Orientation Committee Interview 2008

OC Interview is happening this Thursday and Friday!

173 Candidates will go through one of the toughest interviews in MMU.
Who will make it? Who will fail?
And who will be the next OC?

I'm glad that some familiar faces will be joining me this time around:
Andrew Wan, Hazwan, Xue Xiang, Abdallah Khamis, Kenneth, Ariel Chong, Michelle Ch'ng, Jeffrey Ong, Sasi Kumar, Siraj, Richard, Daniel Lee, Gabriel and my gf's IT gang.


Hopefully the SRC President will say:


"You're Hired!"

Starcraft 2-Zerg

The Zerg is finally out!

Check out these videos of Zerg:

Zerg Reveal Trailer

New look at Starcraft 2 Zerg

Protoss Vs. Zerg Gameplay

Raptor Watch-Part 2

We got back to the base from our Jungle Trekking, with just a short rest we proceed straight to our Mangrove Walk.


The Mangrove.


Our group walking by the mangrove.

It's kinda nice getting close to nature. How often do you get to walk by a mangrove in bare feet?
I'll say rarely we get this kind of opportunity.
We got to see everything up close. I saw snails clinging on leaves on mangrove trees. It got up in the trees from the high tide. The mangrove is only accessible when it's low tide. So our group was lucky to catch the glimpse of the mangrove while it's low tide.


Vimlan holding up a coral. Click to see a close-up of a crab on the coral.


After all the walking through the water. We came back up to dry land and trek our way back to base through a secondary forest.



The view from the mangrove.


Inside the secondary forest.


The secondary forest itself has peculiar flora and fauna. These are some picture taken in the forest.

Picture of inside a hollow tree.


Slime...


Sea Pineapple



With that concludes the Raptor Watch for this year.
Cheers.

Raptor Watch-Part 1

I'm back from my trip at Tanjuong Tuan, Port Dickson. It's really something i didn't expect at all.

In the beginning of the trip i was thinking: "Hmm... Raptor Watch, Raptors... Sounds like some kind of extinct lizard roaming the Earth thousands of years ago. And i knew that dinosaurs don't exist anymore on the face of this world. But, The Raptor Watch that was held in Tanjung Tuan is a seasonal viewing of another kind of raptor.

There are indeed Raptors. As in the bird of prey-also known as the raptors, a type of bird characterized by hooked beaks, sharp talons, and keen eyesight.

Black buzzards soaring above in the sky. Click to see the close-ups.

Held every 15-16 March in Tanjung Tuan, the site gives the most spectacular view of migrating birds from South China to the islands of Indonesia. This year, Ilham Hotel is the host of the event and it draws a crowd of around a thousand people consisting of participants and volunteers.

Just few minutes at Tanjung Tuan, the organisers of Raptor Watch, which are the Malaysian Nature Society, where announcing the arrivals of the flocks of birds passing overhead. And everyone was like:" Where? where ?! where?!"

Up in the sky.

I also had a good share of viewings courtesy of Minox Binoculars.


On to the other highlights at Raptor Watch. First stop, we had a walk into mother nature. I didn't took much pictures in the jungle cos' the terrain int he jungle was uneven and it's hard to get a foothold in the after-rain soil. Despite that, still managed to take some pictures.


Mushrooms.

After tracking through the jungle, we came out into an opening and took a group picture.


After a short rest, we headed straight to the light house. It's a uphill climb from the opening. Expectantly, some of us were tired from the beating sunlight and the tropical heat. So we stopped and took more pictures. Since some people thinks my blog lacks picture of chicks, so there you are:

Under my umbrella. Ella ella eh eh eh.

Finally the light house. The panorama around the light house is superb. You would see the sea from the hill.

Seaview

Lighthouse


After that, we went for the Mangoove Walk. Continue Raptor Watch-Part 2.

Moron of the Year

Highlights this issue:

After losing big in the General Election 2008, the Barisan National and UMNO president Undur-lah Ahmad Badawi claims the prestigious award of MORON OF THE YEAR. Many have cited that the PM should resign as an act of responsibility for the defeat in the General Elections. Contributing to this is also none other than the PM's party.

The prime minister's party-The National Front is sometimes seen as one of the main cause on why the multiracial society remain unintegrated.The racial based party coalition is the core to the other racial based organization in the country. Thus, creating marginalization of races in the country.
The formula of power sharing(UMNO-MCA-MIC) among races doesn't work anymore in the wake of modern democracy in Malaysia. You don't see Indians being fairly represented. You don't need to see ministers smiling at each other after one minister waves a keris. The NEP is utter crap that robs the people and benefiting the top people in the government. The people thinks it's time stop all this racial based system and bullshit.

With this weak leadership and failure to deliver promises of battling corruption. I say Undur-lah!

Also in this issue:
- 10 tips for sleeping well in meetings.
- Step down like a man.
- How to ask your son-in-law(Khairy) to shut the fuck up.