I Don't Want To Be A Math Teacher!

Oops, long time never update this blog already. My apologies. Actually I had been quite busy with my assignments and this particular thing which was bothering me for the past week. For those who have no idea what I am talking about, we ( lotsa people who just passed STPM2007 ) got their Government Universities Entrance offer last Wednesday. All of us were excited of getting to know where we were offered. Of course, there were people who laughed and sobbed. To those who managed to get a good course (to you), Congratulation. To those who did not get offered, your fate will be determined next before 31st July, don't worry. To those who got some lousy course (to you and me), my sympathy. 

Actually, this good or not good thing was very subjective. You might think that this course is good, he might not think so. Simply because of interest and the job prospect and your capability of doing that subject. So in this case, those who considered themselves being offered some bad courses, too bad! No appeal! You have to stick with it or you go to private university. So I actually consider the happiest person would be those who did not get any offer but finally gets it. They will be over the moon by then. Yay! Ok. So what was I being bothered of? This is the thing, I just told you who are the happiest people. Now the saddest group will be those who fell into the group which they got some stupid courses. Again, this was just a personal view. Let me bring you back to one week ago. When the result had been just released.

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Sepilok : Yao meh? Bu yao la, teng xia na dao bu hao de ze me ban?

  (Really want? Don't la, later don't get good offer how?)

Jay : Bu yao jin la. Qu kan kan ma. Wo ye yao kan.

  (Never mind la. Go and see, I also want to see.)

Sepilok : Ok lo. Jen, se me link? ni check le mei you?

  (OK la. Jen, what is the link? You check already?)

Jen : Hmm, bu guo bu neng log in. Ta men shuo 12 dian, but wo de peng you zuo wan yi jin zi dao liao?

  (Yeah, but cannot login. They say 12pm, but my friends already got the result last night.

Jay : Zen de ma? Wo yao qu check liao, wo yao qu Perlis.

  (Really? I want to go and check now, I want to get Perlis.)

So the three of us went to the computer lab and start checking.

Jay : Wei se me bu neng log in de?

  (Why I couldn't log in?)

Sepilok : Wo ye bu neng. hai si sms la.

  (I also couldn't. We sms better la.)

Jay : Ai meh? gor puat lo!

  ( Want ar? 50 cent you know?) 

Sepilok : mian guan aneh cheh liao la! sms liao kah kong.

  (Don't care already! SMS first.)

So we sent our ic and waited for the reply. Jay's came first and mine came later.

Jay : hami? pemohonan anda tidak berjaya? tiok mm tiok?

  (What? My application failed? Correct or not?)

Sepilok : Mai luan. wa eh kah keat. Permohonan anda tidak ada dalam sistem.

  (Don't fuss yet. Mine better. My application not in the system.)

Jay : lu wu pang hyphen in lu eh ic boh? beh sai pang hyphen eh.

  (Did you put hyphen in when u key in your ic? You are not suppose to do so.)

  (Point to note. Malaysian IC or MyKad has got hyphen between numbers.)

Sepilok : Si meh? Ok, ok, koh lai ci tau.

  (Really? Ok, ok, again.)

So I sent the second message. The thing came back and make me feel really happy!

Taniah! Anda telah berjaya mendapat tawaran daripada UKM dan kursus yang ditawar ialah KS08. Sila hubungi xx-xxxx xxxx untuk maklumat lanjut.

WEEEEEEE!!!!! UKM LO!

oops, forget to translate. Congratulations! You have successfully got an offer from UKM and the course is KS08. Please call xx-xxxx xxx for further information.

Wah?! I got UKM? Suppose to be the top university in Malaysia now. I got it! What the hell man. So I told myself I can't be so lucky. So I looked at the course. What the hell is KS08? What could that be? Could it be my first choice? Actuarial Science? If so I will be in the history of entering this course not with CGPA 4.0. So they were all around me congratulating me for my offer. They ask me whether I will accept the offer or stay in UTAR. I told them I will probably accept it if it's  Actuarial Science. They say no need to think la. Sure is Actuarial Science! So I actually got carried away a little bit. Thinking how nice if it's Actuarial Science. Or could it be Mechanical Engineering. Immediately I sms my friends asking what do they get. To my surprise. They got USM, UTEM, UMS and UniMAS. I thought what the hell. What about their courses? Mechenical engineering. So that's not bad. Kejuruteraan Pembuatan? Ekonomi Industri? Chemistry? What the =>_<=?! I got lousier result and got offered better? How could that be?

So I quickly log into UKM website but too bad it's been clogged up, so I have to suppress my anxiety till after lecture. The feeling of wanting to know what is KS08 kept me restless the whole lecture. Damn. The feeling was like, you won't understand and I don't know how to explain. So finally the two hours of torturing is finally over. Me and my friends again went to the computer lab. Some want to find out theirs and Jay wanted to appeal. Me? OF COURSE IS FIND OUT WHAT THE FUCK IS KS08! So I log into the site again. This time siok d. Can log in! So I quickly browse through the whole list of University codes and find KS08. Finally! Found it. I thought my eyes are playing tricks on me. Maths? I see again. Actuarial Science. No no no. It's MATH. The bloody code sheet was so small that I had to look a few times before confirming I got MATH! I was like TIU. Math nia la. At that moment I told myself, should I go to the top university or should I stay here and finish of with actuarial science?

I was so nervous and I called my mom. Well after talking to her, I actually had a feeling that I was some how experiencing the same luck as her. She had to study in PJ, she was a major in math, and many thing. Now only I understand the secrets between a mother and a son. Cut the crap. She only tell me one thing. Math, what job can you get? Do you want to end up like me? Then I took that into consideration. Later that day, I posted a question to a forum. All I get was quite stupid. "It depends on you, what you like." Harlo! If I know then I wouldn't be asking la! I need suggestion! Not you telling me to follow what I like. So I was still undecided until last Friday. Somebody finally said something that made sense. "

" Do you want to be a Math Teacher or an Actuary? I think Actuary has a better prospect. Stay in UTAR" -xxx-

I'll keep him anonymous. However, I seriously thank him for helping me to make up my mind. His words are just as wise as Socrates'. He enlightened me! I went on searching what can I do with a Math degree. My result? Teacher, Lecturer, Researcher or Mathematician. TUT... I can be all that except Mathematician with my Actuarial Science degree. So that helped me to make up my mind already. I DO NOT WANT TO BE A MATHEMATICS TEACHER! I will stay in UTAR to complete my course. I had chosen this. I will not turn against my decision. I will not regret. 

Finally, congratulation to those who got awesome courses again. While those who got into the same situation as me, bless you. Seriously, get into something which you really like and really have a good future. Last but not least, my sympathy to those who did not get offered. They say every road leads to Rome. I forgot which language was it from already. So be strong and face the real world now my friends. University life is really nothing like those time we had in school and especially Smart X Idiot era.

-- sign off--

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Final Fantasy

Actually I got the idea of posting this like 2 days ago. I was watching Shadow Of The Day mv on YouTube at first. Then suddenly I come across this amv of Avatar: The Last Airbender with Shadow Of The Day as the background song. Then a familiar face pops out. Some 3D character with a scar. Yes, most of the PS one and Squaresoft supporter should know who I am talking about already. The answer is none other than --- SQUALL LEONHART. No idea? I'll let you think first. Save the best for the last. 

I am actually a fan of Final Fantasy series. I first started playing Final Fantasy III in the old version of game console where u have a big piece of cartridge. I never finish the whole game because the game couldn't be saved. So what can I do? I can't be sitting there for like a few days rite? Moreover I am just 6 that time. My sister used to laugh at me when I play such game. You know, when you have your turn, your hero will come out and do some slicing action and damage were done, you kill the monster and you gain exp. Ok ok. It's dull actually. However, the story is different with Final Fantasy series. They have something called Story line which you can see the ending actually. Not like Mario Bros. , my sister actually cheated to get to the last castle in 2ominutes and ran like mad dog to save the Princess. 

Never mind, back to Final Fantasy. So slowly I played FF IV, FF V then FF VI. All those games were in 2D. So it actually looked quite silly to me now. Hee. Right, then the first version of Final Fantasy Tactics came out. I don't get to play it at first mainly it's because I don't have a Playstation. I don't get my Playstation until I was like 12 year old? When I finally got my Playstation, the first game I took was Final Fantasy of course. That will be FF Tactics. Since the dealer said I could take a few FOC, the second is Final Fantasy VII and the third? You guess.

So I started FF Tactics. The characters are the same as those in FF IV or is it VI? Where there are Human, Bangaa, Viera, Moogle and Nu Mou. Ok, that game was not hard at all. Then I moved to FF VII once I completed FF Tactics. FF VII I finished half only. Thanks to the graphics. The miniature there was like kinda absurd? Could's arms look like sausages to me. No mouth. The most absurd one will be TIFA! OH NO! In the animated movie she looked so nice. In the game? They, of course, focused on her huge upper body, which made her look ridiculous.  Never mind, the story line was kinda lame too. Then I switched to Final Fantasy VIII. This, I had to say, is the best among the Final Fantasy series in Playstation ONE. PS2 is a different story. Square soft finally managed to create a more lively 3D character. FF VIII also have a very touching story line. I love it. I think most of the Final Fantasy players would had imagine themselves as one of our heroes. Honestly, I love Final Fantasy VIII. I don't even mind if i have to be Zell. He's cool in fact. If given a choise, I'd choose to be Squall. Hee...

Enough of crap, let's continue to Final Fantasy IX. Final Fantasy IX focused more on child like characters. All the characters there are you know, child like. NOT childish. They looked so cute to me. Especially the monkey boy! Just like me. MUAHAHAHA. Ok, Final Fantasy IX had a pretty long story, and I think the princess looks pretty. I did not get to complete the whole game! The last disc was scratched before I can even do anything. Never mind. FF IX was the last of Playstation one series. Then I traded my Playstation one for a PS2 now the fun begins. FF X and FF X-2. To most of you. That is Final Fantasy X (ten) -2 (two). You should say ten-two instead of XII - twelve. You have another FF XII, which is again, similar to FF IV, Tactics and Tactics Advance. The only sad thing in FF X is I didn't manage to get Wakka's ultimate weapon and I did not get all Tidus' skills. I missed the Jack shot 3. Which is the FIRST. Alright. I never played FF XI since its an online game. Oh ya. X-2. That thing was a piece of crap! No la. I am the piece of crap. I finished the game but I did not manage to complete the whole 100%. By the way, Yuna looks cuter there. She looked kinda plum in X with the kimono like thing. Then we have Final Fantasy XII which, at last, they changed the battle form already. Now you have to run around to hit your enemies. It's kinda hard at first, but slowly when you get to it, IT'S a lot better than the previous FFs. Now I am still on it, 57% already, but have to go study = no PS2 so can not continue yet.

Yay, completed the 12 FFs, now the lastest Final Fantasy VII - Cerebus and Final Fantasy XIII. I don't get to play those. I don't have a PS3. Wait. Might go and get it soon! Muahahahaha. For now, this is all. Conclusion? I love Final Fantasy VIII the most. 

-tata-

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The Internal Angle of A Triangle Is Actually 179.9?

This is a result which I get from a discussion with my friends in the university. After our calculus lecture, we decided to go to the cafeteria and suddenly one of my friends were telling us that the internal angle of a Triangle is actually 179.9 in stead of the usual 180 we used to know. Don't get confused yet. Listen to the explanation.

Long long time ago, Greeks (not geeks) don't go around drawing triangles for nothing. They drew it so that they could use the knowledge for their daily life. So they didn't actually cared about the angles and everything. Until one day, the technology started to become more advance, human beings also became more curious. So they tried to measure the distance between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. As well as the angles between them. Just in case you have no idea what the Sun is, look at the picture below.

The Sun

The Earth

The Moon

So how did they measure it? So they tried using light. This is how light years comes about. In case you have no idea what light year is, Light year is actually a unit used just like Km, cm and mm. According to the law of Physics, metre is defined by the International Bureau of Weight and Measures as the distance travalled by the light in absolute vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. In lay man's term, a light year is how far the light travelled after 1 year. Back to our topic. So they started by shooting a ray of light towards the sun and waited. At the same time, the did it on the moon as well. So now they have the distance between the Sun and the Earth as well as the distance between the Moon and the Earth. How about the Moon? Those time didn't have space ship. They couldn't shoot a ray from the moon to the Sun. We all know that having 1 angle and 2 sides we can calculate the other 2 angles and the third side. However, they didn't have the knowledge on these area yet. So what to do? They abandoned that idea.

Years later, we finally had our first space ship that carried a monkey to outer space. Yeah! Finally,  Neil Armstrong, the first man to have set foot on the moon and said some wise words while he's hopping here and there on the Moon. "That's one small step for man, a giant leap for the mankind." Neil Armstrong. Wait! He's not the one who shot the ray to the moon. I forgot the name already. Never mind. The important thing is human finally managed to shoot a ray from the Moon to the Sun. Finally we have all the three sides and of course now we can count the internal angles. 

After using millions of formulae and billions of equation, we finally found out the internal angle of a triangle. That is what we know now as 180 degrees or half pi radian. Everyone was happy and the students are using it like mad now a days. However, like the chinese says, good view will not be there everytime, beautiful flowers don't blossom frequently. Or the Malaysia version. You think everyday Sunday ar? Finally they found out something was wrong. There were some minor mistakes in the previous calculation. That is, they forgot about Vector! When an object moves, there will be vertical vector and horizontal vector. When they shot the ray from the Moon to the Sun, they forgot about the Moon is moving constantly! The Moon is rotating about the Earth as well as the Sun and its own axis. So the distance is actually changed! 

After finding out this big mistake. They now use the theory of vector and re-calculate the internal angle of a triangle. After making millions of corrections, billions of formulae and trillions of equations, they got a shocking result. For all those years, they are actually WRONG! the internal angles of a triangle is NOT 180 degrees. It is actually 179.9 degrees. Now how could they make this kind of mistake? In order to keep their pride and not to disturb the whole world, they decided to keep it a secret. They think 179.9 and 180 differed by 0.1 only. Not a lot. Should be ok. So now we are still using 180 degrees in stead of 179.9 degrees. To those Mathematicians. I am sorry for leaking out your "secret" So to all of you, Internal Angles of a Triangle is 179.9 degrees. Don't be fooled.

Last but not least, there's another important note. 

To those who believed in this piece of crap, you NOOB!

To those who did not, give yourselves a clap and try to fool your friends with this. It's kinda fun seeing them amazed by the "truth" of 179.9 degrees. HAHAHAHA

Nights everyone.

w00t! Oil Price Rising AGAIN!

Today is not a good day for me. Woke up 6.00 am but I shut the alarm off and went back to bed. The weather was so nice for me to have a longer beauty sleep. So kept sleeping and woke up at 6.35 am. Quickly rush to the LRT station to find out that my Touch n' Go card is not functioning! The stupid machine there write - KAD TIDAK SAH. MCB? In the end I have to spend extra RM2.60 today to take the LRT. When  I reach Asia Jaya, NO BUS! Damn! My bus had left? Then suddenly I saw 1 big blue-greyish bus approaching. I thought my day wasn't that bad after all. When I got up to the bus, I found a place and sat down. I felt relieved! However my enjoyment did not last long. The bus wasn't travelling on its usual route. It went to some other places. I thought this time shit d. Then I over heard (more like the two aunties were talking as if they were so damn scared that no one can hear them talking.) two aunties were saying this bus is not going to PD (where I am suppose to be) in stead its going to PA (that will be 20minutes walk to PD). And I say... WHAT THE HELL? Never mind, I will hold on to my faith. I did not get down when the bus stopped at PA. I trusted the damn bus driver to stop me at PD. Luckily that indian man did not fail me, he stopped at PD! Alright my day wasn't that bad after all right? I got tutorial in time. Hee

YOU'RE DAMN WRONG! After the tutorial and lecture, it's balik time! So as usual I waited for the bus at the same spot. The bus was suppose to come at 2.15 pm. So it came right on time. Don't worry, this is just an illusion. The bus that came right on time was NOT going to Asia Jaya. OK lo... Maybe the one going there will come later? NO! The stupid bus went for service! No more bus! Damn!! Now what? There are some girls there discussing on taking taxi to Asia Jaya. Others went on walking back. Me? I had to WALK 20minutes to the nearest bus station and waited for 10minutes before I can board on a bus that goes to Asia Jaya. MPK MCB FHM KNN! Never mind, I could still reach Asia Jaya. When I reach there, I tried my Touch n' Go card again. Still KAD TIDAK SAH. Bugger! Right so I bought the ticket and went back to Kelana Jaya where I fix my card problem and go home. That's not the end of my bad luck today. When I got back home, I switch on my PENG KOH and wanted to print something. MALEH? I refilled the cartridge last nite and its empty now? The printer wouldn't print even I refill it the second time! KNMCCB. I thought forget it la, and I went on surfing You-Tube. Just when I was about to finish viewing the MV of With Me from Sum 41. The weather changed and a lightning struck! POP! No electricity. KNLB? Damn down already. So I decided to sleep. 

When I woke up. Here comes the "greatest" news, Petrol price will be increased by 78cent per litre and Diesel will be increased by 98cent per litre. That was the saddest thing! Petrol increase means inflation. The news today said that the inflation will be 4-6%. Honestly, with chinese in the business, the inflation will be 20-30%. One bowl of mee is going to be RM5 now. I am no so old yet but I started to miss those days when the price of a bowl of mee which is RM1.50! It's like within 10 years the inflation is more than 200%. Now I don't really know how am I suppose to survive in PJ with RM10 a day. I need to get balance diet and travelling itself will cost me RM4 before they increase the price. Haizz... Don't care la now. Go and sleep d.

tataz...

Sign off... =>tut<+