Dann's Bloggie

The good old days

2011-09-27T12:48:00.003+02:00

Camwhoring days... long time dint do silly things like this ady... kinda missed it. haha. Time flies. Even the "main characters" of the german version of boys vs flowers also gonna get married themselves soon. *admire*

long time no see

2011-09-26T13:22:00.003+02:00

Soooooo long dint update my blog! Im still alive and kicking. Embarking on the final journey of my bachelor degree-- final thesis. AFter this im free from Uni!! wee....

but wait, if i gonna study masters, am i gonna repeat everything again? aiksss....

but if i start work, im gonna do the same thing for the next 30 years??? aiksss....

What should I do??? *think think and think*

update~

2010-11-15T03:11:00.002+01:00

好久没有update部落格了。超懒惰。超忙。

Anyway, 我现在人在美国，生活真的是很轻松。从前那些在德国的压力和烦恼都不翼而飞，没有繁忙的课业和工作，整个人就好像在度假一样，轻松写意。。。（好期待下星期去迈阿密度假，晒太阳，看美女) . 在美国不需要再用德语上课，考试，超爽~！考试也蛮容易，不需要熬夜读书背notes。一个星期只有12小时的课。教授教书也听得懂，不像德国根本no idea 人家在讲什么。买东西又便宜。Levi‘s Jeans 20USD 而已！根本就好像人在天堂，无忧无虑。。。

当然，这样不切实际的生活很容易让人变得complacent，好像已经达到人生目标，不需要再拼，不需要再努力向上，可以松懈。从朋友的部落格借来的quote :

我们都该乘我们还年轻，多多磨练自己某样并未掌握好的学问，或者重新开始学习新的学问。总有一天，机会一定会来到我们的眼前

当初要来美国的原因是为了在这里拿一些科目，用英文来做，拿好成绩回去德国不用再考。同时也想要让自己的CV更漂亮，更有竞争能力。可以的话我还想在这里做internship，填补自己在机械工程这领域的不足。来了美国后，整个人却松懈了，渐渐让自己习惯这种懒散的生活。呈何体统。

我觉得人类是很善忘的，需要偶尔的提醒。虽然这句 quote 并不是什么名言，可是它带来的意义是很深的。感谢伟豪，让我梦醒，不要再过这种没有意义，没有贡献的日子。

*后天有interview，第一个用英文的job interview. 期待和紧张。替我加油吧！

Judging others

2010-06-16T23:14:00.004+02:00

Did my quiet time and happened to read this verse from the bible which touched me a lot.

Matthew 7:1-5

Judging Others

¹"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. ²For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

³"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

Criticizing others is something I tend to do when I see something wrong with this person's life. I know that this is a bad habit that will eventually cause unpleasantness. Sadly, my unwillingness to change makes this bad habit deeply rooted inside me. Ask Qi Hao and he will tell you how many times I have reprimanded or criticized his mistakes. Although many times I try to tell myself that by doing so I am actually helping him, the outcome doesn't seem right. People tend to feel hurt after a scolding or criticism and it doesn't help this person to overcome his or her mistakes. It is pride that makes me think that i am better than the other person.

Judging people is wrong at the first place. Who has given me the authority to judge someone? no one! The bible clearly says that when you judge, you will be judged as well. After I judged someone and look into my own life, I realized that actually I am not faultless after all. I can be caught doing the same thing that I despised or criticized, like time-wasting, lack of discipline etc. If I myself do the same thing, who am I to tell other people to stop doing those things then?

An attitude of self-righteousness has no place in the Christian life. That should be plain to see.

A Prayer: Lord, help me not to get caught up in pointing out the “little” sins in others’ lives, while ignoring my own glaring sin. I’m thankful that with repentance comes forgiveness. Amen.

Amsterdam, Holland

2010-05-18T20:49:00.005+02:00

Sorry 4 the late update. So here are the latest pictures from my trip to Amsterdam, Holland.

So many flowers + chess, im sure my dad will love it.

Trip to Salzburg

2010-04-05T13:41:00.005+02:00

First road trip to Salzburg, Austria. Located south of Regensburg, Salzburg is surely a place u wanna go if u r a big fan of the alps and breathtaking sceneries. Salzburg is also the the native city of the famous composer- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Hello Regensburg and internship

2010-03-17T17:59:00.004+01:00

After a few days without internet due to shifting of house, im finally back online! and this time not from Esslingen, but Regensburg! my new 2nd home!

Shifting house can be something stressful if everything does not goes well. Was caught in a jam at the highway after the worst road accident in Germany, where 100++ cars got involved. It was reported in the news that it was caused by heavy fog and slippery + icy conditions on the road. The accident was so massive that the whole highway has to be closed and thus causing this traffic jam. Thank God that Jia Jin was quite patient and helped me till the end to move my things despite having exams this week. A big thank you to u!

Started my internship with Continental Corporation on Monday. Many ppl associates Continental with tyres, which is not wrong. But im working in the passive safety department, constructing Air Bag control systems using Pro-Engineer. 95% of cars in this world uses Air Bag control systems produced by Continental. woot.

After a hard day of work, it's time to pamper myself a little. We went to an italian restaurant to have our dinner, celebrating our first day at work and also Theng2's birthday. Look how big the pizza is:

Of cos we did not managed to finish it. Malaysian food is still the best! Missed them...

Contrast

2010-03-11T12:02:00.005+01:00

From super hot and humid Malaysia to cold and dry Germany. Sigh~ I prefer hot than cold. (At least got air con at home)

The snow is back... grrr....

View from my old house. Gonna say bye bye to it on Friday. =(

Msia

2010-03-01T06:00:00.003+01:00

It's my last week here in Msia. Enjoyed the past few weeks a lot with friends and family. Sadly, all good things come to an end pretty quickly. Will be going bek to cold cold Germany on sunday. I hate to go back, especially when I can relax the whole day here, no worries about my next meal, no worries about studies and internships, etc etc... But then, wat to do? there are still many things that need to be done in Germany. How I wished time could come to a standstill.

I think I have grown "horizontally" a lot after all those nice food in Msia. Everyone treats me like someone who gets hungry easily, keep stuffing me with food.
"You must try this n that, Germany dun have this one...". Especially Auntie Goh, always ask me to eat eat and eat. She cooked like 8 dishes for lunch? Got prawns ar, fish ar, and even wild boar meat! At nite brought us to eat satay summore... wow... I hope she will adopt me as her son, then i dun have to worry about makan anymore. :b

Shah Alam changed a little since i last went back. Those fortunate juniors got new Futsal courts. Back to our days, we had to play football at the old court, with rubbish bin as goal. And have to run for our lives when the guards come.

I wished that I dun have to go back to cold cold Germany. But then, I have to. Life goes on. Have to strive 4 excellence again. Thank God for the good results 4 last sem. It was a hectic sem and im glad to finish it w/out failing any subjects. The upcoming sem is another story. Hope to do well in it as well.

不知道为什么，心情沉重。。。过了这么多天还是这样。。。:(

One more week

2010-01-31T09:09:00.001+01:00

2 more papers, lotsa snow to sweep, lotsa stuff to settle, and then I will be home. 4 CNY!

Snow snow germany~~

2010-01-07T22:52:00.005+01:00

That's me... waiting 4 u in the snow... It's cold... It's freezing...It's unbearable... However, my heart feels warm because I know that the one I'm waiting for is worth the wait.

*I'm so romantic! haha!

Happy new year 2010~!

2009-12-28T11:14:00.004+01:00

Wish all blog readers a blessed christmas and new year 2010~!

Moody December

2009-12-05T18:06:00.002+01:00

Year 2009 is coming to a close soon. That means it's time to pick up the pace and try to finish whatever that is needed to be done, be it Project or preparing 4 exams. Christmas is now like a deadline 4 me. Everything needs to be done b4 that. Sigh, stress~~

Im supposed to be preparing 4 my interview on Tues with Porsche. However, my mind seems to be in a blank. Not sure what to do to prepare for this interview. Browsed through the Porsche Website, took down some notes. It's rily boring... Having got the internship position with Continental means I have room for failure now. I can screw up this interview and still do my internship next sem. With this thought in mind, complacency creeps in. Like leading 1-0 in a football match. I have watched football long enough to know the consequence of being complacent. I guess I will have to go through those frequently asked questions again, like why am I studying in germany, why did I choose Porsche as my company to do my internship, etc...

Speaking about football, I nearly fell asleep watching Arsenal playing against Stoke just now. Watching Arsenal nowadays after Robin Van Persie got injured can be frustrating and sickening. Like a toothless tiger, Arsenal try to attack with either Eduardo or Vela, 2 of the most lightweight strikers in the EPL. Whenever the ball is passed forward, they lose it immediately to a bigger size defender. The same routine goes on and on for the whole match. Chelsea and Man City won their matches easily since they knew that our strikers pose no threat at all and can defend with ease. With that leaky defence and toothless attack, losing those matches were inevitable. And now, the whole team looks lifeless. Arshavin and Fabregas played poorly. Arsenal looked like a title winning candidate b4 the world cup qualifiers. After that, they played like a team from mid table, all thanks to an injury sustained during a FRIENDLY game.

Thanks to internet radio, my name was mentioned in YES 933 fm from singapore. I was chatting in their chatroom and mentioned dat I was from Germany. Who knows Zhou Chong Qing, the DJ dat time, saw my msg. "很感谢我们的 online radio，让在国外的朋友也能够听到我们的声音，今天我们就有朋友来自香港，台湾和德国！！Dann0910 from Germany!" wow... first time on air... haha...

Alright, time to cook dinner... What shud I cook then? hmmm.....

Autumn

2009-11-17T21:05:00.004+01:00

My mum said she wanted to see how autumn looks like. So here are some pictures taken directly from my window. My photography skills are not worth mentioning, so just make do with it lah...

*The trees are all now "botak". And winter is coming. Will get to see snow soon.

Math

2009-11-14T10:42:00.001+01:00

project vs exam

2009-10-17T20:21:00.002+02:00

Depart from house when the sky is still dark, return home after the sun sets. Well, dats my routine 4 the past few weeks. 4th sem is indeed scary. Im still surviving, dun worry.

Here r some pics from my project. The model of an aircraft flap in the wind tunnel:

Besides this project, we got another construction project. Create a torchlight which operates without battery. Means using chemical energy from our bodies. u all know la, those torchlights which produces light when we shake it or squeeze it. Our task is to cr8 something similar which is not on the market. Not easy.

Having so many projects means we have very less free time compared to previous semesters. Whenever there's a free period, we will use it to do our project, unlike last time when we can use the free time to go drink coffee or go bek home n sleep. But thank God many projects = less exam. But isit a good thing? I dunno...

To u know who u r, having exams can be rily frustrating n tiring. But having lotsa projects has the same effect as well. U do ur exam, I do my project, we both gambateh ba! Im sure we can do it! n sleep more ya... less sleep = bigger eyebags. =)

Start of new sem

2009-10-05T21:00:00.004+02:00

Oh yeah, the title says it all. My 4th semester, one of the busiest semester in Mechanical engineering in Esslingen. Many group projects and many 7.30 am lectures. 7.30 am lectures are 4 me the greatest challenge. Imagine going to bed late, have to wake up at 6.30 am, the outside temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius, my warm n cosy blanket 25 Degrees, the sun still nowhere to be seen, etc etc... I tell u, the temptation to remain in bed n sleep 4 another hour can be irresistible at times!

Oh well, hope I can survive this new semester though. Needs lotsa strength n stamina since classes start from 7.30 to 5-6pm. *yawn*

Just got the topic 4 our group project. Testing of the wings of an aircraft (aerodynamics). The part is circled in red as shown below:

But of cos we are not doing tests on Boeing or Airbus (we r not experts yet), just some small jet that the students in the university have built together with some companies. Anyway, it shud be something interesting. Too bad that we dint managed to get our 1st choice project: testing of carbon dioxide as cooling agent in the large hadron collider in CERN, switzerland. That's the world's largest particle accelerator! Anyway, I shud be satisfied with wat i got. No complains!

Attended the wedding of my flatmate last saturday. Im rily happy to see him getting married. From the moment the bride entered the church, he cant stop shedding tears of joy! I dunno if I would do the same in future. It was so touching. I was his "best man" that day, responsible for leading the bridal march with a candle in my hand to light the remaining candles on the altar. I also sang on the stage at night during the wedding dinner. 月亮代表我的心， since it was also mid-autumn festival dat day.

Dats all 4 today, will try to upload some pics from the wedding asap. Till then, ciao~~

update update

2009-09-09T21:08:00.003+02:00

Still in holiday mode, my blog as well. So sorry 4 the late update.

Weather in Germany is getting colder as autumn is slowly arriving. That means my holiday is gonna come to an end soon. awhhh... sad... I have also started working this week after taking a few weeks off 4 holidays. No choice, gotta earn back those spent money. =(

Have to say that im very satisfied with my last semester. Despite spending more time doing the tutor job and also working part time, my results were fine. Passed all subjects. Eventhough not all with flying colours, but im still satisfied with it. Thank God 4 that~! Hope to do even better next sem.

It has been a year since I last tried nasi lemak, bak kut teh, laksa, etc etc. Whenever I view my fren's blogs (those who went bek to Msia in summer), my tummy will start to growl. "Another 6 months to go", I tell myself... Another 6 months....

Curi-ed this photo from my fren. This girl is rily cute, right? If my future daughter looks like this, awhhhh... how sweet....~! looks like me onot? haha...

Venice trip

2009-08-22T12:32:00.008+02:00

Im finally bek at home in Esslingen after a long 2 weeks trip in Italy. We stayed in a caravan, ate lotsa pizzas, became tanned and killed lotsa mosquitoes (my 1st time encountering mosquitoes in europe). Overall, it was a totally different experience compared to my previous trips. This trip was all about relaxing, not rushing around to get glimpses of as many cities as possible.

We travelled to Venice all the way from Stuttgart. In total around 850km crossing switzerland as well. This was the pic taken in Switzerland near Zurich. Beautiful scenery.

A splendid view of the alps during summer.

Venice:

The famous gondola of Venice. A romantic experience for couples. Too bad that i am still single.

The gang of four in Venice

The reason for my super tanned skin. We swam a lot as well since the camping site we stayed was situated near the beach. And i saw n touched a dead jellyfish... geli...

Marketplace. Very similar to Msian pasar malam where one can find many cheap stuffs, fake football jerseys included. (The one im wearing is not fake!)

Still got plenty of pictures but too lazy to upload... Got to start work on monday again... sigh... oh well, dat's life, right?

Ciao, Venezia~!