will i am's delayed diary

.happy sunday. Originally uploaded by .serena. . Congratulations to SK on the occasion of her graduation on Sunday. Two years of hard work and heartache has culminated in a Master of Science degree. She had received many gifts from well-wishers, but I have to specifically mention two due to their novel value: 1) A Spongebob Squarepants bolster (in Winnie the Pooh colour scheme) 2) A gift basket of chocolates and potato chips Have you received any weird graduation gifts?

stewrice Originally uploaded by williamnyk . Haven't done food posts in a while. Maybe coz nobody belanja makan . :D Packed dinner at Seri Petaling the other night at the "Big Fried" stall smack dab in front of Magnum 4D. I must say that their stewed rice is fantastic. At $5.00, you get a generous serving of white rice ( duh! ), chicken meat, beancurd, okra, eggplant, lettuce, kacang botor , prawns, cuttlefish, chillies and fried pork lard bits. Can't find that combination elsewhere.

Ginseng in Namdaemun Market, Seoul Originally uploaded by Peter Garnhum . The aussieBum Essence is probably the first undergear in the world to combine minerals with fabrics. This particular undergear contains microencapsulated Ginseng or Vitamin C within the fabric, allowing it to get absorbed into your skin for greater comfort and wellness. Everybody needs a little pampering down there and everybody surely deserves a pair of aussieBum Essence. SK raised a very pertinent question regarding the practicality of this product-- laundry. I guess on the product care label they either specify that you not wash it, or just drink the wash water to reduce wastage. The possibilities are endless, err.... maybe they will partner with Pfizer in the future to apply micro-encapsulated Sildenafil. Would you like some pamparing down there?

penari-jaipong-JI2005-0007 Originally uploaded by JI2005 . Mentor may not be as popular as Malaysian Idol, Akademi Fantasia, One in a Million and its ilk, but it offers no less fun times. The host, Ashraf Sinclair is as annoying as Jien. I used to watch a few episodes because my irama Malaysia singer, Nuraniza Idris was one of the mentors. I have gotten many sideways glances and disapproving glares for professing my preference for her. Mortified friends and colleagues express shock that I would choose her over Siti Nurhaliza . But that's the fun. Siti's so "mainstream". For unknown reasons, the general populous dislikes her. One colleague remarked that her performances are over-the-top, with a whole kampung on stage. For this reason and many others, her albums are really hard to find, original or otherwise. I hunted for her album ( Sawo Matang ) all over the Klang Valley, but I finally got hold of it at 1am in a Johor bus stop whilst on the way down to S

Hats off ! Originally uploaded by Robert Silverwood . I don't know about other universities, but in UM and UKM, when graduates collect their graduation robe and graduation package, they are given a large paper bag to dump all the stuff into. However, this is not the case at UPM where SK collected her graduation robe the other day. The robe collection went on smoothly, but the graduation package collection was messy due to the fact that university included a whole online survey into the process. Adakan penggunaan ICT dalam proses pembelajaran memuaskan? Adakah anda akan melanjutkan pengajian anda di UPM? Graduates were required to fill in an online form and print out a verification slip as proof of form completion before collecting the graduation package. Some did not fill in the survey. Some did not print out the verification slip. And for those that actually printed it out, they still wanted to manually verify it. You can imagine the chaos. But I digress. Back to the whol

Pepper takes a dip Originally uploaded by tschopper . For everyone's reading pleasure, I have condensed 4 posts into 1. This is to spare you the details of my excruciatingly slow progress in the last 4 lessons. But I'm glad to report I have finally reached a milestone! 8 lessons, 5 instructors and 1 physics lesson later, my "kermit stroke" has been declared decent. I just recently managed to do it with one kick and one pull and for a decent distance. One more lesson in turning and I'll be able to ditch my green card for a yellow one. No significance to me ( no, yellow does not go better with my trunks ), but the instructors make it seem like a big deal. With just 4 more lessons to go, I hope to at least be learn another stroke. The gains from my aquatic activities aren't very significant ( where's my toned, swimmer bod?! ), but I do see minor improvements to my lung capacity and stamina. I'm not as tired after my swim anymore, but I have a nag

match 2 Originally uploaded by PocketAces Certified . So far, I have gotten mixed remarks regarding my new hair colour. It's no Ernst & Young white paper, but here are the results in a no less attractive format: POSITIVE: 1) Close friends seem cool with it. 2) My R&D Manager found it refreshing and he said it made me look more alert . 3) One colleague remarked that with my tanned face (thanks to the swimming), I now look like a beach boy. NEGATIVE: 1) My project manager compared me to "Che-Sun" aka Golden-Haired Lion King from Louis Cha's famous novel. 2) One colleague started a dare that she would dye her hair white, if someone else would do a green. I was tempted to start a fund just to see it through. 3) One colleague remarked that with my tanned face (thanks to the swimming), I now look burnt . I'm not pissed with the comments or whatever, as Mel said, some people just don't know how to give a complimenent or just lack the tact to shut u