Book Sale Galore!

First it was the MPH book sale.... Large variety but the sales were just so so.

Then there is Big Bad Wolf Books Sale..... EVERYTHING off at least 70%. Now that is a real sale!! And knowing us malaysians, when there is such a sale, there will be people. And what a crowd there was. Yesterday was the first day and it recorded more than 5 thousand customers.. With so many customers on the first day you reckon there'd be less on the 2nd day. But noooo....

Look at the damn crowd just lining up to get in...

The line starts behind the white pillar in the middle. It goes to the other end of the block, curve to where I am taking this picture from..

Then it continues and turn once again....

And before you can think of going to the shop itself, the line snakes another turn all the way to the other end of the block and back to this side of the block.... The picture above? yea those aren't people walking around. All lining up.

Now is the wait worth it. YES!! I got one BOX full of books just for rm112. ALL OF IT!! One of the books I bought retailed at the MPH Book Sale for rm130. Here, it was rm15. =D

I got a box full of books for a price thats lower than what I could get that one book at the MPH book sale...

Said box of books

Now then... who's up for a visit to Pn Lee Hee Ai?? =P

PS: Sorry for the bad picture quality XD

Cheap Lenovo??? OMG

The recent influx of netbooks and light weight, low powered machines to the marketplace has made shopping for a hardcore, no-BS, no compromise machine a much harder task (since Alienware is all but affordable in Msia >___> ). That however isn’t going to be an issue for much longer, because Lenovo have just launched a monster of a notebook today.

The IdeaPad Y550P not only comes powered with an Intel Core i7 processor, but is also fully decked out with 4GB of RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce GT240M 1GB card, 500GB of storage, and a Blu-ray Disc combo drive. That’s all excellent specs for a notebook, but what really makes this machine stand out from the competition is it’s relatively affordable price tag. RM4799!

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RM4799 ONLY!!

The Blind Side

"The Blind Side" depicts the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle..

(thanks to www.rottentomatoes.com)

A picture of the real Michael Oher and the Touhys

I only have one question, WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE BEING SHOWN IN MALAYSIA?!?!??!

for those who want to view the trailer click here.

China's Overkill

A huge nest of hornets responsible for a wave of terror and one death was assaulted by army units in a bid to annihilate it.

The gigantic hornet nest, 1.6m wide and situated out of reach up a tree, had recently been responsible for numerous hornet attacks, including one fatality, and was forcing many villagers to take lengthy detours if they wished to avoid being stung.

With the local fire brigade unable to fell the tree due to the nearby buildings, an urgent call for assistance was made, and it was answered by a nearby PLA reconnaissance battalion, who dispatched a squad armed with flamethrowers to the scene, complete with chemical warfare suits and anti-bee nets.

Two bursts from their flamethrowers reduced the nest to flaming mass of scorched insects. XD

The Great Connection??

Scientists finally found out a biological association between our brain and cell phone usage. Researchers at Sweden's Orebro University recently announced their findings that cell phone increases the amount of transthyretin – a protein that is a part of the fluid that helps protect our brain – in the blood.

However, they still couldn’t figure out whether the said biological reaction is good or bad for humans, which pretty much put us back to square one. Don’t worry; numerous of other researches are still going on throughout the world that still trying to find possible health risks of cell phones to us.

For the mean time, maybe all of us could take some time to ponder the future of humanity if cell phones were taken away from our lives. Oh, the horror...

On another note: People are coming back soon! =)

PS: GOOD LUCK NAT AND RJ!!!

RE: RE: 7 weeks

It's my err Christmas break i guess they would call it. My summer break's in May and that's the 3 month long break. Basically just the opposite of Aussie's holiday period :O

I have 4 more weeks till home :(

lol and if that's the case goodluck RJ and Nat!

Lets meet up for a BBQ during Christmas or whenever or wherever! lol. Just to catch up and stuff!

RE: 7 weeks

Why 7 weeks so weird? What holiday is that? Mid-year break?

Hohoho. I'm almost done with my exams. One more paper to go on Tuesday then it's freeeeedommmm.

Nat's and RJ's STPM should be starting next week. Or I could be wrong. Nat has gone missing from the cyber world so I'm guessing they're busy with exam prep and stuff.

On another note, I'm coming back in SIX DAYS. I miss home!

GO unleashed!

As Google continues their quest for world domination (yes it's obvious =D), they have taken a new weapon into their arsenal. Say hello to GO, google's OWN programming language. check out the following sites if you want to know more.

Mashable

Information Week

and, google's own site, here.

The Great Northeast Blackout

At dusk, the biggest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, portions of seven neighboring states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York's subways, and stranding thousands more in office buildings, elevators, and trains. Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000 off-duty policemen were called into service to prevent looting.

The blackout was caused by the tripping of a 230-kilovolt transmission line near Ontario, Canada, at 5:16 p.m., which caused several other heavily loaded lines also to fail. This precipitated a surge of power that overwhelmed the transmission lines in western New York, causing a "cascading" tripping of additional lines, resulting in the eventual breakup of the entire Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec were affected by the blackout. During the night, power was gradually restored to the blacked-out areas, and by morning power had been restored throughout the Northeast.

On August 14, 2003 another major blackout occurred which affected most of Eastern Canada as well as most of the Eastern United States

in other words, STUPID CANADA!! you suck!! [except for you keeping Peter Chao alive =D ]

AAAH

STPM!

Guy Fawkes Night!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,

The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,

I know of* no reason

Why the Gunpowder Treason

Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent

To blow up the King and Parli'ment.

Three-score barrels of powder below

To prove old England's overthrow;

By God's providence he was catch'd

With a dark lantern and burning match.

Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.

Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!

Not Dead!!!

The holidays have come upon me at last! and what better way to start the holidays than with university applications no??? >___> i've been buried under the avalanche of stupid personal statements that i pretty much lost interest in updating yumcha already.

in addition to that, with everyone sitting for their finals now, i don't really think anyone else would update. but then brandon did D= so i shall follow suite with this really short update =P

oh yes, when anyone of you finally have some free time, go watch Law Abiding Citizen!!


It's an epic show and I've already watched it twice =) i can think of no other show that comes close to its type, excepting one which is V for Vendetta. Amazing how Gerard Butler is coming up with so many shows in so little time. The next Will Smith perhaps?

7 Weeks!

Ignore the title. I didn't know what to put in place of that. and err yeah 7 more weeks and I'm back in Malaysia :D

How's everyone doing! Me thinks RJ, Nat, and Kay-li's exams are around the corner yes no? Goodluck anyway!

Random post because I'm bored and blog seems to be dying again @@