Rolling on the exam days

Well, it is the second last week of the semester. The assignments are well over and the study period begins. I always hate this part of the course. The feeling of liberation from assignments is robbed when the realization that the finals are coming hits me. Though I never liked it, I feel kinda sad knowing that this IS the last strecth. Everything falls on what I've worked for the past 3 weeks for the finals.

One can tell that you are affected by the exam fever if you keep finding yourself having a nagging urge to head over to the library every time you're in uni. Again, I'm not a big fan of going to the library, but there I was at the begining of the week, lookingfor a seat in that over-sized refrigerator. Strangely I find comfort in having myself surrounded by books (that and the guilty feeling I have for not utilizing the library again for the last time).

Studying in the library can be boring.....very boring...

It's gotta be stressed that walks are a must for library goers. Took this pic on one my many walks.

The usual bunch of guys were around on Monday, hanging around the foyer. I figure I might as well plant myself there after the long cold morning. Had lunch alone and it was back to the books.

We all love our books. But we love our sleep even more. Let's not cause any floods whilst we study.

Tuesday was another long study session at the library in the morning. Waited a while for Kat to come up. Had lunch at the Pink Shop. A lil' on the place. I never came to know who started calling it the Pink Shop, but I guess the very fact that as students drowned in textbooks, we seem to label shops by their colour. Even the new corner shop is called the "Orange Shop".

Yay, so marketers out there, remember to choose very striking and vivid colours for your shops.

But aside from that, I haven't really come around to this place that often. Its crowded, stinky and there's always a smoker sitting around somewhere to share his loving "care" with you or blatant disrespect for your health. The food has not always been to my liking. My Hong Kong Yee Mee was a tad on the salty side. But, I must say. Their servings are HUGE.

See what I mean?

A look at the Monash Condo pool. Big isn't it?

Skipping over to Friday, my most favourite subject of the sem, E-commerce Infrastructures (yay) was looking a lil' different today. No longers are the tables and chairs in neat little rows. (Shock)....it's...(gasp)....arranged to exam hall settings..... Yeah, this only nails the coffin shut for us students. Just looking at this horrible formation is enough to send shivers to my spine.

Gasp

Another feature place that I frequent from uni, is the photocopy shop infront of Medan Selera. A tiny lil' shop that was only known to me in my 2nd year, I've always approached this shop to meet my photocopying needs. That said, this place is by far more efficient that the Indian shop in the cafeteria or the library's own photostat shop.

3 cents, how can you beat that? Actually its 3cents for 500 pages, normally you'll get 5 cents per page.

A really peculiar use of the word 'Amoy'

Wall of frames

After a whole day's worth of studying, it was off to Pyramid for me and Kat. Went there to watch X-Men 3. It was pouring as we were about to leave but fortunately it ligtened up enough for us to make a quick exit. Had dinners at Dave's Deli before catching the show. The movie wasn't all that good as I hoped it would be. Rather disappointing to see the hype built by the first 2 movies being torn down. There were far too many flashy sequences and less on character development. People just pop up because fans want a worthy mention. By far, there were far too many characters that got such short screen time.

Was in uni on Saturday again. Trying to catch up with some work. But before I could settle down the guys were going off to Pyramid for lunch. Decided to tag along and ended up eating the most expensive bowl of noodles I've had so far this year.

The begining: Curry Noodles

The end

Dark clouds forming up in the evening. It rains often these days don't it?

Had dinner at the Curve on Saturday evening. Had it at Cafe 1920 since our earlier choice was full. The dinner crowd at the place was certainly surprising considering that the place is always deserted on weekdays. I guess what it lacks in variety for normal shopping, it makes up in terms of eateries.

A pic of a courtyard in Curve

The new cineplex is now open for viewing. The place is pretty empty. Like a big empty shell, looked like there's room for more shops to open. Just walked up to the cinema hall to take a look around. Certainly is bigger than the ones TGV has, currently TGV is coming out a the bottom of the cineplex race. I think GSC has significantly improved its establishment over the time TGV got complacent with its market leading place. But with the introduction of this new group of cineplexes, it is certain that things will heat up.

Bleh, end of the market analysis section.

The new cineplex in the distance

The cineplex from the ground up

Its' big and it's empty

The entrance. Met my cousin and strangely enough the other James here on my way out.

The common area. Currently airing lots of trailers. Scary Movie 4 looks good.

An "artistic" shot

Lots of people queing up to get some Sushi

Look it's Nemo!!

All on board the Borders express!!

Metrojaya is the new anchor tenant at the Curve.

The Wet and the Wild

This week has been really long for me. Handing my super super duper final assignment of my university life, namely my XML programming assignment.....was not such a big deal. But it is without a doubt, an important milestone. From here on, assignments are not weighted by marks......instead its on your performance and competence. If you don't get through life's assignments, you're in for worse things than repeating a semester.

Ok, so enough doom and gloom. The assignment season has finally passed and now the studying season begins, albeit a very short one at that. A mere 2-3 weeks of studies is all I have left at my disposal. Pretty crappy exam schedule, 1st and 2nd day of exams. Back to back, afternoon and then morning paper. I hope its clean and painless as they say it would be.

Wheee...the weekend came and went swiftly. I still had to go to uni on Saturday for my last Case Studies class though. He gave us a good amount of advice, is that right? So its like I'm stuck with this lasting impression of him, is that right? Cause its like he keeps repeating things over and over again, is that right? Yeah, if you sat in there with him, you'd start talking like him, is that....dang....

This is the last lecture, is that right?

Chaos in collecting assignments

An interesting add that I came across

Then comes Sunday. Went over to Becky's place for her belated bday bbq thingie. Had to pick Kat and Tim up along the way to her place. Was annoyed by the fact that there was no parking in the condo area, but still managed to find a space outside. One that wouldn't invoke the local residents from scratching my car.

The pool side.

It seemed at the time that we were the last to arrive. Everyone else was there already, it was only a matter or getting the fire started. That took a long time, still unsure why we waited nearly 30 minutes for the match to be brought down. Did a lil' exploring at the time and stumbled across the gym.

As the others were attending to the fire, Becks had requested Tim and myself to help fill in some water ballons. Yeah, I saw a water balloon fight coming. Wasn't long till we filled our bucket of doom to the brim.

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Having spent some time away from the rest, the BBQ was well under way when I got back. The wieners were roasting and the garlic bread was toasting. Oh, but the best of the lot has to be the chocolate coated marshmellows. Yum..... was absolutely smashing.

The BBQ Pit. Lovely fire going on.

Digging in

Chocolate Marshmellow

How this....

Came to this....I don't know

The water fight came unannounced and pretty much everyone (maybe a few were "left" out of the festivities) got a bit of water on themselves. As much fun as it was, there were a few mishaps along the way. Mainly the scaring of an innocent bystander and someone having fall into the pool. Fortunately, everyone got through without any injuries. All in all, twas fun!!

Some comedic performance performed by the clowns.

A big blue sweat drop.....

No mercy

Face off.....water bucket style!! Sabrina and Ben are totally gonna kill each other.

Alas, poor Ben didn't have what it takes. Better luck next time!!

Mother's Day

It's mothers day again, the day moms around the world can sit back and kick back. Ah, yes. Mothers got it tough from day one. Looking after a screaming child, doing the housework, driving kids back and forth. They solely run on determination and love alone. Heck, even CEOs of big companies would be passing out with white foam brimming from the sides of their mouths.

That being said, a mother's job is never done. It takes sheer guts to take up the job and without a doubt, Mom you are the best!

Had Mother's day lunch at this place in Damansara Utama called Tasty Tasty. Apparently its the same restaurant that my family frequented until it closed shop and shifted away. Now's it back with some new exotic dishes. Check out the dish below. Good for moms to be.

Pregnant Woman Fried Rice

(Heard its got lots of ginger in it)

I was always amazed by this Clock Tower/UFO thingie in DU. Never failed to catch my attention. Used to think that Aliens lived in it (think Man in Black)

Wonder why is it opened on June?

Okies. The week that was last week....how did it go?

Well, I handed in 2 assignments on Tuesday (Applied) and Wednesday (Case Studies - my very last report assignment in Monash!).

My last written assignment just before handing it up.....sigh.

Dad gave me the ol' Olympus camera, first digi cam we got. Must be around 8 years old. 2 megapixels only, but its got manual settings. So I've been basically mucking around with the camera over the past few days. Got to know how to take night shots that are not totally overexposed or pitch black.

So far I've obtained some interesting shots. So don't mind me if I go on and make this look like a photo blog.

Some random sky shot. Just like the formation of the cloud. Like a pillar.

Rain, rain. Go away....come again another day

Flowers from my garden

Some experimental shots with some of my figurines. That's Gunso Kero on the left and Vivi on the right.

"Kero, kero kero.....So you've discovered me! You are good.... Now prepare to face my kung fu fist of DOOM!!"

Vivi in the dark. Love the lighting effects in this pic.

Boo!!

Friday was Wesak Day, so it being a public holiday I managed to get a good nights sleep. Spent most of the day at home doing stuff. Went out in the evening with Kat to the Curve. Tried this place called La Gourmet Shop (I think that's the name...). Pretty decent pizza and pasta dishes. Though it was a bit on the expensive side of things.

A really weird water fountain that sprouts out bead like strains of water.

It's your rock. Take it!

The Twin Towers at night

The back entrance to Medan Selera Sunway