Over

Finally, I have finished my examination. Have you ever imagine something that you have been doing for the past 4 years are actually over. All those homeworks(Like I did those), Coursework projects and examination papers are all history to me now. Come to think of it, was it actually worth it spending my 4 years in London, doing my Chemical Engineering MEng Degree? My answer is simply yes, but hidden inside with a very meaningful memories and experiences.

My 1st Year
Registering in Imperial, I could have never imagined to be enrolled in one of the best university in the world (6th in the world), I mean the whole wide world man. Ok, stop bragging here. Back then ,MARA(MAJLIS AMANAH RAKYAT), which is my sponsor gave us GBP493.00 pounds per month. I was introduced to a room with an English Roomate who goes with name Simon Johnson. Honestly, being away from MALAYSIA ( I am pretty used to be away from home, but from my country is something truely new to me). I was lucky since Simon was an understanding English Guy who can accept me as a muslim roomate. 1st year, I partied a lot and I can still remember that we usually converted our money to ringgit just to appreciate the amount that we receive from our sponsor. Study wise, then I understand wht did Imperial was ranked the top 10 University in the world. Is was simply so hard to survive here in academic terms! Too many distractions here in London and the weather I tell you, trying to get used to it is a challenge. In a nutshell, the 1st year was my introduction year of living in the London, United Kingdom

My 2nd Year
2nd Year might be the hardest year of the entire 4 years. Imagine, the same amount of money received as the previous 1st year and we need to live outside of the halls. with GBP490, you can barely survive. Imagine renting a room with 3 occupants. Cramped like a sardine in a tin can and we were paying GBP460 including bills per person. So, that alone left us with 30 pounds to spend per month. I wonder how did I managed to go for a ski trip that year and Venice for holiday... Owh I remembered, by the end of the 2nd year I was on a very bad debt of almost 2000 pounds. What a life that was.. Thanks to all my friends all around the UK, those in Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffiield, Southampton and the people from MARA HOSTEL was there to help. My result for the year was not very convincing in fact was quite bad. :P . Luckly at the end of the year, Pak Lah, our previous prime minister annouced that the scholarship to be increased by 100%. How lucly was I, being able to settle all my debt.

Aiyo..So tired..I will update of 3rd and 4th Year soon...

Selling Jerseys, Football Boots and Sports Equipment

Hello sports enthusiast out there. I am opening a online shop to sell football jerseys, boots and many other stuff online. Get your own Man Utd , Liverpool, Arsenal and many more Jerseys from the me! Check it out now to grab your own item direct from the United Kingdom.If you are not from Malaysia, drop me an email and you might even get the chance to get these sports item.

Check it out at:

www.mykedaisukan.blogspot.com

My long lost hobby

I cannot remember the last time I gone fishing. I used to go fishing when I was small, a hobby which was introduced to me by my Uncle I call Poksu. During those times, my Uncle was working with my father distributing mineral water around KL(Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia. I can still remember clearly those memorable days when I would tag along with my Uncle going to shops, offices and even houses to drop the mineral water. The mineral water brand was VIT, a simple bottle with an earth logo on it. It was a good product and the demand was high but however my father chose to venture into farming business later(an ostrich farm, I will write a post on it someday).

We distributed the water to the Maybank Office 38th floor( I guess that was the highest floor I have been to till now), pasar seni, some shops in Kuala Lumpur , some houses in Damansara, and shopping complexes in KL. There were two vehicles which we normally drive which was a white ford economy van and another 2 tonner truck depending on the amount of order. After delivering those mineral waters which was in fact bloody heavy and tiring, we would normally stop by in a park in Kelana Jaya, Selangor to go fishing. For those who normally eat Kelana Jaya Seafood, you should know the park which is just beside the restaurant. Poksu will always have his 'joran'( fishing rod) hidden somewhere inside his truck/van. Since parking was not so easy near the park, and sometimes we need to pay in certain areas, we would pretend to make the truck as if it is broken down by opening the trunk to expose the engine. This would somehow get us free parking just nicely beside a good fishing spot near a main road( please do not do this guys, hehe).

I would normally being asked to take the 'parang' (a knife) to dig for some worms in the nearby bamboo tree, under the shade from the sun where, there would be a lot of worms hiding. Before doing so, I would walk across the park scavenging for some tins cans to put the worms in. While doing the digging, my Uncle will go netting for some small prawns in the lake which was easy to catch and put it in our water basin. Both bait would be used to lure different kind of fishes. For prawn bait, you would normally get Talapia fish(red or the normal black), sepat fish, botak fish and puyu fish(sorry for not knowing those fishes name in English). While for worms, you can get Cat fish, Hantu Fish, Bandaraya Fish or any other fishes which I cannot remember their names. Sometimes, we can even get beautiful colourful fishes which you would normally find in the pet store which were released by their owners.

We go fishing for the pleasure of waiting while reading a book(I remember bringing my school book to read by the lake) with one of our eyes looking closely at our floaters connected to our rods for any signs of our bait to be eaten or bitten. Owh, those fishes are not to be eaten because they are not clean. We would put the fishes in our basin and bring those fishes to a lake nearby my house(belakang masjid taman tun) and set them free as the water are cleaner there. I hate to see those floating rubbish in the lovely ponds and lakes around the park. Imagine people throwing all those rusbbish inside the lakes, we sometimes would even lure some slippers, plastics bags, tree branch and any other domestic household rubbish including baby diapers. I can say that Malaysian People are damn dirty and their habit of throwing rubbish almost everywhere are very sickening. I swear If I would be elected to become the environment minister someday, I would ask them to eat the rubbish they throw.

Wow, this post is quite long indeed. I should stop soon as I need to continue studying. Okay, the last time I went fishing was during my 1st year summer holiday and I have always wanted to go fishing in the European rivers catching rainbow trout or probably wild salmons. I would prefer Not to go into the deep ocean for fishing as I believe that sharks eat humans. hehe..Yes I can swim but I simply cannot stand the sea sick but who knows maybe in the future I will be going offshore working and I will bring my fishing rod with me. :P

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Smokers are worse than cows

Perokok lebih hina daripada lembu - Nik Aziz

(Smokers are worse than cows)

27/03/2009 2:26pm

KOTA BAHARU 27 Mac - Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat berkata umat Islam yang cuba menonjolkan keislaman mereka melalui pakaian jubah dan ketayap tetapi menghisap rokok adalah lebih hina daripada lembu.

(KOTA BAHARU- KELATE : The chief minister, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said that Muslims who tried to show their islamic figure but smokes are worse than cows)

Nik Aziz, yang juga Mursyidul Am PAS, berkata amalan menghisap rokok dikeji kerana diharamkan oleh agama dan doktor kerana ia memudaratkan kesihatan.

(He added, the habit of smoking is considered dispicable because it has been 'haram' or banned by the religion and even doctors for its harm towards health)

“Contohnya, lembu yang berak di tengah jalan tidak boleh diambil tindakan undang-undang kerana tidak mempunyai otak dan fikiran. Tetapi manusia yang mempunyai otak sanggup melakukan perbuatan yang menyalahi agama dan kesihatan, apatah lagi dalam keadaan berpakaian melambangkan Islam (kopiah atau berjubah).

(For example, cows throw out (shit) in the middle of the street and they cannot be punished because they do not have the ability to think(he was wrong here cause cows do have brains). But humans who have the ability to think dares to commit such wrong habit to both religion and health even worst while potraying the Islamic symbol by wearing Islamic clothes.

“Maka, mereka yang melakukan perbuatan (menghisap rokok) itu dianggap lebih hina dari lembu,” katanya ketika menyampaikan kuliah Jumaat di Dataran Ilmu di sini,hari ini.

(''So, to smokers, you are behaving worse than a cows'' he said while giving out the speech during a night session on friday in Dataran Ilmu, Kelate)

Nik Abdul Aziz berkata ada antara umat Islam yang mencuri-curi menghisap rokok di serambi masjid sambil bersembang sementara menunaikan solat.

(He again added, there are some muslims who would even smoke in the mosque while having chats during the praying time)

Beliau mengingatkan umat Islam supaya menghentikan amalan yang dianggap jijik dan tidak berdisiplin itu. — Bernama

(He finally advised to all Muslims to stop this disgusting and non-discipline habit)

MOHD JEFRIMAN JOHAN-AMIN BIN JOHARI (MJJAJ)

Dear readers, thank you for visiting and reading my craps. The reason I am posting this post is to introduce myself, I have been looking at the tabs located just at the left corner of this blog stating where the viewers are from. Since I do not know most of the readers coming from..US, India, sometimes Singapore, China, Chile and Even Israel. I am sure you do not know me as well. Hence, let me introduce myself. Before I start, this is how I look like now...

Yeah, I am a fat boy indeed. Thanks to those cheap fried chicken shops here in London. My name is the title of this post. I am from Malaysia, you can google it youself to know where exactly on Earth that is. My religion is Islam and hence I am a muslim. I am currently doing Chemical Engineering MEng Degree in Imperial College London, expecting to complete my study in just months away. I am currently looking desperately for a job to sustain my life. What else do you need to know? I am not married and I have 3 kids, 1 boy and 2 girls( yeah I am a joker too). Ah...what a weird post ,but at least you know me now at the tip of an iceberg.

Thanks for dropping by.

Learn from our mistakes... from our pockets

There is one malay proverb which sounds ' Bila dah terhantuk, baru nak terjaga' which means once you knocked your head, then you realise. Unfortunately, I do not think such proverb exist in my life. I've been making the same mistake over and over again. I do know the consequences but yeah, I am very stubborn indeed. It is like once everything is gone, then you will understand. Yeah right I do understand but once I lay my hands on them, I will choose to let it go away, easily.

Yeah, so what am I trying to portray in this simple phrases of words in the 1st paragraph? Ok, basically...this post is about how I am handling with my money in my pocket. You will come to a point thinking, why on earth did I spend my money on that particular item? What was I thinking...after a while, you will try to block your logical mind by saying, what has been done cannot be changed and yeah, you need to live with it.

So, what did I do with my money? Where have it all gone? My answer is simply I do not know...I simply realised that buying all those groceries, you actually need to have a list, a game plan as you might or might not know, TESCO, ASDA and SAINSBURY are war fields. You will be ambushed with all those good looking, nice smelling, and highly priced goods. While walking along the aile, your hands moves randomly, you tend to pick up some cheese, some ice creams, some nice looking smoked fishes, most unnecessary items and when you reach the counter, you will be shocked to see how full your basket is and how heavy it will be. When you reach your pocket, you would say . 'ala, duit ni memang untuk makan pun' which means these money are for foodstuff, so why bother. But yeah, those foods are unnecesary foods and I simply need to cut down my spending. I did not spend much on clothing, I did not travel that much this year so I guess most of my money goes into the toilet bowl....:P