Ill Habits

I can still see the light at the end of the tunnel shine
Through the dark times even when I lose my mind
But it feels like no one in the world is listening
and I can’t ever seem to make the right decisions
I walk around in the same haze
I’m still caught in my same ways
I’m losing time in these strange days
But somehow I always know the right things to say

I don’t know what time it is
Or whose the one to blame for this
Do I believe what I can’t see
And how do you know which way the wind blows…
Cause I can feel it all around
I’m lost between the sound
And just when I think I know, there she goes

Goodbye for now
Goodbye for now so long

When will we sing a new song
A new song…

We’re still smilin as the day goes by
And how come nobody ever knows the reasons why
Bury you deep so far you can’t see
If you’re like me who wears a broken heart on your sleeve
Pains is trouble that you know so well
Either time don’t, it can’t or you just won’t tell
I’m not the type to say I told you so
I think the hardest part of holding on is letting it go

I don’t know what time it is
Or whose the one to blame for this
Do I believe what I can’t see
And how do you know which way the wind blows
Cause I can feel it all around
I’m lost between the sound
And just when I think I know, there she goes

Goodbye for now
Goodbye for now so long

When will we sing a new song
A new song

And you can sing until there’s no song left
And I can scream until the world goes deaf
For every other word left unsaid you should have took the time to read the sign and see what it meant
In some ways everybody feels alone
So if the burden is mine then I can carry my own
If joy really comes
in the morning time
then I’m gonna sit back and wait until the next sun rise…

Walk blindly to the light and reach out for his hand
Don’t ask any questions and don’t try to understand
Open up your mind and then open up your heart
And you will see that you and me aren’t very far apart

‘Cause I believe that love is the answer
I believe that love will find the way

As seen in Friendster profile.
"What was once that, is now this…"

The Countdown

6. Superman -not a fan…
5. X-Men -awaiting X-Men 4
4. Batman -awaiting Batman 2: The Dark Knight
3. Transformers -without Optimus Prime?
2. Spiderman -…and Venom
1. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES~! -March 2007

Zidane’s explanation on the Materazzi’s case…

Interviewer: You know the Italian players well because you played in Italy for five years. Did you have any problem with any of them beforehand?

Zinedine Zidane: Not at all. You always have friction with certain players…that is the game, it has always been like that. But I never had any clashes with anyone.

Interviewer: Nor Materazzi?

Zinedine Zidane: No, never. There was nothing beforehand and nothing in the match until he started pulling my jersey. He grabbed my shirt and I told him to stop. I told him if he wanted I’d swap it with him at the end of the match. That is when he said some very hard words, which were harder than gestures. He repeated them several times. It all happened very quickly and he spoke about things which hurt me deep down.

Interviewer: Everyone wants to know exactly what he said…

Zinedine Zidane: They were very serious things, very personal things.

Interviewer: About your mother and your sister?

Zinedine Zidane: Yes. They were very hard words. You hear them once and you try to move away. But then you hear them twice, and then a third time… I am a man and some words are harder to hear than actions. I would rather have taken a blow to the face than hear that.

Interviewer: He said these things about your mother and sister two or three times?

Zinedine Zidane: Yes. I reacted and of course it is not a gesture you should do. I must say that strongly. It was seen by two or three billion people watching on television and millions and millions of children. It was an inexcusable gesture and to them, and the people in education whose job it is to show children what they should and shouldn’t do, I want to apologise.

Interviewer: You apologise to them but do you really regret having done it?

Zinedine Zidane: I can’t regret it because if I do it would be like admitting that he was right to say all that. And above all, it was not right. We always talk about the reaction, and inevitably it must be punished. But if there is no provocation, there is no reaction. First of all you have to say there is provocation, and the guilty one is the one who does the provoking. The response is to always punish the reaction, but if I react, something has happened. Do you imagine that in a World Cup final like that, with just 10 minutes to go to the end of my career, I am going to do something like that because it gives me pleasure?

Interviewer: No of course not. But at the moment you exploded…

Zinedine Zidane: There was provocation, and it was very serious, that is all. My action was inexcusable but you have to punish the real culprit, and the real culprit is the one who provoked it. Voila.

-end-

Look What My Housemate and I Found…

Top 10 Universities in the World

1. Harvard University
2. University of Cambridge
3. Stanford University
4. University of California - Berkeley
5. Massachusetts Institute Technology
6. California Institute Technology
7. Columbia University
8. Princeton University
9. University of Chicago —> Paula
10. University of Oxford

51. University of Manchester —> Jarl, Chia Ming, Shermian
79. University of Melbourne —> Jamie, Cousin Joseph, Roy, Tean Chun
133. University of Leeds —> Hao Ern
149. University of Western Australia —> Fong
191. University of Southampton —> Chen-man, Lys
247. University of Auckland —> G-Net
279. Otago University —> Leap year baby Sook Yee
409. University of South Australia —> Julacht
433. Murdoch University —> Nai Lin
459. University of Canterbury —> Cousin Khiong
University of Strathclyde NOWHERE TO BE FOUND in the Top 500 list… sheesh~

Top 20 Universities in UK

1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Imperial College
4. London School of Economics
5. Bath
6. University College London
7. York
8. Warwick
9. Bristol
10. Durham
11. St Andrews —> Rachel
12. Loughborough
13. Nottingham
14. Edinburgh —> Milin?
15. Manchester —> Jarl, Chia Ming, Shermian
16. Birmingham
17. Newcastle
18. King’s College London
19. Royal Holloway
20. Aberdeen —> Cousin Susan? Cousin Shiun?

Strathclyde falls in 36th place… not bad I guess~

28. Southampton —> Chen-man, Lys
35. Leeds —> Hao Ern
87. Coventry —> Cheeks

Top 10 Universities in UK for Pharmacy & Pharmacology

1. Manchester
2. Aston
3. Cardiff
4. University College London
5. School of Pharmacy
6. Nottingham
7. Strathclyde
8. King’s College London
9. Bath
10. Hull

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY is in FIFTH place in the Top 10 Universities in UK for PHARMACY and PHARMACOLOGY… 0_o?

Top 10 Universities in Asia Pacific

1. Tokyo University
2. Kyoto University
3. Australian National University
4. Hebrew University Jerusalem
5. Osaka University
6. Tohoku University
7. University of Melbourne —> Jamie, Cousin Joseph, Roy, Tean Chun
8. Tokyo Institue Technology
9. Nagoya University
10. Hokkaido University, Kyushu University, National University Singapore, Technion Israel Institute Technology, Tel Aviv University, Tsukuba University, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, Weizmann Institue Science

Nothing on Malaysia in the Top 100 list… (-_-)". Japan has nine universities in the Top 10 list!

-That’s all folks-

P/s: The friends I’ve matched with the universities they are/were in are only those that I can remember. For those that I have forgotten, do update me on it. Cheers~

Thoughts

"Summer is almost over. Sun now rises at 5 am and sets at 9 pm. (During summer sun rises at 4 am and sets at 10 pm…)"

"…yes, I’ve stayed up til 5 am to realise that."

"Rinnie - hanging up the phone is a very difficult thing for me to do too…"

"Studying is the other bitchy thing to do after hanging up the phone…"

"I hate studying…"

"~~hOw sweeeet it is tO be loved by yOu… by yOu… by yOu~~"

"Rose - thanks for the sms-es! Unfortunately, I don’t have enough credit to reply you. All the best in your work! See you online…"

"Introducing the newest addition to the F1 flat… Brendon! Or izzit BrAndon?"

"On the break-in incident: Shit happens… and its the assholes that made it happen."

"James Blyth Court residents: Keep all windows and doors locked at all times… at ALL times…"

"Reminder to self: Set up new email account for dad…"

"All the best to P103 seniors in the upcoming PP3 exam… and Biopharm."

"oOps… nature calling~"

-end-

Thoughts

"Studying is soOo boring it makes me wanna blog"

"I’m outta Snickers"

"Abby’s soup made me tummy a lil upset… o_0"

"Why do ppl put pictures of other ppl as their friendster profile pic??"

"Discipline going down hill… aaalllllll the wayyyy…"

"Need to get my discipline back on track…"

"Preformulation will come out… Preformulation will come out… Preformulation will come out…"

"Need to buck up on my PP3… desperately"

"…zZz…"

"Good morning Rinnie dear…"

-end-

Thoughts…

"I don’t have Steph’s email add. Jul hasn’t been online these days. I wonder if Phee has…"

"Steph~ R u reading this? Wad’s your messenger’s email add?"

"Why isn’t my Rinnie going to bed yet…?"

"Video exam scenario: Vaginal discharge + creamy + odourless + colourless (bLeGh~). 2 days old. Pain during urination. Diagnosed as thrush. Patient’s medication didn’t work, I think it was called Pseudocreme or Pseudocream… ‘da hEck is Pseudocream?? Can’t find it in the OTC directory… bLeGh~ Sent her off with Canestan Oral & Cream. Told her to treat her partner as well…"

"FMT… FMT… FMT…"

"Calling card running outta credit… dammit"

"I need to find myself a new game… Quake is getting dull"

"hmmm… incoming SMS"

"Damn I love my phone…"

"Eeyan has been in his room since noon… FMT book on the dining table. Da hEck is he doing in there~? Maybe I don’t wanna know…"

"Why’s my Rinnie still awake……?"

"4 pounds left for the rest of the week…"

"Wait a minute… Thomas owes me 3 pounds. Hehehe~"

"7 pounds left for the rest of the week… I’ll survive"

"F.R.I.E.N.D.S downloading really reaaaalllyyy sllooowwwwwlllyyyy~~~!!!"

"If only I can study in my sleep…"

"No home-cooked dinner tonite… getting hungry…"

"I want my mummy……"

-end-

Feels like a fire that burns in my heart
Every single moment that we spend apart
I need you around for every day to start
I haven’t left you alone
There’s something about you, I stare in your eyes
Everything I’m looking for I seem to find
All this time away is killing me inside
I need your love in my life

I wanna spend time till it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met
I wanna fall with you again

We fought in a battle, where nobody won
And left ourselves a mountain to be overcome
You can’t run away, the past is said and done
I need us to carry on

You’ll try everything you never thought would work before
When you live, when you love, and you give them your all
You can always give up some more
Nothing means anything unless you’re here to share with me
I can breathe, I can bleed, I can die in my sleep
Cause you’re always there in my dreams

I wanna spend time till it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met
I wanna fall with you again

Life…

You have your glory days. You have your triumphs. Everything was going according to Plan. Everyday is another day you lift up another trophy. Total bliss… total contentment through these glory days. But when you least expect it, life gives you another surprise. It slaps you in the face once, and then it slaps you on the other cheek before you can even take your turn… catches you when you least expect it, gives you a good beating, fucks you from behind and leaves you to rot. And to make things worse, before you can even get up on one knee, every following situation charges at you like stray bullets and there are juz so many you can dodge. These bullets plunge through your already weak body, and you’re choking in your own blood. No more laughters, no more smiles. Just blood.

Life…

At the end of the day, it is not your body that gives you life, but your soul. That one thing that no one can ever take away from you. Your soul is the one thing that gives you strength through faith, triumph through suffering, contentment through pure joy, and bliss through blessings. The trick is to count each and every one of those blessings… your friends… your family… is that not enough?

(Got no friends? Count me in. There… now you have one.)

If it really isn’t enough, rejoice on what you have left… and that’s Life. Make something happen withit. God did NOT give you your life to waste away… Life’s too short, we have no time for that.

"For what does a man gain if he gains the whole world yet loses his soul?" -thanks Hao Ern…

"God does not count the number of trophies, but the number of scars"

"Good judgements come from experiences, experiences come from bad judgements" -Dom

And at the end of the day, when this is all said and done, guess who’s Tha Man…?

You

-Dedicated to the birthday boy 29th July 2006-

Happy birthday Nick! Have a great one…