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Christmas holiday - Prague,...
2007-01-01 16:30:03
Christmas holiday - Prague , Vienna and Paris From the 23th Dec to 1th of Jan, I went to the 3 places mentioned above along with Alvin, Wani, Zaid and Yilie...it was a really nice trip, with lots of laughter, card playing, binge drinking, crap talking and nice places to visit. (ok, the drinking part isn't true)vTo be brief, we took a 14 hour trip from Paris to Prague, which I would never take again because it's really tiring...People in the Czech Republic do not use the euro, so we needed to convert our euros into CZK - Czech Republic Koruny, at a rate of 1euro to 27.4czk. Feel rich? Abitlor...things there are generally cheaper, especially the food...There, we meet 3 of Yilie's friends: Amelia, Xin yi and Winnie the pooohhh. They were very friendly with lots of humor...you won't get bored travelling with them. They are first year med student in the Czech republic. Anyway, we visited Prague abit: Charles bridge, the Astronomcal Clock, Prague Castle and the old town. The buidings...
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Food for thought "The vice of capitalism is that...
2006-12-22 04:22:01
Food for thought"The vice of capitalism is that there is an unequal share of blessings; the virtue of socialism is that there is an equal share of misery."In my opinion, this basically sums up the left-right debate, with the leftlist arguing for more equality and in the process, less efficiency; the rightlist, more effciency and less equality...I vote for the right ;)-gAvIn-
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????????????????????????? ????????????????????????...
2006-12-21 04:21:02
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??????????????????????????????????????????????????...
2006-12-21 04:21:02
????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????"??????????????"? ????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????"?????????????"???? ????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? ? ???????? ? ???????????????? ? ???????????? ? ????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????...Found this from a chrismas message people send to friends...how true it is!An early Merry Chrismas to everyone!-gAvIn-
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Some pictures of Bordeaux (okla, not that beautifu...
2006-12-17 16:18:02
Some pictures of Bordeaux (okla, not that beautiful....need to borrow Zarf's SLR)
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????????? ??: ??? ??????????? ?????????? ????????...
2006-12-15 22:15:01
????????? ??: ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????? ????????I wish I could write poems as beautiful as this...can someone explain the title for me...wo can lai kan qi kan bu dong...-gAvIn-
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Found this on the net... translations on the way....
2006-12-08 10:09:02
Found this on the net... translations on the way...Un amour sans frontièreUn jour, il y a une jeune fille qui fait le voyage sur Mars avec son chien par la fusée. Dans ce jour ? là, Pierre ? un Martien est en train de rester dans sa tente. A première vue, il est très étonné par les gestes ondulants de cette fille. Un coup de foudre qui vient à lui. Il coupe une lettre " Invitation de mon amour " et la colle sur la toile de tente. Il prend la flûte et souffle une chanson traditionnelle de Mars. Il l?attend, l?attend?. La jeune fille écoute attentivement cette chanson et elle se souvient tous les bons souvenirs quand elle vivait dans sa grande famille. Elle s?approche de la tente, elle doit grimper difficilement sur des rochers blancs avec son chien. A ce moment là, Pierre est derrière le rideau, il entend des pas très légers. Il sort de sa tente. Cette fille est surprise devant sa beauté et son géant. Quatre yeux se voient. Ces deux personnes trouvent leur moitié.Après un an, ils déc...
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Birthday Although there were many people who came...
2006-12-03 04:04:05
Birthday Although there were many people who came to my birthday party on the 25, the thing that actually matters the most were the few close friends that were there with me?the others?they are the others, they are there to enjoy only. I treasure my good friends as they have helped me immensely, you know, friends that are willing to stay back with you after the soirée to help you clean up ;)For my part, I always hope that I can be a trusted friend.PS: I received a birthday card from my family and I can say that I was very touched?it is very different when you write to someone with your handwriting than some plain emails.
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Time flies The first semester is going to end soo...
2006-12-03 04:04:05
Time fliesThe first semester is going to end soon, or has it already? No idea. The point is that time flies, it has been more then 3 months since we quitted Colmar, yet, the time there seems so distant. In 3 months, we have moved to different places, met new friends, had new classes, speak better French, I would never dream of returning to life in Colmar, even if I miss some good friends and teachers there. Life just continues, swiping you along whether you like it or not.-gAvIn-
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Idiot I washed my handphone in hot running wa...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Idiot I washed my handphone in hot running water with a handsome dose of soap yesterday...idiot! It happened after playing football in Mériadeck which as you guys should now by now, is full of dog shit. I had inevitably got some in my hand and as I handled my handphone before going home, I wanted to sterilize it alongside with my watch and specs. For some unknown reason, I though handphone nowadays are water proof, so whosh, I did what I did and now my phone is dead. I am such a genius.-gAvIn-
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The following article was writen by an Australian ...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
The following article was writen by an Australia n that was published in theAge...It's always interesting to see what foreigners have to say about Malaysia.While Malaysia fiddles, its opportunities are running dry Michael BackmanNovember 15, 2006 MALAYSIA'S been at it again, arguing about what proportion of the economy each of its two main races ? the Malays and the Chinese ? owns. It's an argument that's been running for 40 years. That wealth and race are not synonymous is important for national cohesion, but really it's time Malaysia grew up. It's a tough world out there and there can be little sympathy for a country that prefers to argue about how to divide wealth rather than get on with the job of creating it. The long-held aim is for 30 per cent of corporate equity to be in Malay hands, but the figure that the Government uses to justify handing over huge swathes of public companies to Malays but not to other races is absurd. It bases its figure on equity valued, ...
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now that i've got time on my hands...pretty ironic...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
now that i've got time on my hands...pretty ironic, how the phrase works for me here; now that i've got time on my hands... u c, i just got operated on on thursday, it waz a correctional operation on my right hand for an injury i got three bloody months ago!!! so now that i've got time on my hands to write this piece of crap of a blog entry, i kinda have no hand!!!yeah, not as funny as i tot it wud be... newaaaaay...i wuz hospitalised on wednesday right (there was a tv in the room and One Tree Hill was on, so i was alright... just for the record, Sophia Bush is a babe!!!), and the operation was thursday... thursday morning at approximately 6 sumthin, the nurses wakes me up for a bath. gotta use this medical soap thingy u c before the operation. then they let me go bek to sleep. the next thing i noe, i get woken up by this male nurse and he starts wheelin me off... got the whole ER scene in my head. the lights from the lamps on the ceiling and all that jazz. only thing is in ER th...
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Yo This blog was not updated for more than 1 mont...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
YoThis blog was not updated for more than 1 month because both of the authors were without home (12 days) and still without internet connection. I am writing this from a McDonald (Wifi, thanks to Starbucks for this wonderful idea) in Rue St.Catherine, Bordeaux. Got to go for now.gavin
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Three decades ago, in 1973, 78 percent of the stud...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Three decades ago, in 1973, 78 percent of the students attending the nation?s public schools were white and 22 percent were minorities, a category including blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and ?other,? according to Education Department statistics. In 2004, the last year for which numbers were available, 57 percent of all public school students were white, while 43 percent were minorities.From an article in the NY Times, Here.Such is the strengh of the USA, diversity.-gAvIn-
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An interesting perspective on the Mahathir-Abdulla...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
An interesting perspective on the Mahathir-Abdullah spat.Monday, August 21, 2006Malaysia and its discontents VIEWPOINTWilliam Pesek Jr.Bloomberg NewsJournalists in Asia have missed Mahathir Mohamad. The region has been pretty colorless - leader-wise, that is - since Malaysia's firebrand prime minister stepped down in 2003. His successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is the anti-Mahathir: press-shy, affable, soft-spoken and diplomatic. Asia in general features a paucity of larger-than-life, charismatic leaders who speak their minds and, at times, dare to take on the global elites. Blandness often pervades the halls of power from Seoul to Singapore and from Beijing to New Delhi.So you'll excuse us journalists for rejoicing at Mahathir's return to the spotlight. Yet many Malaysians are less than thrilled. Ditto for investors monitoring Asia's No.10 economy.Mahathir, 80, has returned with a passion to criticize his handpicked successor, and it's tantalizing this nation of 27 million peop...
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Damn hilarious, damn true. -gAvIn-
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Damn hilarious, damn true. -gAvIn-
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??????? -?? Found this in youtube (i was bored.....
2006-12-02 16:03:08
??????? -??Found this in youtube (i was bored...), beautiful voice and girl, what can you ask for more? It's just the voice and some simple guitar chords, nothing fancy, but it's sublime!-gAvIn-
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Some TV is worth watching ...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Some TV is worth watching From Google Video, we can now watch the classic (which means the eighties) Milton Friedman television series Free to Choose. Watch them if you want to understand more about economics.Volume 1: Power of the MarketVolume 2: The Tyranny of ControlVolume 3: Anatomy of a CrisisVolume 4: From Cradle to GraveVolume 5: Created EqualVolume 6: What?s Wrong With Our Schools?Volume 7: Who Protects the Consumer?Volume 8: Who Protects the Worker?Volume 9: How to Cure InflationVolume 10: How to Stay Free-gAvIn-
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http://www.google.com.my/ As a Malaysian user, I...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
http://www.google.com.my/ As a Malaysia n user, I am really surprised that http://www.google.com.my/ is only offered in English and Bahasa Melayu. If we would take a look at the demographics taken from the CIA World Factbook, the population is composed of : Malay 50.4%, Chinese 23.7%, Indigenous 11%, Indian 7.1%, others 7.8% (2004 est.) Although it is right that the majority of us do speak English and Bahasa Melayu, the usage of Chinese (simplified) and Indian (tamil) are widespread, and thus, should be offered. If you were to use the argument that there are not enough potential users or that it does not make economic sense, we just have to simply take a look at http://www.google.ch/, which offers English, Français, Italiano and Rumantsch, although the population speaking Italian and Rumantsch are only 6.5% and 0.5% respectively. I do hope that they add the language options soon.-gAvIn-
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Food for thought - schadenfreude Schadenfreude i...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Food for thought - schadenfreude Schadenfreude is a common english word borrowed from German, it means enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. While at the superficial sense it seems terribly immoral, most of us, if honest enough, would remember occasions in which we practiced schadenfreude. According to classical evolution theory, we should feel happy if our rival took a fall; however, a newer generation of evolution scientist actually found some compelling reasons for teamwork, rather than the old fashioned adage of "every man for himself".I for one, would commit myself to be as un-schadenfreude as possible.-gAvIn-
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Many Malaysians are well a...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMany Malay sia ns are well aware of the 1992-1995 war that engulfed Bosnia. It was a three way conflit between the orthodox Serbs, the muslim Bosniaks and the catholic Croats. It was by far the bloodiest and most widely covered of the Yugoslav wars. I remember the massive donation drive in our newspapers and TV and the military and humanitarian aid our country offered to them later.A fews days ago in a volunteer work in Sondernach, near Metzeral, I had the opportunity to actually meet a bosnian political refugee. When he knew that I come from Malaysia, he warmed up immediately and we had some good chat together. According to him, the serbs, croats and bosniaks are actually of the same origin, the same root; the only difference between them is their religion. This was enough to actually cause the bloody war and the ensuing sufferings. After 3 years of war, 100 000 are killed and 2 million displaced, which is a very significant proportion of the population consid...
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Top 10 Most Strange Monuments -taken from http:...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Top 10 Most Strange Monuments-taken from http://archibase.net-gAvIn-
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Grand Corps Malade Les voyages en train J'crois q...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
Grand Corps Malad eLes voyages en trainJ'crois que les histoires d'amour c'est comme les voyages en train,Et quand je vois tous ces voyageurs parfois j'aimerais en être un,Pourquoi tu crois que tant de gens attendent sur le quai de la gare,Pourquoi tu crois qu'on flippe autant d'arriver en retard.Les trains démarrent souvent au moment où l'on s'y attend le moins,Et l'histoire d'amour t'emporte sous l'oeil impuissant des témoins,Les témoins c'est tes potes qui te disent au revoir sur le quai,Ils regardent le train s'éloigner avec un sourire inquiet,Toi aussi tu leur fais signe et tu imagines leurs commentaires,Certains pensent que tu te plantes et que t'as pas les pieds sur terre,Chacun y va de son pronostic sur la durée du voyage,Pour la plupart le train va derailler dès le premier orage.Le grand amour change forcément ton comportement,Dès le premier jour faut bien choisir ton compartiment,Siège couloir ou contre la vitre il faut trouver la bonne place,Tu choisis quoi ...
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fuck feelings!!! they're there to eat the hell o...
2006-12-02 16:03:08
fuck feelings!!! they're there to eat the hell out of u... lately i've been feeling like crap... the worst part of it is having no one to fuckin talk to...sorry for the language... i noe gavin's dad reads this... so excuse me...but have u ever felt so lonely and at one side uve got to think rationally coz u have responsabilities and on the other u just want to break down and cry or just scream... that's the fucking feeling i have now... sometimes u doubt urself... sometimes u doubt others... things seem normal and real... and at times, they seem like a lie... feel betrayed, lied to... not knowing what is real, and what is not... i don noe wut im doing here... gtg... got a fucking group work to get done... u c, before u can get some time to shout out and cry... ur already burdened with other responsibilities... and those hurt feelings get pent up so deep that finally u end up in a mental ward... if not u really start doubting ur fuckin sanity...-fucked up-
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