Best and Worst place to park Your car on campus.

I want to be straight up frank, I don't have a car, or even a driving license for that matter. But I do have a keen sense of observation.

So what im gonna write is totally based on that alone. The best place I think to park on campus would be, right in front your office building. It's near, it's easy and saves time, and you could have a peek or two at your through your office window, just to make sure.

The worst place to park from what I've seen would be right in front Dorman Hall. It's like a silent fly trap. Appears to be calm and without golf  carts patrolling, but once they come around, I see at least 5 cars with tiny yellow tickets infront of them. So if your class is in Dorman, get a sticker.

Overwhelming

It's come down to this, 4 exams in 2 days!

 I've got the practical final exam, plant sciences exam, entomology exam, and a presentation of my lesson plan for international ag education, and it's all back to back. My heads just waiting to burst like a volcano, and the larva would probably be all the mashed up information I have to remember.

But this is life, and I know that everybody has their challenges. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That's what my old man would say if he's reading this. Love you dad. =)

So in times like this, we should suck it up and face our challenges head to head. No backing out!


Btw, i'd like to say good luck to anybody whose reading this and is facing a difficult time, you're not alone, haha. Wish I could write more, but gotta study3. C ya later guys!

LOL!!

As you might have noticed, I posted two postings in Malay, so some of you probably don't understand. It was a joke popular back home, and i don't really it would sound as funny if I wrote it in English. Nevertheless, the other day I was chatting with one of my friends from entomology class, Steven, and he told me like, the funniest joke I've ever heard. LOL!! thanks Steve. I'm gonna post that joke and dedicate it to  him.

I DIDN'T RECOGNISE YOU

A 45 year old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience.

Seeing God she asked "Is my time up?" God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."

Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift, liposuction, breast implants and a tummy tuck. She even had someone come in and change her hair colour and brighten her teeth! The full package and since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it.

After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was killed by an ambulance.

Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 43 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of the ambulance?" God replied: "I didn't recognise you." 

CerLaPen (cerita lawak pendek)

Sebabkn aq mcm dah termasuk tema Lawak Melayu minggu ni, aq rase cam nk kongsi r citer lawak yg aq ade, hahaha. Nilah sume hasil persahabaan aq kat msia dr kecik smpi besor, haha.

KISAH SEORANG PANGLIMA
Tahun 1441- Sebelum memulakanperjalanan menuju ke medan perang, seorang panglima menemui rakan yg cukup dipercayainya.

PANGLIMA: Simpan anak kunci ini! Jika aku tak kembali, kau bukakanlah cawat besi isteri ku. Aku izinkan dia berkahwin dengan sesiapa yg disukainya.

RAKAN : Baiklah sahabat ku.

Menjelang petang, ketika panglima bersama tenteranya berehat di sebuah lembah, kelihatan di kejauhan seorang lelaki menunggang kuda cukup pantas menuju ke arah kumpulan tentera itu. Setelah hampir, barulah panglima mengenalinya – dia ialah rakan yg cukup dipercayainya itu.

RAKAN : Maaf… panglima bagi kunci yg salah!! (Hhmmh hampeh, dah cuba buka dulu rupanya! hehe)

NENEK TUA
Seorang nenek berusia 65 tahun melahirkan seorang anak. Rakan- rakannya datang berkunjung untuk menjenguknya. Ketika mereka ingin melihat bayi nenek tersebut, nenek itu berkata “Nanti dulu”. Beberapa minit kemudian mereka berkata ingin melihat bayi itu lagi. Tetapi nenek itu tetap berkata “Nanti dulu”. Akhirnya mereka bertanya : “Bila kami boleh melihat bayi engkau..?” “Bila dia menangis”. “Kenapa kami harus tunggu sampai dia menangis?” “Sebabnya aku lupa.. dimana aku letak bayiku tadi..”

LAWAK BUDI BAHASA LRT
Seorang gadis cantik menaiki LRT yang sangat penuh sesak. Gadis itu berdiri betul betul didepan seorang pemuda. Seketika kemudian pemuda itu bangun, namun belum sempat pemuda itu berkata apa apa, gadis cantik itu menolak pemuda itu dengan lembut ke tempat duduknya sambil berkata, “Terima kasih, saya lebih suka berdiri”. Pemuda itu tercengang dengan penuh kehairanan. Dia sedikit jengkil kerana ditolak oleh gadis itu walaupun secara lembut. Pemuda itu pun berdiri semula tetapi sekali lagi gadis cantik itu menolaknya duduk semula dan berkata dengan sedikit kuat hingga didengari oleh lain lain penumpang, “Tak apa, tak payah susah susah, saya lebih suka berdiri.” Tanpa putus asa pemuda itu berdiri lagi untuk kali yang ketiga sambil menjerit, “Woii cik kak !! Saya nak turun laaaaa!!! Saya dah terlepas perhentian saya tau !!? Apa punya perasan lah dia ni?!!!

Salah Faham
Ada dua org anak kembar. namanya Tam dan Toni.mereka sudah dewasa dan telah beristeri. Tam mempunyai sebuah perahu yg sangat usang.Kebetulan suatu hari isteri Toni meninggal ketika menaiki perahu Tam(perahu karam). Beberapa hari kemudian seorang wanita tua berjumpa Tam, dan secara tidak sengaja menanyakan ttg Toni yg barukehilangan isterinya. Wanita itu berkata kpd Tam "saya turut bersedih atas kehilangan yg anda rasakan.Tentu anda merasa sedih." Tam yg menyangka bahawa wanita itu bercakap tentang perahu menjawab, “tak apalah, sebenarnya memang dah lama saya ingin membuangnya… ..dah tua,lagipun memang tak berapa menarik sejak pertama kali melihatnya. Bahagian bawahnya sudah lapok dan berbau busuk. Bahagian buntutnya dah teruk , lubang bahagian depannya pun dah sangat lebar. Setiap kali aku menggunakannya, lubangnya bertambah besar dan bocor. Saya rasa yg paling merosakkanya ialah semasa saya meminjamkannya kepada 4 org kawan. Saya sudah ingatkan kawan2 keadaannya sudah tidak berapa baik. Tapi mereka masih juga mahu menggunakannya. Mereka berempat cuba masuk ke ke dalam serentak dan akhirnya ia terbelah ditengah2." Mendengar kata2 itu wanita tua itupun pengsan… .. huhuhu…

Hope you had fun membaca!!

Teka Teki Teka Tekuk, Tkde Kerje Lain Update Belug (struggle nk bg sama)

Tetibe aq terigt trip aq dgn member2 aq gi PD, pergh, konvoi keter campur motor, stylo kot. Just Pelik tyme Faiman bwk motor pastu gborn bonceng kat blakang, npk mcm faiman tgh wat wheliee sentiasa, hahahaha. tp setibanya kami disitu, setelah byk2 mcm nk mencarik tmpt nk tidoq, akhirnya jumpa. mlm tu ape lg, maen "bluff" (kalo tk tau, sila tya pd laki2 gila dikawasan korg), mcm sial punyer bising, haha. Amni punyer pasal r, org dah letak 4 kad Dua, dia boleh letak lg, "Ha, ni aq punyer 2!", hahaha. ok teruskn, so bile kitorg dah nk tido, aq pegi la join, join plak mamat dua ekor namanye paeman dgn fik. ah sudah, mmg tk tido r. borak psl minah mane hot, minaah mane hot tp boley tahan jela, minah mane not so hot, bajet hot, minah mane wat kitorg hot, sume2 tu r (bru korg tau laki pun reti bermulut gak), tp bile dah bosan sgt ckp psl pmpuan, kitorg tkde idea, kitorg men r teka teki. so aq pun dpt r idea, saje nk list down teka teki aq igt, hahaha. byk lg snanye teka teki dlm kepala otak kitorg ni, tp sumenye ade unsur 18 keatas, so tkleyh la tulis, hahaha.


1.Banyak-banyak mi, mi apa yang boleh makan ngan ais
=MILO AIS
2.Kenapa kencing angkat sebelah kaki
=Sebab kalau dia angkat dua kaki, dia jatuh sebab tulah dia angkat
sebelah aje
3.Ade sorang makcik,die thn teksi..pas 2 makcik 2 nak byr duit dulu..driver taxi tu =xnak.nape??
Sebab duit dulu mane laku
4.Berger Ape yang paling best skali kat muka bumi ni?
='Berge'mbira
5.Kenape org gali kubur tak pakai spender??
=sebab org gali kubur pakai cangkul la
6.5 ekor semut campur dgn 2 ekor semut same dgn brape???
=0 la...semut mane de ekor
7.Ape persamaan Micheal Jackson dengan Micheal Jordan??
=Dua2 x knl korang...
ekekeke :)
8.Dlm byk2 pokok, pokok ape yg org plg takut?
=Pokok yg nk tumbang la.


ahaha, baik aq stop kat cni, kang kluar yg bkn2. kepada member2 blik budak engin kecuali shihan, n jugak kepada bilik diseberang, hahaha, dn jugak budak blik aq, dan seangkatannyer, balik t jom r PD one more time!

LAWS OF ATTRACTION

I read my friend's blog yesterday, and found him posting something interesting bout what gurls should do to get boys going crazy over em, so i sort of got inspired to write what i think boys should do to make girls stick to em like glue. but of course, this is only an opinion, a lot of generalization going on here, haha.

i had this friend in high school, he had like the hottest chick in school as his girlfriend, and he didn't even try. He even treated the girl like she was dirt sometimes. that always made me curious, "what the heck does she see in him?". haha. but it seems that under that "bad boy" mask the dude had, he really understood the way the world goes round, get what i mean?

its because he understands the 3 LAWS OF ATTRACTION. ( bet even Isaac Newton didn't know these, lol)

Today I'm going to share the three most important laws of attracting women(i think, haha).

ATTRACTION LAW 1: "Gimme my game!"

There was this game for my X-box that I had been waiting for some time to get. The reviews were looking good, and the day before the release I saw that it got a really great review from some game site.

I was stoked!

So the next day I go to the Best Buy and ... the release date was printed wrong! It wasn't going to be in until the next day.

No big whoop. I just went home and came back the next day. (That night I had a dream about the game. Obviously I was really looking forward to it.)

So I go back at 9:00 AM - as the doors open - and I ask for the game. "Won't be in until 2:00 PM," the clerk says to me.

ARgggggrrrrr....

Okay, so now I've come here 2 times for the game, and I have to come back again????

Now I'm really starting to think the universe was trying to keep me from having this game.

I call over to another game store in the area. Same story - "It won't be in until later this afternoon..."

More frustration.

I go home, and get some more work done. I'm checking my watch every hour.

And then at 2:00, I go back to the Best Buy and head straight for the X-box section.

And it's STILL not there!

AAAAAHH!

I ask a clerk for the game, and he sends me back up front where the games were being held in a "secure" location. (Seems to me that you can't sell something that you're hiding from your customers, but oh well.)

So how do you think when I finally had that game in my hand?

VICTORY! I had WON!

You bet I felt a sense of accomplishment at having finally found it and bought it. And I also clutched it in my tight little fist as i waited for the Saturday shuttle to come by (i really should be saving to by a car, haha), just in case someone would try to pry it out of my hands...

Right about now you're wondering what this has to do with how to get a girl to like you, but stay with me...

There IS an important lesson here - beyond learning about how to not get so hung up on a game.

This was the exact same thing that happened to me when I wanted a woman that I didn't think I could get. I'd get fixated ("obsessed" is probably a better word) on her, and then I'd fall into the exact same pattern.

I'd call her, and if she didn't answer, I couldn't stop thinking about who she was with and what she was doing.

Or I'd ask her out, and if she couldn't make the date, or she cancelled, I'd get even MORE attracted to her.

I would raise my fist to the heavens and shout: "By the powers of Gromthar, I shall possess her!"

A bit melodramatic, but you get the idea, don't you?

This is the FIRST rule of attraction:

We want what we cannot have.

The more we can't have it, the more we become fixated on it.

This is the principle of CHALLENGE you must use to get a girl to like you on a level that she won't even understand.

A woman will be driven to complete distraction by a man she feels is just outside her grasp. Of course, there has to be some element of HOPE in that mix, but humans are interesting in that we can create hope that doesn't even exist.

Use this principle for YOU.

Be a little LESS available than a woman wants you to be early on.

And this doesn't have to be something you do on purpose - as some kind of manipulative ploy. I don't condone that. That's not how to get a girl to like you in any honorable way.

It should be NATURAL.

Trust me on this one: Scarcity only makes the heart grow fonder.

ATTRACTION LAW #2: "Just a little Memento..."

I was at home the other day, just flicking through the channels, killing time. ( damn i wished i'd studied for the two exams coming up)

Then this movie came on that I hadn't seen before called "Memento." I was lucky to have caught it at the start of the movie, and I found myself completely absorbed by the story.

(If you haven't seen this movie, run out and rent it RIGHT NOW. It's that good.)

It wasn't particularly suspenseful in the way that a movie with a woman walking down a dark corridor is suspenseful, but it held me fast in its grip.

If you don't know how this movie goes, or you haven't seen it in a while, basically the movie is about a guy who has no long-term memory due to a head injury. The story is told in 3 or 4 minute "flashbacks" of memory that mimics his disorder. So we learn things the way he does.

The whole time I'm watching, I'm wondering:

- Who's the guy on the phone with him?

- Who is he looking for?

- How did he wind up with that car?

And each new flashback answers some of the questions of the previous scene, but then it creates ALL NEW ONES!

I don't think my eyes left the screen until it was all over.

Even then, I wanted to watch it again just to make sure I figured everything out.

And then I spent the next week telling everyone in my social network to watch the movie.

What's the lesson here?

If we DON'T know what's going to happen, we find it attractive.

We want to find out what happens...

This is the law of UNPREDICTABILITY.

It is completely captivating to have an unpredictable story that you simply MUST find out what happens.

ATTRACTION LAW #3: "She will come around..."

If it's perceived as establishing safety and comfort - we are attracted to it.

I have a lot of friends that started from being friend to good firends, then close friends, then boyfriends and girlfrieds, and some of em even evolved into siamese twins (they'll always be together, i mean always!! haha). Its true that different people are attracted to different kinds of things and usually one couple wont have the same love story with another, but out of talking with em, the had a similar pattern. They either eat regularly, skype regularly, have dinner together regularly, or anything else that ends with regularly.  They feel safe and comfortable with each other, and eventually, it hit's the big question whether they want to go 'exclusive' or not. this goes to show the third law:

This is the law of SAFETY & CONSISTENCY.

Yes, I realize that Law #2 and Law #3 seem to be contradictory, and that's why you have to use them together for maximum effect.

The standard Pickup logic may not support this, but I'm here to tell you that if a person is exposed to your presence regularly enough (but not to extremes), they will start to miss you when you're not around, and they will feel a burning attraction begin to build for you.

Again, this has to be done with the right method and in the right intensity, otherwise it will fizzle out into "friendship" territory.

These 3 Laws of Attraction are POWERFUL. If you want to know how to get a girl to like you, simply learn how to use these three laws to your advantage with every woman you meet. Ahahaha, just kidding. Im just sharing what I have with the brotherhood. The truth is, there is no exact law. Every woman is another INDIVIDUAL, basically that means, their different. IT TAKES A DIFFERENT KEY TO OPEN A DIFFERENT DOOR, right? so goodluck guys!! haha.

yours truly.

VidEo Veek

Haha, lol, the title's suppose to mean video week. I just put a little Indian accent i learnt from a friend. This weeks assignment was that we had to create our own video, I mean, videos and make our own movie. How cool is that!! You get to be your own director and get an audience for free. Personally, i think that this is a very useful assignment coz it's really fun discovering movie maker and plus, it's easy. You could probably see that most videos posted on YouTube are edited in movie maker, proving just how applicable this knowledge really is.
Unfortunately, although we had the chance to become directors, we also had to become our own actors, scrip writers, props, and all that. so the yelling part in directing really hits u back in the face, haha. I hope Dr.Sexton and Nick both liked my video, coz I tried my best and wow, I have a pretty thick accent. Nevertheless, i enjoyed every minute of the short lived Directing life I had, haha. I feel like I'm gonna try and make one for next year's mothers day, hope my mum nows how to unzip files, lol. Good idea eh? Hope so.

A hectic Week

Aloha people!! Sorry i haven't posted in quite a while. It's been such a busy week, but that would just be giving an excuse really. The funny thing about the courses i'm taking this semester is, whenever there's gonna be exams for whatever class i'm taking, it's all gotta be on the same week!! lol. and this coming week, there's gonna be two exams, and one major difficult HTML project And I tell ya, the exams aren't getting any easier. haha.

I'm just finishing my video project and hopefully, i can cope with the rest of the weekend without passing out, haha. I have a few interesting topics I might post to cover up the weeks i didn't, so tune in. alright, gotta run, have an academic advising session with Dr.Swortzel. Take care!

ITALiaNO SaTurDAY

We had PIZZA, we Had Spagetti, We had Pasta, the only thing left was some Italian music, and it would've been an Italian restaurant!! Hey guys, its been a while since i last posted, coz its really been a hectic week actually.

First of All, ITS GETTING COOOLLLDD!!! burghhh..
for you guys, it may just be your regular fall wind, wearing shorts wouldn't be a problem.
But for us who are used to bathing ourselve's with the sun's warmth all year long, this cold weather is really making us rattle like moroccos!! My nose gets red as soon as i step out the door, hahaha. It's nice to experience something new though, now we know whats happening on the other side of the world! ( And I thought they were wearing bikini's all year long, lol, kidding).

So wassup with the Italiano title? Let me fill you in on this.
When we first arrived here, we were like little turtle hatch-lings struggling to move towards the ocean. We totally didn't know what we were doing!! forunately, a lot of our friends helped us find that ocean (this is soo tacky), lol. they protected us from all the predators and gave us lessons on how to survive and enjoy this vast, new ocean, called USA. And we learned a lot. So, we decided to invite them to hang out at our place for lunch. thanks you guys =)

  

We took pictures as soon as we were done cooking. 

We were still waiting for our Pizza's though.

We made spaghetti (duhh) and some fried noodles (Asian Style)

Just look how excited i was looking at the food, LOL

THE PIZZA ARRIVED, YUMMY!!!

This dudes name is Shokir, his from Uzbekistan

(don't worry, i haven't been there also, haha)

He's a real good friend, he takes us too Wal Mart and S.E.D

cool dude, we laugh a lot, haha.

open wide!! AAAAA

Picture Time Guys!!

Among these are an American, Indian, Pakistanian, Uzbek, and Indonesians.

Go FIGURE!

It's like a United Nations conference, while eating PIZZA, hahaha.

Ummummphh, looks like our creation's smelling good yeah!

We talked about a lot of stuff, from international to local issues

We had fun guys, (although all the faces look tense)

Thanks for coming guys, hope u enjoyed the food!

haha, I dont know why these pictures don't seem nearly as fun as the actual hang out we had. All that food you saw above, swoosh!!, gone! haha, we're looking forward to maybe do this again sometime, a BIGGER one. Don't worry, you'll definitely be on the invite list. Till next time, c ya =)

InSpiRing Words

This week a lot happened. We finally got our furniture, a 27" TV for just $50, beds(finally!!) for free, and a lot of other stuff thanks to the charity give away near Aiken Village. It's really great what there doing to help international students down there, we really appreciate it. It gives us such a bonus for not needing to buy furniture, we could use the money for more important purposes such as the College Tuition, duhh..lol. But the cherry on top of my weekend was when I found this quatation. It had a background of an old man with eyes filled with sorrow and tiresome, as if he'd lost his will to live. I hope you guys get something from this, I surely got alot.

"First, I was dying to finish school and start college,
And then I was dying to finish college and start working,
Then I was dying to marry and have children,
And then I was dying for my children to grow enough so i could go back to work,
But then I was dying to retire,
And now I am dying,
And Suddenly I realized,
I forgot to live."

Please don't let this happen to you,
apreciate your current situation and enjoy each day =).

Sincerely,
Akmal.

Lively Live Classroom

The live classroom was a great experience! I think we should do it more often. learning from the convenience of our home or wherever we wanna be is practically the most conducive way of learning there is for me. plus, all the tools provided make it feel just like we're in class. as a matter of fact, in some ways, it lets us express more of ourselves and promotes a more interactive learning environment. You could tell from the number of responses the student gave compared to in a 4 walled room.
This is totally not meant in a judgmental way, but just to emphasize on how much fun and beneficial virtual learning can be. I'm already looking forward to the next LC session, and hope we'll enjoy it as much as the last one. Alright than, till next entry. Have a good one!

Akmal.

Counting the inches..

When i first came to America there were a lot of things new for me, including the measurements used. So I did a little digging and found out quit interesting things simply about the units we use every day. Did you know?
That the word “ton” is derived from the French “tonnerre,” or “thunder,” from the sound wine barrels made when rolled. But there are various standards of a ton. You get a long ton, a short ton and metric ton. A US ton, the short ton, is equivalent to 2000 pounds (907.185 kilograms). A British ton, the long ton or gross ton, is 2240 pounds (1016.047 kilograms) because there are 112 pounds in their hundredweight.

That the United States, Great Britain and Canada each also had their own definition of the inch. It was only in 1958 that the inch was standardized to 25.4 millimetres exactly. A problem still exists for the foot, where the International Foot is based on the 25.4 mm inch, but the Survey Foot – aka the U.S. Survey Foot – is based on the 25.40005 mm inch. One International Foot equals 0.999998 U.S. Survey Feet. Over 100 miles (160 km) they differ by 1.05 ft (32 cm).



See: Did you know?

It was damn close !!

Thursday night, we didn't have a TV set, not even a sofa, ahaha. And we didn't get any tickets for the game, but that didnt stop us for going all MAD DAWG. we hooked up our new AT&T internet and tuned in MyP2P. Thank God!
First half was a bit nerve wracking, but the Dawgs sure came back biting at the Tigers in the second. It was action packed right down to the last second. We had a great night, good going Dawgs. Although we didn't win the night, but we sure went down fighting. And the fans were really awesome too, hahaha. Nice GIANT COWBELLS man!!

GO BULL DAWGS

This week, a lot happened. I got my debit card, yahoo! Although it is convenient, and so so practical, and simply makes my wallet feel cooler, it is also so so dangerous. I could easily overspend with this thing in my hand, it's like my own personal genie in the card. But of course, I have to pay the genie to work, lol. The idea of virtual finance is a great thing, but if you dont use it wisely, I mean, while thinking about the difference between what u need and what u want, u'll soon end up digging ur own grave for sure. Like the saying goes, be careful what u wish for. But still, I cant deny it's an awesome feeling to slide a card, i've never enjoyed shopping better!!

Enough about me, its time to get some DAWG MADNESS around!!! GRRHHHHH!! LOL.
The football season's gonna kick off tomorrow, and I'm all down for it. Go DAWGS, sink them good. Although American football isn't as popular back home, I did some readings about it, and I find it very exciting.(and that's only by reading about it..)
Cant wait to watch my first real live game, and a home game too. Good luck DAWGS!!
Got to run, on a tight schedule. Have a great day guys!!

What this is all about..

Hey y'all. When our instructor, Mrs Julie Sexton gave us this assignment, I thought to myself, " Hey, this isn't a bad idea at all." I'm a transfer student transferring from Malaysia, which you may or may not be familiar with. I've just arrived in Starkville for 7 days, and I'm still very much in the early phase of adapting to the new environment. Seeing that I need a blog for this class, I've decided to use it as a way to share my experiences with anybody who's interested. I named it HalfWayAcrossTheWorld because, practically, I did fly half way across the world to get here, haha.
I'm excited to finally be here with the Bulldawg family, and I hope I can make the most out of it, though, I still need a lot of getting used to. Going to Wal Mart and buying food for the week may be a routine to you guys, but it's a whole new adventure for me =D I'm looking forward to posting a lot this semester and sharing as much as I can, hope you guys enjoy reading it.
Our internet services wont be activated until the 2nd of September, so my post would be going on slowly for the moment. We have to go to campus for Internet connection, and there's no usual shuttle on weekends, so..

All right then, thats all for today I think. Hope u guys didn't get too bored, haha. C ya in the next class, I hope, lol.