redesign this site.

makeover makeover maaakeover.
can't do much about it when laziness taaakes over.

saw this today. wow. to risk using an understatement, this guy is goood. how does one get to that level? by reading a lot? or issit an inborn talent? that only a select few will ever grasp. unfair! unfair!

coincidently he was a product of my college. probably going to be a successful lawyer when he graduates. then perhaps into politics (wait, he's already IN politics. he writes for an opposition newsletter. ) he might be our next PM. mmm. that is, not if i get there first.

haha. one can always dream.

what is your opinion on online file sharing especially of copyrighted material ?

too bad for the industry. haha. it can't be helped. in my fleeting understanding of economics, where there's demand, there's supply. the internet is a boundless supply horizon. no matter what the industry does to protect its products, someone always achieves in getting around it.

personally i couldn't care less about the fatcats of the industry losing money. its the young artistes, the new talents that suffer. they probably can't get a solid footing (and solid income for that matter) in the industry. maybe its time to revert back to the more traditional of occupations. (read: medicine, engineering, architecture etc.)

in the everlasting fight of the little guys versus the MAN, the consumer, we, are becoming the MAN.

so much for consumer sovereignity.

so what if its illegal (haha. take that RIAA) what can they do about it?
*thunderclap*

"humpty dumpty was PUSHED!" --paranoid king's horse.

Ku Mencari America.

the name of the song I am listening to live at the moment. haha. staying at Rendra's place in PJ. a really good friend. The singer is his dad. Don't know where you can download that mp3. yet.

so what's happened so far? Howard Dean's no longer in the lead and replaced his campaign manager. (as of this entry. but you know how unreliable politics are. and politicians for that matter.). more! We're going to celebrate Eid Mubarak soon. Safin beat Agassi to advance to the final of the Australian Open. more!

I'm still alive. The world's still spinning. West to East. On its Axis. And thats why we observe the Sun rising from the East. bet you didn't know THAT!

The school holidays are about to end. In about a week I'll be in Cameron Highlands for my DoE program.

gee, can't wait. no, really. that wasn't meant to be sarcastic. am really really anxious about it. uh-huh.

homeward bound.

I am home. In kuching. But I don't feel at home.

Okay, so I won the election. great. if I were ever to have a thank you speech, it would go something like this :

"I'd like to thank God for his benevolence. my parents, for their love and support. and my friends for voting."

a lot of good came out of this whole event. for one I got closer to waiping, who happened to be my only person I was running against. she was so professional throughout the whole duration of campaigning (which was but a few days). and by professional I mean our friendship did not suffer. why can't other people be like that. by other people, I am not referring to anyone in college. can't they see that a little healthy competition never hurt anyone. and by healthy i mean honest.

thankfully, I didn't witness anyone in college playing dirty. they simply can't afford to I guess. with a population of 342 students plus roughly 80 teachers and support staff, you really don't want to be labeled as a jerk. word gets around. fast.

am I happy with the overall election result? mostly, yeah. of course, I'd wished that some of my closer friends to win. but hey, its the overall students' choice. and there wasn't much of a choice to begin with anyway. with most of the contenders hailing from one particular house (of 4 houses in total). mine.

so that was that. I pray for a good year ahead. for all of us.

I won. I won. I won.

yeah, the school elections, that was 4 days ago. i am now the secretaryman. thank you, thank you very much.

and now comes the extra work. will update soon. soon. soon.

soon.

back IN school.

yeah, set up my room. cleaned it. mopped it. dusted it. argh. so. much. work.

I have yet to unpack. so. much. work.

starting to miss home. will try to get over it by diving into so. much. work.

must keep room as clean as often.

must. must.

back to school.

After about a month of idling about the house, it's finally time. Time to pack. Time to finish that holiday assignment. Time for a whole new year of schooling. It's finally time.

Bought myself a new bagpack. It's called the Hulk Pack. Because it has a compartment for everything. My laptop, my camera, my PDA, my phone; 2310 cubic inches of space in total.

I'm a geek, I know.

Can't wait for school. Am practically sweating in anticipation. Whee. :P

Its the new year. A time for change. A time to start over. A time for resolutions that never get fulfilled. Well, that's about to change. I'm going to fullfill them this year. Just you wait.

But first I need to come up with my resolutions list. hmm.

1) Become a better Muslim. A Muslim is someone who submits to the will of God. Being a Muslim entails complete acceptance and active obedience to the revealed will of Almighty God. A Muslim is a person who freely accepts to base his beliefs, values and faith on the will of Almighty God. I would like to be known as a Muslim. Click here to find out more.

2) Improve my examinations results. I want to go to Oxford. It's going to be tough, but I might as well give it a shot. I credit this mindset to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Tony Buzan's Use Your Head.

3) Finish what I start. Like for example, this blog. If it means blogging till I'm 85, then so be it (unless of course an uber-telecommunications revolution takes the world by storm and renders the internet obsolete. Or something to that effect. )

4) Acquire knowledge. Learn. Read. Discover.
Inside everyone of us, lies a deep desire to know and to understand our world. I tend to fulfill that desire. A book per week. Ambitious? yes. Impossible? only if I think it is.

5) Be fit. Physically Emotionally and Socially (this last bit so I don't have to come up with too many resolutions. It's not so bad to break one resolution. But three? heh.) I will get that Black Belt certificate, get over THAT girl, and make lots and lots of friends. woo-hoo!

6) Achieve. I plan to run in the upcoming student council elections. Why ? Because I want to. "The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of." --pascal. Not that my wanting to run is illogical. Maybe its just my "super-pure" intention to contribute back to the college. Or contribute to my Superiority Complex. hah. right. The day a acquire that mental disorder is well. When I do. hmm.

Wow, that was fun. Maybe I'll add to (or edit) the list sometime in the future. In the meantime, I'll be finishing "The Churchill Digest" a collection of quotes and articles about the great Winston Churchill. I want to be a politician someday.

Someday. Happy New Year. Welcome 2004.