Counting the days in Sydney

Counting my last few days in Sydney.
It's been a great experience. I have done my presentation, but I'll just repeat myself, I really did enjoy myself in Sydney and working at Mac.Awesome experience, meeting great people, learning more-than-what-your-mind-can-perceive technologies, working with helpful mates, strolling the city alone by myself. Prodigious experience.

Hmm, something i learnt there is a misconception of everyone towards Malaysian. Telling people you are Malaysian, they assume you are Malay. They do not know who are Malays, but it started to dawn upon me that I do not know who really Malays are too.
Malays are the original citizens of the Malaya when Chinese was still immigrants. So basically Malays are citizens of Malaysia, explains the words Australians - citizens of Australia. So when we fought for Independence, and Chinese became citizens and part of the country, why are we still called Chinese? Why is there the occurrence of calling people by race in Malaysia. If Malays were called Malays because they were citizen of Malaya, why do we have Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indian? Why are judged based by our own people? Aren't we just all Malays, but we aren't....

Jan 2011

Its the start of the new year, and the end of the new month.
Welcome 2011. And goodbye Jan 2011.
3 more weeks before I finish my internship, 3 more weeks before I bid Sydney good bye, 3 more weeks before i start my final year, 3 more weeks for a perilous, grueling year ahead to welcome ahead.
Counting down the weeks, its been 9 weeks of internship. I realized I enjoy working, but dislike the 9 to 5 hours. I learnt to know more about my interest, but became unsure of my future. This 9 weeks has bestowed me knowledge and experience that made things both complicated and simple. Java, HTML, CSS, libraries are just the few things that I have learnt, not to mention the full exposure to Sydney, Aussie and its culture. I took a big leap, and looking back, I realised there are things that can changed, but there are still things that cant be changed.

Updates on Sydney:
Went to Power House Museum, its not a museum that generates power, its a Museum filled with science, technology, fashion, music etc. It was quite an eye opener, I must say.







Went to see Power Plant at the Chinese Garden. It incorporates nature with lights and sounds.






Went to Coogee Beach during Australia Day and manage to catch the fireworks at Darling Harbour. It was not as big scale as NYE, but I reckon this is nice in its own way. It has more distinctive patterns.

Sydney NYE 2011

Week 5 into my internship in Sydney. Life is good, except my close friends aren't here to celebrate New Year Eve with me. Work is rather hard I would say, I never realised going into a field which is not your undergrad degree can be so hard. But work is starting to get more interesting with my new project. So far, Sydney is looking great, except with the influx of humans in Sydney. So far I have been to Blue Mountain, Bondi Beach and Manly Beach, Sydney Opera House, Glebe, USyd, Art Gallery... Sydney is just HUGE! :)

New Year eve celebration was really good. I spent 7 hours waiting for the new year eve's fireworks which lasted for 15 minutes, but it was really worth it.

RIP Uncle Tim

It breaks my heart knowing that you are no longer here with us. I hope you rest in peace, knowing that many of us misses you a lot; reminiscences the past, with old memories pouring in. You always seems so cheerful, very chatty but it kills the silence. I have known you for 5 years; I miss those weekends where you'll try to smoke and Serene and I will hide your cigarette, which then you decide to hide it away from us, in your socks maybe. I miss those weekends, where I come to CW and we go out for supper and lunch, sometimes dinner. The only regret I have, is not throwing all our cigarette away, but one thing is for sure, I am really glad to have known you.

RIP

Sydney Week 1

1 week done, 11 weeks to go. New place, new company, new friends, new roommates new experience. I have really enjoyed my new working place, my new colleagues, except for my new house, I really enjoy Sydney a lot. Working here is a different experience from my previous internship. The people are really nice, and friendly. Which makes me feel really really guilty and obliged when they actually try to accommodate my given task to my ability and actually spend time on giving me a good working/learning experience. They actually are willing to, despite their really really busy schedule.

First week done, I have not started anything yet, but i really like my new working place. It has a really awesome environment, different from the others. People would not want to leave after they work there, i assure you.

Coming to Sydney is about working, but travelling, sightseeing being a tourist not only as a interstate visitor but an international visitor. Sydney is so much bigger and nicer than Melbourne, or I am just being bias. But I am really liking here, despite the lonesome part. Having to go out with Carmen and her family was a great time. Eating seafood at the Fish Market, visiting the Art Gallery to see the tarracota army, seeing the Opera House was a great time. Next up, i so have to sit on a cruise before i head back to Sydney

Porridge vs Congee

I never knew there was such a significant difference between porridge and congee. At home, it was a habit to call congee porridge, or for the least in Malaysia its a common scene i think. Until today, I was making "porridge" when my neighbor walk into the kitchen and asked me what i was cooking. I answered porridge, then she was rather surprised i was cooking it with a rice cooker(lazy way, but it works).
She: what's inside
Me: water and rice
She gave me a disgusted look
She: that's not porridge, my dad cooks porridge with oat, water, barley,milk and sugar
Me: No, we cook it with rice and water
I went to google and realised I made a mistake
Me: Ok, this is congee, not porridge, my mistake
She: I still have no idea what is it. What does it taste like?
Me: It is suppose to taste rather bland.
She: Bland? *disgusted tone*
Me: It is meant for people who are sick. but you can add meat to have some taste in it. So definitely it can't be made out of milk, milk and meat ain't a good combo.

Well, congee and porridge is just too different. I will hate porridge definitely.

Week 12 Doom

Week 12 is coming to an end, indicating the arrival week 13, equivalent to exam week. I am starting to panic, I should start studying like NOW, but things seems to be surfacing, not back logs. This is official things that needs to be settled soon. I need to study!!! BUT I CANT. There is FYP, enrollment, house searching... I need more than 24 hours....