Yaikks !

3 months ago,

There was a FREAK accident at the junction between 37th and Spruce. A cab skidded on a very slippery road and swirled in a semi-circle before crashing into the curb, by-passing a few trees though a pole at the junction suffered 'minor injuries'. Just a few days before this incident, a food-truck at the same junction was engulfed in flames. Eye witnesses said that the methane tank from the truck exploded. Eeeeee,.... 37th at Spruce is really f-r-e-a-k-y.

Anyway, I, being extremely-so k-p-c (a very m'sian thing ok..), took a few snippets of the incident. The police here was so concerned that they deployed 5 - 7 personnels at the scene and even called a firetruck (probably because of the other incident). Unlike most msian drivers, the americans here are not much bothered by the incident. Unsurprisingly, there were no bottle-neck traffic jams caused by curious drivers.

4 weeks ago,

It is NOT advisable to travel to the midwest during the winter, especially by train. Its super-duper extremely COLD and the wind goes speeding up to 50mph. I wonder why they don't have traffic police for winds.......

The day after i arrived at Lafayette, operations at chicago airport was halted due to severe blizzards. And of course, if you travel by AMTRAK, prepare to face derailments. Prepare to wait and wait and wait and wait and wait for the train to move. I was so irritated by the frequent stopovers that i can't help but snap a pic of one of the many places where the train stopped...in the middle of nowhere..


But of course, AMTRAK will help accommodate all passengers by preparing shuttles (either by buses or airplanes). Bill, who was supposed to meet me in Chicago, was pampered by a night at Hyatt with USD 50 to spend, courtesy of AMTRAK. Lucky him. So yeah, if you decide to enjoy a midwest winter vacation, take the AMTRAK. Its definitely a better option than a flight.

Heck, it even looks like an aeroplane (without the wings).


Night @ pittsburgh.

(Ps : i met a 'mexicano' lady at the ticket counter. She thought i was a Mexican and started speaking spanish. WTH. Oh and on my way to lafayette, i was sitting next to a Purdue professor who's conducting research on.......the behaviour of coyote'!!!!!!..... America is soo weird.)

5 days ago,

Talking about Bill, I'm taking this opportunity to introduce to you a new blog (don't kill me yea..). i was running through the html code of the template (because of some bugs) a few days ago and i was surprised to find out a few new visitors coming from new sources or references. I've updated the wired section on the left widget, (hope you don't mind) and WELCOME to this cyber-rabling-site but don't expect much here. I've a BIG problem with blog-commitment =).

3 weeks ago,

I (and a few of us here) got to know that a senior Malaysian student at a prominent university here is accusing a junior scholar back in Malaysia for plagiarism on a 'university application' essay. I understood that threats have been thrown into the discussion but i shall not delve into that (and neither should you) as it's best to leave it to them to settle the problem amicably, without any external interference. But this is certainly the first case I've heard and seen in my life!

Oh, before i forget, to those who have submitted your application to the University of Pennsylvania for admission to the Class of 2012, Christine Lim, the regional-coordinator for admission interviews, will be conducting the interview sessions on the 26th of January and the 10th of February. The sessions are open to ALL candidates although registration is required. Please drop Christine a message for further details.

1 week ago,

I spent less than USD 200 on my books for this semester (albeit i've been shopping in the 'student-market')!! The PennBoookstore is just a cut-throat place. My advice, get your books from Amazon or the House of Our Own which is located on the 39th street. You can save up to 63% on books from these places. Maybe we should propose for those democrats or republicans to advocate for a cheaper (if not free) education in the states.

Obama,
No, I'm not an obama-supporter (although i'll back him if he decides that education will be free in the US). Why is everyone (ok, not everyone) supporting Barack Obama? For starters, he doesn't even have a short-term plan to combat the prime-mortgage problem. Although he has excellent ideas on the methods to PREVENT the issue from repeating itself, he clearly does not have any CURE for it. Politics is not just about perception. Vote for Clinton or Edwards =)

Speaking of naiveties, how many of you out there are aware of what HINDRAF is all about? I bet 50-85% of the citizens who took the streets 3 months ago do not know what was exactly written in the memorandum. Now, the "Linggam-gate', which is a non-issue and the opposition is making a lot of broo-ha-ha on it for no apparent reason. So what if all the allegations are true? It is clearly stated that the promotion of all judges fully lies on the prerogative of the Executive Head, which in Malaysia, translate to the serving Prime Minister.

You would be kidding me if you do not expect him to not listen to views from other individuals, especially those in the judiciary. How can you not listen to somebody in the judiciary if you are responsible to promote judges? Every lawyer can claim that he/she is setting up so-so to get into the position of so and so. But so what? It's not them who will be deciding which judge should be promoted to so and so positions. Get real people. The judiciary system is just that. period.

Now go back and study or do your work. You've wasted 15 minutes of your precious time here.
And i need to sleep =)



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