Stress

As an ACCA student, I have seen many types of stress.
You name it.
Exam stress, class stress, eustress, love stress, and the list goes on.
However, lately I have been experiencing
Fear stress , thats what I call it.
It is caused by "scary" motivation from lecturers.
But it is ok cuz it makes you wanna study.
As 1 of my lecturer said, "I want you to be
stressed now, not during the exam"

Down

Things now seem kinda down!

All these started after Progress Test 1 results were out.

If there is one thing lecturers are good in is always making sure carefree students return to reality.

Reality = Hard life, Hard work, Sacrifice and bla bla bla

If you slack, you are DOOMED.

So, the moral of the story is : Life is NOT a bed of roses.

To all new ACCA students out there : Welcome to the War Zone.

Jeez man, I just do not know.

Something is happening to me.

I feel no more joy, I find it hard to smile.

So what you do ?

I listen to Hitz.FM . Malaysia's No.1 hit station.

Now I feel MUCH better!

So how do you feel?

Success

Got my CAT results today & I am glad I passed all the subjects.

This is certainly one of the success I will not forget in life.

However CAT is like the Battle for Helms Deep in LOTR.

ACCA is going to be the Battle for Middle Earth.

The fight is not over. In fact, it just got harder.

As the Terminator once said, "Never stop fighting".

Hell Yeah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This success has just made me more determined to study & pass ACCA with flying colours.


As for the rest of you out there, I hope you achieve the success which you envision.

In fact, I would like to tell you the BASIC SECRET TO SUCCESS.

I got this in an e-mail and it sounds like this :-

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?" The boy replied, "Air." Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it." There is no other secret.

So, moral of the story is : DETERMINATION is the key to success.

Some people say they are not smart, they are stupid & bla bla bla(all the negativity)

Well, that is ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT.

Everybody is smart & it is all up to you how you want to use your brains?

When I see someone get 100 for an exam, I do not say that person is smart.

I will say that person is determined.

My determination is derived from :-

1)Power of The Universe a.k.a "God"
2)Trust of My Parents
3)Gundam
4)Other Inspirational people (Socrates, Soichiro Honda, My lecturers....)

So are you determined?

Determined enough to persevere, sacrifice & attain GLORY?

Remember nothing is impossible.

Aim for the stars & I hope you will get there.

Judgement Day

Nope it is not end of the world.

It is just that my CAT results is coming out at
0500 GMT which is 1 o' clock here.

I must admit the worst part is the agony of waiting for that time. The suspense.....Oh Man.

But ya got to keep your cool or you're in for a heart attack or an anxiety attack.

All I can say is I did my best & I leave the rest to the Power of The Universe.

I would also like to take this oppurtunity to wish all CAT & ACCA students Good Luck.

Do not worry & always have hope and faith.


Ll

Is Wolfman a Werewolf?

Just watched the film The Wolfman some time back.

I have to say it is one heck of an interesting movie.

The transformation into a werewolf is an awesome scene.

Besides, :-

1) Anthony Hopkins and his "cool" way of talking.

2) There is a Sikh butler. Come on, most of the time the butler in an Englishmen.

3) The dude which acted as Elrond in LOTR is an Inspector. His famous line, "A Pint of Bitter,please"

4) There are many "shocking" situations which can cause a heart attack, so this movie ain't for the faint heart.

5)Weird gypsy poems such as :- Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night
may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright.

P.S.
To all loverboys out there : Do not bring your girlfriend for this kind of movie unless she herself insisted.

This is because during the "scary" beginning of the movie, I saw a boyfriend bringing his girlfriend out cuz I guess she could not take the "gore" & "violence" of a werewolf attacking a human.

Ok..Ok..the beginning was like this :-

A dude carries a lamp & walks in the woods in the middle of a full moon night. He shouts, "Come on, show yourself". The dude got what he asked for. A werewolf appears claws his face & guts him.

Feeling scared now ?

Werewolves are kinda interesting but I always wanted to see a REAL werewolf.

What I mean is a werewolf which is actually made like how it is mentioned in the Gypsy poem.

Cuz in the movie, all the werewolves are result of 1 werewolf biting 1 guy & that guy becomes a werewolf.

Hot Days in Malaysia

I must admit.....

Its getting hot day by day here.

Was watching news today & there was no good news.

It seems there is an El Nino over in the Pacific.

Add that with deforestation & open burning
here and things just get worse.

The worst effect is water shortage aka draught.

Without water we are DEAD.

I hope this problem will resolve quickly.

Taiwan & Tech

I do not know if you guys noticed, there are many computer manufacturing companies is Taiwan.

For example :-

Asus, Acer , BenQ & ABIT, Gigabyte

I have always admired ASUS.

I have a computer using ASUS motherboard back from 2001 and it has been lasting very well. The computer never gave any problems. It was also using an ABIT GPU from 2001 and it has not been even changed until now.

I have to say that ASUS is some massive shit. Their technological innovation is SO AHEAD.
It breaks my heart that the only ASUS device in my "gaming" computer now is an ASUS DVD-ROM that was from my old computer which I got in 2005.

Now, thats what I call QUALITY.
I will make sure my next gaming computer has MORE ASUS components!!!!!

All hail ASUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Gamer's Woes

I am dude who likes playing computer games and can do it forever.

However, thanks to the CAT- ACCA pathway my time is kinda GONE and that means bye-bye games.

I have a friend named Richard doin ACCA with me & he told me wait until you are 25. Only after u settle in life can u play to the FULLEST.

And as from now I will be waiting for that day. The day when I can play computer games happily.
On that day, I make sure my computer will SO DAMN POWERFUL it can play any GAME.
It will have the BEST motherboard, GPU and etc....

Patience...Patience....

Oh God !

Looks like the future for God is kinda bleak, eh?

With the mounting attack from the atheist, the satanist and the communist.

They use to say, "God Bless America" but I guess now its the reverse, eh ?

America Bless God. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! x()

Anyway I feel kinda fed up with this whole God issue.

Everyone has their own interpretation so I guess the Manipulated Variable must be manipulated.

What or Who the heck is God ?

Is he a person ?

Will the atheist be happy if God was not a "person" ?

Why Do People Believe In God

Dave, some guy who commented in my c-box asked me this Question.

Found it kinda interesting, so I just googled it.

Then I went to this page and this dude gave 18 reasons why people believe in God.

Here's the page's address :
http://www.wayofthemind.org/2006/09/27/why-do-people-believe-in-god/

Well for those lazy to go I shall quote the guy's reasons :-

1) You can’t explain the existence or origin of something, so you believe God must have done it.

2) The universe seems too complex, too ordered, too beautiful, to have appeared naturally.

3) You’ve been educated that way.

4) You feel that your faith in something greater than yourself gives your life purpose and meaning.

5) You’ve “felt” the presence / touch of God.

6) It’s comforting to believe that someone is taking care of you.

7) You’re afraid of death, and want to believe that it’s not the end, that you simply go to a better place.

8) You feel that (finite) life in this world is meaningless unless there’s something afterwards.

9) You want to believe that there’s some kind of absolute, perfect justice in the universe, even if only after death.

10) You’ve had some unusual experience that made you believe.

11) You’ve witnessed an apparent miracle.

12) You’re desperate for a miracle.

13) You see your death getting closer and closer.

14) The example of another believer or believers inspired you.

15) Other believers were there for you when you needed it.

16) You like the sense of community that comes from belonging to a church or group of same religion.

17) Being told what to do and what to think comforts you.

18) While reading the Bible or other religion's holy scriptures, something made you believe.

There you have it, the reasons why some people belive in God.

Hey & Hi

Mmm... its been 7 days sinced i last blogged.

This is cuz I had a terrible fever for 3 frikin days.

Kinda sad cuz 3 days just gone like that but what to do?

Oh, Gong Zi Fa Cai & Happy Chinese New Year to all !!!!!!!!!!!

May the Year of The Tiger be full of joy and prosperity to all !!!!!!!!!!

ROAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technology & Cars

Technology & Cars.

Now thats a wonderful fusion of the 2 elements, right?

Come on the results are clear:-

1) Drive-by-wire
2) Electronic Power Steering
3) Electronic Paddle
4) Regenerative breaking
5) Heads Up Display (HUD)

Driving becomes more pleasurable & easier.

Well, actually I'm kinda afraid that we are relying too much on technology & electronics.

Just look at Toyota & the recall of the Camry for problems with the accelerator & Prius for problems with regenerative breaking.

But the advance cannot be impeded and cars are just going to get more advance & cool.

I guess you all may know what to expect then, right?

Gundam

I really wonder how many people actually watch Gundam i.e.

1) Gundam SEED
2) Gundam 00

Gundam is a Japanese anime series which is about mecha units / mobile suits called Gundam.

Wait a minute, I know what most people are thinking :-

1) It is childish
2) It's just about robots fighting.

Well, that is what EVEN I first taught until my friend, Leon persuaded me.

You may never know if you never try, right?

Yeah thats what I taught & started watching Gundam SEED Episode 1 around 10 in the night.

What i saw shocked me, the theme was so awesome i continued watching until Episode 15 around 4 in the morning.

I think it is way better than Transformers because it still maintains the human element.

You see, humans pilot these mobile suit a.k.a Gundam.

So it brings in the classic theme of :-

1) The struggle mankind faces to achieve peace
2) The problems arising from different classes of people
3) The abuse of Weapons of Mass Destruction and powerful Technology
4) How to end wars.
5) Powerful technology that ends the energy crisis.

Not only that, it kinda gives me a motivating element and a push to explore the unknown especially regarding the power source of the Gundams in both Gundam SEED & Gundam 00.

Really can't wait for Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Movie !!!!!!!!!1

The Existence

It seems we only believe in things that we can see with our own eyes, right?

Then something which cannot be seen simply does not exist.

I wonder is this why many people do not believe in God?

Well I believe that for something to exist although it cannot be seen, the effect of its presence can be seen.

Take for example energy, you cannot directly see energy but you can see its effect.

So just because you cannot see energy does not mean it does not exist.

So the question to the atheist now is :-

If theoratically you "approached" God & asked for something like winning a lottery ticket &
lets say at the end of the day you won. What will you think about it.

What i meant by "approach" is something like REALLY 100% believing in God with 100% of faith.

So what about it?

The Barber and God

This is a good one.

I wonder what are the views of the atheist & the polyatheist on this :-

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut as usual. He started
to have a good conversation with the barber who was cutting his hair. They
talked about many things and various subjects. Suddenly, they touched
the subject of God.

The barber said, "Look man, I don't believe that God exists!"

"Why do you say that?" asked the man. "Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Tell me, if God existed, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be no suffering nor pain? I can't think of loving a God who permits all of these things."

The man thought for the moment, but he didn't want to respond so as to cause an argument. The barber finished his job and the man went out of the shop. Just after heleft the barber shop he saw a man in the street with long hair and beard. It seemed that it had been a long time since he had his hair cut and he looked so untidy.

Then the first man again entered the barber shop and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist!"

"How can you say they don't exist?" asked the barber. I am here and I am a barber."

"No!" the man exclaimed. "You don't exist because if you did there would be no people with long hair and beard like that man who walks the streets."

"But, I do exist, and that is what happens when people do not come to me."

"Exactly!" - affirmed the man. "That's the point. God does exist, and see what happens when so many people don't go to Him and do not look for Him? That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

Err...just for your info before any comments :-

1) I am NOT the messenger of God
2) I am NOT preaching for everyone to believe in God
3) I am taking a NEUTRAL position
4) I am NOT an ATHEIST nor a BELIEVER, I am take an AGNOSTIC position.
5) I am doing a research on the EXISTENCE OF GOD & WHY PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD.

Cars & Safety

Been reading newspapers lately and find that

A LOT of accidents happening & people DYING.

It kinda shocks me to see lives being taken away just like that.

I always wonder what can stop this.

I used to think it was THE CAR itself i.e.

If you drive a BMW, you are safe.
If you drive a Proton, you are dead.

But only now I know that it is IRRELEVANT what you drive.

It is only the DRIVER who can prevent an accident.

So to all you drivers out there, - Chill & Keep it slow. It's just a road not a racing track.
- No need for stuns such as drifting & doin High G turns.
- Don't drink & drive, friends don't let friends drive DRUNK!

You only got 1 life, don't waste it!!!!!!!!!!

Hey! Hey! Hey!

It's been some time since i blogged cuz i had Progress Test.

F6 was the last paper & it was kinda better compared to F5 & F4 but STILL kinda hard.

While studying for the test I kinda felt isolated from the world for a while.

But hey, I'm FREE now. Yep only for now until CNY holidays.

A lot of stuff happening in Sunway KL past few weeks like :-

(1) Freshies Night (the theme was TWILIGHT)

could not go thanks to Progress Test.

Well, thats the thing about doin ACCA. You kinda have to sacrifice your social life.

I wonder how is Sunway JB & Crecendo (err..sorry i dunno the spelling) ?

Egalitarianism

What is Egalitarianism?

Well, it simply means Equality.

All the people around the world really want to see a egalitarian utopia.

However, it is not easy to achieve such a status. Especially in a country where there are
multiracial societies as well as minorities and majorities.

Equality in Malaysia is mentioned in the Federal Constitution under Article 8.
Then there is Article 153 which has resulted in a lot of criticism against equality in Malaysia.

Well, equality is not just a problem in Malaysia but many other countries around this world.
This is because we as humans are never the same although we are the same species i.e. Homo Sapiens.

There is always some difference. I will try to list a few:-

1) Religion
2) Ethnicity /Race
3) Skin Colour
4) Political Ideology
5) Economical Ideology

If you read Wikipedia it says that countries such as Sweden, Finland and Japan scored highly in social wellbeing and equality indices.

Come on! Look at their population. There is rarely even about 5% of the citizens who are immigrants from other countries. No wonder equality so readily exist.

But look at United States. The population consist of a substantial amount of immigrants from many foreign countries. In addition the Sept 11 incident has made matters worse in U.S.

Achieving equality will take a long time through education and understanding.

If you want to see an egalitarian utopia around this region then look at Singapore.

Avatar & Legion

For this year so far I have watched 2 movies.

The 1st would be Avatar.
What can I say?

Well, it was a nice movie. REALLY well done.
The story kinda tells us about human nature i.e.
(i) their total disregard for nature
(ii) crazy about finding a source of energy
(iii) killing no matter what gets in their pathway to dominance

The only thing I find to be TOTAL BS/ does not make sense is :-
The TIME LINE.
Come on, finding a planet able to sustain life & travel to it in 2154!
That kinda stuff might only be possible in 3154!!!!


The 2nd movie would be Legion.

It was kinda short yet thrilling & exciting.
However at the end it makes you wanna say, "WTF"?!
This movie however does raise an interesting question.
People lose faith in God. That happens most of the time, right?
What if God loses faith in people?
Now thats what I am talking about.

However, I believe that God will never lose faith in humanity.
HE might test us from time to time though.
I wonder what the atheist & polyatheist think about this?

The Progress Test

Just sat for the Progress Test for F4 & F5.

Made me realise that ACCA is a QUANTUM LEAP from CAT.

The question might look easy but it aint for F5. It was worse than T7 & T4.

F4 was even worse than T8 & T5 combined. There is an inflation of marks for F4.
(The question is 5 marks but you gotta write more than 5 paragraphs)

Oh& one more thing. The Progress Test in Sunway KL is = to a Mock Exam in Sunway JB.
The progress test was held in the MPH which is actually a basketball court but an airr-conditioned one. Very comfortable but not the test.

Hi & Bye (temporary)

Yo wazz up !

Got Progress Test this week!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got to study or I am "finished".

I will continue to blog on Friday about :-

(1) Movies
(2) God
(3) Egalitarianism