I am so addicted to Michael Bolton, a great song writer and a superb performer. Here are two fine examples of his great music, Soul Provider and When a Man Loves a Woman.

Soul Provider - Michael Bolton

Talk about love, talk about trust
Talkin' 'bout forever baby
When I'm talkin' 'bout us
I give you my word, stick to my guns
Believe when I tell ya baby
That we've just begun
You don't understand, no
The full intent of my plan

I wanna be your soul provider
I wanna stay that way
For the longest time
I wanna be, your soul provider
Just say you'll let me
And darlin' I will

I know you've been hurt, I know you're love shy
You don't have to say it baby
It's gonna take some time
Ya got my heart, in the palm of your hand
Swear it's gonna stay there baby
Give me half a chance
You don't understand
The full intent of my plan
I've been waitin' for a long time for somebody like you
To give my love, all my love day and night
Just say you'll be mine for the rest of your life
Baby I'll show you why

I wanna be your soul provider
I wanna stay that way
For the longest time
I wanna be, your soul provider
Just say you'll let me
And darlin' I will

When a Man Loves a Woman - Michael Bolton

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he puts her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It ought to be

When a man loves a woman
I give you everything I got "yeah"
Trying to hold on
To your precious love
Baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman
Deep down in his soul
She can bring him such misery
If she is playing him for a fool
He's the last one to know
Loving eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels
Cause baby baby baby
I am a man
When a man loves a woman

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present." Sounds familiar to you? Well it is one the lines in Kung Fu Panda as quoted by Master Oogway. Yesterday to me was fun. Well, I got to hang out with a few of my friends. Though it was only for a couple hours, it doesn't really matter. What matters most was that everyone did enjoy themselves. So they say emphasize on quality and not quantity, a statement which I TOTALLY agree with.

So what was the activity yesterday? The activity was nothing much but to go and pick up "cockroach"'s offer letter from one of the university in Australia recommended to her by an education advisor from StudyLink. As usual, after receiving the letter of offer, me being the typical CK who was damn "kaypo" posed a few question to the education advisor, on behalf of "cockroach". In my honest opinion, I didn't know what he was talking about as most of the time he was mumbling about how that university would provide good quality education. Okay, what is quality education? Is there any university out there, whether in UK, US or Australia that claims that they DON'T provide good quality education?

This has led to another argument/debate between me and the education advisor. Course fee and budget. Haven't you heard that you receive what you paid for and you pay for what you received. My point was, considering that you have already made such a big investment and commitment to a university, would you fork out at extra $5000 AUD just to get to a better uni? Yes , no doubt $5000 AUD is not a small amount in any sense, but I do believe you will spend that extra $5000 AUD just to enter to a more recognized uni. Then... to my surprise... he started to talk about food (I presume it's char koay teow), in Penang and KL. Penang char koay teow is much cheaper compared to those served in KL, but it taste much better. I was like "What the hell?, obviously you don't get me. There is something called "switching cost" and risk".

Come on, let's be a little mature. Will you regret if you have ordered a plate of char koay teow from KL that didn't taste as good as the ones in Penang? Yes you will. But can you order another plate of char koay teow prepared in Penang? Yes you can. However, can you do the same with a university? Can you simply change from one uni to the other? Yes but would you do it, considering you have probably spend THOUSANDS... not ringgits? What about the time lost? Money lost or wasted can be earned but can you recover back the time that you had wasted? To many things and too many factors are involved. Let us just don't look at the surface...

Nonetheless, he still doesn't want to give up. He claims that he can provide a double qualification with the cost of a single qualification from a good university. Sigh, guess I am a very difficult guy to please. Today is just not his day for having to "cross swords" with me. What is the point of a double qualification if it's not recognized or well-known. Isn't it dumb? Getting a degree and a master degree from an unknown, probably not so recognized uni doesn't make you any better compared to a degree holder from say Melbourne uni? Getting those two qualification doesn't make you any special for it only shows that you are a bookworm and that is if you manage to complete it. Let us not neglect the fact that besides being book-smart, we also have to be street-smart. Sigh, I just love to think too much... Anyway, it wasn't my problem also. It is "cockroach"'s problem.

Today is "about her"'s birthday. Happy Birthday. May all your wishes come true but hey, don't just hope but work hard for it okay? I hope luck shall always shine on you no matter where you are, where you are heading and in whatever you do and about to do. And best wishes in all your future plans. But I guess on the time that I am posting this, she is probably celebrating with a bunch of her friends. Anyway, I shall grab the chance to celebrate with her tonight. Wish me luck... =)

I have just got to love fishing. Fishing is so fun... I have been fishing for two days in a row, Saturday and Sunday. I guess dad was in good mood, LOL. On Saturday, he took me and my bro all the way to Kuala Sungai Pinang and for your info, it is further than Monkey Beach and Pantai Kerachut and it's not that polluted stinking Sungai Pinang. After setting up the boat, we set journey to this Kuala Sungai Pinang. So you would be wondering how was the boat ride. To be honest, it was kinda boring; LOL. How do you describe a ride on an Explorer F17 powered by a Suzuki 15HP outboard motor? SLOW. It took us approximately 40 minutes to reach this Kuala Sungai Pinang from the place where we parked the boat.

I have to say being a Penangite, everyone should go for a boat ride around Penang island. No words can describe it. I am speechless when we travelled so far to this Kuala Sungai Pinang, we pass by Batu Feringghi, Teluk Bahang, Monkey Beach and Pantai Kerachut. Who ever say the beaches in Penang is dirty and polluted (minus Gurney Drive)? My honest opinion, I would say Penang has one of the best beaches in Malaysia, probably the world. Anyway, once we reach there, we lay down our nets in search for baits. Our mission on Saturday, to look for grouper. As usual, bro took along all his fishing gears (show off). After getting enough baits (live prawns and cuttlefish), we proceed to fish at nearby places near rocky beaches.

So did we manage to get any grouper? Well, a lot of groupers. Not joking. Okay, maybe they aren't a kilo or two in size, we did manage to caught a lot of small groupers, baby groupers. Sigh, I am really really pissed off. I don't have a camera or at least a good camera or I would have taken lots and lots of pics. Time for me to save money to get a good water resistant camera, hehehe. After getting enough groupers, we decided that we should head home before it gets too dark. Yet again, another 40 minutes ride back. We almost didn't have enough fuel to reach Tanjung Bungah forcing us to go for a pit stop at Batu Ferringhi to refuel with a guy named Ah Boon. He is no baboon okay, he is a nice guy. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have reached home on Saturday night.

Tiredness never stop me or dad from fishing. Bro is totally knocked out after one whole day at the sea. Today, we set out to sea in search for the mullets I showed you guys that day. Well, the weather was fine in the morning, yet when it reaches mid-day, it started drizzling then raining. This is worsened by strong winds and waves. Nonetheless, we did manage to get ourselves some fish. Hehehe. Mullets of course, prawns definitely and promfets. Yupz, promfets. Let me upload the pic of the mullets and promfets I caught.

Pic of promfets I caught. This are caught, look properly and you will see the markings of the net. And look at the silver scales, they are fresh. Hehehe.

Hmm... this is a surprise. This is King of Mullets. Though only one, this King of Mullets is 14 inches in length, compared to the normal ones, 6 inches.

Before I end this post, I bet you guys had probably heard of the "electric fish". You guys had probably heard of how it will shock you with the currents generated from its body. Well, you know what, I managed to caught our very own local "electric fish". It doesn't look like a fish, it's a ray, an electric ray. Yupz, you heard me right... For your info, it is very very cute. Extremely cute. It's black in color, soft, slimy with two small tiny eyes. Hahaha. Forgive me for being so excited. This is my first encounter with an "electric ray"... I checked the Internet and based on wikipedia, it is called the finless sleeper ray under the Narkidae family. Its binomial name is Temera hardwickii, what a cute name for a cute fish. Here are two pics of the "electric ray" ...ZZZ

It is just very small, seems harmless and damn cute.
There are 2 white spots on the right and left.

Touch me and I will "surprise" you!!!

Well, that's it for now. I need to get some rest now. Dad is back to work and I am back to college. Will keep you guys updated on my next fishing trip...

Love all, trust a few, do harm to none - William Shakespeare. Do you believe in it? Do you agree with it? Well, whether you believe or agree with it or not, I certainly do. Two days ago, I lost one of the most valuable thing in my life and no, its not any of my family members (choi, touch keyboard; LOL) or my beloved friends. So, what is that most valuable thing? Hmm... my pencil case??? Yupz, it is my pencil case. If my memory serves me right, I have been using the same, dirty, blue colored pencil case for the past 5 years. Both me and the pencil case have gone through alot, PMR, SPM and every single final semester exam and I would say it's like a lucky charm to me.

So you are probably thinking why am I talking about my lost pencil case, and how is it going to make me believe and agree with what shakespeare had said. Hmm... today, I received a call from someone whom you least expect, the business school front desk administrator. To my surprise, I was expecting that I am again in deep shit and started to think what have I done to be called up by the college again. Hence, I rode my bike back to college (I have already reached home when the time I received that call) expecting a bad news from them. However, seems like I was being too imaginative, the admin people only needed my help in preparing some brochure and a short slide show for the upcoming talk regarding Keele University presented by Professor Peter Lawrence. By the way, if you are a yr 2 or 3 KDU diploma in business student, please attend the talk. Its November 13, at 11 am in lecture theatre 1.

So, as usual, it is pretty difficult for me to turn down anyone who ask help from me. After gaining all the information needed, I went to the library and started the "assignment" that was passed to me. Expecting nothing in return, I did ask the admin if they had seen my pencil case or not to which the reply was no, I receive another call from the admin people at approximately 3.30pm saying that they had found my pencil case. Wow, I was extremely happy. Hmm... thank you to that anonymous person from Murdoch (if I am not mistaken) for returning back the pencil case.

Was everything inside and most importantly, was my thumbdrive inside? YES. Not even a single pen or eraser went missing. However, what did broke my heart was that before that someone return the pencil case, I am not sure if it was him/her or his/her friends, someone "raped" my pencil case; LOL. Anyway, the damage is done, I have already bought a new pencil case which is even cuter, hahaha, so case close. I am happy now that I have recovered back my thumbdrive. This is a fine example of what shakespeare had said, love all, trust a few, do harm to none. I helped all, trust a few and do harm to none, to which I have receive good things back in return. Just like what they say in malay, "buat baik dibalas baik"; LOL.

The story later is not so good. I had promised someone to do something. Yet, because of me helping the admin people, I was held back until I was too late. Argh... not only I am late, in fact, I had to cancel the whole thing. Ish!!! I really hate myself. Sigh, why did it rain? Why did it rain during the most crucial time? Fate I guess. Haihz... luck was never on my side. Never... Hmm... I have got to think positively. I create my own fate. My fate lies in my hand. I decide what I want and what I hate. I am in control of my life...!!!

Last but not least, almost forgotten, I have got to congratulate my friend, Chia Mei. Hahaha... Chia Mei, if you are reading this, I congratulate you for finally Mr Sweetguy said something nice about you. Keep your faith alive. I shall be supporting you from behind. Hahahaha....

Yet another busy week... Assignment and more assignments... Presentations... Classroom activity... You name it and I have got to face it, this week and next week. So they say college life is fun, free and entertaining but I have got to say, it ain't fun this week. Sigh... such a simple subject of Academic English for Business has turned out to be so difficult.

More than 60 pages of journal to be read and a task to write a review on it for the sake of getting 5 marks??? Where is justice??? My seniors don't have to do it. So why is it compulsory now? "It's all for your own good, to prepare you for degree courses", that is the typical response you get from Ms Florence when you ask her. Well, we all know that her intention is good, the outcome is very likely to be positive but please be a little considerate considering we are not only taking your subject. Have you forgotten? Let me refresh your memory, we still have Operations Management, Management of Human Resource, Services Marketing and Company Law.

Anyway, enough talking about college life. Let's talk about what have I been doing lately. Hmm... errr... nothing? LOL. Life is so dull. I am so bored at home. I am either at college or at work. Life is no fun. Sigh... Dad is back to work and there goes all the fishing time. Someone, anyone... if you are reading this, if you are free sometimes, do call me out... Argh!!! I am rotting at home.

I think I am getting crazy, probably mad. Its been like 5 months or so. Kawasaki... ARE YOU CHEATING ME? Don't fool with me. I am getting more pissed off as the days gone by. I am now considering any bikes, KTM, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha even Harley Davidson... Hahahaha... I know I won't be able to afford any of the bikes, but who cares... If its fine with dad, it's certainly fine with me. Beggars can't be choosers. Quick... get me my bike. By the way, if its not too much to ask for, the Z750 looks perfect too; LOL.

Wrong timing, bad luck, fate. For the mean time, let's hope I will get my bike soon. Now, its back to the 60 pages journal for this Friday's class. Wish me luck...

Hot day. Rough sea. Strong currents. None of this is going to stop me from fishing today and I am really glad I went fishing today. Though my body is falling apart and breaking into pieces after 7 hours in the middle of the sea, it is not a big issue considering the catch I got today. Fish, prawns, mantis prawns (love it), crabs and swamp crab. Hahaha... A variety of seafood at no cost. Okay, maybe at one cost. I am getting dark, really really dark. Sunburn, LOL. Anyway, let the pics do the talking.

A snapshot of a swamp crab and a big mantis prawn I caught today.

A snapshot of flower crabs before I boil and feast on them. =)


A snapshot of the fish I caught. Name? Err... mullets??

Finally, it came to my senses that fishing is actually a great activity to do when you're free. You don't waste money, in fact you earn. Yupz, you earn money. The mullets you saw up there, guess how much is it per kilo? Its RM17.00 per kilo. Me and my dad, we managed to caught 14 kilos of that mullet. Hmm... anyway, it's not the money that attracts me. Its the fun you had on the boat, pulling in the nets and looking at all the catches. As extra, I don't even have to go to the gym to stay fit. This is the secret of how I stay fit, lots and lots of fishing...

This is going to be a very short post.

Trip to Bukit Genting

Petrol: RM20.00
Food: RM100.00
Baskin Robbins: RM18.00

The 3 hours at Bukit Genting
[Fun]
The photos taken at Bukit Genting
[Precious]
The smile on everyone's face, Especially yours...
[PRICELESS]