Tuesday, January 29, 2008

WHERE ON EARTH IS SAFE??


The Earth (The Dummies' Paper)

Today's Top Stories:

  • Helicopters open fire above Kenyan town, 22 die in fresh clashes
  • Iraqi police find remains, heads of 19 executed men
  • Adrian Liew's cellphone stolen!!!!
  • Keegan praying for Owen to stun Gunners

I couldn't believe there are thieves in Germany who dared to enter one's(my) room to steal one's(my) cellphone!! *Sobss* it was my beloved cell.. i couldn't imagine what i would do if i met the guy who stole my cell..I'll probably throw a nokia 3310(given by zai xi) at his "precious"..i don't expect to get back my cell, but anyway i lodged a police report. They didn't seem to bother much as it's JUST a cell..indeed..what could they possibly do?! Aiikss..all my contacts..all my sentimental messages..all my photos..all gone!!! Hmmpphh!! not gonna get a new one at the moment..so i'm gonna let my old Samsung mobile to retake the front seat..

~one-minute silence in commemoration of my lost cellphone~ R.I.P

Monday, January 21, 2008

NEW RECIPE!!


16-1-08: That day my Bulgarian friend Alexander invited me for a dinner at his place in Bochum. He said he wanted to make me a Bulgarian delicacy, called "Kiufteta"..It was quite a nice dish.. So i asked him for the recipe and i'm gonna promote it here..

Kiufteta (Bulgarian Meatballs)

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 kg of Hackfleisch (minced meat)
  • 2 onions
  • 2 eggs
  • salt
  • green pepper powder
  • red pepper powder
  • a type of Bulgarian spice (which i have forgotten)
  • oil
Method:
  1. Place Hackfleisch, minced onions, eggs, salt and all 3 spices into a tray.
  2. Mix well with hand for approximately 15 minutes.
  3. Form into small round balls.
  4. Fry meatballs.
  5. Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Two Weeks of Famine



The hostel kitchen cabinets have been dismantled this morning. In two weeks time, it will be under renovation..good news for all..but we will be unable to cook in the kitchen..stoves, oven, microwave..everything has been removed from the kitchen..i wondered what i am gonna cook throughout these two weeks...I had instant noodles for lunch..then for dinner, i was wondering..what else can i cook? i only have a rice cooker in my room..Yeah..i had one more carrot left..and some sausages..so ended up cooking "carrot porridge with sausages"..a bit tasteless but it was ok..hmm..what am i gonna cook tomorrow?

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Tension 2007, Expectant 2008







A new year has come...A chain of events, regardless of joyful and miserable, had happened throughout the year 2007. In the year 2007, tension was the only thing i saw. A' Level examinations and German Language test took place at the same time. If I didn't do well, i would have probably lost the chance getting into a German university. Somehow I am now here in Germany. In fact most of the memories before I came to Germany occupied my mind the most. Buddies, college life, Tar Villa, Goethe Institute, BRJ, The Curve, NLP and many more. I saw the gathering photo taken in Yi Herng's house. Haha..I wish I were inside..but as what accounting expert Zai Xi told me, this is opportunity cost. One can't have everything. Give up for something which priority offsets the other. And no regret..That day Orlandoy Yoon told me that the buddies set my name as the password of the game access for Counter-Strike when they were at cyber cafe. Haha..I was on cloud nine..I am still on your mind. Thanks buddies!

In the year 2007, I also ended my days in college. It is simply unbelievable. In just a short period of 18 months, I was blessed with some of the greatest friends in my life. But God was cruel that He separated us apart from each other. Genius Sean is having a great life in NTU, Singapore. Iherng is waiting for his news for scholarship to the US. Metta is missing in action. And most of the others have started their university life back in Malaysia. Wish them the best of luck!

In mid-June 2007, I broke up with my first love. 3 years of relationship had to come to an end. She meant a lot to me. Throughout the years, we cherished each other and we fought with each other. However i am glad to once be the one she loved most and i never regretted that she was the one i loved most. She had been giving me support and a good listener. Love is blind. During our time together, I did a lot of irrational things which are not too convenient to be mentioned here. Haha..Anyway, I learned that LOVE is a complicated thing which Albert Einstein couldn't even derive a perfect formula to it. Somehow I look forward to my next, but possibly not the last, girlfriend. Blessing to my Ex as well.

Looking into the year 2008, it is filled with anticipations and new hopes. I wondered, should I still think about my new year resolutions? Since I couldn't fulfill most of them in the past years. But then a phrase(or shall I say a piece of advice) given by a friend came to my mind. "It is not about whether you CAN do it or not, it is whether you WANT to do it or not". True, indeed. And so I thought of a few, which are the basic steps to lead me to other possible achievements.
  1. Learn to be more sociable
  2. Self-control - not to be prevailed upon temptations and distractions
  3. Mein Deutsch zu verbessern - Improve my German
Not too many of them, but to me, it's a lot of hard work to put in.

I wish my family & buddies a great year of 2008!

Darren, good luck in your university life in Australia!