Graduation Ceremoney....

Last Wednesday, I attended my graduation ceremony in the UFO building aka Chancellor Hall.

Nah, I didn't graduate from UTP. Not yet anyway. But I did officially graduate from the Foundation programme to the Undergraduate programme. That's what the ceremony was all about-no, wait, there was also the Dean's list awards.

As you may have guessed, the DLA is given to those who supposedly performed well in their previous semester i.e got a GPA of 3.5 and above. Last semester, in Foundation 2nd, I attended my own DLA. This time, though, I'm only here for the graduation ceremony, so you can guess what happened to my last exams results.


It's not really that bad actually......Whatever! Let the ghosts of past disappointments rest in their graves, For here comes the Future that I will brave!

Well, I did dread this ceremony, or any events of formal nature, simply because it was - formal. See, I didn't have a formal in my wardrobe, and my last one I lost, so I had to go dress-hunting for a long-sleeved, collared shirt which I can fit into. Luckily, my mate Zul, who possess physical qualities and quantities similar to mine, had an extra black one to spare, so finally I was able to attend the ceremony without thoughts of wearing the wrong shirt nagging the back of my head.

On a lesser idiotic note, I did take lots and lots of pictures during the whole ceremony with my trusty Sony Cybershot (albeit broken already). Something like this comes naturally for me; if there is any event that has students attending it on a massive scale, for sure I will bring my camera along, just so I can capture pics and later brag about it to other people.

Pretty much shows how many students turned up for the ceremony(all, minus those who were absent). The guys and girls to the lower right are from my course, Electrical n Electronic Engineering.


Dr. Zainal Abidin bin Haji Kassim, officially and currently UTP's acting Rector.

FINALLY! A close-pic of myself. No, in case you thought otherwise, I was not going insane there. Honest.

This is a calmer-looking me with the IRC (Information Resource Centre, a fancier name for the UTP Library) as the background.


This is Ivan. He seemed kinda pissed off at me taking his pic....well, never mind, it's done already.
My EE mates queueing up to sign their attendances.

I always believe that showing an open camera to anyone can instantly make them friendly to you. I only knew two of these girls(Alia and Rima, both also from SMTJB), yet all of them posed for my camera.


My credit ran out after the ceremony, so I need to use the public instead. Ah, no lah. But it's still a cooler pose than Ivan's.

Sodrohu-at-modelling@utp.com.whatever

Zoodoo! It's been some time since I last posted, no? Well, I've been busy before this, doing assignments, projects and revising for tests and quizzes(and I'll be even busier after this, doing the same exact thing all over again), so I didn't get any quality time for blogging. Well, I did actually got some, but mostly I was busy doing something else instead.


But yah, whatever. Now, I just realised that, after nearly a year of inactive blogging, I still haven't posted anything worthy about my own self. Which, could be a bummer, since my own audiences(read:you!) didn't even know what I like, who my parents are, or whether I am really an exiled Protoss eternally stuck on Earth or just a bluff(This one is no brainer. Really.). Let's just say I don't really like talking about myself. Well, I actually do, but mostly I'm too lazy to do so. But, for starters, let me talk about my current interest first.


Now, you guys may not believe this, but I'm actually into modelling.



No, not that kind of modelling.



This kind of modelling.

For sure.

Yah, currently I'm into those Gundam modelling. I kinda always attracted to the whole business of putting up stuff together, even when I was young, as the whole idea fascinates me. I still remember, when I was a cute lil' kid, my dad brought back from overseas, a skeleton model of a certain sauropod(that's the term given to long-necked, long-tailed, huge herbivore dinasours. Y'know, like a Brachiosaurus...). I had the time of my life putting that thing together. From there, as I grew(mentally and physically obviously....well, mostly physically), I moved to aeroplanes, Tamiya car models(most notable collections include a bigfoot truck and a motorbike replica - all but now lost. Damn!), Legos, K'nex, Zoids(still got all but one of them) and now....Gundams.


Now, as you guys may have guessed, this kind of hobby is frickingly expensive. I'm just able to be into it cuz I got monetary backup(read: my dad's money and Petronas scholarship loan) for it. Of course, even so, I didn't just go model frenzy and buy every decent-looking model I saw on the shelf - I only buy them every now and then. Then again, I suppose, costly or cheap, it's still a good hobby - it's not like I'm killing anyone when buying models anyway.

Why am I into this? Well, I guess that putting up models gives me a sense of satisfaction. Just imagine the feeling you get when you have finally finished constructing something good-looking out of tens of little pieces of plastic - I mean, assuming that it does turn out right. I always feel kinda euphoric whenever I finished putting together a model - holding the model in my hands, comparing how big and detailed it is, and how the joints move and the colours shine, knwoing that this is for real, and not just some imagination. It's like getting high on a crack, except that this one doesn't screw up your brain.

As of now, at my room in UTP, I have three models. I have about a dozen more at my house in JB, but for now, here's my immediate ones:

A group pic of them - kinda blurry tho.


Asshimar, without its beam rifle and stand. Yeah, I know the name sounds....weird....but it is nice looking. At least, I find it so. Those orange coverings look cooler if they aren't orange, tho.



Blaze Zaku Phantom. This one I brought all the way from JB, though I bought it at Singapore. Nice design of shoulder shields and awesome looking. It belongs to the CE timeline of the Gundam series. Go Wikipedia for further details.



Kerberos BuCuE Hound. Has three heads, but only the front one works. Even that one falls off easily. Kinda unique design tho.


A pic of all the Boxes. You can see the code name for Asshimar there.