Eid Morning Drama

Taken from Driving in Victoria: Rules and Responsibilities

Bicycle Lanes -

For cyclists only. Parking is allowed unless prohibited by sign. If you need to
turn left, you may drive along the bicycle lane for up to 50 metres
only if it is necessary to do so. You should be courteous to cyclists. You
must give way to cyclists in a bicycle lane and only move into a bicycle lane
when it is safe to do so.

After the eid prayers, I rushed off to send my scooter, Natalie, to the service centre. As I was riding along Peel St, I decided to turn left at Victoria St to get some cash from an ATM machine near the Victoria Market.

I rode in the bicycle lane for less than 50 metres.

As I was waiting for the light to turn green, I saw from the reflection of my side mirrors red and blue lights flashing.

Oh snap.

The Mr. Policeman stepped off from his iron horse and in his leather pants and jacket;

"Did you know that it's illegal to travel in the bicycle lane?"

"Yes. But if I want to make a turn, I'm allowed to do so if it's less than 50 metres."

"Nah mate. You're wrong."

What a great way to start the day.

The reason I need to get Natalie to a service centre is because once you switched her engine off, you need to wait for at least an hour before you'll have a fighting chance to start her back again. Considering my options, I just parked her on the sidewalk and went to the Victoria Market. Hopefully, I would be able to get her up and running again afterwards.

Still shaken from the whole affair, I decided that the best way to calm my jangled nerves is to eat.

Went and got a bucket of fried chicken spare ribs. Walked around the market. After the chicken, got a half a litre tub of excellent yoghurt. And managed to finish it in about 10 minutes.

See what you made me do Mr. Policeman? See what you made me do? *tears flowing down greasy cheeks*

After I went back to Natalie, she still won't start. I had to push her about 1km to the service centre.

I need more fried chickens.

It's A Wonderful Life

"What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary."

"I'll take it. Then what? "

"Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve, see... and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair... am I talking too much?"

It's A Wonderful Life, 1946. Starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. They don't make them like this anymore.

And I am not ashamed to admit that I cried 4 times during the course of this movie.

Such a sucker.

Cats....

This cat is now suffering from severe brain damage. Someone please contact the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). I would gladly divulge information and name names for a reasonable amount of cash.

Waking up every morning to clean the cat litter box for 9? 11? cats might not be an ideal way to start the day. But I'd rather handle cat litter than hunching over a desk trying to solve the equation for charge carrier recombination in a semiconductor. Having a blocked nose also helps.


Some of the cats at rumah Taman Sri Gombak. They are not even doing catnip, that's all I'm saying.



This however is not a cat although he has a tendency to laze around all day doing nothing and getting up whenever he hears the sound or the smell of good food.

This is also not a cat.

This is procrastination at its best. Burnt out from the week. Kena tiau because of less than impressive measurements.

Back to the Rat Race

After a self proclaimed holiday for nearly two weeks; no going to uni, no hard labor, no mo' shaving, I was ready to reluctantly step back into reality and go back to work.

The ride to Monash from Parkville is approximately 25km. Takes me a good 45 minutes most days. If in a hurry, I could slash 15 minutes off. That's what I like to think though.

That's not the main point.

I use Princes Freeway almost everyday for the past 5 months. Yet after only two weeks, I have managed to get myself lost and could not find my way to the uni. Ended up at St. Kilda beach instead.

Fail.

Productivity and Work Ethics

Went out to uni at 130pm. Riding in 34 degrees weather is no fun at all.

While on my bike, wanted to look at the time but I realised that I forgot to wear my watch(RM 40, Ampang Park).

Scheiße!

I decided to soldier on without my dear watch. I can't just let a small thing like this hamper my productivity for the day. Work ethics and disciplines are important when you are part of an organisation. When you are confronted with a minor setback, always view it as an opportunity and not to dwell too long on it.

By 330pm, I was already on my bike heading home.

What work?

After the submission, we had a party in the honours room. Good fun.

Next dateline is not until the end of February. Summer daze ahead.

Honours kids.

It's been great knowing you guys. I'll be stuck in the office alone all summer long. Although I can use this to my advantage, like running around the office naked.

Hmmm ideas.

Congratulations on those finishing. Tough luck to those still struggling.

Sleepless Nights and Apples

I don't have any exams to sit this semester but still it feels very hectic. Now have very prominent dark circles around my eyes.

The presentation went well. Standing in front of such a distinguished audience, big shots of the physics world, tends to make you shake in your boots. But after the initial butterflies, I managed not to screw up big time or embarrass my supervisor.

Next: literature review.

Submitted my first draft, it came back full of red ink marks.

I spent 3 sleepless nights trying to finish that and now I need to change everything and write a new one.

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My sister went digging for apples and she managed to find old pictures from our childhood.

That was me being held by my father when I was don't know how old.

A friend asked me, "Why you look cute when small but grow up not so cute? Your dad also very fair but why are you not so fair?"

Haiya. $64 000 question.

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Oh yes, it's Movember again people. Start growing your mo' for a good cause.