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A teacher’s pet is a student who is favoured and given special attention by the teacher. “I am worried that the other kids might get jealous if they think I am teacher’s pet,” Teddy said. I don’t think Teddy has to worry, for even though the students can see that he is teacher’s pet, they know there are serious disadvantages to that. “That’s because Professor Oxbridge can be pretty difficult to please!” Teddy explained.

World Cup Fever!

World Cup is approaching. There will be three more weeks before we all have the football fever. It’s hard and ridiculous to miss the match. The simple excuse is “once in 4 years time”. The first match of the day will kick off at around 9 p.m. Malaysia time and the second match at 3 a.m. morning Malaysia time. The major problem now is that Astro gets the right for exclusive telecast for certain matches. I hate this! Why we need to pay to watch WC matches? Yes, Astro is not free! Astro also gains the income for all sorts of advertisements during the matches so why we as the consumers need to pay double. Seem that my only choice is watch the matches in the Mamak stall again. As Vemal said, once we finish our German final exam, we will celebrate with the opening match in Munchen.

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ATTENTION all women –
this story just might save your marriage, relationship or boyfriend's sanity during the World Cup. Below is a list of vital rules for girls wanting to share a home with a footie-mad fella this summer. In an emotional plea, the men of the world have laid out the dos and don't-you-bloody-dares of tournament viewing which you can print out and stick by your telly.
These include vital pieces of etiquette from beer-in-fridge planning to schoolboy rules like when not to say 'it's just a game'. And here we've picked the best - doing the rounds on the web as an open letter to the world's women - to ensure the nation's guys and girls make the perfect team this summer.

LIST OF RULES

1. From 9 June to 9 July 2006, you should read the The Sun's sport pages so you are aware of what's going on regarding the World Cup and will be able to join in conversations. If you fail to do this, you'll be looked at in a bad way or be totally ignored. DO NOT complain about not receiving any attention.

2. During the World Cup the television is mine at all times - without any exceptions.

3. I don't mind if you have to pass by in front of the TV during a game - as long as you do it crawling on the floor and without distracting me. If you decide to stand naked in front of the TV, make sure you put clothes on right after because if you catch a cold, I won't have time to take you to the doctor or look after you during the World Cup month.

4. During the games I will be blind, deaf and mute - unless I require a refill of my drink or something to eat. You are out of your mind if you expect me to listen to you, open the door, answer the telephone, or pick up the baby that just fell from the second floor....it won't happen.

5. It would be a good idea for you to keep at least two six packs in the fridge at all times, as well as plenty of things to nibble on. And please do not make any funny faces to my friends when they come over to watch the games. In return, you will be allowed to use the TV between 12am and 6am, unless they replay a good game that I missed during the day.

6. Please, please, please if you see me upset because one of my teams is losing, DO NOT say "get over it, its only a game" or "don't worry, they'll win next time". If you say these things, you will only make me angrier and I will love you less. Remember, you will never ever know more about football than me and your so called "words of encouragement" will only lead to a break-up or divorce.

7. You are welcome to sit with me to watch one game and you can talk to me during half-time but only when the adverts are on, and only if the score is pleasing me. In addition, please note I am saying "one" game, hence do not use the World Cup as a nice cheesy excuse to "spend time together".

8. The replays of the goals are very important. I don't care if I have seen them or I haven't seen them, I want to see them again. Many times.

9. Tell your friends NOT to have any babies, or any other child related parties or gatherings that requires my attendance because: a) I will not go, b) I will not go, and c) I will not go.

10. But, if a friend of mine invites us to his house on a Sunday to watch a game, we will be there in a flash.

11. The daily World Cup highlights show on TV every night is just as important as the games themselves. Do not even think about saying "but you have already seen this...why don't you change the channel to something we can all watch?" The reply will be: "Refer to Rule #2 of this list".

12. And finally, please save your expressions such as "Thank God the World Cup is only every 4 years". I am immune to these words, because after this comes the Champions League, Italian League, Spanish League, Premier League, etc etc.
Thank you for your co-operation.

Regards,
Men of the World

Interesting Debate on Kernel

I believe that most peoples recognize the name of Linus Benedict Torvalds better than Andy S.Tanenbaum. Maybe I am wrong in this. Linus is the one who created the Unix-style operating system known as Linux, a monolithic OS. Tanenbaum is the one who created the Minix, a micro-kernel based operating system. I still have Tanenbaum’s book ”Computer Networks” on my desk. It was well written and easy to understand. Anyway, I just recently dug out the debate between Linus and Tanenbaum in 1992. I just cannot believe that these two smart guys are so defensive and hot-headed.

Tanenbaum:
Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design. Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second 'F' for this term. But if you do real well on the final exam, you can still pass the course.

Linus:
Well, I probably won't get too good grades even without you: I had an argument (completely unrelated - not even pertaining to OS's) with the person here at the university that teaches OS design. I wonder when I'll learn.

Why all of sudden Tanenbaum popped up with the comment that Linus won’t get a higher grade? Is this some kind of old mentality that we should do thing according to our professor or else we won’t get a higher grade? Anyway, Tanenbaum has a good advice to the public “use it before making any comments”. He looked frustration that a lot of peoples haven’t used his MINIX and kept on complaining that it was sluggish. I observed that many claims from the Linux developers (1992) have solved by minix developers. Read the latest posting from Tanenbaum about the Minix vs Linux.

Life

Received the E1 Evaluation board last week. Took three days to bring up the board and there are still plenty of features to explore! I spent time reading the data sheet which provides insufficient information (according to my perception). This company seems not too good in preparing the technical documents. You always find one or two mistakes, such as the block diagram, pin direction and etc.

There was a three-day break last week due to the Wesak day. Had a basketball game with the Church’s friends in the playground not too far away from my home in PJ. Not a good game for me. I was merely a spectator throughout the match. I couldn’t know how to position myself and get myself into the game. Since I cannot jump high enough, so I cannot get the rebound. My shooting was also terrible. I shot six or seven times and some of them could not even reach the basket. Sigh…… But it’s glad to meet some new friends. Then, we went to MidValley for Japanese food. It costs me around RM60++. Ended up in my senior home watching a Korean movie entitled “Lover”. The movie was all about a guy cheated and dumped by a girl.

A bad new from my ex-housemate, Yungyit, his father passed away on last Wednesday and I was not able to attend the funeral. My deep condolences to his families. I really understand how the feeling losing someone who is particularly important to your life. I had experienced it before - my dad who gives his undivided support throughout my life. I miss him …..

New Scoring Format

This was the first time that we applied the new 21-point scoring format in our badminton games. I am excited with this format since it was first time that I had beat Goi and his co.! ;-) A very close match, 21-19, it can go either way. For your information, this is the third time that IBF has changed the scoring format for badminton. IBF had implemented the 7-point format before (best-of-five), then switch back to old 15-point format and the latest one the 21-point format (best-of-three). With this new scoring format, those who lost the match 10-15, 11-15, 12-15 or etc., has a better change against the same opponents now. Anyways, players have to stay focus from the start until the end of the match. If you make too many unforced errors, I don’t think that you have an opportunity to win the match at all. This format will probably give a higher probability for the weak players to score more points, at least, at least 1 point ;). I heard that Indonesia and South Korea has objected this new scoring format, but China’s coach, Lee Yongbo claimed that China will not be affected no matter how the IBF changes the scoring format. A strong sense of confident from the China camp and they justified themselves by winning both the Thomas and Uber Cup. Malaysia lost to Denmark in the semifinal. Thanks to BengHong who was so nervous in the match and Hafiz who let himself down once again! Their body languages show that they are not capable to conquer the world. Hope that ChongWei can win his first ever world championship in Madrid.

Have fun with this new scoring format! You always stand a change to make an upset even though you are not good in service….

Jinho’s Farewell Party & Fraser Hill Trip

It was the time to say goodbye to our friend, Jinho after his nine months stint in Malaysia. He is such a lovely, caring and straight forward guy. Because of him, I have the opportunities to get to know more about my neighbors, making one and two new friends, visiting the night market in Batu Ferringhi for the first time (Shame of that ~_~) ….. and etc. Coming from different background, culture, and having the language problem, I believed that it’s not easy to understand each others in such a short period. Anyway, I have learned a couple of things from him and hope the same with him. All the best, my brother!

Alright, back to the Fraser Hill Trip. It was a good opportunity to get out from the hectic KL city. We spent two days one night there with a group of 11 persons. Having Korean style BBQ, watching ManU lost to Chelsea (sorry for England, you are now outsider), having a cup of coffee in Smoke House, enjoying a crazy moment in the waterfall… a really wonderful and enjoyable trip with a group of friends! According to my senior, KP, Fraser Hill is a place where the assassination of British ambassador by the communist members happened. Pity, I could not even recall this history. Some photos to share...

A Morning View

At the KLIA
Future Wife for Jinho?

SmokeHouse

Waterfall Moment

Jinho alone prepared the BBQ

Dining Time

“Not expecting to have an easy life, but expecting to have more courage and confident”.
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