Monday again

In Biology, we learn that lightning aids the production of nitrogen compounds that fertilizes the soil. One flash produces so much heat that some reaction happen in the sky and comes down together with rain. In short, lightning should be something lovely...or at least useful. Not until last Friday.

As I had mentioned in a few posts before this, the weather had been strange, as if it has mood swings. It was sunny before noon and it started to shower lightly a few times. At late noon, it rained again. Therefore, I quickly got out of the house to collect the clothes on the lines. The moment I stepped out of the door, lightning came and I saw a bright blinding spark in the house. Immediately, all electrical appliances stopped working......until this morning.

I wasn't at home when the Telekom technician came. Thank God, line is up now, business as usual.

Anyway, my former room mate surprised me by bringing his hometown confectionery for me. Going to be fat again, i think.

Nothing-much-to-do day

It's still Diwali holiday mood now. I believe everyone has gone back home. While they were enjoying the comfort of their houses or having lots of fun in their trips, some of us who are taking Chemistry this semester chose to attend a three-hour lecture today. Well, not all of us, but probably just 30% of the whole class.

We logged into a website hosted by the publisher of the Chemistry reference book we bought earlier. Our lecturer had prepared some questions for us on that website. Therefore, what we did was only to practice the 14 question online.

Other than that, I practically didn't do anything except to sleep. Zzzzzzz.....

Yea. Should have been more active, right?

Hot springs!

Today marks the day of Diwali. While the Hindus are celebrating this festival of lights, we took the opportunity to have a day out.

40 of us from church went to Sungkai today. It's a place of hot springs and a mini water park. We were there early and started off with singspirations and some games. Then we had fun in the water park and the hot springs.

Some of the springs were so hot that I could barely put my feet in for more than 5 seconds. However, at the same time, I see some older people dipping their legs in the springs for minutes without breaking a sweat.

It's a day filled with fun and laughter. I loved the fellowship.

And it's a tiring day.

A Day of Mental and Physical Torment (However you like to name it)

I don't feel like blogging today. Had a tiresome day bring some juniors to visit KL and led some friends from another EC group to Angkasapuri for their interview session with a staff. I was back in my hometown, but I didn't bother to go back home.

I'm mentally tired. And it manifested through my physical body.

Ghost university

We've heard of ghost town. But what on earth is a ghost university？ Yea, you could sort of guess it.

Today’s the eve of our long Diwali break. In the morning Chemistry class, about 20% of the students were missing. Later in the late afternoon, about the same percentage of students we're missing as well. In general, the campus had turned into a quieter place.

I, as well as many others who are still around, strongly believe that these missing faces had all went back to their hometown. Now, the question is, are they celebrating Diwali? I still saw some Indians (presumably Hindus) in the campus. They were not rushing home. But why the non-Hindus?

This reminds me of my working days in Sunway Pyramid. It was Aidilfitri. The Chinese bosses were taking a week-long leave, while the Malay staffs had to celebrate the first day of Syawal in their department. Wasn't that ironic? I knew about this because I was working during that time for extra money.

C'est la vie, non?

Cheh!

After church, I had a little time. Since the room had been having lots of uninvited visitors that occasionally found dead on the bed, I'd decided to clean the room.

I stared off by laying the mattresses outside the room. I started sweeping and mopping the floor after that. One of my room mates came back. While I stopped mopping for a while and replying the Facebook messages, he took the mop and started mopping vigourously. It looked to me like I'm not doing a good job and he's smarter in doing it, so he is in control. And I suck. I'm stupid. He's right and I'm wrong. Fine. FINE.

You could say that I was thinking a little too much. But hello... I was just trying to contribute to the cleanliness of the room.

Hot and Cold

The weather is still crazy.

In the morning, the Sun was blazing. Coincidentally, my friends who takes Taekwondo had to have their session in the field. Worse still, their two-hour session was lengthen into three. This was to replace the holiday credit hours. Poor things. All of them came back with red, tanned faces.

On the other hand, it was the opposite for Fire Brigade. We were supposed to have an hour of lecture in the room, and another hour of drill. Somehow, the lecture was too long that the drill was cancelled, just like last week. Was it good? No. Not at all. I was hoping to go out for some drills when some Sun rays hit the surrounding outside our windows. It's too COLD in the room.

Had some stupid argument with my friend. It's really stupid and insignificant. Shouldn't have happened. I suck. I wish not to explain what happened prior to this. I'll just apologize tomorrow. It's my fault anyway.