Lately, I had been fermenting on a more frequent basis in my home, and all I do is none other than game...sleep...eat...and sleep. The excess amount of free time has made me thinking a lot, but thinking is the last thing that I should do. Who knows I maybe land on another inferiority-complex streak, or thinking about gibberish that may never be achieved in life.
And yesterday I landed on another thinking streak again, and I just found out the best (yet craziest way) to spend this holiday.
That's it - Cycling along the WHOLE malaysia. A knapsack, a tent and a bike will do will be my trusty tool. I will drive across kedah, then take a turn to terengganu, down to johor, drop by to melaka and back to ipoh. Hundred bucks will be enough for my food. As for accomodation, sleeping in a tent will be more than enough.
BUt will my parent agree with it, will my bike able to withstand me cycling for over a week, will I survive from those thug and thieves that has been ruling around the dark area around malaysia and lastly, do I had enough time and $ to begin with.
It's just a fantasy. But who knows, i might give it a try before I fly to US
regards
Hyde
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
A cocoon's dream
Frankly, I hate long holiday, not just because it makes me fermenting in home, but also making me feeling aimless in these few ten days.
However, thanks to these "fermenting period" that I am able to think about myself, my views and perspective to people, and to this world.
And I realized-how selfish I can be sometimes, how ignorant I can be MOST of the times, how hypocrite can I sometimes and how coward I can be sometimes.
Life can be a cocoon. The cacoon was formed by it to protect against disaster it faced, and since then, it has been staying inside the cocoon.
It is comfortable to lie inside the cocoon, life could be easier if I stayed inside this cocoon, everything that comes to me, this coccon will always be the shield for everything.
But if that so, it would always remained as a cocoon forever. It dreamed of becoming a butterfly before, but the cocoon shield won't be there for him anymore...
Despite how fragile the cocoon might be, it is stupid enough to think that the cocoon can shield out evryhting. Perhaps, it knows that the cocoon can be easily destroyed by a single gust of wind, and perhaps there are many perhaps...but in the end, the wings are still lied inside the cocoon, waiting to be rotten as times goes by
And the butterfly would always remained as the cocoon's dream
Regards
Jekyll..
However, thanks to these "fermenting period" that I am able to think about myself, my views and perspective to people, and to this world.
And I realized-how selfish I can be sometimes, how ignorant I can be MOST of the times, how hypocrite can I sometimes and how coward I can be sometimes.
Life can be a cocoon. The cacoon was formed by it to protect against disaster it faced, and since then, it has been staying inside the cocoon.
It is comfortable to lie inside the cocoon, life could be easier if I stayed inside this cocoon, everything that comes to me, this coccon will always be the shield for everything.
But if that so, it would always remained as a cocoon forever. It dreamed of becoming a butterfly before, but the cocoon shield won't be there for him anymore...
Despite how fragile the cocoon might be, it is stupid enough to think that the cocoon can shield out evryhting. Perhaps, it knows that the cocoon can be easily destroyed by a single gust of wind, and perhaps there are many perhaps...but in the end, the wings are still lied inside the cocoon, waiting to be rotten as times goes by
And the butterfly would always remained as the cocoon's dream
Regards
Jekyll..
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Sick...
It is said that there's a weird concept "idiot people never get sick". However, it seems that it's not true at all, for a big idiot like me has undergone the worst days ever...selsema, fever, and lastly, diarrehea??
Thank god I'm recovered, (must be the natural immunue system for idiot has started working ), but seriously, it's a horrible few days I have...
And somehow, it's a weird experience to begin with...
Few days ago...
I was having a serious selsema, therefore I am still awake even after 3 p.m..I can only fall asleep after repeating times of yawning (and blurred vision). However, Selsema has been a good justification for me to stay overnight (to play games...).
This situation has gone over for few days, and soon I realized that I have fever after realizing my whole body started to shiver (thanks to the Cyber Cafe air-con... ).
I decided to go back to my home to rest, only to find out the sky started to rain...
I slept for the next few hours and woked up at 12 midnight, and thank god, fever has subsided. However, my stomach was completely empty ( or to say, I have a habit of eating supper), I ravaged through my fridge to find some food.
I find a chinese pau, and it smells...weird. I convinced myself that it's just my own imagination, must be I'm being over-sensitive or sth...
Finally the pau was ready, I ate it, and tomorrow, I have to pay several visit to toilet while working, with my stomach crying for pain....
Thank god I'm recovered, (must be the natural immunue system for idiot has started working ), but seriously, it's a horrible few days I have...
And somehow, it's a weird experience to begin with...
Few days ago...
I was having a serious selsema, therefore I am still awake even after 3 p.m..I can only fall asleep after repeating times of yawning (and blurred vision). However, Selsema has been a good justification for me to stay overnight (to play games...).
This situation has gone over for few days, and soon I realized that I have fever after realizing my whole body started to shiver (thanks to the Cyber Cafe air-con... ).
I decided to go back to my home to rest, only to find out the sky started to rain...
I slept for the next few hours and woked up at 12 midnight, and thank god, fever has subsided. However, my stomach was completely empty ( or to say, I have a habit of eating supper), I ravaged through my fridge to find some food.
I find a chinese pau, and it smells...weird. I convinced myself that it's just my own imagination, must be I'm being over-sensitive or sth...
Finally the pau was ready, I ate it, and tomorrow, I have to pay several visit to toilet while working, with my stomach crying for pain....
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Haywired post
First of all, let's grieve on my this semester cgpa
zzzzzzz
And now, a new declaration to get myself psyched up
bla...bla...bla...bla
Expect some changes from me next semester
Regards
Hyde
P.S.- Weak CGPA is not everything, look at Benson, Simon Cowell, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet. They are all uni drop out. All of them ended to be the one of the most successful person in this world. In the end, when it comes to work, CGPA doesn't matter. Your charismatic and confidence, with a sense of taking risk is the one that matters
Regards
Jekyll
(P.S.) P.S.- They are different, you don't have the confidence and charisma of them, nor do you have the qualities to be a 2nd warren buffet either. So, the only thing u can do is raise ur CGPA, (even though the fact that CGPA only covers 10% of employee rate) and considered urself successful when u will be working with those Rich "Uni dropout boss". Taking their case as an excuse of slacking in CGPA is only a lame excuse.
But to Mr. Jekyll, aim for being someonee different, thats your aim from small. Once u have regain the confidence u lost, and after you kick off those sucks habits u have, let's embark to the trip to change the world.
Regards
Hyde
zzzzzzz
And now, a new declaration to get myself psyched up
bla...bla...bla...bla
Expect some changes from me next semester
Regards
Hyde
P.S.- Weak CGPA is not everything, look at Benson, Simon Cowell, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet. They are all uni drop out. All of them ended to be the one of the most successful person in this world. In the end, when it comes to work, CGPA doesn't matter. Your charismatic and confidence, with a sense of taking risk is the one that matters
Regards
Jekyll
(P.S.) P.S.- They are different, you don't have the confidence and charisma of them, nor do you have the qualities to be a 2nd warren buffet either. So, the only thing u can do is raise ur CGPA, (even though the fact that CGPA only covers 10% of employee rate) and considered urself successful when u will be working with those Rich "Uni dropout boss". Taking their case as an excuse of slacking in CGPA is only a lame excuse.
But to Mr. Jekyll, aim for being someonee different, thats your aim from small. Once u have regain the confidence u lost, and after you kick off those sucks habits u have, let's embark to the trip to change the world.
Regards
Hyde
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
A gracious loser- Mc Cain
I know, I know, general election in US has already over, but please, juz one post...
When people found that Obama presidential speech is good, I personally think that Mc Cain concession speech is not bad either. Not many people in this world can still be calm and congratulate his own opponent, but he can...he can.
OK, this is the text i passed thru while spending my meal in SA in pak li kopitiam
When people found that Obama presidential speech is good, I personally think that Mc Cain concession speech is not bad either. Not many people in this world can still be calm and congratulate his own opponent, but he can...he can.
OK, this is the text i passed thru while spending my meal in SA in pak li kopitiam
Text of McCain's concession speech
Text of Republican John McCain's concession speech Tuesday in Phoenix, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
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MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
My friends, we have — we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.
A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him.
(BOOING)
Please.
To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too.
But we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters.
America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States.
Let there be no reason now ... Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain.
These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans ... I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
It is natural. It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.
We fought — we fought as hard as we could. And though we feel short, the failure is mine, not yours.
AUDIENCE: No!
MCCAIN: I am so...
AUDIENCE: (CHANTING)
MCCAIN: I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We do, too (OFF-MIKE)
MCCAIN: The road was a difficult one from the outset, but your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I'm especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother ... my dear mother and all my family, and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign.
I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign.
All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also — I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I've ever seen ... one of the best campaigners I have ever seen, and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength ... her husband Todd and their five beautiful children ... for their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.
We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly, month after month, in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know — I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life, and my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
(BOOING)
Please. Please.
I would not — I would not be an American worthy of the name should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century.
Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone, and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
AUDIENCE: USA. USA. USA. USA.
MCCAIN: Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama — whether they supported me or Senator Obama.
I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender.
We never hide from history. We make history.
Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
U application
Paperwork again...
Seriously, I had a very BAD experience with paperwork, that's y I keep procrastinating until the last minute, especially dossier......but the last minute is arrived, and I had to do my dossier after all...
Have to go back to my school everyday to find the MIA headmaster (until the guard get familiar with me), but seriously, my school really changed a lot, a new signboard, a new office for lecturers, new canteen, and..and.. A NEW BASKETBALL COURT (in the place student used to have their *perhimpunan* in front)... maybe this new headmaster (which happened to be a Monash U graduate) is really something...
BUT THAT CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY HE IS MIA ALL THE TIME
After the dossier is done, I enjoyed the short-lived happiness (for around 2 hours) and notice the bigger problem - U application
.I had a few things in mind
1. Should I send the application online or paper?
-Sending application online is secure, unlike post via mail which poses a certain risk. (though the percentage of accident is quite low, there's a chance my application would somehow flew away to the great atlantic ocean in the midst of travelling to US, or worse, the plane might get attacked by terrorists in the way... ==(am I thinking too much))
Then application through online should be safe, but the problem is credit card..
OMG, i am just 18( but my account is still labeled as kid) , and I don't think I would go through all process to make an account, applying a credit card, and bla..bla.. I could have asked my cousin (which happened to be the poorest engineer ever) to borrow his card, but the fee is 150 USD (which can be 600 bucks, not to mention kian hui asked for my help, and the fee could reached 250USD, which means thousand buck
faint..
And I understand "how easy" to get the 150usd from jpa...
2. SAT and TOEFL
All of sudden, purdue kicks away mechanical engineer, all of sudden, I found out that the U i applied is worse, all of sudden...
I REALIZED I HAD TO RESEND THOSE SCORES...
and means another few ten bucks USD...
3.Essays
I hate essay, esp essay that asked "why u choose us", "what can we offer", bla bla bla , and all those essays that asked "tell urself more" when I have no clue what to write.
Actually those essays can be easily answered, but the answer will guarantee u a 100% disqualification...
Why choose our university
Because MIT doesn't accept me, and ur U is in Jpa list lor
What can we offer to help u bla...
engineer course la, wat else,?
Tell urself more
malaysian, currently study in INTEC, passed ur University minimum requirement, wat else u want to know? My girlfren preference?
Of course these type of crap will get u nowhere, but I wonder sometimes, why they bother asking people to praise their own University..
grrrr....
Need to think abt the essay later....
Seriously, I had a very BAD experience with paperwork, that's y I keep procrastinating until the last minute, especially dossier......but the last minute is arrived, and I had to do my dossier after all...
Have to go back to my school everyday to find the MIA headmaster (until the guard get familiar with me), but seriously, my school really changed a lot, a new signboard, a new office for lecturers, new canteen, and..and.. A NEW BASKETBALL COURT (in the place student used to have their *perhimpunan* in front)... maybe this new headmaster (which happened to be a Monash U graduate) is really something...
BUT THAT CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY HE IS MIA ALL THE TIME
After the dossier is done, I enjoyed the short-lived happiness (for around 2 hours) and notice the bigger problem - U application
.I had a few things in mind
1. Should I send the application online or paper?
-Sending application online is secure, unlike post via mail which poses a certain risk. (though the percentage of accident is quite low, there's a chance my application would somehow flew away to the great atlantic ocean in the midst of travelling to US, or worse, the plane might get attacked by terrorists in the way... ==(am I thinking too much))
Then application through online should be safe, but the problem is credit card..
OMG, i am just 18( but my account is still labeled as kid) , and I don't think I would go through all process to make an account, applying a credit card, and bla..bla.. I could have asked my cousin (which happened to be the poorest engineer ever) to borrow his card, but the fee is 150 USD (which can be 600 bucks, not to mention kian hui asked for my help, and the fee could reached 250USD, which means thousand buck
faint..
And I understand "how easy" to get the 150usd from jpa...
2. SAT and TOEFL
All of sudden, purdue kicks away mechanical engineer, all of sudden, I found out that the U i applied is worse, all of sudden...
I REALIZED I HAD TO RESEND THOSE SCORES...
and means another few ten bucks USD...
3.Essays
I hate essay, esp essay that asked "why u choose us", "what can we offer", bla bla bla , and all those essays that asked "tell urself more" when I have no clue what to write.
Actually those essays can be easily answered, but the answer will guarantee u a 100% disqualification...
Why choose our university
Because MIT doesn't accept me, and ur U is in Jpa list lor
What can we offer to help u bla...
engineer course la, wat else,?
Tell urself more
malaysian, currently study in INTEC, passed ur University minimum requirement, wat else u want to know? My girlfren preference?
Of course these type of crap will get u nowhere, but I wonder sometimes, why they bother asking people to praise their own University..
grrrr....
Need to think abt the essay later....
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Change- Barack Obama
The latest president of US -Barack Obama...
To tell the truth, I was not at least a little bit interested at all at first, 8 years ago, when Bush was chosen, the world doesn't grow better, instead, America successfully make lots of countries his greatest enemies. Believe me, I wouldn't hate US more if Bush isn't the president of US.
And ironically, I was offered to study overseas in US...
I don't have much hope for this US president. Despite of the facts that the new US president is a black, despite of the fact that he is born in Kenya, studied in Indonesia for 4 years, despite of the overwhelming victory of Obama (he already declared won even before the elcetion is finnished...), and despite.....
Until yesterday, something in the news stunned me for a bit...
Kenya declared an official holiday because Obama has chosen as president...
Many countries in Africa are celebrating Obama victory...
Leader of Iran, which is supposed to be a great enemy for US, congratulated Obama for his victory...
Other happy reactions can be seen around the world, from Europe country like France to 3rd world country like Africa...
And even Senator Mc. Cain wished him good luck...
Never in this world that a leader in US is lauded by lots of people around his country...
Barack Obama, in eyes of American and also people in this world, is seen as the salvation of the current predicament- ecconomy crisis, endless military wars, etc. He should have realized that he is shouldering the hope of all people into him. The hope for a change, the hope for a better world...He is no longer just a president of US, he is greater than that...
Quoted from a politic analysis " Mc Cain is the best candidates that Republican can offer, however, the desire for change in US citizens is great... ...In other words, Mc Cain has already lost from the start....... We can say, in this election, Obama Won, not Mc Cain lose .
( Huhh?, is Obama really that charismatic)
And today I accidentally stumbled on Chen Chow's blog and I read Obama's presidential speech
and result is
.........
.........
......... *speechless, I am awed*
below is a copy from this website http://www.theroot.com/id/48761- Obama presidential speech...
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Hello, Chicago.If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.
Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me.
I am grateful to them.And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.This is your victory.And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.
For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you, we as a people will get there.There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends.
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed:
Yes we can.At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes we can.America, we have come so far.
We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope.
And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
To tell the truth, I was not at least a little bit interested at all at first, 8 years ago, when Bush was chosen, the world doesn't grow better, instead, America successfully make lots of countries his greatest enemies. Believe me, I wouldn't hate US more if Bush isn't the president of US.
And ironically, I was offered to study overseas in US...
I don't have much hope for this US president. Despite of the facts that the new US president is a black, despite of the fact that he is born in Kenya, studied in Indonesia for 4 years, despite of the overwhelming victory of Obama (he already declared won even before the elcetion is finnished...), and despite.....
Until yesterday, something in the news stunned me for a bit...
Kenya declared an official holiday because Obama has chosen as president...
Many countries in Africa are celebrating Obama victory...
Leader of Iran, which is supposed to be a great enemy for US, congratulated Obama for his victory...
Other happy reactions can be seen around the world, from Europe country like France to 3rd world country like Africa...
And even Senator Mc. Cain wished him good luck...
Never in this world that a leader in US is lauded by lots of people around his country...
Barack Obama, in eyes of American and also people in this world, is seen as the salvation of the current predicament- ecconomy crisis, endless military wars, etc. He should have realized that he is shouldering the hope of all people into him. The hope for a change, the hope for a better world...He is no longer just a president of US, he is greater than that...
Quoted from a politic analysis " Mc Cain is the best candidates that Republican can offer, however, the desire for change in US citizens is great... ...In other words, Mc Cain has already lost from the start....... We can say, in this election, Obama Won, not Mc Cain lose .
( Huhh?, is Obama really that charismatic)
And today I accidentally stumbled on Chen Chow's blog and I read Obama's presidential speech
and result is
.........
.........
......... *speechless, I am awed*
below is a copy from this website http://www.theroot.com/id/48761- Obama presidential speech...
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Hello, Chicago.If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled.
Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me.
I am grateful to them.And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.This is your victory.And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.
For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.I promise you, we as a people will get there.There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.
And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends.
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed:
Yes we can.At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.Yes we can.America, we have come so far.
We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope.
And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Tagged? Watever
Am I tagged? Lol, juz do it.
Rules & Regulations:- do not copy answers- the tag questions must be 100% the same- tag people before doing tag I tag:
1.CJ
2.Yuin Yi
3.Beng San
4.Liz
5.Wei Young
6.Chau Kee
7.Hafidz
8.FY
9.Kian Hui
How do you know 1 (CJ)?
The same classmate in first semester. I must say it's a (fateful, unlucky, best ???) encounter ever...
What would you do if you never meet 2 (Yuin Yi)?
Less one friend and less one girl that would laugh at my carelessness, LOL.
What would you do if 3 (Beng San) and 4 (Liz) dated you?
3: Sth must be wrong, beng san filed an anti-social motion, unless he turned gay...(LOL)
4: Hmm..., maybe debate all the way or speechless all the way (depends which personality I am)
Would 5 (Wei Young) and 6(Chau Kee) make a good couple?
They supposed to be enemies, if you had followed us to Sungei Wang, u shud know...
Do you think 7 (Hafidz) is attractive?
Never Ever=.=
Tell me something about 9 (Kian Hui).
A skeleton that needs more fat instead of calculus, a fren that would never care of you but his own profit and a noob that pretends top be pro (=p)
What's 1 (CJ) favourite past time?
Emo lo, wat else?
What language does 2 (Yuin Yi) speak?
English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese... (Hokkien got or not?)
Who is 3 (Beng San) going out with?
No idea, he praticed anti-social policy lately...
How old is 4 (Liz)?
19 kua...(seriously?)
When was the last time you talked to 5 (Wei Young)?
The Day before I left INTEC...(but wei young would rather talk to someone else like...(CENSORED))
Who is 6 (Chau Kee) favourite singer?
Dunno, Jay chou maybe...
Would you date 7 (Hafidz)?
Never ever =.= (why the same response?)
Is 8 (FY) single?
That's what I know. But I and ** are working to make her unavailable (Dun misunderstood, I'm not in the game anymore)
What is 9 (Kian Hui) last name?
Yeoh
Would you consider in a relationship with 1 (CJ)?
Ok, I might still single, but I'll never be gay (=.=)
Which school does 2 (Yuin Yi) go to?
INTEC.. before was hmm..., maybe some school in Melaka (paiseh, three sem classmate ald also dunno)
What do you like about 3 (Beng San)?
Willingness to stand out and be the leader, has the courage to receive blame when a team falls into trouble (seriously, if you've be less casanovic this sem, you could be better...)
Rules & Regulations:- do not copy answers- the tag questions must be 100% the same- tag people before doing tag I tag:
1.CJ
2.Yuin Yi
3.Beng San
4.Liz
5.Wei Young
6.Chau Kee
7.Hafidz
8.FY
9.Kian Hui
How do you know 1 (CJ)?
The same classmate in first semester. I must say it's a (fateful, unlucky, best ???) encounter ever...
What would you do if you never meet 2 (Yuin Yi)?
Less one friend and less one girl that would laugh at my carelessness, LOL.
What would you do if 3 (Beng San) and 4 (Liz) dated you?
3: Sth must be wrong, beng san filed an anti-social motion, unless he turned gay...(LOL)
4: Hmm..., maybe debate all the way or speechless all the way (depends which personality I am)
Would 5 (Wei Young) and 6(Chau Kee) make a good couple?
They supposed to be enemies, if you had followed us to Sungei Wang, u shud know...
Do you think 7 (Hafidz) is attractive?
Never Ever=.=
Tell me something about 9 (Kian Hui).
A skeleton that needs more fat instead of calculus, a fren that would never care of you but his own profit and a noob that pretends top be pro (=p)
What's 1 (CJ) favourite past time?
Emo lo, wat else?
What language does 2 (Yuin Yi) speak?
English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese... (Hokkien got or not?)
Who is 3 (Beng San) going out with?
No idea, he praticed anti-social policy lately...
How old is 4 (Liz)?
19 kua...(seriously?)
When was the last time you talked to 5 (Wei Young)?
The Day before I left INTEC...(but wei young would rather talk to someone else like...(CENSORED))
Who is 6 (Chau Kee) favourite singer?
Dunno, Jay chou maybe...
Would you date 7 (Hafidz)?
Never ever =.= (why the same response?)
Is 8 (FY) single?
That's what I know. But I and ** are working to make her unavailable (Dun misunderstood, I'm not in the game anymore)
What is 9 (Kian Hui) last name?
Yeoh
Would you consider in a relationship with 1 (CJ)?
Ok, I might still single, but I'll never be gay (=.=)
Which school does 2 (Yuin Yi) go to?
INTEC.. before was hmm..., maybe some school in Melaka (paiseh, three sem classmate ald also dunno)
What do you like about 3 (Beng San)?
Willingness to stand out and be the leader, has the courage to receive blame when a team falls into trouble (seriously, if you've be less casanovic this sem, you could be better...)
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