the continuation of 'present' and 'future'
Monday, May 30, 2005

So, after i finally handed in my assignment.. i m free now.. officially free! =) Therefore, i shall continue writing and finish what i started. As a recap.. i mentioned bout my doubts before i leave malaysia.. n i mentioned bout what i miss most (top 10 list) about Malaysia since my departure. To go on with the flow.. i shall talk about what happened in Adelaide, to me when i m here and all..

Basically, i guess i m not as active as back then, when i m free to travel around with the company of my wife (refer to the previous post.. if u dun get what i mean). Due to that limitation and the weird weather that i hav to find a way to shoot it down and be ready with.. I stayed home most of the time..

Anyhow, though i m kinda homely now.. yet i managed to visit some places that could be amusing, such as the zoo (very sad looking zoo.. if u ever wana visit it.. please don.. send the money to salvation army instead), Cleland Wildlife park (tryin to box with a kangaroo.. but i withdrew coz they outrun us with numbers), Mt. Lofti (where u could view the city far away from, and the City really IS square.. no fun =p), Glenelg beach (it wasnt that fun..as it was too cold to even start with.. and i gained phoebia towards seagulls before they bullied me pretty well), Adelaide Wine Center (oh well.. nothing much actually.. as they dun offer free drinks afterall), and the botanic garden (if we could picnic there instead of sitting down munching balfour's pies it would much be better).. I think there should be more in the list.. but i couldnt think of any at this moment.. *blur


this dude over there really t ried to box with me... and if u turn the camera around there was another 10 of them

At the beach.. and as you can see it was really really windy and sunny at the sametime

Now i understand the use of a moat...

Wine bottle windows.. damn.. even this cant beat Bill Gate's windows, in terms of value =P

Yea.. so from all these u could tell that Adelaide is pretty much.. slow in pace then KL.. but it's still pretty cool tho.. at least not as bad as what i imagined before.. As long as they dont serve u camel milks or cactus juice and when you asked them, "do you have coke?" they turned around and give you a cock instead (BBQ style)..

So it wasnt that bad... And i normally cook myself. But that's a bad thing... i never that know that i could be such a cook that could produce such evil foods.. I gained 2 kgs already tho i constantly involved in some sports (at least i think i am) damn.. 2kgs in 4 months, and i hav 6 more months to go.. meaning another 3 more kgs to grow? NOOOOOOOO.. i shall not let that happen (i will try at least)

Anyway.. weather is getting colder.. 4'c tonight.. pretty impressive.. i finally got the chance to try my electric blanket (eunice's tho, =P).. i love the weather where u wont sweat even when u r in the middle of a football match.. being tackle 37 times and dive 24 times..

Life in adelaide could be better (set aside Uni matters, i shall talk bout it another time) if the local gov made certain changes...

Areas of improvement:
1. Adaptation of Mamak Culture.. (yes, eureka!!)
2. 2 hrs extra for shops' opening hour.. (closed at 5pm is really ridiculous sometimes)
3. More soccer!!! (yep.. australian footy IS very nice to watch.. but.. yet.. i need more soccer on TV)
4. Cheaper rate for bus tickets.. ( i know i m being harsh here. .tho it's already pretty reasonable.. but NO.. i insist!)
5. Introduction of second line supply of entertainment (a.k.a. piracy!!)

yea.. if they could make at least 2 out 5 of these suggestions, life in adelaide would be much fun
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Past, Present, Future
Saturday, May 28, 2005

YOoo everybody, i've just finished my second last assignment for this sem.. yesterday.. so i m basically pretty free.. so why not writing a blog or two? that's an ideal acitivity for a person like me (that without a car, money and chix) would do to spend some time.. Where else could you sound out your opinion loud n clear with 'proper' visual support and technology effects? It's convenient.. especially for shy guy like me that are slightly introvert and pleasant.

i told you that i am shy and ANTISOCIAL!!!! *cue serial killer music

Anyway, back to the initial topic of this entry... It's entitled Past, present and Future, it's bit cliche and cheesy.. like those "yesterday, today, tomorrow" kinda metaphors... Before you click the lil red X button on the top right corner of the window, please allowed me to ensure you that it's nothing bout deep thoughts, prophecies or any personal insights that targeted on human's fragile's heart.. *Ahem.. please dont misunderstood the title

What i meant past, present and future was.. the life before i moved to Adelaide, the time when i am still here enjoying (coughin) and the possible changes that i wish it would happen in the future in adelaide...

Sorry that if my words confuses you earlier.. as i couldnt make up another title that are relevant u see?
If u got any idea.. please feel free to spill it out tho, i will be more than happy to accept any comment on that

ALRIGHTEE then, after all the clarification, i shall start the bull spinning by splitting the content of this entry into 3 section (Before Adelaide, In Adelaide, and potential CHANGES while I'm still in Adelaide)

MY LIFE BEFORE ADELAIDE
Duration length: starting from 3 months before leaving

Once.. during a mamak conversation with one of my intelligent friends..

Dude: hey, Freddy! so you are studying psychology right? doin it all here in local U?

Me: No, I am goin to transfer to University of South Australia this February

Dude: Ooohhh.. australia.. which part?

Me: (eyebrows raised onesided).. South Australia.. that's one of the main states in Australia, like Kedah in Malaysia uno...

Dude: Ooohh.. really ah? i never study that in my geography.. So, which town or city??

Me: (getting annoyed by his pretentive knowledge) Adelaide

Dude: At the lake?? where?

Me: (Paused for 5 seconds... thinking to myself... is he drunk or on drugs or something?) eerr.. i meant Adelaide.. the capital for South Australia.. uno like.. Melbourne in Victoria state

Dude: Ohh.. Adelaide is by the lake side la.. ahhh.. now i get it..

*sob.. NOOO.. u dont get it!!! screamed inside my lung.. that's one hell of a ridiculous conversation i had with this cute fren of mine... Decoding Adelaide as "At.The.Lake" that must be some sorta potential in creativity man... At that moment, i thought to myself... "Is Adelaide, really that ulu to some of our fellow population in Malaysia? Am i making the right choice to transfer to Adelaide instead of the United State? Am i goin to transfer to some deserted area that filled with sands n camels?


that would be kinda sad.. dont u think? but at least i will get the chance to try camel milk tho..

At that point.. i was really in doubt.. All those stories that i heard about Adelaide from other poeple like "boring like cock la", "better visit afghanistan then Adelaide", "Better bring ur XBOX and lots n lots of games/animes', just popped up in my head n giving me this feeling that, "it's nothing bad.. it's just like a detention camp"... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ANYWAY.. that didn't stop my determination to put my faith in UniSA.. Adelaide might not be as comprehensible as Melbourne, Sydney or Perth back in Malaysia.. but I kept telling myself that.. since everybody is goin to those usual locations.. I am goin to be DIFFERENT! (Self-perceived reality.. that's so pathetic.. )

Regardless of all those comments.. i went all the way and i finally left the KLIA and flew to Adelaide.. (i am such a persistent guy! propz for myself :p)

LIFE in ADELAIDE

Right after i made my first step in Adelaide, and got myself transportation to my new home... I walked around the Uni, the town, and so on.. to get myself fit into this culture and lifestyle. Like i said before.. i m pretty adaptive.. i am ok with the lifestyle here.. and i dont have any particular preferrences for food and all.. so i m fine.. till i finally figured out the top 10 listings of what i miss most about Malaysia

let's check it out

10. My usual routine of havin my laptop in front of me, while my TV located at the 2 o'clock direction of my laptop = perfect double information gathering at one go!! propz! (i could get a TV here for myself as well.. but oh well.. is ok)

9. The usage of half broken half rotten Inggeris = what we called Manglish... seriously i kinda miss that.. u feels more comfortable and familiar with when you are talkin with your 'mother-tongue' uno (eh?!) (Manglish is not bad sounding at all.. as compared to Japlish, Papua New Guinlish, Banglish)

8. Futsal... tho i've been playin big field for several months and i m enjoying it.. yet..

7. the unlimited download cap of StreamyX.. it might not be as fast, might not be as efficient.. but it's economic and unlimited!!!

6. the usual telecast of football (soccer).. in Australia.. only big hack major matches are being broadcasted.. unless u subscribed the foxtel

5. MALAYSIAN FOODSSSSSS!!!!!!!! (i ranked it at the 5th place.. as i m not bad of a cook.. so i could produce some malaysian looking foods once in awhile)

4. Mamak.. I need u here.. as some of u might know that.. i m such a nocturnal creature.. and i m lazy sometimes.. so nocturnal + lazy + hungry = let's mamak.. but.. everything closed here after 5pm.. oh damn!!

3. Car..... my sexy purplish KIA Rio.. she might not be as fast as a ferrari, might not be as stylish as a Lumbo, might not be as classy as a Beemer, but.. it's still a car.. n once my wife!! Sorry that i had to divorce you temporarily.. *sob

2. Beloved Friends and Family members.. i miss u all.. honestly

1. MY PETS!!! my younger brothers n sister.. (i m the youngest in my actual family tree.. but 3rd in the full tree of 6 siblings, 2 younger bros -both shih tzus and a younger sis.. a syamise cat that always wear a bra!)

see? i aint no liar...

Alrightee then.. tho i m not finished yet.. but i need to be off now.. for some reason.. so i will continue more on the next post.. more to tune in for what's happening or has been happened in Adelaide and my wishes for future changes in Adelaide..

tataz

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Second entry on a second thought
Thursday, May 26, 2005

A rather weird title for an entry aight? Anyhow, after knowing the fact that the blogger (yes, me!!) himself is a 3rd year university student who are suppose to bury his mind, brain, body, soul and every single efforts he could squeeze from to work on his initially Friday due assignment (which is 5pm tomorrow), you would probably have a rough picture on why I posted this entry on a second thought (just in case air pollution slowed down your reaction time, let me provide you with 1 hint: I AM NOT doing my work while I am wasting my time blogging here. Eh, wait.. that’s not a hint.. but the answer.. )

Anyway, according to some people out there, blogging could be an activity that served as the purpose of releasing stress. I do agree with that to a certain extend, provided that all bloggers in the world only write bout happy little things like birds, butterflies, bees and toilet bowl. Contradictory to the suggestion, many people blogged about their depressive lifestyle, childhood, anger, daily obstacles. In sum, they normally blogged bout sad stories that could make other people sympathize with it, which mean.. Makes other people feels the same way as they do, while they release their on tension by cursing in public (the internet… )

Therefore, to surpass that level… I decided not to do the same thing… not to curse on my lecturer that assigned to me this bloody lab report that filled with complete &#@)!! (oopsy!) So, I should post something funny, bright and amusing rather than releasing the evil site of me



"I sense the darkness in you... Join me!! Join the backside of the light!!!"

Ok, i agree that i am pretty lame and boring (to those who possesed none in creativity and comedic reaction, yes). However... being lame isnt necessarily bad or inferior to those who are not uno? As, for many many years, we the civilized human has been taught not to behave in that way, and it's fairly difficult for an individual to come up with ideas, jokes, or acts that are lame, yet funny and impressive at the same time...
Those who managed to do so, deserves a trophy or salute from lay ppl like us (wait.. i thought i just said i belong to the lame grp as well? )

However, talking bout being lame and yet managed to produce impressive joke/act, it reminds me of this lengendary incident... One that occured to fortunately (or unfornutately) a friend of mine, when we were playing the taboo card game. The goal of the game is to describe the item revealed in the card without mentioning the name itself and it's taboo words. It's not a very intellectual game as compared to chess or monopoly yet it rely pretty much on your brain's reaction time and creativity in describing an object.
A typical taboo card cue would be:

Card Name: Bill Clinton
Taboo listings: Monica Lewingski
Cigar
Scandal
United States/America
President

Alright, enough said, now, back to the story. So then, during our dear friend's **** turn (Friend's name will be completely remove in order to protect our friend Kong Jia Zun's identity and personal rights), he stumbled upon the card for awhile.. and he began his illustration with this, "OK, this is pretty easy, you often use this when you ran out of condoms on sex". So, logically, we came up with answers such as, "Pregnancy pill, Diaphragm (Female's condom), sexual protection tip, oilment, plastic bag, etc" and after 5 minutes of bombarding.. we gave up.. He did add a few points like,"it's very flexible and pretty useful in other manner" and he shake his head.. And guess what?? the answer was... *drums roll RUBBER GLOVE!!!!!!!!


well... this doesnt look like a decent and normal penis to me...

So, tell me, how on earth could a person come up with this kinda bizarre idea?? And his reasoning was... "becoz it's fairly flexible and you could use it for 5 times?! and he said, " if you arent that gung ho on the mondays, then u could use the pinky;s slot instead" therefore.. it's totally conveniet.. and trust me not, in bout 1 to 1 and half years time this genius is goin to graduate and become a MAS (yes.. Malaysian Airlines, not some AyaMAS ripped off) pilot. See, even a top range pilot could be lame at a certain point of his life (though he's that lame most of the time) But seriously, when you see this and if you happen to be some high post officer in MAS management... Please dont fire him, as he might be the best person you would like to consult on how to reduce cost. kong: "easy only la, replace all the oxigen masks with rubber glove mah can already lor"


i can breathe still!! wao this is nice!

So, moral of the story is... be creative! do not care whether it;s naturally lame or what, just carry it out if you think it would be effective and useful to mankind (though it might not be practical). Anyhow, be optimistic and hope that when you are using it for any sexual activities, the pinky wont burst...

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FRED's new baby is finally out of the womb!!
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Hello readers, audience, tresspassers or whatever you want to call yourself, welcome to www.fred-factor.blogspot.com. My name... as mentioned above is Factor, full name Factor Tan... (if you think that my father would name me after that kinda weird name, you should then name your son vector or sector to compete with) Alright, let's cut the crab (i meant crap), and you can call me freddy, fred, hong lit or even Lit. This site will serve as my blog (my second one to be exact), as well as a point of communication between me and my friends (as i realized that my first site isnt so 'reader-friendly' and i dont really fulfill the point of communicating by dragging my thoughts and words just then...) Therefore, the new breed has been born!! In other words, www.fred-factor.blogspot.com is the younger brother of www.xanga.com/friedfred (ooo, sibling's rivalry, interesting)

I would like to think that I am a genius like Einsteins and a miraculously lucky bastard like Bill Gates (That's why i came up with this equation, E=MC2, which stands for Electronic =(Microsoft Craps)2). However in reality, judging from the point i am standing and typing right now, it's obvious for you to derive that I am as average,regular,ordinary,normal,common as any jack, joe, and john you can find in every corner of the world. But, when i am thinking of those, i began to think that what exactly is special and unique? Is it when you created your own breed of orchid flower and name it after yourself? (freddichid, what a horrible name for an orchid) Or forced yourself into guiness the book of record by swallowing 60 hard boiled eggs at one go?

I am starting this second site of mine when I am faced with a pretty difficult period in the current path of my life. As some of you might know that I am a 3rd year pscyhology major, and in less than a month's time i will be putting all my heart out to deal with the exams. In the coming days, before i put a fullstop to the overwhelming of assignments and exam pressures, I shall be exploring some interesting factors of me, my friends, my surroundings, and the world. So, please, bookmark my site only after i started to be more active in posting...

P.S- this site will be a more 'reader-friendly' version of blog as compared to the dull, sluggish and poetic old www.xanga.com/friedfred. It will be a site that reports only on lively and wonderful stuffs such as butterflies, peacocks, birds and bees (wait.. don't you consider peacock as birds as well?) Anyway, stay tune.. for more


I'll make changes to this site on a regular basis, sharing news, views, experiences, photos...whatever occurs to me. Check back often!


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