Friday, February 27, 2009
How I miss watching this movie. I know it's getting old now since everyone loves this movie, but this is one of the movies that really touched me.
I love everything about the movie. Mandy Moore and Shane West are really well-suited for this movie.
Sweet :')
I think I'm gonna listen to the soundtracks now.
12:20:00 PM
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
An ENGINEER is one who passes as an exacting expert on the strength of being able to turn out, with prolific fortitude, strings of incomprehensible formulae calculated with micrometric precision from extremely vague assumptions which are based on debatable figures acquired from inconclusive tests and quite incomplete experiments, carried out with instruments of problematic accuracy by persons of doubtful reliability and rather dubious mentality with the particular anticipation of disconcerting and annoying everyone outside their own faculty.
"A scientist can discover a new star, but he cannot make one. He would have to ask an engineer to do that." — Gordon L. Glegg, American Engineer, 1969.
"Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." — Scott Adams.
"For an optimist the glass is half full, for a pessimist it's half empty, and for an engineer is twice bigger than necessary."
"Clothes are the lowest priority for an engineer, assuming the basic thresholds for temperature and decency have been satisfied. If no appendages are freezing or sticking together, and if no genitalia or mammary glands are swinging around in plain view, then the objective of clothing has been met. Anything else is a waste."
"Q: What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers ?
A: Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets."
Engineering Terminology MEANT SIMPLE
What is said = What it means
1) A number of different approaches are being tried. = We don't know where we're going, but we're moving.
2) An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach to the problem. = We just hired three guys... We'll let them kick it around for a while.
3) Developed after years of intensive research. = It was discovered by accident.
4) Modifications are underway to correct certain minor difficulties. = We threw the whole thing out and are starting from scratch.
5) Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive. = The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
6) Test results were extremely gratifying. = It works, and boy are we surprised !
7) The design will be finalized in the next reporting period. = We haven't started this job yet, but we've got to say something.
8) The entire concept is unworkable = The only guy who understood the thing just quit.
9) We need close project coordination. = We should have asked someone else.
Alternate: Let's spread the responsibility for this.
TOP TEN REASONS TO DATE AN ENGINEER (according to an engineer!)
10. The world does revolve around us... we chose the coordinate system.
9. No "couple" enjoys a better "moment".
8. We know how to handle stress and strain in a relationship.
7. We have significant figures.
6. We have taken a course on the motion of rigid bodies.
5. Projectile motion... need we say more?
4. Engineers do it according to specification.
3. According to Newton, if two bodies interact, their forces are equal but opposite.
2. We know it's not the length of the vector that counts, but how you apply the force.
1. We know the Right Hand Rule.
TOP TEN REASON NOT TO DATE AN ENGINEER:
1. T-shirt and jeans are their formal dress. Hot dog and a six-pack is their seven-course meal.
2. The only social life known of is to post and talk on the net.
3. Flames like a monster and speaks like a pussycat.
4. Works from 6:30am to 7:30pm daily. No morning kisses and no evening walks.
5. No matter how hard you cry and how loud you yell, he just sits there calmly discussing your emotion in terms of mathematical logic.
6. Only listens to classic rock. Hates everything from Bach to Prince.
7. Touches his car more often than you.
8. Talks in acronyms.
9. Can't leave that damn pencil off his ear for a minute.
10. Will file a divorce if you call him in the middle of debugging.
YOU Might BE AN ENGINEER IF...
* —You have no life - and you can PROVE it mathematically.
* You enjoy pain.
* You know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division.
* You chuckle whenever anyone says "centrifugal force".
* You've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
* It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
* You frequently whistle the theme song to "MacGyver".
* You know how to integrate a chicken and can take the derivative of water.
* You think in "math".
* You've calculated that the World Series actually diverges.
* You hesitate to look at something because you don't want to break down its wave function.
* You have a pet named after a scientist.
* You laugh at jokes about mathematicians.
* The Humane society has you arrested because you actually performed the Schrodinger's Cat experiment.
* You can translate English into Binary.
* You can't remember what's behind the door in the engineering building which says "Exit".
* You have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab.
* You are completely addicted to caffeine.
* You avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe.
* You consider ANY non-engineering course "easy".
* When your professor asks you where your homework is, you claim to have accidentally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe.
* The "fun" center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
* You'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier.
* The blinking 12:00 on someone's VCR draws you in like a tractor beam to fix it.
* You bring a computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading.
* The salesperson at Circuit City can't answer any of your questions.
* You can't help eavesdropping in computer stores... and correcting the salesperson.
* You're in line for the guillotine... it stops working properly... and you offer to fix it.
* You go on the rides at Disneyland and sit backwards to see how they do the special effects.
* You have any "Dilbert" comics displayed in your work area.
* You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
* You have never backed up your hard drive.
* You haven't bought any new underwear or socks for yourself since you got married.
* You spent more on your calculator than on your wedding ring.
* You think that when people around you yawn, it's because they didn't get enough sleep.
* You would rather get more dots per inch than miles per gallon
* You've ever calculated how much you make per second.
* Your favorite James Bond character is "Q," the guy who makes the gadgets.
* You understood more than five of these jokes.
* You make a copy of this list, and post it on your door (or your home page !)
Posted by: Afiq :)
3:36:00 PM
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Things to do:
Maths assignment
Structures and Materials worksheet
Numerical Analysis programming on sections
Complete Structures and Materials notes
Read up Hydraulics
Submit Surveying readings with groupmates
Restructure house for Architecture
so what am I doing playing Movies?
Cos it's so much fun :) but I promise I'll do the work.
Anyways,
Go to Maths lecture and do my work there. Meet up with my groupmates who I am not even sure attending the lecture. Walk to Uni and tire my legs with 15 minutes of walk. Haha.
OR
Do work at home (cos the lecture's useless) in my room where it is much comfortable, warm and peaceful. Let groupmate text cos I did tell him to let me know if they want to discuss about the readings.
I was pondering about that when I walked out of the house and decided to choose the latter and had to walk back. So here I am, back at home! Hahaha. Okay, I'm gonna do my work now :)
2:54:00 PM
Monday, February 16, 2009
Yeap, that's how I feel right now when I came back from my Hydraulics lecture to find that I've got a package from EBay. Hahaha.
This was what I bought. It's supposed to project the time arah the ceiling.
- Night Light Clock with colorful night light: green,blue,yellow,sky blue,purple,red.
- Projector Clock: normal time can displays on the wall (it can last 6 seconds when you press the button one time)
Okay, I blame myself for not reading the description properly about the size, tapi nada jua the clock projection or the night light. Buang duit, nasib murah. The seller's soo gonna get a bad review on this.
Note to self: Don't trust barang Hong Kong. Hahahaha.
The bright sight: I sold my camera and got the cheque today. I broke my camera when I was taking pictures masa snow so I'm buying a new one, and the one that I planned to buy makin tinggi bidnya. Sob! :(
Anyone wants an egg sized pocket clock? At least the clock's working. Haha.
2:24:00 PM
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Oh My God.
NECA Cult Classics 12" Inch Good Guys Talking Chucky Action Figure (Non Mint Box)Item Description: Based on his classic Child's Play appearance, this 12-inch Chucky figure comes complete with voodoo knife, hammer, and bat. He has rooted hair and an angry expression! Push his button and he speaks key movie lines such as "Hi, It's Chucky," voodoo chant, evil laughter, and more! |
| Manufacturer: NECA | |
| Year: 2006 | For Ages: 13 and up |
5:32:00 PM
Most people would be busy by now looking for houses for the next year and I thought that would be something that I won't have to deal with anymore.
At first, everything was already planned. Me, Afiq and this one girl were to live in this 3-bedroomed place nearer to Uni for only 190 pounds a month each. And the place is very decent and clean and I loved the place already. Sekalinya the girl had to bail out pasal ada some problems (not involving us tu ah. Hahaha) so we had to find another housemate and eventually found a guy.
Sekalinya this guy ada some problems tia jua and it would be easier if me, Afiq and this guy to find another housemate :S we are not even sure if this guy will jadi tinggal with us pulang, we will just have to wait and see.
We are waiting for Iqbal to confirm whether he wants to stay in the halls or sama kami saja. Hahahaha.
That's one thing. Sekalinya 2 days ago we found out that the landlord yang punya the nice 3-bedroomed house ani is horrible, sampai orang yang tinggal di rumahnya kan pindah this month. He doesn't give the deposit back (I'm not sure if it's for a good reason pulang) and he almost punched a guy. I'm not sure if the landlord is a dude though. Hahaha.
So yeah, now we are looking for a house OR just stay arah our current house. If we do find a better one, yang cheaper and ampir Uni, okay lah. This Saturday, we'll be viewing a couple of houses yang located near the Uni so I hope we can find a better one. We'll see. But it's nice that now a lot of us Bruneians will be living nearby :)
And I thought that bit was settled, now it's just getting complicated :(
And I got my crappy coursework results back. And I don't wanna talk about it.
I love my new hoodie :) and I wish Numerical Analysis class later will be cancelled.
12:03:00 PM
Saturday, February 7, 2009
There's just so much I want to say.
Maybe some other time.
11:05:00 AM
Friday, February 6, 2009
I really can't see myself in a few years' time. What sort of work will I be involved in? It's just that when I go to the lectures, I feel like I really can't see myself doing the things that i am learning. Certainly I am not capable of being involved in construction work. What else is there? I was looking at the form given last Monday on the Constructionarium (more about it nanti) and there was a question on what area in Civil Engineering I might consider. Not the construction part. Local authority? Design? Other sectors?
I dread the Constructionarium. It's actually a big project where we will be involved with real engineers to build a model of a real construction work this May. I can imagine myself wearing one of those oversized engineer suits and doing all those construction work with those big people. BIG human beings :'(
I can't even carry some of the equipment we used when we had the surveying lab classes, what am I gonna do in that Constructionarium?
Brewery Wharf Footbridge
The Brewery Wharf footbridge was built in 1992 by Ove Arup and partners. It is a good example of
how showcase project can help rejuvenate an area and attract more people. It was originally
built to connect ‘The Calls’ of Leeds city centre to a new visitors centre for the Tetley’s Brewery.
Since then the area has had further change attracting both residential and commercial
developments.
Basic Structure
• The structure is a cable stayed suspension bridge spanning a clear distance of 10m.
• The deck is a reinforced concrete slab pre-cast in 2 sections supported at 2.5m intervals, 1.5m
wide.
• The supports are tension cables attached back to a 4m high slanting concrete tower at one
end of the bridge.
• Further cables from this tower then reach back into the bank attaching to an anchoring
foundation.
• The pad foundation for the tower is then braced back to the anchoring foundation via a
ground beam
Site layout at the start of the week
• Your site is level with a 0.75m deep channel running through the middle.
• You will be provided with a crane to lift the concrete deck sections into position and attach
the cables.
I would like to learn how to operate a crane though :)
This Constructionarium will probably give me an idea on the possible areas that I might be interested in. But it's going to be a dreadful week :(
1:01:00 PM
Thursday, February 5, 2009
WILL SMITH
BRAD PITT
ROONEY
ROBIN WILLIAMS
RICHARD GERE
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY
OZZY OSBOURNE
MARILYN MONROE (MACAM SCARLETT JOHANSSON PULANG WAH)
MEG RYAN
MADONNA
MICHAEL JACKSON (MY DEAR GOD!)
BRITNEY SPEARS
KYLIE MINOGUE (ANI MACAM HILARY DUFF)
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
JULIA ROBERTS
TRAVOLTA
HUGH GRANT
HARRY POTTER
ELTON JOHN
EDDIE MURPHY (AHAHAHAHAA)
ROBBIE WILLIAMS
OBAMA
AUSTIN POWERS
AUDREY HEPBURN
PIERCE BROSNAN
ROWAN ATKINSON
MARIAH CAREY
ORLANDO BLOOM
PARIS HILTON
VICTORIA
CRAIG DAVID
DAVID BECKHAM
NAQIAH AZIZ :)
5:29:00 PM
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
I feel sooo kusut now. I'M SOAKED. I just wasted a pair of jeans walking to school to find that the Architecture class has been cancelled. Or maybe the lecturers thought the Uni's closed because of the snow.
I could've rehat at home til my next lecture which is at 4. The bright side is that I did my model house already so I won't have to worry about doing that for next week :) but I think my model's cawer. One of my classmates has a sketchbook with his model and all I have is some cardboard crap :( maybe I'll work a bit on the model to make it look neater. Maybe.
So I started watching Friends this year. Ketinggalan, I know, it's just that I missed most of the earlier seasons that I just don't bother watching it. Sekali Afiq pajal-ed to watch and after lots of nudging (he's very insistent :P), baru tah I watch. Haha I remember watching the first ever episode in Afiq's car di Empire Cinema, makan KFC (ahhh, KFCCCC). I never regret watching Friends :)
I've got Friends on most of the time. Arah my laptop ada, arah TV pun kadang-kadang pasang (Thanks for the boxset, Fiq :)). It really helps me with unwinding and even keeps me from being too stressed when it comes to studying. So yeah, if you come to the house, that's probably what you always here around. I play them when I sleep also so I get frequent Friends dreams, seriously.
I can remember some of the moments I found really hilarious:
- "PIVOT!"
- Joey's laughter when he pretended to laugh at Chandler's 'joke' when Chandler asked Joey if he had told Monica about him being upset that Monica thinks Jeffrey's the funniest guy she's met.
- "EE! is for how Extremely normal I find it that you two are together" when Ross pretended he's fine with Joey and Rachel being together.
- "Wow! My flat is twice this size!" Si Amanda the fake British woman when she went in Monica's apartment.
- "Yeah! I'll press one!" When Ross dialed the condom company when he found out he made Rachel pregnant.
- "You beautiful little weirdo!" What Rachel said to Emma after singing "Baby Got Back"
- Monica saying "My god, Chandler's making his sex face!" when Chandler arm wrestled Ross.
- The second last episode masa Rachel talked privately with Monica and they were schreeching undistinguishable word and Monica said "What?"
- "...Ross.. and his cat! And his Julie!", Rachel's face when she said this arah The One Where Ross Finds Out.
- "She is a slut!" Rachel on her sister Jill when Jill was in Ross's apartment.
- When Ross had a date with a really dirty (literally) girl and Monica came and asked if she could clean her apartment.
- When Joey asked Ross to hit him and when he expected Ross to duck when he punched him. HAHAHAA.
- "Was that place... the sun???" arah The One with Ross's Tan. Chandler's comment on Ross's tan.
- "A moment on the lips. Forever in the hips" Amy's comment on Joey eating.
- When Rachel kissed Ross arah laundry and Ross hits his head.
- Phoebe's dance arah The One Where Everybody Finds Out. And "I'm looking forward to having sexual intercourse with you" HAHAHAHA blunttt.
- "Take off your sweatpants and let's have some fun" guess who said this? :P
- "... weird turtle man?" what Chandler thought Ross was at The One with The Holiday Armadillo.
I can't list down all of them. Banyak wahh. Watching Friends is seriously the best way to cheer you up when you're down :)
1:47:00 PM
12:17:00 PM
Monday, February 2, 2009
It's finally snowing di Southampton! I woke up around half and hour before lecture starts and hurried to get ready, sekali Afiq gitau "Naq! It's snowing di luar!".
It seems like it's snowing arah a lot of places at the moment. I thought the snow will be gone by midday but it's now 3.16pm and still snowing. I just hope sampai malam snow, me and Afiq didn't get to gambar much tadi cos school starts TODAY!
I'm too lazy to put in some pictures here but maybe someday, Afiq doesn't know this yet but I added a head on his large snowball and made a snowman :) HEE. Pasal awal-awal si Nela ada added tangan sana so I don't want to leave the thing headless.
I think I smashed my camera tadi, since my hands were so numb bagas gambar-gambar and I dropped it.
I have pretty Polaroid pictures of us arah snow though :)
I hope it snows all week, but I doubt it. It's really rare to snow here in Southampton, I didn't expect it would snow at all this year. My feet are soaked.
It's nice sitting here, eating cookies. Now I'm just waiting for my guy to come home :)
3:12:00 PM
