Michael Schumacher making a comeback to F1

only today i got to know that Michael Schumacher is making a comeback to F1 this year. thats pretty much the best thing that could happen in the racing world. 


Schumacher is a F1 legend, seven time world F1 championship winner. i used to watch every race this guy raced. it was more fun than watching cricket (if you know sri lankans you'd know then its a REALLY big deal). i remember the days dad and me glued to the tv. doing nothing except watch f1 all sunday (one race is like 60 laps). i pretty much grew up watching this guy race


he started racing f1 with team benetton and then to ferrari. he'll be driving with the mercedes gp petronas team starting this year. if you're a malaysian then thats kinda great news too lol

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When the fat lady yaps

as i walked into the gym this morning, i came into a room full of unpleasent chatter, by 2 women (cleaning staff) yapping away about their ....well whatever it is, coz they dont speak or understand english anyway. 


I looked at them. one fat lady was seated on the bench of the bench press (where usually when working out where our head goes, its her butt instead), leaning against the bar with some 30kg of plates on it. never did she realize if this bar slipped off those pegs due to her weight she's going to get seriously hurt. 


I ignored them and got to my usually routine. starting with some warm ups and moving to the butterfly machine. their yapping was seriously breaking my concentration. i glared at them and told them to hush. they did for a moment but within a couple of minutes they were yapping again. they dont realize. working out needs some concentration. i upped the volume in my ipod, that helped abit.


so these are some of the few instances you get really pissed off at MMU staff. not for NOT doing their job (they dont do it quite often) but for getting in the way of doing my daily routine. there's been so many other instances, you could probably write a whole blog full of them. for instance every trimester the the staff in the finance department dont update payements made. these are not small payements. usually they are payements of 5000rm plus, even when told they still dont update. these people are getting paid their salaries through our hard earned money. and this is how they behave.


staff in mmu, well most universities and goverment institutes consists mostly of malays. they are known as bumi putra's and are given their jobs in a platter. they dont have to work for it. its just like a gift. as a result they act as if they're in a winter wanderland during work, doing whatever they want, coming and going whatever time they like


staff cant communicate with internationals due to their lack of english. and are very ignorant of what a university is. there have been many times they themselves break the rules. also they have double standards with locals and internationals. 


seriously this is an utter joke for the service sector. who would have known such a pretigous unverisity of high standards had such things happening.

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WHAT NOW?

So i finished the last of my exams last week. it was a breeze as usual expecting more As and hoping to keep my 3.9

WHAT NOW?

it aint over yet. i need to focus on the thesis. hope to finish the thesis within the next 3 months. but you really cant be sure how these things go. some people get stuck with their thesis for years. i dun want to be one of them. so here's somethings i'd like to do. some can all can do but doubt if at the same time.

one option is to go on an internship through aiesec. like many of the internationals, since you dont have classes anymore you can do your thesis while you're back home. ORRRR in any other country for that matter. so yea going on an internship is a good option. would like to go on a TT or MT. Prefer countries in asia pacific, but countries where you can get along with just english. my choices would be hongkong, thailand and singapore.

looking employment would be my priority. have some interviews arranged in the next couple of weeks. if i dun get malaysia, would be more than happy to check out singapore. actually finding employment isn't an issue. its picking the best offer with the right work culture and people thats hard. either way i'll be definitely hitting singapore more often for longer periods to focus on pushing our business venture forward. if this succeeds job hunting wont be needed lol

Was actually thinking about moving to KL since i came here. last week some friends of mine were telling the KL apartment rates and its pretty much the same rates (sometimes cheaper) than in cyberia.

lastly i want to go back visit lil serendib. they say there's no place like home. will be going. but not for too long. just to touch base with family. malaysia has become my home too.

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Yanni in Malaysia

Usually when I'm doing my design work, I listen to music. Most of the time its some jazz. Something to sooth the mind, you need proper music to get those creative juices flowing. None of those pop, rock hip hop stuff work for this kinda thing (unless you're designing some grudge of abstract stuff). More often I listen to music by Yanni. I've loved this guys music since he performed at the acropolis back in 1994. This guys music has been on my playlists since then.

If you don't know Yanni. You need to get enlightened. He's a world famous composer from greece, who has live performances with a very diverse modern orchestra of around 50 to 100 really talented musicians from all over the world. Each of his performances are at a historic landmark. besides the acropolis he's performed at the Taj Mahal and the forbidden city.

His music is instrumental and very new age, combining allot of modern and traditional instruments. In my opinion all kinds of music will come and go. but this guys music is timeless and will be played long after his time.

For around 5 years Yanni took a break due to personal problems, he didn't touch a keyboard. unable to balance his passion in music with his personal life. Now he's back with a whole new line of music. this time with voices (but i prefer his previous songs more)

What's ironic is i've never been to a Yanni concert. Now he's back doing a world tour. Its still not confirmed if he'll be touching anywhere in asia. Lets get Yanni to perform in Malaysia, if not at least in Singapore

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