Stan vs. The Machine

The Battleground: Euro Fun Park


Weeks ago, some European guys decided to bring in their mean machines to challenge whimpy Malaccans to ride on them. So after celebrating a friend's birthday we went to the place to test our mettle.


We're not here for the p*ssy rides. Well if you are, go home and lick your cat.


Ferris Wheel. The must haves in parks like these.

Next up we have...

The Coaster. Seen that, done that, so boring.


Some lame contraption and bad photography.

After walking around surveying the rides, we came to this.

Now this is what I'm talking about. It looks like a trebuchet.


Medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones. But instead of stones, the one we saw that night, hurls humans.
The final showdown...


The Challenger: Fear me...


This machine is a real bad-ass. Once it hurls you into the air and spins you around. You wished it ends faster. It packs you up with so many G-forces that all the weeks of exams stress gets gushed out of you instantly. Believe me, this is the real deal.

After a furious battle, i pwned the Challenger and came out unharmed.
That concludes my epic journey at the Euro Fun Park. :)

Lone Wolf

My favourite childhood book- Lone Wolf by Joe Dever.

It was 10 years ago, when i first stumbled upon these books. It was in the old library of my city where i used to stand and read these books. Sadly, the library had only a few of the complete series. Back then the library only had:

•Flight from the Dark(1)
•The Kingdoms of Terror(6)
•The Jungle of Horrors(8)
•The Prisoners of Time(11)
•The Masters of Darkness(12)

I never completed the series, because the series they had in the library wasn't in sequence and most of the books in the series were quite torn.
Ever since then i never saw the books again.....

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General Plot: The story focuses on the fictional world of Magnamund, where the forces of good and evil fight for control of this planet in a final showdown. The protagonist is Lone Wolf, last of his caste of warrior monks known as Kai lords. The book series is written in the second person and recounts Lone Wolf's adventures as if the reader is the main character. As Lone Wolf, you make choices at regular intervals throughout the story which then change the course, and the final outcome, of the book
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A decade later,while surfing the wave of the Internet i found this:
Project Aon - Free downloadable Internet editions of the Lone Wolf gamebooks.
I went euphoric for a moment. It has the whole series! It felt like holding up an old toy.

For those of you that never had toys in your childhood, I pity you.But there's a chance to redeem yourself. Scroll down and click the map...The journey awaits you!

I know this sounds geeky, but try it out. * Chuckles geekishly*


Enter The Realm of Aon Here


Equip yourselves with this weapon*: Sommerswerd

* It's actually a tool designed electronically to aid you in keeping your stats.

Sunsets

It's been a long time since i blogged this way. I always thought of closing down this blog(Finding-Tryst), cause i don't blog that much anymore. It wasn't like last time, where i used to spring out of bed at night, maybe 4am just to blog whenever i had the urge to.

Months back i would just stare blank at the posting window with nothing in mind to write. I overcame the lack of blogging by just posting up some pictures with little comments at the bottom.
Sometimes i think no one reads blogs anymore, or people just got caught up with their lives.

Anyway, Mom called today. It was then i realized it's been a long time since i went back. I always liked going home, but the fact that very little friends(the significant ones being, CK, Deb, Tony, and Kim.) were at home, so i seldom made the effort of going home.

It was also today that i receive some forwards of youtube of some UPM students arguing with UPM staffs that i stumbled across a link of youtube of my home. It was then i saw it, the scenes that always caught and held me mesmerized.


The Sunset of Esplanade. I used to drive out to the beach just to get a glimpse of this. Chasing down the sun rays as it sets into the sea.

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Something that sets apart Melaka life and life at home is that it has this:


Something that i love. No! It's not feet of women but rather the massage rocks. I would just walk a full hour on these.


And this! Another place where i used to go. Fire. Enjoy sipping Vodka Lime with friends there. Simply awesome.

And we have Archery: In Melaka, don't have archery, only got ah beng eating cherry.

This is a picture proof that we have one.

I know what Melaka got that my hometown don't have:

Double Decker Bus Vs. Town Bus. Instead of 2 hot Japanese girls( like in Tokyo Drift) flagging them off, Melaka has 2 Mat Rempit flagging them off.


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Before i digress further, i'll head back to the topic.
Besides the beach , I always go here: Fan Garden


Damn. It looks great from this angle. The place that inspired me in photography. A promise of great shots.

Fan Garden at Night. If you really wanted to learn photography. This is the place to learn to take good shots.



Cheers!

O.C. Dinner

On 9th September 2007, we finally had our appreciation dinner organized by SRC Melaka.
Time: 7.30-11.30PM
Venue: Main Hall


The crowd at 7.30PM


Inside the Main Hall

Basically the program flow was like:
1. Eat
2. Performances
3. Video Presentations
4. End
Due to the lack of organizing experience and creativity, SRC could only came up with this much.


So we came up with #5 which is "Entertain Yourself". Which most OC are very capable of.
"Entertain Yourself" involves singing and dancing throughout the night.

The OCs singing on stage with invited performers from Cyberjaya.


Yeo bringin' down da house.


Andrew telling some sissy jokes





Group pictures!

Cheers! Till next year.

An outing i will dearly miss

Alright I'm back after spending the weekends outdoors after a long gruesome week of exams.

Went to try out a relatively new place to have a buffet. Not bad. Just the place need to add more variety in it's servings.
Had the experience of shaving ice at Seoul Garden's "mini bar". It had like a full set of assorted ingredients for you to mix and match. So do try it whenever you drop by this place.

Despite being a pro in making Cendol, i made an unsuccessful blend of ice with a lot of flavors in it. I shall sharpen up and be right back.



Had some wonderful shots, but uploaded a few.

My baby testing out my new equipment.


In case you're interested in this place it's:

SEOUL GARDEN
6088, Mahkota Parade
Malacca, Malaysia
Tel: 06-2818559
The Place For a Good Meal (Motto)

Price Range: RM65 for 2 person on a weekend.
Rating: 5.5/10

*P/S: This place is one of the decent places in Malacca where you can get a buffet besides at Malim.

More pictures with me enjoying my time with her.



On a typical Saturday, loads of tourists flock the Stadhuys. Stadhuys is some buildings in red (formerly white)built by the Dutch. In the year 2007 it's nothing more than a tourist destination being rampaged by thousands of tourist taking pictures of a foundation which is next to a dude on a tricycle with snakes ushering tourists to take pictures with it.
And this place have tones of trinkets and other useless junk to fill households to the brim.

I still wonder why so many people visit this place. No big deal about the place.



Til then see ya all.

Cheers!

This blog will look different after this...

Introducing my latest gadget: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX10.

With 6.0 Megapixels,DMC-FX10 feature a bright f/2.8 LEICA DC VARIO-ELMARIT lens with 3x optical zoom. The high quality Leica DC lens carries on the proud tradition of its famous Leica brand, the German camera maker renowned for lenses that combine superb performance with compact size.

With such a wealth of innovation included in the well-designed and compact casing, the DMC-FX10 offers superb performance and impressive quality.

I got the new digital camera for RM 799. Which offers a package including:
1 GB Toshiba SD Memory Card worth: RM 89
Golla Digi Camera Case worth RM 45.90
Jenova Mini Tripod worth RM 39.90
And Free 400 4R Digital Prints...

Do the maths, that's RM 174.80 worth of products.

Alright! Will be back with pictures!
Cheers.

My other blog

This is my other blog. It's for my club: Astro Nature Circle.

Currently the club is doing well with more and more MMUains signing up as members.
Our next event which is night safari is also sold out. So we have to cater for more. Hope all goes smooth for this academic year.

Cheers!

School Flower; School Grass

While a friend of mine join StarCeleb which is due to air starting September 2007 every Sunday 6.00pm on NTV 7.
I'm taking a part in a mini contest to win a mp4, a contest based on online voting themed:

Xiao Hua Xiao Zhao ( School Flower ; School Grass)

In the beginning, I didn't know I was in the line of joining this "pageant", but after some incomprehensible persuasion from a friend saying something like :" Join la join la, help me win PenSkin® , i agreed.

Soon after i knew i can win a mp4, so whack la. Little did i know it's a contest where you put up a picture of yourself and have people vote for you based on your physical appearance.
Something i never thought i would join in a lifetime. If it's a contest about general knowledge, can lah. But this, it's just so la-la.

Anyway, no point turning back now. I have to face 17 other candidates with honor!

So get yourselves registered and vote for me!

p/s: Graphic images ahead. The 18 candidates are just posers, in actual fact are not the sum up of MMU hottest guys.

The OC v3.0

Being an mobile OC for the 3rd time really means alot to me. It means a time a fulfillment, enjoyment and accomplishment. Good memories is just a part of the package.

I always tell my friends, : If you scream things like " Who's the Best?!" and cheering animalistic cheers and baking under the sun. Freshmen that just came to our University will give you their utter respect.

Simply because:


OC is so cool.
It's almost every freshie's dream to be an OC.

I like to take this opportunity to thank Yellow 7(Y7). Without them i wouldn't have the bestest time here in MMU. And without them i wouldn't have the best and most memorable group of freshies. I really wish you all the best in your future undertakings.



Cheers!

Home

This is the lyrics of the song that reflected all my emotions during my homecoming. Truthfully i felt numb when i got back. So numb that i can't really describe it. Being numb is not a bad thing in this case. Just a description of how i was feeling and it was best portraited by this song.

After doing all the mediocrities of settling down from a long journey, i switched on the box and tuned to MTV. After some music videos of some of my favourites which includes Linkinpark-What I've Done and Avril Lavigne- Girlfriend.

I saw a familiar face on a music video. I thought: " Hey isn't that the guy from American Idol which got kicked off early in the show." And i really supported him cause this guy really had talent and Simon Cowell being the bitch he is couldn't see it. So this guy named Chris Daughtry made it on his own without going through the chessy American Idol.

Daughtry album is also forging unprecedented sales and chart breakthroughs - affirming there is still gold to be mined, thank God, with a rugged voice and passionate songwriting instincts, he made it.

Home- Chris Daughtry

I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Love Journey

I'm very proud of my bebe to produce a very excellent video clip of us.
I didn't expect it would be this good. Through skill and hours of effort put in the video, it turned out to have that special warmth in my heart. I'm so touched and impressed.

It highlights all of our memories for this past year. An amazing journey for us both to share and cherish!

Can't wait for our reunion, I'm missing you very much here. Muacks.
I love you baby!

Stanbucks

Next week is Week 13 and I’m having my Introduction to Cyberpreneurship business project.

Stanbucks operates on selling fresh delicacies that is aimed at providing customers with refreshing food and drinks suited with the Malaysian climate and weather. The business exclusively sells Cendol, ice blended drinks and chilled chopped fruits.

Stanbucks’s competitive edge is that the product such as the Cendol is an all-time favorite among MMU students and by locals. By this fact, it is unlike any products that have been sold regularly in MMU. The product also represents the Malacca heritage as the main delicacy that lures tourists to this food haven.

Stanbucks is operated by Me, Fun GuoLin, Munib Alharbi, Hiew Chun Fatt, Loh Jian Rong, Mohamed Hafiz Osman, Abdirahman Abshir Einab, Mohamed Ismail Ali, Aaron Chai Kao Khy, and Ivan Tan Woen Sheng most of which are also taking EHM 3066 this trimester.

Stanbucks will expand by adding different kinds of variety into their range of products. The company believes in setting the benchmark in business, and aims to instill a culture of branded food delicacies and refreshments.

Come and support us!

Nuffnang.com.my

After browsing through Kennysia.com, he wrote about a topic that took my interest and shot it to Mars.
Introducing Asia's first blog advertising community!

How it caught me in awe:

1. It's a community and a network. Just as word explains itself, the power of a network is awesome
2. From the creators of lengmou.blogspot.com. Enough said.
3. The Ads look cool. Got omph and coolness factor. I like. :)

Things that struck me like when Nuffnang uses terms like "Pay it Forward". Paying it Forward a refers to repaying the good deeds one has received by doing good things for other unrelated people. I first came across the term when a movie named Pay it Forward was aired.

I guess a world would be a better place if everyone just pay it forward. The grass would be greener , the sky bluer. Ok crap. But the moral sentiment in the idea of paying it forward really makes a difference. Okay, i just realised i obsessively used the word Paying it Forward that i made a word counter for it.

"Pay it Forward" WORD COUNTER: 6

4. You should sign up if you think your blog is worth it.
5. Stan said so.

So Cheers!

To the moon and back

On a early Tuesday morning, i set off on my journey back home after sweet moments of farewell with my ever so tender and lovable bebe.
I'm going to miss her so much! She's really wonderful. ^^
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The flight back, was kinda unique. Had a superb view of the clouds from the plane above. The clouds were bathe in rays of golden sunlight. Floating by like an enormous glorious kingdom in the sky.
I know you guys would say like, urgh that's normal. Well of my flights around the world, that was one captivating sight. It had a lot of feeling to it, maybe because i had quite a lot on my mind then.
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Going back was really a brow raiser. I didn't expect a lot of things.
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Highlights back home was probably:
Moments spent with mom, sis and bro.
Moments spent talking with Tony, almost like the time we used to chat non stop through the night while we were at top floor of Alpha Condo overseeing the whole KL city skyline.


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Lastly, I'm back with loads of energy and enthusiasm.
Cheers!
P/S: The new google thingie is cool.