"I think perhaps she's a Gemini, whose mind needs to be stimulated to win her affection"

I just remember something. I found this picture of Tazmania devil polaroid long time ago and it was reaaall cuteeee. But that time I wasn’t interested in instant camera. Now I’m kind of addicted to it, I really really want to buy this camera. It’s freakingg cute! :D

This is how it looks when it’s closed

And this is how it looks when you open it ;)

Soooo cuteeee. The lens is inside the mouth and the film will come out from under the mouth.

By the way I tried searching it in eBay but unfortunately it’s only available in US and UK :( but but, the starting bid is really low in auction, like $20 or something. When I have a credit card I’ll surely buy one hihi ;)

I just finished my works today and still have an hour to go before I hit the bed. So I decided to just write up my mind :)
Anyway, I just downloaded the whole Chronicles of Narnia soundtrack – yep, the whole soundtracks from the 3 movies. Took me a day and more than 1gb space to download everything. Apparently the whole album consists of alternate of this song and alternate of that song. And this led me to watch the movies again :)
I know the movies aren’t as epic as Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings, but somehow it leaves a staggering effect after watching it. The whole chronicles (if you read the book), really depicts as if the land and the story exist. You know, the kind of movie in which you search every information in Wikipedia after you watch it. Narnia is that kind of movie.
And moreover it’s the composer. Truthfully after seeing the first movie in 2005, the score caught my ears – which rarely happens. And surprisingly the composer, Harry Gregson-Williams, is the apprentice of my all time favourite composer, Hans Zimmer. I know I’m not a musical person and I don’t know much about composing, but I gotta say these two composers have produced brilliant and eargasm scores. Even I think they surpassed John Williams, a multiple Oscar winner composer who is well-known in composing Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, etc. But Gregson-Williams and Zimmer work are different. The music itself speaks the movie. They make the movie alive and real. Some of the scores make me have goose bumps every time I listen to them.
Anyway, back to Narnia. I do hope the movie continues until the whole chronicles complete. Though the third movie is rather disappointing. Probably because it’s not from Disney anymore :/ The aura is kind of different than the first two. But it’s a waste not to complete the whole things though, just like Eragon.
Nuff said :D

I like nature. I love mother earth. I like to feel the breeze while I’m walking down the campus. I like to admire the branches on the trees and how the sun ray penetrates onto the leaves and forming beautiful shadows. I like to see how the crawling ants move in such a neat composition.

I love to see how waves sway synchronously in the ocean.

How thunder is terrifying but yet beautiful

How whales sing to its kinds with frequency we don’t get

How a despairing rain can create a delightful rainbow

Everything just makes sense. All science has its own significance incomparable to others. No science is better than the other. And no science can live without the involvement of others.

I believe by learning from nature we can learn that there is much more than just us. We learn how somehow animals are no different than us, human. Or somehow we are no different than animals. We’ll learn how to not being selfish, learn how to share, how to cooperate, how to look after each other and most importantly, how to love. Just by seeing a cat licking its kitten we know how she loves her kid. Without saying a word we smile. Love is that simple.

I believe whatever nature has to offer brings a message. A message that could only be understood by someone who uses the brain.

So far this is what I can express and write about science. Everything is just from observation and imagination. I wish I could travel and see the world. Change my perspective, be involved in so many things. So far all I can do is hope.

Well at least a slightest hope is still better than nothing at all.

peace, love, respect

Medina :)

"Orang yang sukses itu yang bisa membaca masa depan dan adaptasi dgn itu. Bukan lari dari kenyataan." - Bismo Adi Sulharyadi
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I know there’s always time when you struggle a lot in college life. well, this is another semester. I thought this semester would be rather easy since I only take FYP and another 2 subjects which is not about engineering. but I was wrong.

I've been stressing out since week 3 from FYP report, interview, society test, EIA report and all.

I’m eating watermelon now.

I’ve been making this biodiesel for my FYP but then none succeeded. either it didn’t turn to anything or it got lumpy and smelly and one even looked like caramel pudding! It took like 2-3 days to make one sample and I’m supposed to make around 5 samples a week. Now that I could only make 1 in a week I don’t know how this semester’s gonna end.

The lab is crowded now that everyone’s started. All equipment is being used here and there. People walking around trying to find their chemicals, using oven, borrowing stirrer, asking the lab technicians and so on. There are two labs for chemical engineering, one in level 1 and another in level 5. All the labs are equipped with the chemicals and equipment we need. I’m so pissed when someone just take limited stuff in one lab and take to their lab without asking permission. and what’s worse is that they’re gonna use it for days.

I just hope everything goes well until this whole thing ends :(

A dream is just a dream when you just speak of it without giving it a try.

I’m still not used to crowd sometimes. it makes me feel uneasy, like I don’t know how to act in front of people. I don’t know if it’s normal for everybody else or just me. But knowing that not only who has this “phobia” makes me feel I’m still normal. Anyway, my case is not the worst though. I’m still hoping I could improve myself.

ugh, and one more. Last week I just attend a workshop in Monash. They were talking about engineering future, like how we should apply our knowledge in work field. I hate it every time these guys telling that “even though you have good grades in college, but you can’t interact with your colleague, you won’t go far”. I hate it. It’s like they’re saying that there’s no place for someone who just likes to laze around feeling comfortable at home, stand quiet, not going out, but instead we have to go out socializing and those stuff. shut up.

so I had 2 convocations this week, Monash and VU. I was going to see valdi, vina and ericka. but apparently more people I know were graduating. Seeing everyone was so happy graduating makes me feel I gotta finish up my degree soon. 4.5 years is just too long. now I’m kinda bored in sunway. anyway, the convo was fun especially we got free foods in Monash convo. I really wish my graduated friends the best after college. I’m gonna miss you guys :)

oh and I met my high school best friend, Pijah (: her sister yumni is graduating too so she flied from brunei with her mom too. I’m glad we’re still as close as we were in high school though we hadn’t seen each other for long. It’s really nice to see her again =)

by the way with her in NZ now I wanna go there for holiday. Must be nice if I can stay at her place and wander around together. gotta save up from now! teehee.

At times I have strengthen my heart, but at times I just want to rely on people I love, people I trust

At times I think everything has a positive meaning, hiding behind every cynical truth. but at times I just want to see what’s in front me.

Sometimes I trust you, sometimes I don’t.

Any act of following a person, being obsessed, writing about them, taking pictures, recording their action and any movement is considered as stalking.

however for the media it's called journalism.

Eating favourite food

Trying new recipe

New freshly changed bed sheet

Trying a new cloth

Tasting new cupcake flavour

Relief feeling after exam

Travelling a new country

A small family gathering

A sleepover

Coming home after semester ends

Eating mom’s cook

A hot vanilla latte during the rain

Watching favourite movies

Getting ghost bum over an awesome music

Discovering a new favourite song

Going to theme park

Looking at old photos and remembering its sweet memories

Eating ice cream

Reading a breathtaking book

For me it’s the small things you enjoy doing that makes you happy.

So I just finished another long tiring day and I felt like eating pizza, then I decided to order domino’s. it was raining outside so I wait until the rain stopped (I just pitied the delivery guy to send pizza in the rain). when I didn’t hear any more rain I ordered from online. after about half an hour the domino guy called me to come down so I rushed out. I was surprised to find it was still raining quite heavily. I felt bad suddenly. I expected the delivery guy to be pissed off and a bit grumpy.

then to my surprise, that delivery guy came with a big smile. he was kind of laughing after arriving with his head soaked with rain. I apologized to him for ordering under such heavy rain, then he said “it’s ok, no problem”, grinning. somehow I wanted to smile myself. I mean, he had the right to be pissed but instead he chose to do his job willingly and happily. :)

to those who are sincere with whatever they do, I wish you a blessed life :)

     I don't know where the dots connect, but I just caught a cold from chocolate. It started a couple of days ago when I ate (a bit too much) chocolate and I got a sore throat the day after. It got worse today, I got flu and cough, and what made it worst was that I was fasting today.


     By the way I watched Sherlock Holmes 2 (Games of Shadow) with Ega. To be honest I only had a vague idea of what the movie was about. Too much dialogue and analysis, obviously critical thinking was required to watch that kind of movie. But I shall give two thumbs up for the camera effect, lighting, directing and sound effect.


     7.30pm: It was time for break fasting! I ordered Chatime's "hot" fairy vanilla latte which the guy misheard as "cold" so I had to wait a little longer with my fever getting worse. The latte sucked, it was bitter and even though I put extra sugar it didn't make it good-sweeter, it only made my throat worse. Starbucks still has the best recipe after all. Well at least for me.


      My brother was wearing Monash jumper I gave him as birthday present. One guy in the elevator asked whether he was studying in Monash. Well he said I was the one in Monash. He asked me which campus I was and I said Clayton Campus. Troll. Sorry I was lying dude, I'm from Sunway Campus :p










p.s: It's Ihsan birthday today! Happy birthday saann! Wish you all the best and have another great trip year ahead :D