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Name: Matthew
Birthday: 3/18/1987
Gender: Male
Interests: feeding my fat cat, making it purr like a purring machine, writing crap on my xanga site, spreading rumours on the world wide web, jumping up and down, [ click here to add more ]
Expertise: feeding my cat
Occupation: Livestock Smuggler
Industry: Livestock
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Member Since:
1/10/2003
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| What do you do when you know where your car is parked but can't seem to find the landmark, and it's already past 12 midnight?
Richard had to use his handphone's camera LED light to illuminate the information board.
We were looking for the Nail Parlour shop but it was nowhere on the information board so we split to look for it on different floors. It took us 10 minutes to go through the board but only less than 2 minutes to realise that the shop was located just a floor below the cinemas.
Au revoir!
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| UPDATE(Oct 7th):
The black cover is still hanging dangerously from the lamp post, even after informing the library staff TWICE.
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As I was walking from the library to my department, I heard a creaking sound coming from above. It wasn't very loud and it sounded like a rusty swing in playground. Looking up, lo and behold... something was dangling dangerously high above, ready to drop anytime soon on any innocent passerby.
A closer look. It looks like some sort of metal cover for the electronic parts.
I informed the library but wonder if they took any action to solve it.
Au revoir!
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| Getting on the first page of Google's search result may sound exciting or posting a picture of yourself drunk may sound like a cool idea to show your friends. But wait, do you really want to reveal so much on the world wide web?
 I have always been wary of whatever I post on the world wide web. Whatever you post on the web is actually being cached and can be retrieved using all kinds of search engines like Google and Yahoo!. Let's say you posted a picture of yourself drinking heavily while causing havoc in your neighbourhood. Weeks later you decide to delete it. Ooops, too late! It's already available on the internet for everyone to seach and view. The web is much more generous that you think and it'll expose whatever you hope people won't know, even after you've deleted them! With the advent of numerous social networking sites like Facebook, Friendster, Twitter and many more, we tend to reveal even more! Employers are getting even more tech savvy these days and this could potentially hurt your job prospect. There are cases of employers trawling the web to check on their prospective employee's background and they find out more that they expect to find. Current employees can also get the boot if questionable materials related to them are found on the web as this could damage the company's reputation. Deleting content on social networking sites may sound like a good idea but some of them retain this data long after they're 'deleted'. So think twice, no, thrice before you post something on the web. It is also a good idea to look through the privacy settings/policy of whatever service you're using the web. Also, if the item(eg. picture) does not only concern you, think of the consequences on other people as well.
So think before you post anything on the world wide web. It's called the world wide web for a reason. What you may post on the web may return to haunt you. Please excuse me even as I clean up my online reputation and bullet-proof my contents.
Au revoir!
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| I'm bored of all the cliche alien movies, it's all about aliens coming to invade the earth and how they plan to annihilate everyone. District 9 certainly brings a whole new perspective to alien movies. It is unlike any other alien movie you've seen before, and this time around, they're not here to wipe us out. Neill Blomkamp, the director, may no be as popular as Michael Bay and with a budget of only US$30mil, as compared to Transformer's US$150-200mil, but he sure made one superb movie. With Peter Jackson involved as well, you get a movie worthy of an Oscar. All the actors are relatively unknown but they managed to pull it off superbly.
District 9 is not your typical alien movie with fancy space ships(except for a really huge one) or aliens hunting down commandos in the central american jungle. Instead, they're trapped on earth and at our mercy. The movie exposes how humans can be so greedy and self-centered when faced with untold riches. You'll often find yourself either rooting for the aliens or the humans and there are plenty of sad, funny, and jaw dropping moments littered around in the movie. The movie also goes to show how the aliens are just like us and how they are able to convey their emotions. The ending will leave you depressed, albeit in a good way.
This movie is so good you shouldn't miss it, even better than the big budget Transformers or GI Joe, seriously serious. Watch it on the big screen to fully appreciate it. I'll give it an earth shattering 9/10 and a nomination for the oscars. Now go watch it.
Au revoir!
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| I was away for a week last week in Malacca. I wasn't there for a holiday but rather to become a volunteer on a not-so-well-known-project. It's the WWF Conservation of Hawksbill Turtles & Painted Terrapins project in Malacca. Most people are not aware that turtles and terrapins in Malaysia are highly or critically endangered. This project is meant to increase the existing number of turtles in the wild by means of collecting their eggs, incubating them and releasing the hatchlings back into the sea. It is said that the hatchlings will return to the very same beach they were released from, to lay eggs once they reach the mature age. Amazing isn't it? On top of that, a Hawksbill turtle has to reach the age of 20 before it is considered mature and capable of reproducing. So if you're planning on collecting the eggs to consume or sell, think again. Not only is it illegal to do so, you're robbing 20 years away and it'll be up to a point when there are no more turtles and eggs. From thousands of Leatherback turtle landings in Rantau Abang in the 70s and 80s, it has dwindled to only 1 landing last year and it didn't even nest!
I arrived in Malacca on Sunday in the afternoon and the weather was really hot, coastal areas are probably hotter I guess. Our house was located in Pengkalan Balak, nearby was the Terendak army camp. Our daily duties included patroling the beaches in the 3 different locations according to the schedule. They are Pasir Gembur/Padang Kemunting, Kem Terendak and Pulau Upeh. Kem Terendak probably has the longest beaches to patrol and Pulau Upeh is a small island with a resort built on it but has been abandoned. Work was from 9.00pm - 5.30am. If a turtle is spotted, we wait for it to lay the eggs, the licensed egg collector does his job, we measure and record the turtle, release it and relocate the eggs to the hatchery. We occasionally bump into poachers along the beach, sometimes under the cover of the dark but you can spot them from the glow and smell of the cigarette. You get to sleep in the morning till noon so we had to adjust our biological clocks. Now I know how the job a bank guard feels like. There weren't many turtle landings and even if there were, photographs couldn't be taken because these are shy animals. They'll run back to the sea if you disturb them unless if you're using some sort of night vision camera. It's a waste I can't show any pictures of turtles here.
One week of volunteer work here was worth every second. If you have a week of time of more to spare, you can be a volunteer too. Just keep in mind, there's no hot shower, air-cond or washing machine here, hehe. Oh yeah, did I mention polystyrene containers are not allowed for take-aways? We use tupperwares for that purpose. For more info on the project and to volunteer you can click here and here.
And here they are, some pictures from Pulau Upeh:
On the boat to Pulau Upeh, small yellow dot is the moon
Jumping lights
Firdaus, Maisarah, Pak Ali(boat owner), Rosli and me
View of the abandoned resort at night from the jetty
Along the jetty at night
Under the bright moon light
Can you spot the Eye on Malaysia?
Pulau Upeh jetty early in the morning
Pulau Upeh beach
Rocky and littered with sea shells, a tree in the sea!
View of the abandoned resort in the morning from the jetty
Entrance to the abandoned resort lobby
Inside the abandoned resort lobby
Creepy lobby
Can you see him?
Au revoir!
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