Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Homecoming: Secret Plan Revealed

This chapter will reveal some information regarding my homecoming. It will also reveal my secret plan which I have been hiding from some of you =p. And now, I will reveal it.

JOE: Hi Vincent, welcome back to another interview on your homecoming ;)

VINCENT: Thankz Joe.

JOE: Well, let cut to the chase. On the last interview, you said something about a plan, what was the plan?

VINCENT: Haha, I’ve been telling most of my friend that I have a secret plan. Some of my heng taiz even think I am planning to jump plane and those crazy stuff =p. But actually, that plan wasn’t really any surprise. I am planning to do my masters in Northumbria University.

JOE: What??? Masters???

VINCENT: Yea. I have applied for MSc Computer Network Technology and my application have been accepted by the university.

JOE: Oh…this was the secret plan. Why didn’t you reveal it on the last interview?

VINCENT: Haha, well I was afraid my application will b e rejected. That’s why I don’t want to reveal it until I got accepted =p.

JOE: Oh, ok. Can you tell me the length of the course and the start end date?

VINCENT: The course will commence on 18th September 2006 and end by September 2007. The graduation ceremony will be on December 2007.

JOE: Hmm, why you decide to do masters anyway?

VINCENT: For the first question, it is quite easy. I am not really ready for the job market yet. I dun really wanted to find IT jobs after my degree. Actually, I like studying. I mean the life of a student. No stress. I really enjoy the life as a student. Can go travel, do part-time job, have fun =p.

JOE: You little joker =p. Can you tell me the nature of the course? Why pick this course?

VINCENT: Hmm, among the entire course they are offering, I think this is the course which suits me. I prefer to do practical activity rather then theory and programming. I have interest in networking field as well. During my bachelors, I have studied Applied Computer Network, it is all about network, and most of the activity is practical stuff. You are thought to troubleshoot and configure and a little bit of programming using C for the wireless device. As for this course, I was told most of the subject will be practical stuff which made me interested. We also have a networking lab where it is full of routers, switch, modems and all those networking equipment for student to do practical exercise.

JOE: I see. So, have you decide when you are coming back to Malaysia? I remember you told me it was on this year Christmas.

VINCENT: I think the answer I will be giving is abit disappointing. I am not coming back on December.

JOE: WHY??? You promised….

VINCENT: I am sorry Joe. The reason is, when I am doing my MSc, after Christmas holiday is over, my examination and assignment submission will be next. I think I will need time to do my revision and assignments during holiday. So, I’ve decided that I will not, and I repeat, will not coming back on Christmas 2006. I am sorry.

JOE: Then you don’t you come back now? Since you are still on holiday. Come back a while ler, we miss you.

VINCENT: Sorry Joe. I really can’t tell. The airline ticket is too expensive for me.

JOE: Then, when you are coming back?

VINCENT: Well, I really don’t know. But I can confirm that I am not coming back on Christmas 2006 and Summer 2007. The reason is, during summers, I need to do my dissertation. The biggest probability that I will be coming back is around 2008.

JOE: I think people also forgotten about u jor…

VINCENT: Haha, no choice ler. I have chosen my life. But…and I say but…I am known as a Joker. Never let your hope down. I might be just in Petaling Jaya now =p.

JOE: (sweat) So, is the masters also a hoax?

VINCENT: I can confirm that my masters is NOT a HOAX. Christmas and Summer really cannot come back. But I might be in SS2 Murni Yumcha.

JOE: I have nothing to say…Thankz anyway Vince.

VINCENT: My pleasure.

Sorry my friends. I am doing masters on September. I hope can come back somewhere in the middle to yumcha with ya’ all.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

A Weird Dream of Survival Part 3[CONCLUDE]

And now, the conclusion...

I once stayed in an old flat with an old man and her daughter. The old man has some sort of eye disease. Her daughter was a good daughter, she earned enough money for her father to perform an operation on his eye. He is recovered. The memory flashed back where I was in the dining room. I was having my noodle sup. I heard she was crying. She cried everyday after her boy friend called Bao Pei dumped her. I can hear from her room that she always say “I really loved you Bao Pei, but why you have to dumped me”, and all those sad things. I can hear it so clear. Some how I imagined Bao Pei appearance like the character in Hong Kong Young & Dangerous Bao Pei.

I went to her room and knocked the door. I wanted to comfort her. I talk to her in Japanese. I also dunno why I did that. I said “Genki-deska”, means "Are you alright?". She did not answer. I knocked her door again. Still no answer, I went back to the dining room and have my noodle. Then when I went back, she was standing outside of her room, crying. She was wearing a single green stripe white furred jacket, a white long sleeve shirt, blue jeans with a white furred boots. She is really beautiful, somehow, her face look like someone I knew in real life. Her face looked sad and there where tears in her eye and flowed on her face. I asked in Cantonese that are you alright? She did not answer me. But I took her hand and pull her to the dining table. I took a chair and asked her to sit down. She was not responsive, I can see thru her eyes that she is thinking of something. I grab both of her shoulder and make her to sit down. I took a chair and sit down myself.

ME: What make a beautiful girl like you cry over a guy?
LANDLORD DAUGHTER: …
ME: Come on, you are still young, there is still a lot of nice guy out there, furthermore, you are not ugly, you are beautiful.
LLD: …
ME: Why not take me? (Actually, I am interested on her)
LLD: I loved him, he is all I got. Even though he cheat on me, I don’t care. I know that one day he will come back to me.
ME: I don’t understand. Why loved a jerk like him? Is he your first bf?
LLD: Yes. He thought me things I never knew. He showed me happiness.
ME: Now he is showing you sadness. I know what kind of guy like him. He will just treat you like a backup. When he couldn’t find any girls, he will comeback to you. When he is bored of you, he go find others. Do you think it is really worth it?
LLD: …
ME: You’ve doubt.
LLD: I have a feel that he and me is from the same world.
ME: Same world or not, he is making you sad, he cheat on you.
LLD: You won’t understand this feeling.
ME: I really don’t understand you. You are just making your life miserable. It is your choice then. Maybe love really make people become blind.

The flashback ended. I walk to her, telling her that I am Joe Yew. She was surprised, maybe because during that time, I was having a long hair and a bit chubby. Currently I am having a short messy hair with highlight, she couldn’t really recognized me. I took her hand and I told her, let go out of here. She didn’t respond like last time. I think this girl need people to push her only she will do thing. So I just took her hand and ran toward the exit.

CONCLUDE

Friday, April 14, 2006

A Weird Dream of Survival Part 2

Part 2...

Before I even have time to think, she took out a handgun and shoot at me. The way she shoots at me is very special. She turns her torso like a windmill and open a few shot. This kind of move is not to be performed by some normal girl. She has to be a highly skilled acrobatic or a yoga practitioner. Because the way she turns her torso is really special. I have never seen people performing it in my life. I manage to dodge the shots. Then somehow I climbed up on the same floor with her. I need to get thru the door behind her in order to escape from this building. But she is guarding it.

When I arrived, her gun was not seen. I dunno where I dumped my G36. But I am holding a Colt handgun. She is now, holding a sword. I din really remember what sword is that. Then in front of her was a samurai sword sticking on top of the ceiling. She took the sword and threw it at me. I grab the sword. I think she wanted to have a sword fight with me. Well, I was trained in the art of Japanese fencing which consists of Kenjutsu, the Art of Sword, Kendo, the Way of Sword, and Iaijutsu, the Art of Sword Drawing, so I think I won’t miss this opportunity to fence with her. I stab my sword on the floor. My right hand is still holding a handgun. I eject the magazine from the handgun. The magazine fell on the floor. Then I proceed emptying the bullet in handgun by sliding the gun. The bullet in the gun was ejected and fell onto the floor. I threw my gun away. To those people who have no knowledge about firearms, magazine is the rectangular shape cartridge which uses to store bullet. Even with the cartridge ejected, there will still be 1 bullet remain in the gun. To eject it, one needs to slide the top part of the gun to eject it. I do that to show that even I got the gun, I still need to put the magazine back in order to use it. I wanted a fair fight with her.

She walked to me and forms her stance. I took the sword and form my stance as well. The sword is quite long. I think this is not the usual Samurai sword, the Katana. It is a Masamune. A katana is normally 3”7 long. But a masamune is much longer, it is around 4”7 or maybe 5”2 long. We walked in circle, facing each other. After a while, I begin to strike her head. She tried to strike my arm. My blade landed on her head, just barely touching it. Maybe I just don’t want to hurt her, but she responded by slicing my arm.

It hurts. She jumps backward. She prepared for the next attack. She jumped forward with her sword tip pointing outward, it seems she wanted to end this by stabbing me. I naturally responded by jumping forward and pointing my sword tip forward. She missed, and I missed as well. We both landed on the ground. I decided to put my sword away. I stab it on the ground. I decided to defeat her on bare hand. If I used my sword against her, I think I might killed her on the second strike. I think it is still childish to think follow my principle which I won’t harm a girl. She rush toward me with the sword tip pointing forward. I dodged to the left and moved forward a step. In a quick movement, I grab her right arm and pull it down. Then I used my right hand to strike on her right hand, the nudging motion forced her to drop the sword. Then I proceed by throwing her backward. And then, somehow, I remembered who she was. She was the daughter of my landlord...

TO BE CONTINUE...

Minor news

These days quite lazy and busy. Got kinda lot of shift these days, so, during off days, I will spend my time in da house watching movie and resting. I also have finished revising the dream I had. I will post it later.

Well, remember the plan I told in Homecoming chapter which I tried to execute? I will reveal the plan on next chapter which I still haven’t wrote yet. There will be some big surprise in that chapter…maybe disappointment. Read it to find out.

Ok la, I will post the story liao. Until then…see ya :p