Sacrificial power

These few days, reading through the newspaper, I suddenly realized the power of sacrifice. Although in the eyes of others, these sacrifice may seem small, yet they contribute to major changes in the world.

Reflecting back to the 9/11 tragedy, it has been 10 years since the act of terrorism send chills and anger throughout the whole world. I recall during that event, through the live news, I was witnessing the plane crashing into the 2nd tower and immediately the tower crumbles with agony screaming around the US public. In midst of that chaos, there is another scheduled hijacking which was supposed to crash into the Pentagon, but due to the fighting spirit of the passengers on board the hijacked plane, they sacrificed themselves by retaliating on the hijackers thus rendering the flight to plunge into an area somewhere of the targeted destination. Although I couldn't remember any survivors from the crash, their heroic spirit has definitely spared dozens and thousands of innocent lives from being taken away.

Till date, people are still sacrificing selflessly in place for a better future for the coming generations. For instance, I read about a Japanese veteran engineer who pool together a group of retired veterans in coming out with solutions to neutralized the threat of the Fukoshima nuclear disaster which has yet to be suppressed. Although these retirees may have been of old age, they are willing to volunteer themselves to enter into the hazardous nuclear plant to carry out salvaging work for the cooler system. They would not hesitate to stand in front of the younger generations to protect them from the high risk of the radiation. They feel that rather than exposing the young ones to the radiation, they feel its more appropriate for them to shelter this burden. They may not have any ties with most of the younger people, yet they are doing this out of selflessness, out of a pure heart to sacrifice for a better tomorrow.

I would like to pay my highest tribute to these heroes who have a heart of gold, who have a spirit of selflessness that ensures continuous warmth among humanity.

BIS and SIFE meetings

It's a roller coaster day.

First during audit class, something unexpected happened. Everything seems so blur, I'm so lost, yet no idea how it begins or how it progress.........Both are my friends, yet at such loggerheads that I dunno how to respond.......

Next, there is the BIS meeting. I met Sunway's Steve Jobs (yes, he do look like Steve Jobs) yet sounded more crappy XD, gotta admit, he's good at talking, whoever groups with him for presentation or for competition will sure win. Was a bit disappointed initially as design which was confirmed earlier was scheduled for another major change, feels the effort just gone to the drain.....haiz

Luckily, SIFE brought my mood up. First of course met up with the people from the gang I usually mix around, next, met my secondary friend, glad to have another CHS friend here in Sunway. Started off with a price tag game, sadly, I'm only worth RM 0.05 or RM 0.10 (convertible, not bad, specs cost me less) Then, during C.A.R game, really gave it all, image totally tarnished....XD. Finally, seeing the outspoken people in SIFE such as Celine, Kishen and Sonia make me wonder how much will I have to learn to be able to speak so naturally. With their level of presentation, they still said they were far away from the UTP SIFE and UUM people, guess there's really a lot of talented people out there, I'm definitely feeling more inferior now....lol

That's all for the day, still in confusion, but better now......

Happy + Sad = Neutral

Today first endure a short lived moment of happiness, but it soon ended in disappointment and frustration.

Persuasive speech on next thurs? No idea, but definitely I'm on topic stress now. Add on with graded test 2 on next wed, it's like Do or Die for next week.

Numbers summarizing the day: Seven, Eight, Five, Five

PS: I'm not giving tips on buying TOTO or MAGNUM, if you bought and nothing came out, I shall not be liable.

Day with plentiful events

Today was a day packed with a number of events:

First, I 'swing' front and back in my impromptu speech as though I'm on a swing in the playground. I have also revealed some of my embarrassing nicknames in class. There goes my face.

Next, my dad sold a 30 years old vintage car which kinda form part of my house's identity. Seeing it driven away was really a bit sad but we don't really drive manual cars anymore, so all the best, old pal! Hope you find joy in your new owner!

Then, finally my day was finally capped off with the burning of my Astro decoder. My mum was watching the badminton match between Koo-Tan and Lee-Jang before smokes came out from the decoder, further giving out the smell of BBQ plastic. Thought I will be getting upgraded version of Astro but sadly technician thinks he can fix it. Sad.....I wonder how the technician could salvage a decoder that was so close to being catch on fire......

New sem started

2010 is over for 18 days already but it all seem to be over like yesterday.

Results out, nothing to be cheer about, lots of room for improvement.

Start of new semester, with one subject, the timetable appears to be quite empty, yet there are 5 assignments in total, rather split over the decision to take an additional subject or not.....Year 3 subject, Investment Management, not a thing to play around with.....

New year comes with great hopes, hope 2011 will be a great year indeed! Hope there's much to look forward too... =)

PS: I just knew that with the introduction of the new astrological sign, I'm no longer Sagittarius, instead I become Ophiuchus, hmm, gotta get used to that word indeed