Kidpieces: This video is about my ex-flatmate, when I was in New Zealand, who is a physicist and recently won first prize in Nano particle counting championships hosted by IZON science Nanotechnology.
Well done, Nadiah Ali. I’m so damn proud of you. I will chase you from behind (in chemistry) hahahaha! I hope there will be more Malaysians who would come to stand and compete in international science competition.
Critic about the video: I see biasness and inequality. But hey, let suck that and perform our greatest effort.
“Only a life lived for others is worth living” – Albert Einstein
Albert was the physicist, but I am the chemist. We are the same, we share the same dreams and passion. We deal with ignorance.
One thing I like about Sydney, that actually one of the reason why I decided to settle down here for Postgraduate degree, is the people. There are more people here.. Good people and bad people, who share one common criteria – Ignorance and they make me rich! It’s ironic that this saying, “Ignorance is a bliss” is also true for the second party, like me – Other’s ignorance is my bliss.
I am applying few new jobs as a clinical assistant, pharmacology demonstrator, a primary/high school Chemistry tutor to fill up my weekends. Passing my CVs around with many hopes that at least one person would benefit from my knowledge and passion.
One day when I reach a good financial stability in Australia, I would join my lab colleague enjoy our weekends at Children’s Hospital as a volunteer.
That’s what I love to do. I love to give back.
But unfortunately, the closest person in our intimate life seems to take all this for granted. Love and respect starting to dissolve in anger, anxiety and depression. I am watching it dissolving, and believe it or not, I have no idea what to do.
I only have two parts of the brain and I am devoting >50% of it trying to do 500 words essay for thesis each day. I would come back and forth to see how world copes with life and death but, honestly, I don’t give a damn so much about it for now.
I am moving forward and it’s up to you to come along with me.
P/S: Loss of Michael J. Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009). His achievements, his mistakes, his crime, his love, his personality and all the things in between..give me an impression that he had lived his life to the fullest. Honestly, I like the way his dad brought him up. Some people might think it was some kind of child-abuse. But that kind of parents who usually bring the best out of their kids.
Kidpieces: In this video there is a gift from me to someone very special to keep him a dainty company while both of us are far apart to pursue our dreams. That gift is a lion, we called him Lionor. He is reaching 1-year old in 2 months, but his daddy has already gave him the best present..and many better more in the future. Like a child, Lionor is meant to be the covalent bond between us.
Father and son
Lionor is very lucky to have two very passionate parents. They love what they do and they are doing it well. This video demonstrates passionate effort of a lion and a human.
Sometimes, the message is subtle, but that’s often how a lasting impression is made.
Even if you’re lucky enough to live with your son full time, it’s always a challenge to find enough time to devote to him.
I don’t know what is the story on the other side of the world, but I am very concern about mine at the moment. Therefore, you can blame me for being selfish. But trust me, no one can go as far, if they cared so much about other things. It is important for one to focus on one thing at a time to get it done, successfully.
I have a very strong feeling that my Master degree will be the most painful degree to finish. I had my sweet high-school and undergraduate moments where I was in both very awesome countries, with awesome friends. Those times when everything was fed into my mouth, from food to education. I just had to swallow it, and I was satisfied easily. Everybody was pleased with my progress. Now those moments are gone.
Master is going to be the most painful degree to finish because I am facing a huge problem with the living style in Australia. I found it’s hard to find a good company, I found it’s hard to appreciate little things because nobody does, I found it’s hard to be me..because being myself means I can’t fit with anybody, intellectually or socially.
Social wise-There are so many values that I don’t share with people I see everyday. I am a very reserved person and I am happy being ‘restrictive’ if you want to put it that way. There are things I found hard to accept, I won’t accept. Therefore if anybody thinks that I am not friendly, it is just means I don’t want to bend myself and fit into your own agendas.
I am not good in pleasing other people, let alone being supportive. I tried to be one when I was working at a hospital back in NZ for nearly 6 months. I was a very supportive person back then, for the sake of being open, accepting and keeping positive. Most importantly, for the sake of growing up. But again, I don’t feel like doing all these things anymore because I don’t want to be supportive for all the wrong reasons.
For example, it is not OK to sleep with other people’s bf even though they are in a good or bad relationship. It is not OK to talk to your mom like that. It is not OK to wear slippers in the lab. It is not OK to this and that. It is rude not to say ‘Thank you’ or ‘please’. It is not OK to be smart and intelligent but very rude to other people. It is not OK to be the top student in Michael Kassiou’s group but totally lack of laboratory awareness and common sense.
Nobody cares. That what makes my life at Sydney is so fucking hard at the moment. Why I have to care? Because I don’t find myself a space for my own personal development. I work alone in the lab, how far have I learn? I really wonder how Australian kids grow up with a pair of negligence parents, or at least one, because divorce seems to be the favorite way out of personal and family problems.
It has been 7 months for me and I really wish things would change, one day.
I wish I could be around people who care about their future. I wish I could be around people who have a real beautiful passion that they would die for. I wish I could be around people who appreciate little things in their life. I wish to hear “Thank you, driver” from passengers walking out the bus. I wish I could meet people who has a strong integrity and principle in life. I wish I could be around people who honors other people especially their parents. I wish Australian parents care about what and how their children do in school, and care to make sure the kids are actually learning something new everyday.
I really just don’t get it. Why Australians are so full of neglectfulness?
I am very down..simply means this is the moment of another major plummet of my life.
Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said that it was censorship from the government that drove him to blogging in May 2008 — four years after resigning as PM.
Gagging a politician from talking is not a good idea, added Mahathir, because we politicians like to talk.
You can kill a politician by preventing him from talking… I have a big mouth so I use it quite often, said Mahathir to the laughter from the 200-strong crowd.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has denied that during his long tenure as prime minister, he had imposed censorship on the mainstream media.
In his 30-minute speech at the Bloggers United Malaysia (BUM) dialogue in Subang Jaya this evening, Mahathir said the media self-censored itself because it tried to ’second guess’ what government leaders want.
Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad laments that the Multimedia Super Corridor initiative gave an undertaking there there would not be Internet censorhip.
He says looking at the pornographic ‘filth’ that is on the internet right now, it was a mistake to have guaranteed that.
Mahathir was a guest speaker at the blogger’s get together called B.U.M. ‘09 held on May 16th.
And so I watched “Wall E” for the third time and “Marley and me” movie for the first. They are both very touchy movies. I seemed to appreciate undescribable kindness, warmth and meaningful movies. Less words that tells a hell lots of moral values.
It is amazing to see how two entities love each other genuinely. I see people fall in love because they chemically, biologically and psycologically attracted to each other, but end up being together for a long time because they need each other for the sake of future stability and convenience.
I guess that was good enough motivation for me to go through next challenge in human interaction. How do I elaborate this?
Had my visit to New Zealand. The people, scenery, weather, smell of rocky mountains, harbours and beaches have put both my foot and my sanity back together all over again. Three weeks away from research, university work and Sydney city was really a huge relief. My supervisor probably won’t be happy with my absence, but I have no regret.
Graduation last week was also another blessed. I had the best grad night ever, as the beginning. I saw all stages of level of human growth in that auditorium. From babies, teenagers, lots of graduates, mothers, fathers from all possible professions, teachers, researchers, lecturers, professors to back-stage people who got together made the night a memorable one.
Graduation is certainly not a big deal to some people, but I see it as an advantage to observe changes. I could imagine where would I be if not here in this gown. I could be anywhere, anyone, anytime. But I chose this. Why? No time for that, lets move on – forward.
This is life. I am not complaining why I am here, why I have to do this. Not that I am ignorant. All I know I am always willing to work hard on subjects I love dealing with. And therefore to realize how far I have achieved is important to keep me going. Because human forgets, I need a constant reminder. Also another reason why I developed a very sharp observations skill and continuous cycle of curiosities. I just found asking questions constantly and look-and-learn are my best reminders.
The will to work on things I love doing:- Passion alone is not enough. We need support. Love is the most important ones, apart from strength, willing to learn, change and other skills.
True love never runs smooth – William Shakespeare
In this particular entry, I would like to congratulate myself, personally, for being there through ups and downs for 23 years without fail. For great health, humours, sanity, courage and all the things that came from inside out. As a reward, I have decided to make some changes: a new and fresh look for my room, my perspective towards Sydney, my attitude towards Australians and my motivation to work independently with help from many highly respected intelligent colleagues.
As for my personal romantic relationship with Wade, I just wish we both be true to each other more often. I am pretty sure I am no longer feel insecurities because I want to stop having any kind of relationship upon which I depend for my personal gratification and security. I am big enough to stand on my own. Maybe I tend to push everybody away when I am overwhelmed, but I am very sure there would be at least someone who brave enough to tame me down. A good measure to see how much they really care, how much they really want, how much balls they have and getting what they want out of something. It is not hard to be that man – Trust me.
Kidpieces: I simply admire anyone with strong passion in one thing they love doing. Everybody has own obsession to do something amazingly positive and beautiful, but unfortunately very little of us has the motivation drives to bring our ass to start doing it and finish off the work we’ve started. I am referring to young teenagers or adults from age 3 or 4 to 30 years old. Boys and girls, men and women. I love to see the obsession flames come out from their heart and mind. Watched these two videos and I learnt a great deal about passion.
Enjoy!
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MythBusters co-host Adam Savage gives a fast-paced presentation on personal obsessions. Savage explains how his fascination with dodo bird skeletons eventually led to his designing of an exact bronze-cast replica of the titular statue from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Maltese Falcon.”
1. A typical young Malaysian can name all the players from a top English Premier League club, but ask him to name one football player from Malaysia, he cannot!
2. When StreamyX come, you complain StreamyX too slow. When Maxis Broadband come, you complain Maxis Broadband always disconnects. When WiMax come, you complain Wimax too expensive. In the end, you say StreamyX still the best lah.
3. When highway toll price increase, you complain. When petrol price increase, you complain. When you go Starbucks buy RM10 coffee, NO COMPLAINTS.
4. When you cannot find parking in a shopping mall and have to walk very far, you complain. When you go inside the shopping mall and there’s SALE , run from one end of 1Utama to the other,?that one?NO COMPLAINT.
5. You are always late. And the excuse you give when you’re late is always either: (a) traffic jam (b) no transport or (c) cannot find parking.
6. You have a parent who forces you to take science stream in high school, study engineering in Uni, then when you graduate, they ask you to forget everything you learnt in Uni and do commerce.
7. You know someone who can specially develop an angmoh accent when speaking to an American / British / Australian.
8. You complain against the government in kopitiam, you talk loud loud. Leave anonymous comments on blogs, you also talk loud loud. Attend ceremah by DAP, you shout loud loud. Then when Opposition organise a protest and ask you to go, you dun wan. Scared later kena tangkap by ISA.
9. Every year on the 30th April, you are one of the people below queuing up last minute to submit your tax return at the IRB.
10. When you pay RM10 for something that costs RM1, you blame the Chinese.
11. When a government service is too slow, you blame the Malays.
12. When a building is not good and collapsed, you blame the Indians.
13. When a Chinese student won a scholarship, you say ‘Wah! Very clever hor?’ When a Malay student won a scholarship, you say ‘Aiya! Of course lah! He Malay mah!’
14. When an angmoh stranger kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you very happy. When a Malaysian guy kisses you on the cheek to say hello, you slap him in face.
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Gratefulness
The wise words of Sir Francis, who said, "It is a little knowledge of science that makes you an Atheist, and it is an in-depth study of science that makes you a believer in God Almighty".
