PD Power Plant trip

Wasn't in my best during the visit to Port Dickson today. But still had to drag my spinning head and running nose with me to this much anticipated trip.

Reached The Port Dickson Power Bhd plant at around 10.30 am, being welcomed by a security guard with his 'long' speech starting with 'Selamat Datang semua...' and ending with '...selamat datang.' (Basically that's about what we heard.)

This caught our attention as we entered the premise of the plant

Given a briefing about the site by Mr. ......

Tour around the plant...

one of the gas turbines


the four gas turbines


Storage tanks for diesel tanks


water treatment system for cleaning turbine compressor


control room...


...which controls everything. =)


inside the plant...









though in PDP premise, this is owned by TNB


Phoenix and I in cute white helmets! Funny~
And if you wonder why this alien was wearing a jacket while the others were sweating like hell, it was because I was sick! I did feel warm though, hehe~


group photo!


all smiles~

Next stop is the Armed Forces Museum. Spent only about an hour there. Wasn't as interesting as expected, but was worth it. And it was thrilling to play and climb into the tanks!! And dear me, some of the tanks are AUTO-geared!! And basically we climbed on anything that can be climbed~ coz they are all real and HUGE!!

The most eye-catching thing as you arrive~

Phoenix and I on this two-seated 'canon'

ESA punya army... don't play play

We are against war! :p


Inside one of the tanks


The simulacrum of communist tunnel




I want this to go to college.. =p


I need this at home.. =D

Off to Teluk Kemang! It was so empty that it didn't sound 'Port Dickson' at all.. haha~

A nice view from the bus

The population there... crabs and hermit crabs!


Tiffany's crab! =p


TS, Heng, me and Phoenix!

A tiring but happy ending~!!!

Some photos courtesy of Tiffany and Steven. =D

sick baby

THURSDAY 25/10/2007

It’s been with me for 3 almost three weeks. I really hope it won’t last another month.

This ‘dizz’ that I have now, similar to the case 2 years back. Caught me when I was preparing for final exam. Set me in a sense of sea-sick feeling, or rather, the tiring feeling after swimming, feeling of drifting. Yes, I feel I’m drifting, but I wonder whether my body is ‘swinging’ as my mind is.

And then, finding myself unable to control body balancing easily. Well, the idea that I have to put effort to control my balance… is even more exhausting. Almost every action has to be done with care, afraid that I might trip or lose balance and fall any moment. And an excuse or not, I haven’t dared to go jogging for these few weeks. Afraid that I might not return home.. in one piece. Sweat..

Have no idea how to get my ‘illness’ cured. The idea of seeing a doctor isn’t in favor, the fact that the doctor I went to last time said that it was anemia – which I don’t believe was the reason.

Hope this thing will end before I go for the study tour. There’ s the shopping to do, besides all that to return to hometown (if possible), and the trip to power plant in Port Dickson.

SUNDAY 28/10/07

Went to friend doctor with my parents for body check-up (blood testing). Referred my ‘illness’ to the doctor, who suspect the same thing. When trying to get my blood sample, Doc had some trouble searching for my blood vein. Though my veins are less obvious compared to normal people, it’s never the case this bad. And I had two holes poked in my right arm before finally extracting 5 ml of precious blood from my left arm! AND it hurt!!

It’s a truth that I am unhealthy. Comparing my ‘color’ with other people, I seem pale and yellowish…somewhat a sign of lacking red blood cells. That result in me ‘banned’ from blood donation until I get healthier. Hate that.

No matter what, I hope there will be some conclusion to my problem. Whether it's anemia or what.

Feel like a sick baby...

end of sem

Seems like in no time I've finished my short semester. And sat the exam of the two months, or 7 weeks in exact, of course materials in ONE day! Which is, exhausting of course, but is fun after all that. =)

Went for a movie "Brothers" at Mid Valley on the Monday night, and since the night was still SOOOO young, we came over to Wangsa Maju to Yam-Char. Not able to follow the 'active' gang to Genting yesterday, which sucks, coz Genting is only 45 minutes from my house, and I've been longing for the cool air up there.

Have been planning to work during the holiday, but since I'll be overseas during December, I guess I have to stick to something like surveying. Arghhh... have to go looking for people to do the surveys... which sucks too. Other than that, gotta try looking for advertisements as sponsors for my study tour! Sweat...

At the same time, also wondering how to get the tics... yikes! Everything to deal with money~

The message

It was 5.10 pm. Right after class, when my mobile phone vibrated. Without thinking much, just opened my inbox.

A message…(translated)

“You’ve been selected to join the study tour…”

!!!

Wow~!!! My heart leap with joy! Finally I get an answer!

After the everlasting anxiety of waiting for the list of chosen candidates, I now put myself into the more anxiously ‘sponsor-searching program’. Something to reduce my expenses for the Taiwan trip.

On the other hand, my ‘sickness’ is back again, though for the second time, it’s a bit worrying, and it might last for a few months. That is, like what happened 2 years ago, my mind and body feeling dizzy, seeming like a part of the body-balancing cells in the brain aren’t working. Feeling myself swaying whenever I stand or walk or even sit.

I just hope I won’t hit into something HARD or fall or trip anytime. I still have the Analogue and Digital Electronics exam to care about!

What about Raya

Right... Raya this year has been absolutely different for us.
The one and most important thing is, to study for ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS 1 test!
Well, Studying for the test alone isn't exactly a tough thing, except that I don't really understand the purpose of the different circuits...
The more frustrating thing is to study for the FINAL EXAMINATION which will be in less than a week's time from now~ AND the fact that I have both short-semester subjects ON THE SAME DAY!!! ArGgGGGgghhhhhHHHhh...... why they torture us like that...

And then, constantly getting attracted to the TV to catch the latest glimpses of Soyuz. Never really cared for the space or ISS if not for this...

And without really having any fun at all (as in ME only), we had a home-made steamboat, thanks to the huge supply of fish and other common seafood in the fridge, and the steamboat 'cooker' (whatever) we got as a gift. And stuffing almost everything down the stomach WAS CRAZY! (Our mentality of not wasting food...)

And I find I'm still not really into steamboat... hah~

Wanted: JOB!!!

I'm officially looking for a part-time job now.
And it WILL BE tough looking for the job, since I will mostly be working for November month only.
And somehow, I'm rather picky in choosing my job too! Haha~
A list of the common PT jobs available are:

PROMOTER:
Though popular and easy-to-get job it may be, I just reali pantang the idea, Coz I have no patience standing there looking at nothing, and then layan the customers with a variety of expressions, see them mess up the stuff, and clearing up the mess. Actually, What I reali hate is when there is not much work to do, I still have to stand there counting the minutes and seconds, hoping the time will pass by quickly. That's what is defined by BOREDOM.

WAITRESS:
Though I don't reali hate it, I never reali considered it. When I know how careless I can be when working and carrying things around. But if there's somewhere with an equally high pay, I will truly give a try. Somehow I would prefer to work in the kitchen, especially those of bakeries, where I can learn some skills in cooking! Hah~

SURVEYOR:
If you call that a person who does surveys. That's what my sis have been doing. It's quite a flexible one. The tough thing is to have to go around looking for people to survey on. And it's quite a complex survey, basically need at least half an hour for each survey. And my problem is, I AM not as outgoing enough to knock on each door to look for people.

OFFICE WORK:
Have been considering such jobs as data-entry... but definitely the toughest to find for a-month-long job. And realised another problem... I dont have enough of formal suits to go work in offices! Haiz...

Frankly speaking, a job that I crave most for... for the sake of experience, is the type that has to do with events. Backstage work, operating crew... whatever. Sounds fun, but it is defintely a tiring and energy-consuming and rushing and crazy job! Somehow, the alienistic me, I am eager for that~ Haha... Although the pay might be low. But it's expected.

It's not clear whether my aim for a job is money-wise or experience-wise. I just do not want to spend my holiday sitting at home, though I wont be sitting around reali, having the extra housework to do at home (yes, my mom will find numerous jobs for me!!).
And since I WANT to go for the concert, I NEED to find MONEYYY!!!$$$!!!

Right. So anyone with any sources of part-time job, please do inform me! And anyone wana 'compliment or comment on my 'analysis of job', hmm... go ahead la... haha~

Imperfect

Somehow, I duno why, but somehow...
I never seem to be able to get things done the PERFECT way.
And, that is, I almost always overlook a particular thing, which of course causes the imperfection.
And I am definitely furious at this.
Why others can do it, but I cannot.
And why I keep my target so high when I so rarely can achieve it.
Why I still mind so much when I keep persuading myself to avoid clinging on it too much.
Why I am never confident in doing things...
it's because whenever I am confident in a particular thing, the result often turn out another way... far from expectation.

Have to accept myself the way I am.
But still, gotta give my best in everything.
Gotta build my confidence. Gotta strive.

electronics

Sitting at the computer lab now, after ages of not being here (except for printing).
Why am I so free?
Well, was supposed to be in the engineering lab to do the hobby-kit experiment, but somehow, we are so lack of components to construct the circuits.
Leave those which are more interesting like the music box, heat sensor, car alarm...
even the simplest ones such as LED flasher cannot be done.

So I'm here, staring at the monitor screen, and craving for my bed.
Waiting for those to come back from Sunway, waiting for Tiff to bring the stuff to do.

SiEnZzZzzzz...

Transmitter Hunt ~ BBQs ~

Abandoned my blog for 2 weeks now.
Had a quite happening last week.

22/9/2007
TRANSMITTER HUNT

The Transmitter Hunt was held bythe UCSI Student Chapter of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) at our university. Taking part in the event were our own students (majority the ESA members), as well as students from other highere institution such as Uniten, MMU, n UCSJ. Not a huge thing, but if I'm not wrong, this was the first ever transmitter hunt in Malaysia! Hehe~

The ESA members (mostly)

This hunt was very small, which is mostly in Block C, compared to those in the US, which may involve the whole city area. But it got us running and panting and suffocating~ Wahaha... and never have I run the staircases of the building so many times before! And now I know that there are 57 lamp posts in UCSI!! Muahahahaha~!!!

And of course, the winner of the event... our very own ESA committee members!

Though below my expectations to meet new people from other institutions, got to know a bunch of people from IET and some A Level participants. The BBQ nite later... didn't serve much as BBQ for us, with only two 'stoves' for self-service~! sweat...

To conclude, the event was a great experience. And I do look forward for a bigger one in future!! Hehe...

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24/9/2007

'MID-AUTUMN' BBQ PARTY

Held in a house somewhere in Connaught Garden :P

"Borrowed" bricks from ex-FIT for our 'stove', used leftover grill from the design project to cover the top~ hah. Seem like a bunch of people making dinner in the jungle.

And AS USUAL, the guys make the fire, the gurls prepare the food to grill.

We had the first serving, while the architecture gang had their turn later.

After the food, came the crazier part. Games. With coke and WHISKY!

And the outcome...

RED!!!

The next day was the worst time. Couldn't concentrate in class. Fishing. Blurness.

Hah... effect of alchohol!

~A day of fun! But I still love to stay at home~