Digi Broadband

My hostel has no wifi for three weeks now. There is a payment dispute between the owner of my hostel and the contractor that fixes the wifi, and the contractor demands the payment to be paid before he is willing to install the ill-fated lightning-struck modem, to which the owner of my hostel appears to be reluctant to pay. Fine. So I forked out extra money to buy a broadband. Maxis is incredibly expensive, so I opted for Digi. To be honest I know nothing about quality or which is better, I just opted for the cheaper one. I wanted to be as frugal as possible, so I thought a phone-supported broadband would do. But as it turned out, my phone could not support a broadband. When I put the card in, my phone kept crashing, and a spam message called 'Class 0 Message' kept popping and I couldn't block it from infiltrating my phone. Even the phone shop workers were stymied, and they claimed they hadn't seen anything like that. Well, not having any other choices, desperate for wifi, I bought a modem that cost me RM90 more. I'm now sad. Just sad. The only thing I know now, is that I am moving out of this sad hostel next semester. P/s Digi Broadband is not bad, so far.

No Wifi

The enormous thunder in the morning on 2nd of May rather shook Kuching, and it completely destroyed my hostel's internet modem. Till today it has not yet been fixed because, as what I was told, the modem has to be sent to KL for a replacement to be received. Irresponsible. Unprofessional. Lousy service. I have no wifi for two weeks, and I can barely do any assignments in my hostel. I have to go to campus early in the morning, and go back only late at night, simply because I cannot do assignments in my room. Plus, uni is always full, it's hot when the centralised air-cond is off after 9.30pm, and it's extremely uncomfortable. This is stupid. I don't even know why I am still staying in this crappy place.

Construction Law

I'm taking Construction Law this semester. It's an elective for my programme but it's actually a Master of Construction Management unit. I am interested in law and have followed the developments of laws in Malaysia for years, but I always follow only constitutional and sometimes criminal law. Construction law overlaps very much with financial law, and is mostly about contracts, liabilities and duty of care. They are very interesting, but also very frustrating. Sometimes an issue can be argued in so many ways, I don't even know what is the legal advice I should provide in my assignment. Plus, as the unit was prepared primarily for the Master's students, it is prepared in a way that Master's students will cope with it. Here's the thing: Master's students take only 2 units per semester, but I am taking 4! It's too much work load for me at the moment. Okay, I'm exhausted. I'll worry about my assignment later.

Milo

Very recently I am obsessed with Milo. It's a chocolate drink I drank when I was little but somehow as I was growing up, I stopped drinking. That was a time I started drinking it with milk, but then again I fell out of the habit. Two months ago when I was sick I thought drinking Milo while suffering from a fever seemed endearing, so I bought 3-in-1 Milo to drink. And guess what? I started to drink it on a daily basis again. I don't know why, maybe it's just because I'm a Malaysian, and like every Malaysian, drinking Milo is a must as a Malaysian. Love the drink! The only thing I really hoped for is....please lower the price! It's quite expensive you know?

Busy Life Begins Again

It's been a while since I updated my blog. I usually make sure I update it once a week, at the minimum, but with my current workload I am unable to do so. Anyway I created this blog in 2009, and I have the intention of keeping it until I breathe in my last breath, or whatever unfortunate incident transpires that prevent me from doing so. Anyway I am taking Transport Engineering this semester, and the assignment is incredibly heavy and that makes my life incredibly hectic. I'm also taking Construction Law, an elective that requires an incredulous amount of reading and perusal of cases studies, so I really am bogged down. But, I'll be back. Will be away for a while.

The Girl with Seven Names

I am curious about the most isolated, most remote country in the world - North Korea, because people in there are seemingly living in an alternate world where the humans are behaving in an out-of-the-world manner. My curiosity peaked when Kim Jong-nam was murdered in KLIA2, and so when I saw The Girl With Seven Names, written by a North Korean defector, in MPH, I bought it despite its exorbitant price. The book is eye-opening, and the content was mind-f*cking. I cannot comprehend why North Korea could do such animalish, brutal, demoralising and demeaning to their people. North Koreans are so brainwashed that the knowledge they have defied all common logic and understanding. The dictators in North Korea would rather sacrifice the lives of 20+ million North Koreans to survive its iron-grip rule on the nation. Lee Hyeonseo is a valiant, brave girl who escaped North Korea and went through obstacles to bring her families out of that despicable nation. The book is awesome and breathtaking. I cannot actually believe that what I read was an actual happening to the girls. It must be heartbreaking and physically and psychologically tiring (to live in such fear). But all efforts have paid well. Anyway, this is a good news. Please read it if you haven't. Please read it to raise the awareness of the unparalleled human rights violation in North Korea, and please read it to spread the awareness that North Koreans need the world's help. North Koreans deserve to live as a human being with basic human rights, not to be brainwashed and become slaves of the dictator.

黃明志Namewee feat. 王力宏 Leehom Wang【漂向北方 Stranger In The North 】

I never liked Namewee. He is racist, he is uncouth, rude, insensitive and downright inconsiderate to the people, and just because I am Chinese it doesn't mean I have to support a Chinese.

But seriously WTF this song is really good. So I'm sharing it. 

I think Wang Leehom gave the song some charm Namewee cannot deliver. That's why I'm breaking an exception to show some liking for his work.

Well, I'll give credit if it's due, and here's my credit to a good written and well-sung song. Lyrics is meaningful and song is nice.