Do you spend money you haven't earned to impress people you don't like?

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

~ Will Smith

I want to remind myself not to be this kind of people. It's hard to imagine these words of wisdom comes from a superstar like Will Smith. May be that's why he's rich!

Update:

Smith spent money freely during his early career and underpaid his income taxes. The Internal Revenue Service eventually assessed a $2.8 million tax debt against Smith, took many of his possessions, and garnished his income. He was nearly bankrupt in 1990. Reference: Smith, Will. Interview with Steve Kroft. 60 Minutes. CBS. 2007-12-02.

My healthy breakfast

• I love everything express and fast. So my breakfast are very easy to make too.

Depends on your appetite, take 5-10 spoons of oatmeal into the mircrowavable ware and pour water or milk which left 1 thin layer of water just above the oats.

Microwave on high or at 850 degrees for 1:20 minutes to 2 minutes. Make sure it's not too dry or too moist, and voila the oatmeal is done!

*The shining honey makes me drool~*

Pour some honey (I use 1 teaspoon) over the oatmeal or stir it and there you go!

This is Australian pure honey that I bought from Preston Market for $7 only!

For a Gozilla like me I need to devour an additional 2 kiwis to make myself feel near-full.

The Ultimate Advice

1. Must take breakfast!
2. It's good for your brain!
3. Honey is good for your brain too!
4. Skipping breakfast will result in obesity and also decreasing your brain activity!

It's new semester

Although for Research Postgraduate students there is no such things as semesters anymore, I miss the time when we kelam kabut for 4 months, have a month break and kelam kabut again for 4-5 months. Because right now I have to put myself in kelam kabut situation for 3 years---nonstop unless I find times to take a break -_-"

It's new semester and the orientation is just over today. Lots of students wandering around, with a paper in hand and their worrisome confused look on their face, you know they are lost :)

Today I just guided 2 students who looked desperately for help in direction. One just came up to me and ask and another I offered my help since the one she approached did not keen to help her (like, acting "I'm so busy" or "i am rushing to somewhere else" gesture---simply ignorant). Apparently there was a briefing session for the program or department so they were looking for the venue and also their lecturer's room. I also let them know which building is which----Social Sciences+Law+Accounting Schools shares 2 buildings and have classes and offices in two buildings. Confusing, I know. And yet these two buildings are adjoined so it's super-duper confusing. I think they are still not clear although I explained to them. Let them figure out themselves, LOL.

I only slept 3 hours this morning which was 12 hours ago. Gonna take a nap and continue my perjuangan after wake up.

The sad answer to a "why" question

• I have always wonder why there is no academicians or scholars attempt to stand out and correct our education system. (5 years ago I even thought of changing the system if I am ever being admitted into education department or program)

• Now I know there was, at least, an academician who was trying to challenge our dysfunctional education system, but what this wise person received in the end is a show cause letter from Ministry of Education. (Or if I never know about this, may be I am the one who would receive the show cause letter in the future)

• It's so sad, it's so pathetic.

Beethoven - sesta sinfonia - la "Pastorale"

Be ready for a 43 minutes performace. Wish I can attend one in Paris one day \(≧▽≦)/

Beethoven - Für Elise

I used to have a small red wooden piano (it's a toy piano) when I was a kid. My mum says one day out of no where I played "Twinkle twinkle little star" by my own. After that I figured out how to play "Happy Birthday". That little toy piano survived until I was in lower secondary school (!). That time my friends, my family and I (especially me lah) were crazy over Backstreet Boys' "As long as you love me". I did not remember how the toy piano came into surface (LOL) but I remember I was trying to "figure out" a way to play the opening of the song, and I did. I couldn't "figure out" the whole song because there were only not more than 18 or 20 keys on the toy.

I guess I am the type of 'pianist' that plays by ears, if I am fated to become one, muahaha. Currently I have no idea on how to read the Bagatelle at all T_T

I have always envy people who has a piano on their own. But lots of people I know who learned piano later abandon the music and the piano is served as a huge decoration in their living rooms. What a waste. I know it's too late for me to pick up the learning but I hope, if, one day, I have my own child or children, and if, they love piano (first buy the toy piano to 'test' on them and see if they're interested), I'd really love to fork out the money for them. Now assuming that I won't have any children, I'd love to fork out the money for myself, to give myself a latter life "second chance" to learn the music, haha.

• I first listened to Beethoven's Für Elise when I was around 5 years old (I think), I was immediately hooked by it, until today.

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Debussy is awesome

Listening to Debussy calms my mind, and I can think and write in a more organized and clearer way. Simply amazing. The awesomeness increases when the piece is played by a brilliant pianist, like a 5 or 6 years old Aimi Kobayashi (she will be 14 this year) in this video. Or like Dominique Kim (I love her rendition very very much!):

Frosty and Sunny

At the time of writing is already 7 degree Celsius. Turning on the heater, wrap ourselves in our blankets, and do our reading :)

Easier to forgive or Easier to run?

Sasaki Kojiro

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Wiiliam Blake

• Because enemies mean nothing to us, the friends matter a lot to us.
• Enemy won't betray you but the friends will. Hence the heart-break. Thus the difficulties to forgive.
• You can forgive an enemy who hurt you; either you would hurt him back or had hurt them in the first place.
• It's so much easier to run.

Dah botak

The tree which was still has some red-yellow leaves is now totally botak. Compared with the photo in previous post.

• Recently is very windy. Yesterday the wind was so extraordinary strong that whichever direction you turned to, all the tree branches were waving and the leaves were swiped from one place to another.
• So strong that you cannot breathe by using only your nose but your mouth as well.
• That's why I termakan seketul rumput (LOL), which I initially thought was my hair.

At the front yard

Full and pale

Empty and dark

• Even the colour of the bark turned darker. Note that this is the same tree---look at the woodpecker's hole (as I name it).
• The tree behind is of different species and still bare some red/yellow leaves.
• The sun rays reflected on the leaves looks like it's on fire.

At the backyard

Lushly green in the Summer

Different feeling in the early Winter

すばらしい~

Bonne anniversaire de 5 ans.

Je t'aime mon cheri.

Procrastinating while doing literature review

This post is related to another entry HERE.

I did what I love best while procrastinating :)

I was trying to make her holding a fancy fan. But end up with tarot cards. Duh. Realised I made her right arm SHORT and too close to the body. So I tried to make it longer and keep a distance from the body T_T

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Thought of drawing a shoujo type of little girl. FAILED.

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When we are stressful, just take a break. It's so much easier to move on after taking a break.

Run away from reality

Thanks to Anime Xunlei (迅雷), I have some place to turn to when my tension is max. Manga, my refuge.

Vagabond

Genji Monogatari 源氏物語

REAL

Detective Conan

Cross Game

The Lion of March

Preserverance ---> to the top

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.

• Harry S Truman

Tag-alogika daripada Atie :)

Sekarang procrastinate sekejap, because my next procrastination would be months later^^ Atie, I choose to answer partial tags yer, hehe. 9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I'd love to do it now, if the bungee jump site is somewhere near me. 10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE CEREAL? Muesli 11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No 13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM? vanilla and chocolate (same as Atie) 9.Makna nama saya : gadis yang dilahirkan pada musim Autumn (Chiew- Autumn; Ping- one of many general words used by chinese parents to refer to the child as a girl, literally/orininally means some kind of plant grown on the river) 12.Saya akan cuba : menamatkan pengajian pada Dec 2011

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

-Mary Lou Retton

Optimism is orange in colour :)

Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai and Happy Gawai Dayak

Kami meri kita Selamat Ngintu Gawai Dayak Taun 2009, arap ke gayu guru, gerai nyamai nguan menua, panjai umur, murah jereki, minta berekat ari petara, Enti mabuk tinduk, Anang Belaya enggau pangan diri ^^

Aujour d'ui et Les fleurs

1. Visit Tracy's house today.
2. She even cooked me lunch-cum-dinner.
3. OK, we have "brunch" as the breakfast+lunch. How about lunch+dinner? "Linner"? "Lunner"? or "Lundi"? Btw, Lundi is Monday in french, LOL.
4. Anyway, many thanks for the ayam masak halia and sayur masak ikan bilis T_T
5. And I did my job as a Majlis Perbandaran T_T
6. According to Tracy, the flowers did not blossom during summer (may be it's too hot) but they freaking blossom in the middle of Autumn.
7. So I took the photos of these freak flowers:

About to blossom

I am bigger than you

Close up (konon-konon nak mimic professional photographer)

Grown up

Reddish

Babies looking up

• I have some photos uploaded on my Flickr.

• Feel free to drop by at http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiewping/ to view some photos and comments are very much welcome :)

something to make all of us pening

Come across with this in one of the blogs. It's interesting though. I think it may be passed around through emails but I have yet to receive one. Trying to look at the lady in the picture. First question: Which way is she turning? The answer varies among people. some see her turning left and some see her turning right. It signifies which side of the brain we use the most. Next, is a bit tricky. Now, try to look at the picture, and make her turn in the opposite direction. Can you do that? It's say that people who can make the lady turning left and right at will (i.e. instantly, in 1 seconds, the lady will change the turning direction), this group of people belongs to IQ160 and above (meaning those Stanford and Havard students lah---their average IQ is 160, not less than 140, while 180 is not surprising). At first I kept seeing her turning to right. I couldn't understand how the hell is she turning left because I am sure and certain that she's turning with her right leg stand still and left leg stretching out. Then I try every means like kelip-kelip mata, staring at her shoulder, staring at her head, staring at the whole picture, etc, to make turn in another way round. finally I succeed. But not to the extend want her to turn left she'll turn left, and want her to turn right she'll turn right lah. I need 6-15 seconds to make her switch rotation. How to do that? SPOILER ALERT (don't read this before you try!!!): Either staring at her head or at her standing foot. I found foot is easier to make her turn to another direction lah. What say you?

Grocery shopping in the evening

Bundoora Square in the evening

Today is so damn cold. Even though the sun is shining bright in the morning, it's cold like hell. Have no choice but to go out for grocery shopping. I cannot live a day without Muesli and Soya milk T_T The vegetables are running out, only left 3 carrots, as for fruits only left 2 avocados and 2 kiwis. Cannot last for more than 2-3 days T_T Thanks Tracy for accompanying me for grocery shopping. If not feels like 'procrastinating' the grocery shopping. I know I have been abusing the use of the word 'procrastinate' like forever, but I don't care, muahaha. We left our office together and took a tram ride to the nearest shopping centre, Bundoora Square. Had been hand-off potato chips for quite some time, so I bought 1 korean prawn keropok and everybody's favourite: Smith's Original Potato Chips T_T Last time I finished 6 packs of Smith's Potato Chips in 7 days. Thereafter I feel guilty of comsuming so many chips in one go so keep my hands off the chips for quite some time. Compensation, compensation. :)

Nasi Lemak House

After weeks of eating non-lemak food, finally we can go and eat the thing that we crave for the most in Oz---- NASI LEMAK!

Me and Amrah always eat at Lazzat @ Lygon, the nasi lemak at Lazzat served with rendang. This is the first time we try another nasi lemak restaurant in the city. Luckily for us we have nasi lemak sold in our campus but it's not everyday we eat them. For my case, it's not available everyday. Btw, I cook myslf to save more money. So... anyway get back to the yummy thingy. Nasi Lemak House, 113, Grattan Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria. For those who come across this and wish to look for the restaurant. (sorry I forgot to take a picture of the shop itself) It's on the Official Melbourne City Guide That's Melbourne (with map).

Me and Sue ordered Nasi Lemak Kerabu! Big yummy drumstick, check. 'Keropoks', check. Spicy sambal, check. Peanuts, check. Ikan bilis (ancovy), check. Cumber slices, check. Seasoned bawang (onion--->the only that indicates this is 'Kerabu style, how pathetic T_T), check. Telu dadar (omellette), check. Nasi lemak (coconut rice), check.

Nasi Lemak Kerabu dua, with Teh Tarik (milk tea?) and bottled teh-o-ais (ALL Asian shops and restaurants sell bottled Lipton Iced-tea. I wonder why they do not bother to make Teh-O-Ais malaysian style. Is it that difficult? I know it isn't! I have to say that the coconut rice is disappointing :( OK lah, my standard for a good nasi lemak is very high OK. Monash University's nasi lemak is the best, in Melbourne. Nasi Lemak House is attractive because of its varieties of nasi lemak we never heard of back in Malaysia.

Like, Nasi Lemak Langkawi! Another one similar with this is Nasi Lemak Seafood, but with prawns and all-----I want to try that on my next visit. Amrah's Nasi Lemak Langkawi and teh tarik :)

And the most shocking of all.... Nasi Lemak VEGETARIAN!!! Seketul ikan bilis pun tak ade! Sorry, I lied. Actually there is seketul ikan bilis, which is accidently mixed inside the peanuts, haha. Lame joke. Ordered by Susheel. She has to be a vegetarian this weekend.

Who is shaking?

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.

Charles C. West

Revive like a phoenix

Old blog was deleted. But I will blog like I always do, like I used to. Arise from dead after 1 week. Soar~ and flying high into the sky. When I blog, I take a break; when I take a break, I blog.