It has been ages since I have been to Genting, and I have no complains for that. I think the last time I went was when First World Hotel was still brand new, with nice lightings and flooring. After so long, Genting has really transformed a lot, with many shops opening and also not forgetting stalls in the middle of walk ways. Even you can find Pizza Hut now at 5674.2319.. feet above sea level. Tasty hot delicious pizza during cold weather.
However, Genting isn’t really that cool as Genting anymore. I just feel that the standard for the whole place drop by just a little, just a bit ok. I guess it’s the maintenance of the place which make it just *can’t find appropriate words.
The current Genting Highlands and still expanding.
First World Hotel toilet or is it? It works as an Advertisement boards too for hooker service. Such a disgrace.
A person’s portion of Ginseng Bak Kut Teh, 2 rice and Yao Char Kuai (is this how you spell it?) cost you RM 15RM 35 !! *Note that it is non-halal.
Hmm, I guess I wouldn’t be making another trip to Genting so soon. Probably will have to wait for months years. The theme park just doesn’t attract me, as I am roller coaster phobic. So I can’t do much there too, as I am still under 21 *Wink. Till then……
Yes, 2 tickets to Air Supply. Me and my dad at Genting for their concert. They are finally here, after I have waited for so long. It has been 3 years since they came to Malaysia, and I had to make sure that I catch them performing live before they couldn’t do any concerts anymore.
Air Supply poster at Genting.
My first time at the Arena of Stars and it was my first concert in my life.
It wasn’t the best of seats and next to me was 4 aunties. This was expected. I have learnt my lesson - book early.
Rocking the arena with “Every Woman in the World”, “Two Less Lonely People in the World”, “Making Love Out of Nothing at All”, “Goodbye”, “Even the Nights are Better”, “Lost in Love”, “The One That You Love”, “The Power of Love”, “Without You” and etc.
Russell changed into a Green Batik shirt mid way through the concert. It looked great on him (he’s the one with the arrow pointing on him). They also came down to the audience platform to further electrolyse everyone.
They ended the concert with “All Out of Love”, with people gathering near the stage.
I truly enjoyed the concert as it is definitely one of my dream which I really want to achieve in my life. Not just to attend any concert, but Air Supply’s. Even though their songs are much appreciated by Uncles and Aunties, but for me, their songs really helped me through my hardest times in my life and I am really thankful for that. Not many people of my age would really understand why I love their songs so much, but the songs really make you fall in love.
Yeah, finally I have landed on Facebook. Nope, this does not mean I have given up on Friendster, in fact, I am not really active in Friendster anymore. Why Facebook then? Cause my Frisbee mates are there, chatting about upcoming tourneys and some random chats which they find it funny and also criticising about CEOs of certain companies. So I have no choice but to enter Facebook and open myself vulnerable of Wall’s bombardment. I have seen many people’s wall, and it really makes me losing my appetite as it is just to *censored.
Anyway my Plan 2 for entering Magic Nationals this year unlikely will be achieve because I do not really plan to go for Ipoh Qualifiers, as I don’t really have the confidence in playing this year’s meta game. If there is something big or some inspiring vote of confidence, then probably that would be what it takes to change my mind.
On the contrary, praying hard that Plan 1 - teaching Ultimate at Sungai Petani will work. Just one phone call and the plan will be a success. Waiting eagerly and hopefully Monday I can start. Really keeping my fingers crossed as I have just been sleepless for nights.
So if you managed to find my Facebook account, just add me. At least I know that who is reading my blog….
Little as anyone knew, this sport has been in Malaysia for about 5 years or more and currently it is getting more popular in Malaysia, but concentrated only at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Therefore, this blog entry is created to create awareness and help to spread this sport, especially towards the North region of Peninsular Malaysia.
There are already numerous tournaments being held in KL and Selangor. Most of the participants are from colleges and universities, such as INTEC, Nottingham, UiTM, Taylors and Help. Secondary schools such as Catholic High School and Subang USJ also join the tournaments.
There are local pick-ups (which is known as weekly friendly games) played among anyone who loves Ultimate Frisbee.
History
Ultimate Frisbee was originated from the United States and it was started by Joel Sliver. It was introduced back in 1968 and the sport grew ever since, with high popularity in the US and also in Europe. Asia is the new region to gain the popularity of Ultimate Frisbee. You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_frisbee.
About Ultimate
Ultimate Frisbee is a non contact sport and also promotes the spirit of the game. What’s more is that the game encourages co-ed relationship, males and females playing together, as a team and the line up on the pitch must have females.
Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules:
1. The Field — A rectangular shape with endzones at each end. A regulation field is 64m by 36.5m, with endzones 23m deep.
2. Initiate Play — Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective endzone line. The defense throws (”pulls”) the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team.
3. Scoring — Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense’s endzone, the offense scores a point. Play is initiated after each score.
4. Movement of the Disc — The disc may be advanced in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The person with the disc (”thrower”) has ten seconds to throw the disc. The defender guarding the thrower (”marker”) counts out the stall count.
5. Change of possession — When a pass in not completed (e.g. out of bounds, drop, block, interception), the defense immediately takes possession of the disc and becomes the offense.
6. Substitutions — Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a score and during an injury timeout.
7. Non-contact — No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.
8. Fouls — When a player initiates contact on another player a foul occurs. When a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.
9. Self-Refereeing — Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players resolve their own disputes.
10. Spirit of the Game — Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play. (Source from UPA)When and Where to PlayTues @ ISKL - Ampang campus, 5.45-7.00pm
Tues @ KUTKM - Melaka, 5.30pm
Tues @ MARA - Banting campus, 5.00pm
Wed @ KBU - Bandar Utama College, 5.30-7.00pm
Thurs @ Inti College - Nilai campus, 6.00pm
Thurs @ KUTKM - Melaka, 5.30pm
Thurs @ MARA - Banting campus, 5.00pm
Sat @ KBU - Bandar Utama College, 9.00am-12.00pm (The popular one)
Sun @ ISKL - Ampang campus, 4.30-6.00pm
Sun @ Kota Kinabalu, Sabah - Likas Sports Complex, 4.00-6.00pm
Frisbee Disc
Discraft is the standard measurement of a Frisbee. It weights 175 grammes. Discrafts cost about RM 40 in Malaysia, depending on designs and special features, like glow in the dark or UV light.
Alternately, there is a distributor in Malaysia for cheaper discs, with material and measurement made closely to Discraft and it usually cost RM 10. It is call MyDisc and it can be obtained from people at KBU Colleges every Saturday (subject to availability).
June 5 marks an important history for Malaysia. It’s not the hike in petrol prices, but the RM 625 which can be obtained by Malaysians per year for every car (2000 cc and below) registered under his or her name. Wow? Since when does our government give us free money? Free money from Malaysian government wei. Mai Siao Siao (Don’t be crazy). Kinda cool isn’t it? Yes? No? I guess it’s not too bad considering that we need to fork out extra money for our petrol and yeah the prices will definitely increase again.
The effect of the price hike on households varies. For those who has a car which is more than 2000 cc, it’s a headache. For those with 3/4/5/6+ kids, that would be totally devastating for them, because children in this country need to go for tuition. Some Kia Su virus has been spread to Malaysia and it’s hard for them to score the so called important A’s if they don’t go to tuition. Lucky for me, I have a financial plan to accommodate for the extra costs.
Let’s see, my full tank is around RM 65 at the old rate, RM 1.92 per liters, which is around 34 liters. Under the new rat, it would be 34 x RM 2.700 = RM 92. So if I have to refill my car till full tank three times a month, I would have to pay RM 81 extra monthly and RM 972 yearly. After deducting the government’s free money, RM 625, I would have to pay extra RM 350 per year. This means that I have to save an extra RM 1 every day. This also means that for every 1 hour I spend in my university’s library, instead of going to cyber cafe, will help me to save for 2 days. Also if I bring my own water to drink for every mamak night, instead of a Milo Ais, I will save for another 1 day.
That’s my new financial plan. What I am trying to say here is that one’s lifestyle has to change (without the help of the government) and mamak isn’t that healthy anyway. Water = live longer. One should alter one’s savings on a daily basis with discipline in order to pay for the extra cots. This way, it would definitely help since we have to stand on our own feet, without the help from the government.
How I wish we have Tiberium
Anyway this is a new section for my blog and it’s called Malaysia & Malaysian. Any interesting things about Malaysia will be put in this category. Awareness needs to be created about this country for the sake of the people. This blog entry is on behalf of the people and for the people…..
Have you guys heard of The KL Freeze Event? It’s basically people freezing with their own preferred post at a spot and being stationary for few minutes. It was held at Pavilion on April the 13th and was quite a big hit, especially among bloggers. I didn’t know about it until Chong send me some videos. It looks cool and a great way to ease one’s boredom at some point. You can check out this link here for more info. Here’s also a video clip from YouTube on the event.
A few days after the event, suddenly some of my friends said that there will be a University of Nottingham Freeze. The event was posted on Facebook and invitation was send out to many people. You can read about the event description from the screenshot below. I guess we students here are just bored and wanted to follow the sudden trend.
In the end, few of my friends and I actually freeze in the university, but only us. That was it, only us and no one else. Weird, but true. And the person who planned to have this event, never really showed up because we were the only one freezing. No video, only picture, and it was taken by another student who was just enjoying to see us freeze.
Summer break has started for me, with around 3 months of long holidays. 3 months, with no English Premier League, but at least there’s Euro and Olympics to watch this time around. 3 months, with no intention of going to intern this year, might probably be a good time for me to do things which could provide me a different life experience.
Coming back here to my hometown here means no pickup every week. So there’s where plan 1 comes in, with the thought of spreading Ultimate Frisbee in my local town, secondary schools being my main target, which can keep me company for at least a month with a taste of Frisbee at northern ground. Whether plan 1 will succeed or not, it depends on me and I guess I will find out in 2 to 3 weeks to come.
With eagerness to go back to KL, plan 2 is to qualify for Magic Nationals 2008. I need to travel down to Ipoh though, with no experience in standard block constructed (sorry for non-magic players) for almost a year, it would take me luck to actually qualify. However, before I can travel towards south, I need to get consent, directions and of course a deck.
Plan 3 - keep blogging during this summer with all those “want-to-post-up-articles but no-time-combined-with-laziness’s articles”. Getting my foot back on track with this almost-one-year project of mine should be done with more inner effort of mine.
3 plans, 3 months. Anyone wants to play Frisbee with me at SP ?? Please……
