
So, It really had been a year now..... I still cant believe that the last time I actually blog was when I last September. For those that actually visited my blog during that long interim, I apologise. In fact, I myself was shocked to see the hit count to have hit 9640....
What do I want to blog now then?
the unstoppable ascent of China's dominance?
The Long overdue financial Crisis?
My pathetic dull exam experience?
Not really
Instead I am going to talk about why the UK is doomed to fail amid the recent financial crisis.
Yes, David Cameron is the very first reason why the country is going to fail under his guidance:
For a start, this moron here, couldn't even win a majority government by himself despite the exorbitant funding that his party receives not to mention he was also against one of the most unpopular Prime Minister of all time, Mr. Gordon Brown.
Secondly, Mr. Nick Clegg, the one who sparked the so called "Cleggamania" making almost everyone of my age group goes crazy over him and yet won only a mere 50+ seats in the general elections...(the exact number is insignificant here because as I put it, a mere 50+ seats).
As though that wasn't bad enough, the 2 morons formed a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. Spot the irony there ( Liberal vs Conservative) Okay, you may want to argue that Mr. Nick here had no choice but to form the coalition with the Conservatives. Let me quote him on something that you might want to change your mind.
In addressing the public regarding the differences between the Lids(Liberal Democrats) and the Con, "What I'm discovering is we've been using different words for a long time - it actually means the same thing. Liberalism, big society. Empowerment, responsibility. It means the same thing." @@
Liberalism and big society the same thing? hello? Then are Communism and Capitalism essentially the same to you?
As though the results and what they said are not enough to demonstrate why they are bunch of monkeys in suits. Lets look at what kind of policy that they plan to implement in the near future and some, even already implemented
1. Increasing the UK Capital Gain Tax from 18% to 40%! (If these politicians have any sense, one of UK's biggest chunk of National income comes from its financial sector... levying such a huge big Capital Gain's tax will cripple the freaking financial sector!)
2. Increasing the VAT to 20% (Self explanatory - If only these politicians realised that the VAT is of regressive nature)
3. Cut fiscal spending by 6 billion pounds (Yeah yeah, I understand that you need to pay your debt, but hey, the recession is not even over yet) And they even cut on higher education funding... Already the UK universities are incompetent when compared to its US counterpart, comes now a moron who wants to cut funding.
4. David Cameron "Big Society" Plans.... which consists of
Giving greater financial autonomy and a general power of competence to local authorities
Using money from dormant bank accounts to set up a "Big Society Bank" to finance neighbourhood groups, charities, social enterprises and other non-governmental bodies;
Supporting charities, social enterprises, mutuals and co-operatives that want to run public services, and allowing public sector workers to take over their services;
If you still haven't spotted the problem about this big society thingy, Mr. Cameron, let me remind you something, we don't leave in an idealistic society, you are only opening up the system to more room for corruption...
5. The bailout of Greece by the EU only make things worse. Ladies and gentlemen, the mat salleh who once upon a time condemned Tun Mahathir's action of bailing out local banks during the 1997 Crisis in South East Asia, are now not only bailing out their banks... they even bailout country, with Spain next on the list and some even spotted Poland and Italy soon after, the EU, which the UK is unfortunately part of, is also damned. (as my economics lecturer pointed out, Poland, Italy, Greece and Spain - PIGS. What next? the EU being bailed out?
6. Pounds Sterling dropping to all time record low.... Hey isnt that good for exports and would also curb import. (FYI, the UK doesn't really produce anything for export purposes.. so with any common sense, the depreciation of the Pound Sterling is a bad news...
7. The biggest deficit the UK government face during peace time.
8. The large scale immigration of Eastern Europeans into the UK, let's just see what will happen when Turkey joins the EU.
9. The intermittent strike by major British corporations such as the British Airways, Royal Mail and National Rail.
10. The welfare model that rewards those who stay unemployed and download pirated movies at home at the expense of taxpayers.
11. The volcanic ash that caused flight disruption.
12. The weakening of UK's biggest ally the United States of America.
That's all for now.... Good luck for my exams!
Regards to all my readers.
Mr. Leaf
What do I want to blog now then?
the unstoppable ascent of China's dominance?
The Long overdue financial Crisis?
My pathetic dull exam experience?
Not really
Instead I am going to talk about why the UK is doomed to fail amid the recent financial crisis.
Yes, David Cameron is the very first reason why the country is going to fail under his guidance:
For a start, this moron here, couldn't even win a majority government by himself despite the exorbitant funding that his party receives not to mention he was also against one of the most unpopular Prime Minister of all time, Mr. Gordon Brown.
Secondly, Mr. Nick Clegg, the one who sparked the so called "Cleggamania" making almost everyone of my age group goes crazy over him and yet won only a mere 50+ seats in the general elections...(the exact number is insignificant here because as I put it, a mere 50+ seats).
As though that wasn't bad enough, the 2 morons formed a coalition between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. Spot the irony there ( Liberal vs Conservative) Okay, you may want to argue that Mr. Nick here had no choice but to form the coalition with the Conservatives. Let me quote him on something that you might want to change your mind.
In addressing the public regarding the differences between the Lids(Liberal Democrats) and the Con, "What I'm discovering is we've been using different words for a long time - it actually means the same thing. Liberalism, big society. Empowerment, responsibility. It means the same thing." @@
Liberalism and big society the same thing? hello? Then are Communism and Capitalism essentially the same to you?
As though the results and what they said are not enough to demonstrate why they are bunch of monkeys in suits. Lets look at what kind of policy that they plan to implement in the near future and some, even already implemented
1. Increasing the UK Capital Gain Tax from 18% to 40%! (If these politicians have any sense, one of UK's biggest chunk of National income comes from its financial sector... levying such a huge big Capital Gain's tax will cripple the freaking financial sector!)
2. Increasing the VAT to 20% (Self explanatory - If only these politicians realised that the VAT is of regressive nature)
3. Cut fiscal spending by 6 billion pounds (Yeah yeah, I understand that you need to pay your debt, but hey, the recession is not even over yet) And they even cut on higher education funding... Already the UK universities are incompetent when compared to its US counterpart, comes now a moron who wants to cut funding.
4. David Cameron "Big Society" Plans.... which consists of
Giving greater financial autonomy and a general power of competence to local authorities
Using money from dormant bank accounts to set up a "Big Society Bank" to finance neighbourhood groups, charities, social enterprises and other non-governmental bodies;
Supporting charities, social enterprises, mutuals and co-operatives that want to run public services, and allowing public sector workers to take over their services;
If you still haven't spotted the problem about this big society thingy, Mr. Cameron, let me remind you something, we don't leave in an idealistic society, you are only opening up the system to more room for corruption...
5. The bailout of Greece by the EU only make things worse. Ladies and gentlemen, the mat salleh who once upon a time condemned Tun Mahathir's action of bailing out local banks during the 1997 Crisis in South East Asia, are now not only bailing out their banks... they even bailout country, with Spain next on the list and some even spotted Poland and Italy soon after, the EU, which the UK is unfortunately part of, is also damned. (as my economics lecturer pointed out, Poland, Italy, Greece and Spain - PIGS. What next? the EU being bailed out?
6. Pounds Sterling dropping to all time record low.... Hey isnt that good for exports and would also curb import. (FYI, the UK doesn't really produce anything for export purposes.. so with any common sense, the depreciation of the Pound Sterling is a bad news...
7. The biggest deficit the UK government face during peace time.
8. The large scale immigration of Eastern Europeans into the UK, let's just see what will happen when Turkey joins the EU.
9. The intermittent strike by major British corporations such as the British Airways, Royal Mail and National Rail.
10. The welfare model that rewards those who stay unemployed and download pirated movies at home at the expense of taxpayers.
11. The volcanic ash that caused flight disruption.
12. The weakening of UK's biggest ally the United States of America.
That's all for now.... Good luck for my exams!
Regards to all my readers.
Mr. Leaf
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
2 more weeks to go :)
Yeah I am sure you guys out there whoever that actually reads my blog will be tired of me saying things like " 2 more weeks to go" "i am excited" " i cant wait for it anymore" bla bla bla.... well yeah I do have those feelings but not going to start writing about them anymore because I realised that it is redundant whenever my friends start telling me about it.... Though the girls and the softer guys tend to say that they will miss home, Malaysian food.. So instead of rambling about me going to Uk soon, I was quite fascinated by the different ways people actually react to changes or uncertainties.... YES, I am referring to gender this time. Call me sexist or whatever but this is my blog =)
Well, lets get back to the main topic, why do guys look forward to new changes more? Lets take biological inheritance as a hypothesis. Supposing that if we look back to pre historic times, Cavemen are actually the one that roams around in the wild, hunting for food, cherishing the challenges from nature;s best, as they are eager to try out their newly invented weapon and then emerge victorious (hahaha?) and bring back food for his family. On the other end, Cavewomen, will actually be in the cave or in some sort of settlement waiting, standing guard (not literally) while providing care to the children. This trend continued all the way through for centuries, on a second thought, for millenium thus as Charles Darwin and many other Psychobiologist pointed out for the past few centuries that though behavours do change according to the environment, the inherited nature will still remain intact in one upon birth. Ok, so bring back to todays context, that explains much as to why girls dont look forward that much to new changes as much as guys do because of their inherited emotional sides. Some may want to disagree with this but from my experience, girls themselves actually admit to this fact too. Guys on the other hand will see this overseas experience as an opportunity to test their new found strength, see the unseen and eventually emerge victorious.
LOL.. enough of senseless rambling, back to my life.. Life is better than fine as I always believe it is :) Currently enjoying a black tea latte in Starbucks huhu, got addicted to Starbucks nowadays since I had the Java Chip Frap with wei nie ( the scent of the coffee is irreplacable). Anyway, that isnt the main point, ok, updates ; I just stopped working 3 days ago! woohoo! Had my farewell party with high school friends, was really fun and touching cos so many people actually turned up despite some are busy with examinations and studying all over the country. Played pool in Bilardo Pool and Cafe for about 2 hours as a starter programme, followed by dinner in 4 Happy Seasons Restaurant :) Though the party was fun, I strongly recommend those around Wangsa Maju not to go to 4 seasons, the service there is so lousy, long serving time is one but not the main problem, the worst part is i walked in earlier to book a table for 12 and wtf they told me ther is no record of it!!! Can you be more pissed than that? As if thats not the worst they can do, and then they just let us sit in some cramped up space with tables forcefully joined together.
Anyway, received a giant card from my friends and will post up the pictures the next time when i take a good picture of it, and I am already planning to bring it all the way to the UK with me. So yeah, will take a good picture of it in my room in London before i post it up. :)
Will be doing my Visa tomorrow. Wish me luck. It is one hell of a screwed up thing in life, in short "Visa's a bitch"
Ok, Lets look on the darker side, I lost 10 games of dota in the past 11 games. :( Stayed up till 4.30 a.m. with abs and alf in alfs place and yet we still lose like dog. None of our strategies seemed to work out. hahaaha.... had fun though. :) on another note, maybe i should just retire from dota.
O yeah, and horrifyingly, Cass is asking us to get prepared for Actuarial Science, Maths Diagnostic Tests (wth?) and gave us a short reading list (i thought only oxbridge do that). Anyway, was pretty pleased when I saw the KYUEM ads and saw many 3As to 4As students going to City to read Actuarial Science with me... Heard rumours about KTJ advertisements that they purposedly singled out me and Jason (both Straight As from their high achiever's list ads on NST) cos I dont acknowledge that City is an excellent university. If that is true, how dumpshit is it for them to do so.... Thats all for now....
BYE reader (s) <<<<<<<<<< Cos I know at least a person will be reading it :)
Goodbye.
Well, lets get back to the main topic, why do guys look forward to new changes more? Lets take biological inheritance as a hypothesis. Supposing that if we look back to pre historic times, Cavemen are actually the one that roams around in the wild, hunting for food, cherishing the challenges from nature;s best, as they are eager to try out their newly invented weapon and then emerge victorious (hahaha?) and bring back food for his family. On the other end, Cavewomen, will actually be in the cave or in some sort of settlement waiting, standing guard (not literally) while providing care to the children. This trend continued all the way through for centuries, on a second thought, for millenium thus as Charles Darwin and many other Psychobiologist pointed out for the past few centuries that though behavours do change according to the environment, the inherited nature will still remain intact in one upon birth. Ok, so bring back to todays context, that explains much as to why girls dont look forward that much to new changes as much as guys do because of their inherited emotional sides. Some may want to disagree with this but from my experience, girls themselves actually admit to this fact too. Guys on the other hand will see this overseas experience as an opportunity to test their new found strength, see the unseen and eventually emerge victorious.
LOL.. enough of senseless rambling, back to my life.. Life is better than fine as I always believe it is :) Currently enjoying a black tea latte in Starbucks huhu, got addicted to Starbucks nowadays since I had the Java Chip Frap with wei nie ( the scent of the coffee is irreplacable). Anyway, that isnt the main point, ok, updates ; I just stopped working 3 days ago! woohoo! Had my farewell party with high school friends, was really fun and touching cos so many people actually turned up despite some are busy with examinations and studying all over the country. Played pool in Bilardo Pool and Cafe for about 2 hours as a starter programme, followed by dinner in 4 Happy Seasons Restaurant :) Though the party was fun, I strongly recommend those around Wangsa Maju not to go to 4 seasons, the service there is so lousy, long serving time is one but not the main problem, the worst part is i walked in earlier to book a table for 12 and wtf they told me ther is no record of it!!! Can you be more pissed than that? As if thats not the worst they can do, and then they just let us sit in some cramped up space with tables forcefully joined together.
Anyway, received a giant card from my friends and will post up the pictures the next time when i take a good picture of it, and I am already planning to bring it all the way to the UK with me. So yeah, will take a good picture of it in my room in London before i post it up. :)
Will be doing my Visa tomorrow. Wish me luck. It is one hell of a screwed up thing in life, in short "Visa's a bitch"
Ok, Lets look on the darker side, I lost 10 games of dota in the past 11 games. :( Stayed up till 4.30 a.m. with abs and alf in alfs place and yet we still lose like dog. None of our strategies seemed to work out. hahaaha.... had fun though. :) on another note, maybe i should just retire from dota.
O yeah, and horrifyingly, Cass is asking us to get prepared for Actuarial Science, Maths Diagnostic Tests (wth?) and gave us a short reading list (i thought only oxbridge do that). Anyway, was pretty pleased when I saw the KYUEM ads and saw many 3As to 4As students going to City to read Actuarial Science with me... Heard rumours about KTJ advertisements that they purposedly singled out me and Jason (both Straight As from their high achiever's list ads on NST) cos I dont acknowledge that City is an excellent university. If that is true, how dumpshit is it for them to do so.... Thats all for now....
BYE reader (s) <<<<<<<<<< Cos I know at least a person will be reading it :)
Goodbye.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
I hate an epidemic "crisis" like this......
People make a big hoo hah for small things like a flu.
Blame the sub standard health service in Malaysia for the high death rate.
Bring me into ISA for condemning Malaysian Health Services if you wish to.
PS: Sub standard is consideraby a mild term to describe our health service
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Post BTN life
Sorry to all readers out there for the lack of update =D
but my life seems to get so busy nowadays that i barely have time for myself anyway so, now that I can find this opportunity to finally sit down along and write my blog, here i come!!!!
Lets go on a high note first to kick start this rusty blog, BTN WAS ACTUALLY FUN!!! I couldnt believe it even till now that I actually finished 5 days of what ppl usually deemed as political torturing..... Now what makes BTN great,
1. Great friends in the camp (Special mention to Jason, Jeven, Velu, Shan, Tian Huey, Zhen, Sharon, Kubheran, Syafiq, Bhavik, Vin nie, Ei Jean, Ling Chaer, Qurret, hahaha and i know you are getting pissed already Victor, of course u are not left out my gay partner, except that i dont really like your sugar rush moments =D)
2. Late night sessions =P (all the crap that we talk about and of course the card game !)
3. Some of the LDK sessions are actually not sleep inducing LOL
4. I didnt screw up my speech =D
5. Travelling in klang sentral was fun too : )
6. The food was great (for a camp like BTN)
7. Toilet cleanliness was on par with the one at home =.=""
Now onto the next great note was my first ever visit to MSLS and though not something remarkably fantastic but was a great experience.... Met some of my seniors :D they are all doing well overseas which is good. The talk however i thought was pretty redundant most of the time. Speakers tend to state the obvious or just dangling around without really answering the questions given. Mahathir's Speech was kinda good but then filled with deception and sarcasm one of which that I enjoyed was "Nowadays many people are becoming Tun, some who contributed nothing also get to become Tun just because he was once a leader" "Students should be studying instead of involving themselves in political activities like si DSAI itu when he was young" " I didnt arrest anyone when I was in power" =o but ok la, his charisma is undeniably still commendable :D the only down part of the MSLS is that I missed KJ's talk (Khairy Jamaluddin). because i promised my boss that i will be working on that Sunday. Well not deeply sad though :)
After that, my hardwork in doing all these part time jobs during this summer holiday is actually paying off by now, I suddenly feel richer than I ever before did, finally being able to buy any food or clothings that I desire, though the fact that the Bonia shoe that i saw didnt have my size killed my shopping excitement (i know i sound like a girl now.. lol)
Had a nice haircut =D
Lastly and of course the best me and Wei Nie both did very well for our A levels results !!!
and to Wei Nie, of course I am proud of you, in fact I was relieved to hear that you did well otherwise I wont be able to write this post now anyway because I am most probably comforting you now on the phone XD
5 more weeks in KL, I cant believe it, my childhood dream is actually so near now!!! Gimme 5 (anybody reading the blog)
K la k la, I need to go now, yeah I am sorry that I still cant upload my pics will do so when I am in London =D
Till the next time I update... See you and congrats to all who did well in the exams especially Abraham who spent all his time with me in KTJ till late night playing Dota.. I was really happy to hear that i didnt ruin your future =D Come to KL as soon as possible k?
Bye
Thursday, July 23, 2009
shit P1
P1 is fast
P1 is stable
P1 can let me play GG which is good
P1 can stream video incredibly fast compared to its rivals
but P1 apparently is posing to me a big problem
I cant upload images or videos !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P1: Packet one Broadband
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