Attended UCSI's orientation today.
Manned the booth for the Engineering Faculty.
The MPH hall was fully packed and I saw many students had their parents come with them.
Hey, teenagers of 18 nowadays get excellent services from parents.
If it were my parents, they will go long-winded about being independent before they will accompany me to an orientation.

It was boring as expected.
Aside from the music performances, the newcomers are bombarded with speeches and briefings that nobody bother to listen.
Luckily, my booth had an excess of 4 friends which I can chat with.

Anyway, the only thing we got to offer is two robot cars and one servo motor controller.
The only time that our service is actually required is during the 20 minute break.
Yes, we brief newbies about our engineering faculty and explain what we basically do.

Do you know Dennis Lau?
He is a famous professional violinist in Malaysia and he is a UCSI alumni.
UCSI proudly invites him to perform during every orientation and honestly I'm impressed with his music.
He spices his music so that its frequency creeps into your heart and slowly dab your feelings with elation.
Haha.
Maybe it the saxophone accompaniment that unleashes the grandeur.
I had to say I like it.

This time there aren't many blacks coming to UCSI.
Mostly local.
Probably its because they don't like being in a 'bright environment'.
They prefer 'darkness'.
Hehe.
Not being racist here.
Just trying to crack some dry jokes.

Phew...exams are finally...over!
I planning what to do during this one week holiday.
Very short but I intend to do something meaningful.
Not just sleeping and web surfing but something more beneficial?
Learning something else I guess.
Perhaps practicing a new piano song?
Go for fitness?
Learn programming?
Meet up with old friends?
Traveling?
Pretty much options..

Anyway, I've started to get bored with facebook.
I don't play the games (except Typing Maniac - my score has benn rising) ;)
The only thing I do is checking out what's interesting on the first home page.
My mailbox has been really empty too.
Guess life goes downhill a little at times.

Since a few months ago, I felt that I have changed.
I felt I think a lot more and a lot less.
A lot more on the philosophical side.
About life issues, about my future , about my relationships and even about the meaning of life.
Its a continuous stream of thought, and I might've grown wiser or more naive.
I began to see the meaning of life, to me which is a sense of accomplishment at this point.
And to achieve this sense of accomplishment, it depends whether how high you want to achieve.
It is during this period of time I begins setting these goals, adjusting them so that when Im at the end of life, I feel I will have accomplished a lot, I will be satisfied and lived a good life.
Wow, thats a very interesting thought for a person of my age.
The things I have gradually stopped thinking is my rage and dissatisfaction and my material desires.
I begin to realize that many things are actually spiritually useless, as well as physically sometimes and also emotionally.
And I begin to embrace whats here for me and develop a sense of gratitude.
But this takes time and its just the beginning.
Maybe no one will actually comprehend what I wrote today.
If you do, congrats.
You share something with me.
Anyway, these are just personal reflections.

Its been a while since I last blogged.
Made a tweak and it looks livelier now.
You know, sometimes people are just in the no-mood state.
So, there are many changes in my life.
Its just the end of my first semester is approaching.

If it hadn't been the scholarship, i wouldn't be in a dilemma now.
If I were to choose to receive the scholarship, I must complete my course at UCSI.
Whereas I previously planned to be transferred to University of Queensland.

Now considering the costs,
if I just receive the scholarship, and by that I am obliged to work in UCSI as a service for the awarded scholarship.
Yes, it's like that.
65 hours for long semester and 35 hours for short semester.
OK, that is not a problem.
5 hours a week isn't much.
It's like working with a pay of RM60+ an hour.
So in 4 years time, the total costs will amount to approx. RM10k excluding living fee.


If I were to be transferred to Australia, the living cost and study costs is about
RM 200,000 ++.
W0W, thats a HUUGE difference.
But then it would be a totally different experience.
Learning new stuff and culture.
Speak better english.
And of course the quality of facilities and lecture will be better.
Cos the university ranks TOP 50 in the world.

Now its a matter of money.
My dad says it would be wise saving the money for my Masters.
Then I can study abroad if I want to.
Right.
Wise enough.
But I have been thinking of acquiring a degree from a reputed university.
And there is this saying that claims the degree's origin doesn't matter.
If its true, I think I better stick to UCSI.

This years Chinese new year is definitely a great time for me.
Not like previous new years which features travel-free-stay-in-your-own-room activities.
This time I went to Port Dickson, though not extremely enjoyable but at least its away from usual habits of hanging around near home.
Beside the usual New Year visits to relatives house, I went for an Angpow trip with my fellow secondary schoolmates.
You know what it means?
A travel group is formed, equipped with several automobiles to retrieve as many angpow as possible that day.
Its like flitting from one house to another for the sole purpose of angpow and fun.
Of course, we don't leave immediately after our mission in that place is fulfilled.
We grabbed the chance to switch roles and Gambles Prince and Princess.
The direction of money flow is truly unpredictable.
A minute later, I had a pocketful of bills, then seconds later, I began paying off money like a Fortune Deity.
But I'm not an all-nighter so I ended up in bed at bout 2 am.
I know some of you guys and girls out there can forget what sleep is but I definitely can't if I want to live another day.
Alright, after this eventful holiday, the avalanche of homework is on it roll again.
*Sob sob*

Can you become a spiritual master?
First, lets consider a few things.

Are you easily annoyed or depressed or angered?

Do you have something physical you are very attached to?

Are you willing to part with your money?

Are you willing to sacrifice?

Do you live to eat or you eat to live?

Can you live without the internet?

Do you seek for self-improvement?

Or your aim in life is to become rich?

Do you think philosophically?

Do you ever take the divine existence seriously?

Do you seek for a meaning everyday?

Do you treat loss as a part of life?

Do you treat material gains insignificant?

Do you really care about you health?

Are you fueled by envy, jealousy and hatred?

Do you live for others?

Are you afraid of death?

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The next stage of human evolution are the evolution in consciousness and spirituality.
Please, take these questions into deep thought.