@home, bored to death

people say doing nothing for such a long time will shrink your brain.

exactly.

i really feel like my brain is just a bit bigger than a walnut. it became something lazy. lazy to think for me. lazy to memorise for me. lazy to decide for me.

does this count as brain dead?

well, looking at a positive light, i'm not really doing nothing. i did submit the replacement teacher application form just now. i did follow up with my Master's application in UTP this morning. and i drove my granny's sister to the hospital today. and i did go to a 'kenduri' as well. and at 6pm, i accompany my mum doing some shopping. oh, almost forgot that today i apply for celcom unlimited broadband.

nice eh?

so im kinda tired now. well, those things i did justify why my brain is lazy right now. its just tired. he2. and now im writing this blog pulak. pity him.

any how, ive written several times for this blog via my pdaphone, but when i post it, its just gone. pissed off, i decided not to rewrite it. or for that matter, i will never write my blog using the handset anymore.

darn it.

btw i never get tired of missing her. sigh. when are we going to see each other b?

so thats all for now, my update for this, er, week? laters

a week later

today i drive my granny's sister for her regular med checkup.

i checked my email yesterday, and the lecturer i proposed for my postgrad research gives me a nod for my proposal.now i have to get my department head to recommend my name. i hope this will go well, and i can be in utp for another year or two.or maybe i can just quit and be an engineer :b

watever it is,pray for my success eyh :)

@kl

finally! got my SPM n PMR certs! i know it's kinda late, it's been 5 years since i last stepped onto the KYS compound. I was dumbfounded. Really really really dumbfounded. KYS has changed so much! No more rubber and palm estate around it. So many developments around the area. I think they're building bungalows there. lol.

Now I really feel Im getting older.

Mr Tan Cheh Li, my favourite Add Maths teacher is going to be the Academic Manager. Kak Lijah, my favourite admin secretary no longer works there. the synthetic field is no longer used. and the list goes on.

those things make me think, have i changed too? a lot? a little? i think maybe i am. for the better or not, im not really sure, but i think i'm more realistic now. not setting my goals higher than what i used to. maybe a bit mature, but i cannot deny that my social skills are waning as time goes by.

on a positive note, that might be a sign for me to change something in my life. Which I'm doing right now. transition from student to a career life.

wish me all the best my dearest friends =)

a week after

A week after.nothing much changed.im still jobless.spent 3 days for iduladha.after that went for dental check up.need to remove my wisdom tooth.what a pity.also,i helped the renovation of my parent's house in SP.next?i dont know.tomorrow i might go to 'pejabat pendidikan' to apply for temp teaching job.if time permits,i may look for any construction office and try handing out my resume.

But i really want a job in petronas!god help me.i hope they will call for interviews and i'll be recommended for OPUs.

I came across one article about mukhriz mahathir a few days ago.he had been labeled 'racist' just because he suggests that we should abolish vernacular schools and replace them with national schools.this is sick.no,not the suggestion,but the racist label.which one is more 'racist'?trying to unify people through one school system or supporting racial polarization by allowing each race with its own school system?

It's up to us to decide.in my opinion one national school system is not impossible,and the unifying effect will benefit everyone.

Although racism will always be there,but being conservative will not help much.the solution is,open up our mind and be more receptive to changes instead of opposing it.

So here's my to do list after graduation:
Grab an effin job! Doesnt matter wat, maybe temp, maybe permanent, i dont really care.mb temp teacher will suffice
Get celcom broadband 68 package,without the contract.
Diet!diet!diet!
Settle clearance @ utp
Settle fyp claims
Dental checkup - need to remove my wisdom tooth

@home

just got back from dental appointment. i have toothache for a few days now. i thought my teeth would fall out because i have a few sleepless nights because of it. but its only a gum lesion. idont know what exactly happen inside there, but at least, that's what the dentist told me.

now im on celcom broadband, the prepaid one. turns out, the coverage over here in Kulim is VERY EXCELLENT. hooked it up to my father's laptop and voila! im online!

the price is a bit steep, rm6 per24 hrs (promotion till end of year), but still, better than rm2 per use at the cybercafe =D

thats all for now, my parents are home.tq

cleared

yes u read them right. my clearance form. my ultimate graduation proof. well, it may seem incomplete, but it's meant to be that way. both the exam n registration will only be certified once the result for this semester is out, in a month or so.

tomorrow i'll surrender my room's key to RC (residential college) office.

thus, i, Mohd Asyrafi Abd Halim, is officially an alumni of UTP and currently unemployed, now a liability to society, with all the subsidies and tax exemptions, medical fees, etc.

why bother? heck ive been studying for 10 years straight without a break (5yrs secondary school, and shortly after, 5 yrs of undergraduate). i dont mean study break, but a real break like really lepak2 and doing nothing to contribute to society. hahah.

kinda like it.

but i still miss her.

chow, gotta pack my things. going back home tomorrow =)

using my handphone...

this is a test post. im now using my pdaphone to create this post.kinda weird but i think i better get used to it.

i started playing SPORE last night and damn im already ketagih playing it.

and this, my friend, is a goodbye post

my matric card. been using it for almost a year. my original went missing just after my internship. it doesn't matter. a credential proof of my status as a UTP student, this card has served me for a full 5 years. kinda sad parting with it. btw, i have to surrender it back to utp to be destroyed.

so many memories with it. sweet and bad ones.

no matter how i said i dislike utp, deep in my heart, there's always love for it. i used to wish that time turns faster so that i can graduate earlier, but these times, i only think of good times when i was here. things i regret doing. things i regret not doing. lessons of life i took from my experience being here.

and how i found love, hatred, friends, cliques, mates and foes.

thank you sayang. u taught me how to love unconditionally

thank you friends. u taught me how to treat people right.

thank you foes. for showing me my bad spots.

thank you utp. i owe you lessons of life.

thank you ESU. i owe you rm90k.

shit.

pizza karaoke and a broken handset

just now went to pizza hut batu gajah with my roommate + housemate. ordered quite a lot of food. n then went for karaoke session. for us 1 hour of karaoke is more than enough lol.

btw i got a call from an amoi just now. its regarding my handset. she said the cost to repair is rm280 an it will take them 10 days to repair it. what the effing hell is that supposed to mean? u take 10 days to replace lcd of one stupid pdaphone? are they stupid or just plain lazy? i shouted angrily, trying to negotiate for earlier deadline for the phone, but to no avail. idont care about the cost, i just want my phone to be normal again!

anyone with disappointing set of dopod 838 pro (its a hermes btw)? care to share? where to find a decent repair shop in the northern part? or for that matters, an official retailer for this stpid phone im having in these areas? penang would be good enough.

i googled about this handset and found out that its touchscreen lcd is problematic. any experienced users care to share?

first rank in google search keyword:

try this keywords:
grapevine utp
utp kampung5
ibnuhalim.blogspot.com (of course! lol)

and surprisingly, someone tagged my post in malaysiapop? lol. dont ask me what site is it. i was as clueless as you are right now.

the tag: http://malaysiapop.com/PoliticalNews/liwat_liwat_liwat_gay_kah_malaysia
the post: http://ibnuhalim.blogspot.com/2008/08/liwat-liwat-liwat-gay-kah-malaysia.html

and further googling, shows that Ropi is apparently an 18-yo hungarian blogger obessed with Palotás (too lazy to google). since he's a dude, i refuse to further google my name.

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Its getElementsByTagName for goodness sake! Man I am such a horrible programmer! need to be more careful next time! this mistake nearly costs me a fortune! Goddamnit!

* This code is in javascript. I'm using AJAX for my curent project. tq.

Latest me >_<

my latest pic. lol.
venue : v6
activity : freestyle bbq

cool mr president, very very cool!

Obama, is that Pacman vs Apple on your macbook? then i vote you as the most awesome president of united states of america!

cool eih =)

taken from http://isohunt.com/

48 hours without a handset (and counting)

its been 48 hours since i sent my broken handset for repairs. called the shop yesterday. they told me to wait for another two days for the spare parts. getting nauseaus already, missing my dopod XOXO. i officially named my dopod as XOXO cos it resembles gossip girls handset lol. i know its kinda girly, but hey, i even named my hard drives comel ok? trying to make things look cute is not a crime. but trying to be cute is disastrous for a guy like me hahahaha.

im bored to death. cant text anyone. cant call anyone. even my sim doesnt have any contacts. everything is inside the phone. sigh. silly me not backing up the data in the first place. i just pray they leave the software alone and not reset the data inside. sigh. it'll be a pain in the ass grabbing back all the contacts in the phone.

so im stuck here waiting for kN to lend me her handset temporarily. where are you kN...

on a positive note, tomorrow is my mum's birthday. i pray for her health and prosperity. bought her a tudung as a present. i hope she'll like it.

its 3am and i know its unusual to post an unusually long blog post at this time lol

just watched mr n mrs smith. hahahah. surprisingly this story is just like me n my gf. story of ego and hardheadedness. brutality in fights lol. but, when its sweet, only we know how sweet can it be. isnt it honey? :p

semester is ending. my undergraduate studies is ending. im counting days now. waiting for my clearance. turns out i still owe utp rm90 worth of fines. all three back in may 2007, even before my internship. and now have to wait for approval for fine reduction. for goodness sake rm 90 is worth more than a week's living cost here! i just hope i can get a reduction up to rm30-40

so this is it. might be my last post for my blog from utp (if i dont have the mood to write again these few days lol). here i want to dedicate some sayonara greetings to my some of special ones:

my one and only girlfriend, noor akmal:
thank you and sorry for everything, my girl. thanks for all the care. and letting me care for you. letting me share your problems whenever you need someone. letting me be a bad bf and still forgives me. and most importantly for letting me love you =)

i know our last days together in utp was certainly not the best times we had, but circumstances are not on our side, and i believe both of us understands it completely, though i must say im very disappointed =( if only i could turn back time b, if only i could.

i know we always had fights. over small things. and sometimes our fights are really hideous. well, most of the times. maybe that's our strength, really kan syg?

but remember the good times will you? those bunnies i sent to you every night. tha birthday song i sang to you on your birthday. my first present for you (the blue thing =) the kenduri with sedondon baju raya thing. the moment u gave me the bunny. the card u wrote to me spontaneously. and lastly, my next present for you. im sure ure going to be surprised. really2 surprised ;)

those are the things that really makes me miss you so much.

you are my baby. and will always be my baby =)

my beloved roommate, gaban:
i know this will sound gay, but he is certainly the best roommate i had. thank you for respecting my privacy. and though both of us never really talked to each other until recently, i still respect you.

tq sbb ajak makan. ajak g ipoh. bahan kimok sama2. usha jikku berkasih sayang bersama2. kena orbit pon sama2 hahah. sori sbb kincat ko pasal bazler eh. hahah. jgn amik siyes rumet. da 3 thn duk sama lol. pape pun best of luck yer rumet tersayang.

osmet kimok n jikku:
dulu jarang lepak sama. kos pon lain2. tp lepas intern selalu mkn sama. sori kimok bnyk bahan hang. takde lele, hang la mangsa. hahah jikku, cirit2 kasih sayang pon still xlupa osmet. cayalah asenel. hahah

bdk2 civil len:
thanx for these wonderful 4-5 years together. geng2 semsas. geng2 budu. geng2 lifuki n matle.dak2 pompuan yg siyesli aku tak kenal sgt pn b4 intern hahahah. x lupa ct haida. tengs for all the notes. i realy really really appreciate it syg (usop jgn marah haa =p) wish u guys all the best. nnt dah berkarier gaji 5figure jgn lupa member yer hehe

amy
tengs sbb jadik a very good girl friend. tq sbb not judgmental towards me. though i know u had this hostile thought of me, but i think even the meanest guy in this world would think twice, no, thrice, to do bad things to you simply because, well, you are too sweet. yeah i said it lol. you are sweet, not bajet sweet. hihi.

good luck in life. nnt nk buat nasik minyak jgn lupa jemput yer hahaha.

#helloproject:
ni cenel takleh lupa nih. the channel that lets me express myself without ppl being judgmental. thanx 4 everything. this is where i learn that virtual relations can be expressed in reality. thanx for all the maples and mekdis and kepsis.

n this is where i found my love too. hahaha.

gud lak everyone. yg blom grad tu semoga dapat score and secure a good job later

mazrep:
tq sbb jadik kwn yg bek. aku ade problem leh cite kat ko.

aku konpes aku x gay sekian.

mekaseh jadik rakan lepak aku masa kat klcc dulu. aku tau ak ni membosankan. dahla mulut laser xde insuran. tahan gak telinga ko tuh ye. agaknya dah bese kene tala ngan munir kot hahah.

kN:
tq for helping me hooking up with chunk. and well, for breaking us apart once =b i know u only think the best for both of us. and i know i was stupid at that time. well, i still think of you as a special friend. not far enough to be a stranger, and not close enough to be too personal to each other. thus the status lets us share our problems without guilt or feeling hostile.

#natto
frankly i dont know why i joined this channel in the first place. im from the 2nd generation. the time when yatie was still with ash. and mazrep, munir was still unheard of in this channel. i enjoyed each and every outings i have with u guys. thank you very much for pretty much everything =)

syncmaster
sori terhutang lama sikit duit mum. nk wat camne im in financial trouble and i know i was at fault.mayb i spent too much. bkn xmo baya utang, im trying my best. jgn sbb hutang putus kawan. aku tau ade lg baki hutang n believe me, im working on it.

and just in case youre wondering, i paid it using my own money. not hers ok.

freestylers
tq sbb bg aku peluang masuk circle korg. stat dr v2 lg. mekaseh sbb aja aku cane nk paham kecek klate. n ganu. hahah.

tq for the great bbq yesterday. it was awesome.

picisan
not much to say, tp tq jelah for the evening exercise kat padang v4 hahah

#linux
nice staying there, though i dont use linux regularly. even for the servers, i use BSD. haha. but it doesnt matter as long as we're in the *NIX family =b

dc++ team
tq for the bans, recommendations, help etc2x. i really appreciate it. its been a year since i take over this hub, and its been a great pleasure serving utp students

i guess thats all for now. utp will always be in my heart. and i ranked it as my number two, after kys for my favourite place =) thanx everyone around me. directly or indirectly involved in my life - pacik macik gad, pak ali, tokei2 kafe len, brader koept, akak kopet, semoga dapat baby comel nnt yer hehe, macik cleaner, brader itm ass, staf2 n lecerer.

bye bye utp. sayounara.