Congregation

The tickets which i have booked on March has finally arrived on 18th June 2007. Why now?

Cause TODAY i received yet another extra ticket from Academic Registry for the Summer Congregations!!! Yay!!!

* i was trying my luck when applying as the tickets are limited and will be issued on a first come first served basis*

look how efficient the Academic Registry is. apply yesterday, today received.

1 for me, 3 for guests.

but i have 5 guests of honour!!! Sigh SIGH!

Anyone has extra??

Panda Bear

Do you know anything about panda? nope? me neither. since my nickname is panda, i decided to blog bout it.

The giant panda is a National Treasure of China and a symbol of the world's endangered wildlife animal, threatened by continued habitat loss and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. In China they call the panda "Xiongmao", which means Giant Cat Bear * 大熊貓*. It was believed that the panda have magical powers that could ward off natural disasters and evil spirits which can be traced back to 3,000 years ago.

A giant panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat. Adults panda can measure around 1.5m long and around 75cm tall at the shoulder. Males panda can weigh up to 115kg (253 pounds) while females panda, generally smaller than males, can occasionally weigh up to 100kg (220 pounds). They live in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet.

The giant panda has an unusual paw, with a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone, which helps the panda to hold the bamboo while eating. The giant panda has a short tail, approximately 15 cm long and it can usually live to be 20-30 years old while living in captivity.

Pandas eat over fifteen different kinds of bamboo shoots and because of an inefficient intestinal system, the panda must be feed at least for 12 to 16 hours a day. They can consume fresh bamboos up to 84 pounds of bamboo each day. *sweat*

A giant panda is a sedentary bear, it will stays in a selected feeding area eating large amounts of bamboo unless it was startled where they will generally move in a slow, determined manner to escape danger. With their short claws, they are capable of climbing trees very easily.

This is Di Di, a male giant panda, born in Wolong, China. Cute isn't it?

Panda is such a majestic creature. It is sad to think that there may not be pandas around to much longer and the sadder of all is that we are the cause for it. :(

Hope those who have heard or read bout it, have a heart, help to save the forest!!

Alone

It was gloomy and raining outside and all i can do is just sit inside my room watching series and chat. sienz... though the heater is on, i can still feel the coldness till i need to wear a jacket to keep me away from shivering. wishing there is someone that i can hug right now. yeah right, keep on dreaming....

I'm alone again in an empty and lifeless flat 207. how come? maybe because i'm an anti-social person or that i'm just a boring and unhumour person. no worries bout it as i'm already used to being a lone ranger either back home in penang or even here in newcastle.

The series that i'm been currently watching nowadays is Young Justice Bao 3 - Legend of Tien Mould aka 少年包青天3之天芒传奇 from Crunchyroll. like this series very much as it's adventurous. This third series of Bao Ching Tien was made in Taiwan. It's started with Bao Ching loosing his memory and ended up in a brothel. His two buddies 公孙策 and 展昭 find him. There is when the first case starts. 小蛮 the girl working in the brothel as servant joins the group and the group solves one mysterious case after another until Bao Ching finally found out the truth about the Legend of Tien Moud.

I highly recommend it to those who also like an adventurous and detective like story. before i leave, i would like to share a song from the series itself which i feel like it represents my feelings right now.



Translation of the song...

who can tell me if there exists such a pen(brush)
(that) can draw a pair of eyes which will never tear(cry)
(to) grab hold of time that past by in blink of an eye
not to let all that's pretty to ever fade away

if this is so, i can console myself
to draw a glimpse of light in the night of never to (ever) have you
(to) grab hold of happiness and send it all to you
(all) tastelessness have become sweet

hence there's no need to be apart in love on heaven and earth
and still be able to meet again under the same sky, day or night
as long as (my) life have(had?) you everything became possible
let all comets meet at any time

hence there'll be no more disgruntled partings in the world
i do not need to witness you going far away
no more youth that has gone bad, no more love that will be lost
all(every) promises are eternal as the stars

Bye for now.... hope you enjoy the song

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The fifth movie of an English famous author, JK Rowling's best selling novels ever is about to release in cinemas on 13th July!!! Yay!!! The title of the movie is as stated : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Intro

This movie is about an adolescent boy named Harry Potter. The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for young wizards, and focuses on Harry Potter's fight against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents as part of his plan to take over the wizarding world.

Synopsis

It has been a long, lonely summer for Harry Potter as he awaits his fifth year of study at Hogwarts School of Withcraft and Wizardry. It's bad enough that he must endure living with the odious Dursleys, but he hasn't received even a note from his classmates and closests friends, Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger. And there has not been any word from anyone in the aftermath of his confrontation with the evil Lord Voldemort. The letter that does arrive is not the kind for which he was hoping - pronouncing that Harry is about to be expelled from Hogwarts for illegally using magic outside of school and in the presence of a Muggle, namely his obnoxious cousin, Dudley. Never mind that it was in defense against an unprovoked and inexplicable attack by two Dementors.

Trailer

Cast

Daniel Racliffe - Harry Potter

Rupert Grint - Ron Weasley

Emma Watson - Hermoine Granger

Tom Felton - Draco Malfoy

Matthew Lewis - Neville Longbottom

Katie Leung - Cho Chang

Harry Melling - Dudley Dursley

Helena Bonham Carter - Bellatrix Lestrange

Robbie Coltrane - Rubues Hagrid

Ralph Fiennes - Lord Voldemort

Michael Gambon - Albus Dumbledore

Jason Isaacs - Lucius Malfoy

Gary Oldman - Sirius Black

Alan Rickman - Severus Snape

Maggie Smith - Minerva McGonagall

Imelda Staunton - Dolores Umbridge

Robert Hardy - Cornelius Fudge

Can't wait for it to be released!!! I'm a fan of Harry Potter movies.... :)

Fire Alarm!!!

Today at around 8.15pm, there is a fire alarm. As usual i thought it is a false alarm as there is never ever once a real fire happened before. However, just now it is the first time after almost a year of stay at Camden Court, the fire alarm is for real!!!!

The fire alarm kept on ringing for almost 10 minutes before i decided to went down and have a look. After 5 minutes of waiting outside the building, to my surprise, there were two fire engine coming to the rescue. It is so as the management of Camden Court is not on duty at that time when the incident happened, which was really weird.

The reason the fire alarm rang was basically due to a gas leakage on the 2nd floor of annexe building. I was shocked when i heard of the info but felt relief at the same time as i stayed at 2nd floor but at the main building.

There are a total of five firemen and two assistance who upon arrival quickly started to performed their duty. As it was a leakage, one of the firemen brought out a machine from the fire truck and started to absorb the gas from the door to prevent from spreading.

After awhile of standing and watching the firemen performed their duty, we are finally allowed to went back to our own room by one of the firemen as it was just a small matter.

What a day we, the tenants of Camden Court had for the day.... The next time the fire alarm rang, i will definitely make an effort to go down and check just for safety purposes....

Feelings....

I feel super duper sad now... why? i will tell you why!

Today, i wake up at 11am feeling happy despite i've been sleeping late yesterday night at 4am to call back Malaysia to settle my flight ticket. However, things started to turn its back against me when i reach Newcastle Airport to confirm my ticket.

Here at the British Airways counter, i was helped by a lady who was stationed there at the moment asking "Can I help you?" At the instance, i happily tell her that i'm here to confirm my changing of dates for my flight back Penang where she ask for my ticket in which i give.

After a few minutes, to my horror, the lady said that she can confirm my flight ticket from Newcastle all the way to London only but not for the ticket back to Penang in which at the moment i was dumbfolded as to what is going on right now. She told me that their system show that the ticket from Hong Kong to Penang is on waiting list in which the information make me even more dumbfolded as i was told by the MSL Travel Agent, Mr Thomas that he already confirm all my return tickets back.

Due to this, i call back Malaysia to talk to my parents in which they also seems to be surprise as well when i told them the news in which they promised to call Mr Thomas as soon as possible by tomorrow morning to check things out.

As i can't do anything about it at the moment, i take the metro back to Newcastle city feeling sad as at first i thought i can at least heave up one of the burdens i have which come out to be in vain. :(

Note: To all my juniors who is coming to Newcastle for studies, heed my advice, don't ever buy your ticket from MSL Travel Agent eventhough the tickets maybe cheap compare to other travel agency if you do not want any troubles that i'm been having now.

Laksa

Today dinner i cook asam laksa for my friends, Shalu, Parames and Kumu to try and not to forget to cook for myself la hehehe.... bluek...

This is the ingredients or should i say the essentials stuff that i use to cook laksa....

The paste from Malaysia

The Noodles from Tsang Food

The vegetables comprises of cucumber, lettuce and onions which can get from Grainger Market

The soup in the process of boiling

After about 45 minutes of cooking, this is the end results....

Look not bad rite??? :)

Lastly not to forget the expression given by my friends...

Shalu

Kumu

Parames

And of course myself...

The asam laksa is not bad but its a bit spicy until all of us started to drink cold water to cool down.... anyway its my first time cooking le... hope you all like it!!!

Longest Day Of The Year

Today, 21st June 2007 is the longest day of the year. On this day, the sun is at its most northerly point and this is why it is "the longest day".

During my walk for the day passing the Northumberland Street i saw this where the Newcastle City Council is having some leisure services for the locals or the foreigners who is interested to participate....

The Front View

Side View

Basketball

Impulse Gym

Mini Athletics

Lastly... Football

It looks like the locals seems to enjoy themselves having fun with the sports provided by the Newcastle City Council for the longest day of the year..... :)

Today

Today, i don't feel like blogging but since i was asked to blog about my life in newcastle, i finally gave in as i feel like my blog is a bit empty after a few thought.

Unlike everyday, i woke up at 11am to my surprise as i was a lazy bump who like to sleep a lot. hehehe.... As usual after shower i would switch on my laptop to check my email and online and at the same time having my breakfast as to save some time to do other chores for the day.

After about an hour of checking my email, i decided to cook lunch as my stomach has starts to rumble eventhough i just ate my breakfast. hehehehe.... *easily gets hungry* So the menu for the day is nasi goreng cina *chinese fried rice* where i dump a lot of vegetables inside.... :)

After finish cooking and eating the fried rice, i started to feel sleepy in which i ask Shalu and Kumu whether they want to watch horror movie with me whereby they instantly agree as three of us like to watch horror movies... :)

So the horror movie for the day is Black Night where it comprises of three different stories happened in Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand. The Hong Kong story is not bad as it's a bit scary whereas the other two stories is a bit bored and confusing. Haiz...

Soon after the movie had finish, i chatted with my parents for awhile regarding my flight ticket back to Penang which is a headache for me. :( After the chat, i took shower and have my dinner with Shalu and Kumu in the kitchen where we have a bit of chat before i need to do my chores of the day that is washing and cleaning my room.

Now that i have finish my chores of the day, it is entertainment time..... hehehehe..... i think those of you who is reading this post must have fallen asleep de as i feel that this post is very boring...

* ~ Friends Forever ~ *

:-) Friendship (-:

Many people will walk in and out of your life.

But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

To handle yourself, use your head;

To handle others, use your heart.

Friends

Anger is only one letter short of danger

If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;

If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.

Great minds discuss ideas;

Average minds discuss events;

Small minds discuss people.

He, who loses money, loses much;

He, who loses a friend, loses much more;

He, who loses faith, loses all.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,

But beautiful old people are works of art.

Learn from the mistakes of others

You can't live long enough to make them all

yourself.

Friends, you and me...

You brought another friend...

And then there were 3...

We started our group...

Our circle of friends...

And like that circle...

There is no beginning or end...

Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is mystery.

Today is a gift.

That is why it is called the present.

Show your friends how much you care..
When you read this I hope you consider me as your FRIEND.

It’s your choice,
I won't force you to do it, but trust me;

it's always good to tell your friends some nice words now and then and that you care...

~ FRIENDS FOREVER ~

(-: Don't make them disappointed! :-)

Happy Father's Day!!!

To my dearest daddy,

I would like to take this opportunity to express my love and gratitude for you and how much you are meant to me.

Daddy,

when i was small, you are my hero,

when i was teenage, you are my tutor,

when i was an adult, you are my best friend,

and no matter how much i have change throughout the time, you will always be in my heart,

that's a promise.

Daddy,

thanks for the guidance that you have showered upon me and sis,

and that without you and mum beside us,

we will not have grown up to be what we are now,

we really appreciate all the love that you have given us.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Thanks for being my father & I love you very much!!!!

I wish I could be by your side to celebrate Father's Day with you.....

love from the bottom of my heart....

A Tour Around Newcastle 2

As the weather seems to be fine today, i took the initiative to walk around and explore the other part of Newcastle city i.e. the Grainger Town (II) alone.

My journey for the day started at 2pm with the starting point at Monument Metro station/Grey Street.

The Monument

As have explained before, the Grey street is the jewel in the crown of Grainger Town, a clearly defined conservation area in the middle of Newcastle, which was the brainchild of property developer, Richard Grainger, who began his re-modelling of Newcastle back in 1834.

Walking down the street, i soon come across the impressive front entrance to the

Theatre Royal

It was opened in 1837. This beautiful Grade I listed building was massively renovated in 1986 and is now the third home to the Royal Shakespeare Company (after London and Stratford upon Avon)

Inside the Theatre Royal

Northern Goldsmiths

Look up of the building, there is a beautiful golden lady representing Venus atop an ornate clock where she'll always give you the time of day.

Laing Art Gallery

The Laing celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004.

Emerge from the glass fronted entrance/exit, the next attraction that i find out is beneath my feet known as the

Blue Carpet

A tiled area completed in 2002 by artist, Thomas Heatherwick and winner of several art's awards.

Bigg Market

This is where medieval Newcastle citizens once sold and bought a type of barley known as "bigg"

Towards the top end of the paved area, i crossed by the

Rutherford Memorial

Possibly the most ironic monument in Newcastle as it commemorates John Hunter Rutherford, a Scottish doctor and educational reformer of the mid 1800s, and a strong advocate of temperance.

Revolution Bar

The grand interior reflecting its former history as a bank.

Heading downwards i come across the

St. Nicholas' Cathedral

I manage to went in the cathedral before it close and here is some of the pictures that i took inside....

The elegant Lantern Tower (1448) is particularly ornate and the cathedral's crowning glory.

After visiting the St. Nicholas' Cathedral, once again i enjoy some wonderful surroundings of Grainger's masterpiece before i headed back to Grey's Monument and Monument Metro station.

The Statue of Queen Victoria

And some of the surrounding pictures...

Alright, that's all for today's tour around Grainger Town (II)!!!!

Hope you have a nice time viewing the pictures....