Archive for September, 2006
Multiple Post Tryout #1
by christock on Sep.22, 2006, under Living Life
UKEC Investment
I went shopping today with the boss cause we just had a budget for UKEC’s technical department! I won’t disclose the fee, but needless to say it was the most that I’ve spent on hardwares, and oh how wise we were at spending them, since there’s already a Technical Consultant in hand hehe… Things are starting to look good now, beginning with getting rid of the need to rent things when we need it most *wink*.
Fido scrutinizing our newly built shelves!
Fido putting the last touch on the shelves, built by myself and Marwan
Lookie our new toys!! Wheee!!
Look at the quality of the display! *click*
Don’t Layan Beggars in Tube Stations
I was at Harrods yesterday, getting some infamous Krispy Kreme donuts for Azlan when he came down for dinner, and I suddenly noticed this guys who often visits the cabins of our lovely Tubes, especially around South Kensington. They then approached these people who look like thugs and gave a high five, then proceeded to empty their pockets right into the thug’s palm, who then patted his head. The lead thug then let them scramble into his car, which you will see in the next picture. Now you know where your money went to if you donated to these “poor beggars”. Forgive my shakey pictures, it was hard trying to be less incospicuous taking pictures when you’re directly in front of them lol.
Click on the picture to see his face.. Remember him?
Take a good look at this car… That’s where it went!
Tuk Tuk @ Baywater = NO NO!!
Azlan, myself, Fazz and Serina went to have dinner at Bayswater… and since someone was late (not pointing fingers… grrrr) we couldn’t get to Four Seasons and instead, settled for Tuk Tuk, a noodle restaurant based on Thai recipe. Now if anything, I DO NOT RECOMMEND this place at all! Service was really poor, portions was meager and well, that really sums it all, doesn’t it? I’ll let the pictures do the work instead of wasting my time typing on this sorry excuse for an exotic restaurant 
Don’t let the surrounding fool you! Outside nice, inside sux!
Mr Azlan greiving over his unusually meager Duck Rice
Scenery in London
Sometimes pictures paint a thousand words. I think these are worth 10′s of thousands… Well not really, but I still love them!
Beautiful Victorian-style houses amidst the blue skies… *click*
Splendid architecture in Baker Street… *click*
Home Sweet Home
This summer holiday for me was a totally eventful one. Apart from getting me license for Open Water Diving from PADI, I also was involved with my local community project, where I was part of the team who got www.bu6wawasan.com.my to work. Just in its infancy, it will definitely be something I will enjoy improving from time to time. My sincerest thanks to the committee of Precinct BU6 for presenting me such an honourable certificate!
One of the three certificates here is mine, thank you! *click*
I still miss these… Tha Karipap, the chempedak goreng.. sighs =.=
Phew! That was quite an effort there… I have so much more interesting things to talk about, unfortunately since I haven’t found a place to live yet, blogging is going to be second priority for now! I also just want to say that I have received a lot of warmth and faith to those who trusted me on the 20th of September. I’m good to go now! =D
China Experience Steamed Custard Bun
by christock on Sep.18, 2006, under Living Life
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Kawaii punya adikku
by christock on Sep.16, 2006, under Random Muses
Here’s an msn conversation on print screen between me and my sis, Samantha Tock.
Kawaii desuyo?! HAhahahahahaa…
And Ouran High School is sooooo NOT a chick anime!! 
Previous Wimbledon Summer Party
by christock on Sep.11, 2006, under Events & Travels
Starting Monday the Swede starts his official graduate training at Bloomberg, a financial cum media corporation that many in the career world should be at least informed about. Apart from that some of my batch doing 3 year course are now finding themselves in major Investment Banking companies, earning their hard-earned, long awaited salary in pounds after 3 gruelling years in Imperial College. All these got me thinking about my future which I’ve spent months and months planning as far as I could, and the subsequent excitement that comes with it.
You cannot believe how excited I am, even in the midst of my singular resit happening in 2 days time, at exactly 1400 hours. The future has so much to offer, no? I really can’t wait… =)
I won’t be surprised if my friends already know that I’m quite an ambitious lad despite my seemingly alarming lazy nature. I vowed to myself one day when I’m free, I have to list down every single accomplishment no matter how small they are, so that I can visibly acknowledge my quest for achievement, which incidently is what this blog is all about in the first place. Stay tuned =)
Anyway, back to the subject… The trip took place before I flew back, and obviously when the Wimbledon Tournament was up la! Er… I’ll just let the pictures do the talking
The Queue… As you can see, it’s freaking long… =.=
My darling Maria, incidently it was her birhtday yesterday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
The Beaut Cypriet Maria and The Weird Boy Boy Tock =(
We saw Sharapova and the only pro-tennis player from Cyprus… from outside the court =P
The Big Lawn, where we watched the Huge Screen… A lot of people, no? Can you spot the beauty queen? *click*
The two sweeties. Absent were YT and Alvin who worked there over summer too
Overall it was a great experience, a bit pricey but hey, once in a life time right? (Yeah, not a tennis fan =P) Just to warn you guys, to get tickets on gate we had to reach there and queue up by 6am… even then, we were number 4000+ on the list, heh. Alright guys, back to my final revision.
Au revoir!
Maria insists on a better picture!
I think photos don’t give her enough credit anyways!
The Swede in my Room
by christock on Sep.08, 2006, under Living Life
5 more days to my resit. No, no plural, just singular. In another chapter of my oh-so-loser life, I am actually back in London for my SQT, which isn’t too bad really. I really love London. I love the fact that it’s colder here. I love it that I have my own connections and friends here. I enjoy having international colleagues and classmates who are not only the best people to be around with, but also high-flyers that may one day be a successful person in their respective country!
Simply put, my life is here right in the world’s local town. =P
Fisher Hall, a Victorian style residential area… I’m staying here!
The clouds look so much better over here…
Taken outside the window in my halls =)
Presenting the Swede, Johan Nystrom and his iBook!
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Then again, nothing beats Malayian food 
Malaysia Boleh lolz… I’m starving here, which is good, at least I’ll be able to lose weight (with help from these diet plums too, I hope… damn this is more embarassing that I would have imagined =P)
One wonders how thick cheesie‘s crust really is to not suffer from any embarassment whatsoever… Chis, tak tahu malu lol =P
Malaysian bloggers in the UK
by christock on Sep.07, 2006, under Living Life
Now with the uproar of bloggers getting invitations by the media to speak their minds off on just about any topic in Malaysia, one begins to wonder if the whole potrayal of informative media is slowly changing (or should I say, evolving) to something of a more independent view. True enough, bloggers are the “real” watchers from afar, for they don’t need to be diplomatic in fear of prosecution (by their affliates), nor do they feel the need to add sugar and spice to the story (especially if there are any “special treatment*” involved here). *read: sucking up
I’ve never really noticed how on earth a single voice permeating from the internet can have a great impact, until I realized there’s more to it than just a blogger’s view on a matter. See, some bloggers are like “ministers“, whereupon their words are read by hundreds and hundreds of blog surfers, without the need to “buy” their readership. These “ministers” (I’ll refer to them as ministers from now on, since I find it funny) may or may not realise that their words have deep impact on their readers, because, not unlike a cannonball effect, whatever they say may spark comments, be it negative or positive, from their hundreds of viewerships.
I have more to say about this, but let us get to the point of me writing this post. As you can see, I’m more of a picture blogger, wanting to show my extensive collection of photos so that my friends can enjoy the sights that I see whenever I am in an interesting place. However, as part of my UKEC (that’s the United Kingdom Executive Council for Malaysian Students in UK and EIRE) duty I wanted to know how people are reacting to our now downed website (as of now, the domain has not been extended yet by the guy who owns it) and while doing so, I found out a few interesting articles, namely this one, by Howsy, an Ipoh lang based in UK.
After what Jeff Ooi and Lim Kit Siang commented about the UKEC it was no surprise to me that all responses to our plea will just be negative replies. It is really sad to say that UKEC has had such a bad historical past that try as we may, our current committee may just be a victim of some misproper handling of the organisation from time beyond. And yet, we still fought hard, and did things the way we wanted UKEC to be. Now, I would have gladly surmised that there was nothing we could do to improve our situation, get my ass out of it and settle for something else (as of now I’ve already been offered a few jobs to care for other organization’s websites) but somehow I feel there’s something that can be done about it.
If you’ve read everything so far, your head should be crying in an obvious matter-of-factly tone “You’re gonna use bloggers to help you!” and yes, I am afraid you are right. Since we have many Malaysian bloggers in the UK, as well as Malaysian bloggers in Malaysia who are fairly concerned about news pertaining to the land of English, I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t enlist their help! After all, it isn’t just the bloggers that we’re dealing with, it’s the throng of readership that they will carry along with them. Such are the powers of huge bloggers like the all-powerful Jeff Ooi and others like Vincent from PJ and Aisehman from http://www.aisehman.org/ just to name a few. More socio-political bloggers can be found through Howsy’s blog-roll which you can find on the sidebar.
Heck, I’m not even side-lining other influential bloggers like Michael Ooi or Dr Liew from MicheaOoi.Net and DrLiew.Net respectively (notice the similarities? Maybe I should get a ChristopherTock.net domain… then again, maybe not =P). I cannot imagine the wave of movement if any one of them looses the lion from its cage. We even have our very own local news bloggers like Wan Aimran or Nik Azmi who’s hearts are close to home, though they are both studying here in Imperial College London. As the names aforementioned are just the tip of the iceberg, we know there’s so much more (ministers) out there that if we collectively gather them as one, I don’t see how that won’t be a better representation of Malaysian students in UK and EIRE… what more with hundreds of other voices (whom, I must add, are not necessarily followers) they carry along with them.
Hence I will now be actively pursuing this particular method, and maybe, just maybe, UKEC can truly become independent and once more be a respected organization bent on looking after the welfare of Malaysians, independent of their races or social status. I shall end this post without any pictures, a silent tribute to a side of myself that I do not usually potray to the world of my readers =)
Thank you.
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