Saturday, October 03, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 2:08 PM
I was at my desk, catching up on Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, slowly sipping a cup of coffee while listening to Natasha bedingfield's songs when suddenly my mind roamed away. One thought led to another and now here i am, writing on my blog.Come to think of it, i was so active 2 years ago. Ideas would just come to me, activities properly planned and jotted down in this small blog of mine. From a simple project like buying a speaker to a big event like traveling all the way to Sunway Pyramid to meet the casts of Why Why Love, this blog would always be updated every 3 days or so. Visitors also increased to all time high, sometimes hitting 30 a day (not many to some but hey, good enough for me). It got so active to the point that i could easily earn money through my blog, more than 100 US Dollars for that few advert posts on my blog. I even won something from a blog writing competition (albeit consolation), a package that includes a series' OST CD, a bottle of beauty lotion (which i later sold for RM50), a polo shirt and some other small goodies.I wonder what changed. Busy? Not really, since i still got the time to sleep 10 hours today and watched lots of series. Lack of activities? No way, i think i go out for more gatherings and hang out with friends more than when i was back in KL. Take this 2 weeks break for example, countless birthday dinners attended (and will attend as well), 2 paintball sessions, and lots more random dinners with mates.I think it goes down to lack of passion. Guess i am not as passionate in writing as before. Used to snap pictures from my good ol' Sony Ericsson W700's 2MP camera wherever i go, thinking of pictures to put in my post. Not anymore, even when i have an Olympus u1040 10MP now at my disposal. Can't even be bothered to check how many people visited my blog, even deleted any advert opportunity from my inbox when the rare occasional offers come in.
Oh well, at least you guys get to dive into my mind this time round, and get to read what i'm thinking at this very moment.
Friday, September 18, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 12:36 AM
Ever heard a R&B song and when the singer sings and their voice sounds robotic? like when they change the key u can hear distinct robotic or metallic part in it? Well they did it with a program called Auto-Tune. Auto-Tune is popularized by T-Pain, and now you can hear many singers use it, from Chris Brown to Black Eyed Peas. Now that i have an iPhone, i managed to get one of these software! Called "I Am T-Pain", it allows you to sing into your phone and the output will be digitally altered to have those metallic sound to it. You can sing in a freestyle mode for songs that you create on your own, or u can download and play one of the few presets available, for example Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown. 
Now that i have this software, I am free to make my own digitally altered music. And you followers of Da Club get to hear the very first song by Pyro, titled "Aaaaa..." :CLICK HERE TO LISTENNeat huh? :D
Tuesday, September 08, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 12:53 PM
Had my first medicine making session yesterday, and we all have to make 3! We're asked to prepare 3 Child Formulations (CF) based on information found in the guide book, so after and hour and a half of crushing, measuring, weighing, mixing and shaking, Here's the outcome:
Now, i wonder which children is suffering from gastrointestinal reflux disease, hypertension and anemia to take these drugs..
Sunday, August 16, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 6:49 PM
Wee, at least something worth posting about. Or maybe an excuse to not study? Hhmm..Anyway, had a fun weekend this wekk. Friday night is the semester-ly Pubcrawl night, with the theme being Transpharmers.
There are 4 bars to visit, but i only went to the last two, Duke of York and London Tavern. Little drinking (Mum, i said LITTLE) and more time on the dance floor, tiring myself towards the end.
Picture thanks to Allen from Facebook. No, i mean Allen from Pharmacy course, but the picture is from Facebook. After a good night of resting, head to church for Assumption Day. Then at night, i attended Nostalgia Night 09. It's a function organized by MASCA, to remember about the 50's era of P.Ramlee or something like that. Therefore the dress code is supposed to be either traditional cloths, or the 50's style. Had trouble fitting into a style that is nearly 40 years older than me, i decided to wear my shirt and tuck it in. 
Picture courtesy of Jeremy from Facebook. Again, Jeremy from Pharmacy course, but picture from facebook. Anyway, we were served Italian food at the Italian Centre (duh, if not what, Masala and Tandoori?). But i still find no connection between Malaysia and Italian cuisine. Nevertheless, the food was nice, at least not too cheesy that makes me nauseous if consumed too much. The night reminds me of the time when i would watch P.Ramlee's movie, or in fact any other olden Malay movies (and not all of them are black and white ok??). Movies like Hang Tuah, Bujang Lapok and Ibu Mertuaku are indeed interesting and Ibu Mertuaku are somewhat touching and sad, revolving around the society's view on high class marriage. And funnily enough, i seem to be the only person from the table who can sing some of the songs played that night. Tsk Tsk table M. Speaking of table, 2 of the lucky draw prize were won by our table members, namely Siew Mei with her 1GB Pendrive and Sie Ching with her iPod Shuffle. Well, yours truly who never won anything from a lucky draw before continues his streak. But doesn't matter, the stuffs to be won doesn't seem to be able to beat those that i already have...speakers, pendrive, ipod...would probably sell the thing off IF i were to win something. Still waiting for my mugshot picture to appear. Be nice to me, and maybe i'll show u how i looked like if i were from 1955.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 8:20 PM
Hhhmm, it's been nearly 3 weeks since my last post, and i barely realized it. I guess there's been quite some activity during the holidays from then till now, from going out with mates to my trip to Sydney, then back to Uni. At this rate, my yearly post will still be less than my monthly post back in 2008! Anyway, just a short post to tell you that i am still alive. Uni started, and after a barely above par result last semester, i am hoping to step up my effort in studying, but as always it's probably all talk. Guess i really have been losing the will to blog anymore. Now i am perfectly fine by not blogging, while a few years back i would get restless if my blog is not updated after 5 days. I wonder if i should continue with writing posts, or finally hang up my boots or rather, keyboard. That, i will leave for next time to think about. As of now, in the process of applying a work permit for a possible future work experience, plus a resolution of at least a light study every night about the lectures. Trying to get the most out of life rather than spend in under my quilt, albeit tempting. Will try to update more often in the future!
Saturday, July 11, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 4:31 PM
Wow, i think this is a record barren run without a post for this blog so far. No new post at all for the month June.
Anyway, To get back on track, here's something that happened quite a while ago, only feel like blogging about it now.Remember the time i went to the Masters Tournament to watch a football match and bumped into a couple of football legends?
Well, this time one visited me! Well not exactly Me me, but Adelaide.Well the thing is Ian Rush head down to Adelaide for his autobiography signings, and thosewho spend over AUD100 in a shopping center called Myers will get free passes to the event. One of my mates are Liverpool fan, so we decided to go together to meet him, being the second time for me.
We arrived at around 9.40am and there is already quite a long queue. After waiting for quite some time, Ian Rush arrived. With a cup of coffee in his hand, he walked up the stage, make himself comfy and start signing stuffs.
After 30 minutes or so, it's my turn to go up the stage. Now, I'm pretty sure u know i'm a Man Utd fan, and must be wondering why the heck would i want a Liverpool's legend to sign my stuff. Well, this is a chance not to let go, not to mention a signature on a jersey would increase it's value by a lot! 
I also got him to sign the pass i've got and also a personal message on his autobiography, which costs me AUD30 to buy. 
Before i leave the stage, i showed him the picture we took during our first encounter, and he seemed (or pretended) to recall that time. Now the shirt is nciely framed on my wall: 
Saturday, May 30, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 9:37 AM
The straight line appears to turn into one with peaks and trophs, and the machine starts to make beeping sound at a constant rate. A few adjustments are made, then it's time. Time to lift the lever. Sparks flying, electricity running through the thick copper wire lying around the room. A monstrous figure rose up, and from within a room, a cackling laughter is heard and then an exclamation "IT IS ALIVE!!!" Well, good news is i finally managed to log into my Blogger to write something. Bad news is, 4 weeks to my final exam, so expect the same state the blog is in now for the next 1 month or so. Honestly, nowadays i lost the will to blog. Even taking pics out of my camera and put watermarks on it seems so tedious to do. Not to mention studying whenever there's time, and when it's a bit free, i'll take that time to rest so i can concentrate on studying at other times. Blogging seems to be a task now, rather than a hobby i used to indulge in. Maybe it really is time to stop?Anyway, i'll post something interesting when i rediscover the will to blog, as of now i am going to prepare for the football match against Bradford Lodge in 2 hours time. Wish me luck!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 3:08 PM
Darn, 1 week after my return from the Kangaroo Trip, i still have not update my blog about it. I guess i will talk about it now, but i'll make it day per day. 3 days, 3 blog posts aye?The trip began at 4.30am on Monday 20th of April, that's when we all woke up after a night at Jeremy's place. Washed ourselves, had breakfast, get changed and head out at 5.30am. By 6.00am, we are already in the city.
The coach arrived at around 6.15am to pick us up at King William Street, then head to different hostels to pick up the other member of the tour. There are the 3 of us Malaysians, a Singaporean friend, an Isreali paramedic, two English, a couple of Dutch and a couple of Germans, and also 2 locals. That makes 13 of us.by 6.30am, everyone is on their way to Cape Jervis, where we had to take the ferry over to the island. We arrived at Cape Jervis just in time to catch the 9am ferry, which will take 45 minutes to cross from Australia mainland to Kangaroo Island.
Since the cost to transport a car over is expensive, the tour company had a couple of coach over at the island, so we took all our stuffs and meals for 3 days into the ferry with us, leaving the coach behind. Then we enjoy 45 minutes of blue sea water, birds gliding over them with cool breeze bathing our face with occasional splash of water. From afar we can see the island, which is 7 times larger than Singapore.
When we reach the island, we bring all our stuff from the ferry into the awaiting coach, and then head to a nearby store to stock up on more food and to have our toilet breaks. We were instructed to buy anything we might have forgotten to bring there (toothbrush, shampoo, beers etc) because once we leave the small town, it's all wilderness. Heck, there isnt even phone coverage on the whole island except the town area.
After everything's settled, Whales the tour guide drove a fair distance to our first sight seeing location, which is one of the viewpoints that look out at the ocean. The view is simply amazing, i have never seen any water body that sparkle as much, any sound made by waves as clear.
After a few minutes of picture taking, we head to our next destination, the Eucalyptus Oil Distillery. This is where they produce eucalyptus oil, which is said to be good for health and other usage. Many type of products were produced from them, including shampoo, perfume, balms or just the pure eucalyptus oil itself. Besides eucalyptus oil, the distillery also rear a few emus, and products like emu egg shells, feet skins and feathers were sold there too.
After that, lunch! we were brought to a beach which name i forgot, but it is said to be the top 10 beach in Australia. Too bad that time it's high tide, so we dun get to see much sand. But the beach is still beautiful nonetheless.
I mean, how many beach can u see having water as clear as this?
After visiting the beach while Whales is preparing lunch of bread, ham, chicken and other dressings, we went to Little Sahara. Basically, Little Sahara is a big pile of sand in the middle of the jumgle area, where people can run up and down them, and do stuff like sandboarding or quad biking. Unfortunately for us, the session did not go so well as the board provided by the tour company is lousy, so we did not get much of action. So Whales decided to take some money of the tour payment to rent a better sand board and sleigh the next day. So pics of Little Sahara will be on the next post ;)After the trip to Little Sahara, we made our way to our cottage where we stayed for the first night for dinner.
For that night, we had kangaroo meat for dinner with pita bread, and they were cook to perfection! Normally people will say kangaroo meat is tough, but I learnt that the reason it became tough is because people always overcook it.After dinner, we all head out to watch penguins! too bad i did not have any pics of them, because camera flash would cause the penguins to get stunned for a few minutes, which is enough time for predators to strike. But witnessed how penguins swim back from the sea, climb up the cliffs, cross the road to get to the other side (Why does the penguin cross the road?), climb another set of cliffs, then enter their burrow to feed their youngs. They did it so cautiously that it took them about 3 minutes to cross a road that we humans can cross in 5 seconds. Then we all head back to get ready for bedtime, while some of us stay out for a bit more while to sit around the campfire and talk about some random subjects. 
After all that, bedtime! The story of Day 2 should be the next post, so stay tuned!
Sunday, April 05, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 8:58 PM
Milkshake making with my new bought blender:
Just add ice cream and milk, blend it and pour into your glass to enjoy:
Damn, my blogging skill is deteriorating, what's with the 1 line blogging?Anyway, why did i get the blender anyway? surely not to just make milkshake. No, not to make belacan either. Well, i got it to mix my protein powder. Protein powder will get all lumpy and hard to dissolve in water. So i got this blender to mix it with milk whenever i'm done working out in the gym.That's right, i'm now visiting the gym on a regular basis, like 3 times a week. After each workout, it would be best to have some proteins to build up and repair muscle cells.
Loaded with nothing much but proteins and some vitamins and minerals, it actually tasted pretty good. Look at the protein content of this thing:
And no, i am not gonna build up to be a wrestler, in fact the one i get has less protein, but it also has L-Carnitine that will metabolize excess fat. We'll see how well i do in the next few months ;)
Wednesday, April 01, 2009, Blabbered by pyroboy1911 at 2:30 PM
Okay, i can't hide my feelings anymore. i think that it's about time for me to tell you what i wanted to tell you for such a long time. First of all, i apologize if what i'm about to tell you will make you mad, or make u stay away from me. i wouldnt blame you, i know the consequences that MAY happen. Before you start wondering "who is you?", you is YOU. yes, YOU. You who is reading this. U know who you are. I have always wanted to tell you this for a very long time, since the first time i met you. All your actions, all your talks, all your thoughts...makes this feeling i have for you stronger and stronger each day..there is no simpler way for me to tell you, because it's hard enough to think of you this way. I don't go around telling people about my feelings, but i think it's about time to tell you..I've been planning to tell you this a long time ago, so much so that i actually made it into a short song, and you can listen to it HERE. Hope you will understand what i tell you, and yea....do let me know what you think of it. Thanks.
