Just back from Celine Dion's concert---phenomenal

Just back from C.D's concert. It started about nine, just after the royal family arrived (a part of the stadium showed their disapproval of this by murmurings, boos, etc, i guess they must have been waiting a long time....but didn't they check the website?)...but all I guess was forgotten when the diva started off her concert....honestly, can't remember what she sang but i do remember what song she ended the concert with...the much expected "My Heart will go on"....all in all the one and half hour concert was simply marvelous, phenomenal, fantastic, etc... i am pretty sure everyone left the stadium happy...

between starbucks and coffee bean

am here in OUG coffee bean, waiting for a friend. have my laptop with me, so log on into the internet....and what do you know...over here, i have to pay for it...as I have to register through aized to get access into cyber world....hmmm...in starbucks i get it free. i don' t have to register through any service provider... So i decided to log on using my maxis broadband...yeah...thank God for this maxis..but thumbs down to coffee bean....will have to keep going to starbucks the next time...

yahoo conference

was in yahoo conference late last night with my sis and a friend...wah...so good technology these days...connects people round the world and makes the world smaller...used to think that my sis is in a place far far away (actually in London) but now with the touch of a button on the laptop and we are connected....wonder in the next 50 years what sort of technological development we will see....

dishonest salesperson????

Sign up for maxis broadband on sunday. was told i could log on to the internet within three hours. in the night when i tried, still could not go in. called up maxis center and was told i was still not signed up in their system by the vendor. tried again on monday, and again on tuesday....so it has been thirty six hours already....so...three hours my foot....where are the honest sales person today? is such a person a rare breed? these sales people can't do a simple thing i guess....very frustrating....i guess will keep on waiting....

Japanese Exhibition

Today, the Japanese language students, through the leadership of its lecturer Mr Nahan, organized the first ever Japanese exhibition in the faculty. it was fanta-bulous...booths on japanese culture, life, food, drinks, games, etc. were on display. I was told the students were very enthusiastic about it...some came as early as 6.30 a.m. to prepare the booths...well done UTAR students...

I did learn that when you see two cups...the bigger one belongs to the man, the smaller belongs to the woman...hmmm...so patriarchal...

Universe of discouse

an interesting linguistics concept is "universe of discourse"; in simple terms, the elements (real or abstract) that are within the world of an individual....me wonder if bloggers have their own world of discourse...what are the elements of their discourse? do they bridge between the real world and their cyber world? do bloggers live within their own abstract world...me wonders....

Convocation

UTAR held its convocation recently. As I was sitting on stage, watching the graduates pass by with the scrolls, i remember the time when I was them, with my scroll---three times on the same stage, once for my bachelor, the second time for my master and the third time for my Phd...all on the same stage because i did all three degrees in the same uni...as i sat there watching them, i was thinking...how many of them will turn out to be academics so that in ten years time or so, they will be sitting on stage watching others walk pass by with their scrolls...but that is the issue nowadays----how many graduates actually want to be in the academic line? How many actually want to teach?