Of Rm 12 and a hungry stomach.

i’m now left alone at home…bro’s gone back…sis is in her own world in college and as for me…well…am still at home doin my form 6..so its not common for me to be left alone at home most of the time. Last sunday, mommy and daddy left for a bday party…god knows why people who are 55 years old are having wild parties with free flow drinks while an 18 year old would just go out for a decent dinner with a gorgeous girl perhaps?…haha

so as usual dad was like…”here anil…take this 10 bucks and go have dinner while we’re gone”. Thank god for driver’s license !! =D . And so i was pretty undecided at first.. I wanted some nasi lemak but then my mind switched to kfc after watching an advertisement about it on tv…i was pretty tired as i was spending the previous night in a friend’s place and i only came back around 5pm the next day.

so i was still cracking my head till the last minute… I took the car out…and circled my regular mamak shop only to find that it was so dead crowded…football mah… and so…i cancelled my nasi lemak desire =( and drove to KFC which was about 2 km away. Again my hope of kfc was also down the drain…dead crowded…and so i stopped the car and thought….where next?…

It struck my head as soon as i glimpsed my rear view mirror…..KOPITIAM!!! =D . And so i took a turn and headed for the end of the block. Parked my car and went inside…and it was EMPTY…haha… looks like people were in a KFC or mamak mood that day. So then after seating down i browsed the menu and found NASI LEMAK!! =D…..so i ordered that…and for drinks i ordered a pepsi float thinkin that it’ll be a small glass….damn glass that came was 6 inches tall!!!….with 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream..haha…

almost immediately after that my nasi lemak arrive…boy oh boy…it was the best solitude dinner i’ve ever had…haha….loved it…. the chicken was fried so that can be counted as the kfc part and the nasi lemak could be counted as the mamak part…haha…. as for the float….i dunno…but i certainly did have a hard time finishing it….lol 6 inches tall….had a hard time finishing it…lol

3 scoops of vanilla ice cream…can it get any better?? =D

The nasi lemak that’s part KFC and part mamak…hahaha

And together….they make the perfect solitude meal for a sunday night!! =D

Time for a makeover….

My pc has been in service to me for 6 years++ now… yes 6 years…and am still able to play games such as fs9 and farcry. well it wasnt always that way though. the pc started out as a super basic pc…AMD Athlon single core which packed a mind blowing 2.01 GHz at that time..haha… memory was 128MB…which costs around RM 100++. Comparing today’s prices…a 2gb crossair gaming ram costs +/- RM 95. Motherboard was from MagicPro. Never heard of the company till today and of course lets not forget the classic floppy drive and also a MSI combo drive. The one thing about the pc at that time was that it came with a 17” Samsung LCD screen…which costs about RM 1100 at that time..now its hard to even find a 17” LCD and an Acer 22” will cost you RM 345.

Although this pc was bought in 2004, there was no graphic card inserted until 2008….yes, only 4 years later there was something to fill the AGP slot crawling with spider webs and layers of dust. For the span of 2004-2008, playing counter strike on my rig was something that was just beyond imagination if you will…haha… But than came along the legendary Flight Simulator….which made me promise myself i’d get a graphic card but than my financial status din really allow me….sad i know. So i had to live without a graphic card for a while….funny thing is.. i din really need one until late 2007 when my flight simulator came in. However the minimum specs to run the game was rather low and surprisingly my pc was above the minimum requirements. So heck…lets give it a try…and it works like a charm!…a bit crappy frame rate though….but still….a real game!!! =D…hahaha…yeah sorry i know i’m over exaggerating…but heck…it was a game i could play…lol.

Moving on…. and so one fine guy comes along….Dr. N.R. He suggest i get a graphic card to further enhance the game experience.And by chance my savings were building up….just enough for a medium performance graphic card. GeForce FX5500. Chipset by Palit. 256MB graphic memory and 8x AGP. It was the perfect card to fit my budget or +/- RM 150. And so i bought it…and it truly gave me a remarkable experience. i could also play farcry now…

But the pc was getting old and it was showing its colours.. Frequent breakdowns were occurring and i wanted to change but again…my financial status din allow me to. And so again comes along Dr. N.R. who tells me that he’d sell off all the components of this pc and put in some of his own cash and buy new components. Well it was a success….he din have to take out any pocket money but instead he made a profit of rm 15 after everything was over…dun ask why. And so here are some comparison of what my pc used to be and what it is today. Thanks Dr. N.R… couldnt have done it without your help..haha….

	The processors back then and the one on my rig now..always was a big fan of AMD..
BACK THEN		TODAY

	The memory rams that powered my pc back then and today.
BACK THEN		TODAY

	The MagicPro motherboard which used to power my pc and the MSI one which powers it now.
BACK THEN		TODAY

	My FX5500 back then and the monster today… both 256 though.
BACK THEN		TODAY

	The crappy power supply unit and the cooler master one
BACK THEN		TODAY

of used tin cans

hey guys…been a while since i blogged about schooling life…mainly cause i' joined form 6 around may and there’s also been nothing special to talk about in school….plain ol’ boring school… where some teachers cant speak a word of english and end up teaching maths…oh well…nvm that…

however something interesting did catch my eye….a 2nd attempt to embed the school’s name into the malaysian book of records… this time with a picture 52 meters long by 34 metes wide which is to be made ONLY with used tin cans… the aim was to collect around 180 000 cans but the students and teachers worked really hard and exceeded all expectations by collecting 186 000 cans.

the colors involved in making the picture were blue, green, red, orange, yellow and white. so the main cans consisted of COKE, SPRITE, 100 PLUS, F&N ORANGE, HEINEKEN, CARSLBERG, TIGER, REDBULL AND SEASON’S SOYA BEAN. the collection started around january…i wasnt in school yet but i heard it through some juniors who were involved.

the first step was to draw the huge picture on to the field…which was done by some measuring according to a set of scales here and there…which really wasnt my cup of tea and luckily for me i was not involved in that department. while the drawing was going on..the process of smashing the cans flat was also taking place…slowly and steadily the project was looking more and more convincing…

it was time….the cans had been collected and smashed…the picture had been drawn..it was down to us to arrange the cans….all 186 000 of them…

it took approximately 150 lower six students and 2 days to finish the project… and as serious as we were in achieving the record…we never seem to seize having fun all the way! =D

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Passion or craze?

well its been a while since i’ve been here. mainly because i’ve been having a blast with my bro almost everyday..darn thing is i have to go to school 5 days a week…but oh well..life goes on…

getting to the point, i’m sure that many of you readers are aware of my NOT SO EXTREME craze of gadgets ..mainly electronics and all…well comparatively not as bad as my bro i guess =P …anyway the one electronic gadget that makes me go gaga is any remote control toy. always had a craze for off wheel rc vehicles but never had the courage to ask dad to buy it for me….reason?…go figure =D……

but be it from dad or others, i’ve had at least 7++ rc cars between the ages of 5 and 17..mind u 2 of them still exist and are in good working order unlike the other which may already be recycled 5 times… so this time i opt for something different….remote control but not a car…at first i was looking at an rc plane…but then there were 2 major factors that made me rethink it… it was a) the space required to fly it, take off, and land and b) the damn price…it starts from rm 500++….

i was discussing with my bro when he hatched an idea…he was like “if space and budget is concerned..why not get a helicopter?..cheaper and less space needed”….and after that i began looking around sites such as lelong.com…and true enough…price was way cheaper…the small ones would costs just around 50-80 ringgit while the bigger ones would start of from rm 200 to 2000++….

this was around 2008…and it stuck to me…was just saving enough cash for it… while saving as usual i did my research on what type to buy and what variations were there etc…and so it came to my mind that i wanted to get a 4channel helicopter…in layman’s term…4 channel means the helicopter is able to go up down, front back, twist left right and bank left and right. a 3 channel helicopter would do all of the above except bank left right…2 channel is useless…it can only go up down and twist left and right…the one for veteran rc helicopter enthusiast is 6channel…which is capable of performing acrobatic maneuvers and at the same time burning a hole in their pockets.

and when i went to kl to get it, the guy in the shop was saying that i should get a 3channel one because its not as easy as i think. but u know me… i wasn’t about to budge until he showed me how tricky it is to even handle a 3 channel copter…and mind u…its been like 3 weeks since i bought it and i crashed it more times than its take off…lol….well am still learning so yeah…below are the pictures of my 3channel helicopter.

once it was bought… my bro and i decided to take a couple of pics of our rc collection which i have posted here as well in the same album as my helicopter … all of them are in good working order. 2 of them belong to my bro and 3 to me…. well i guess my posts is more likely to be an essay…so i think i’ll cut off here…cya later!!

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~AniL RekhraJ~

the 16 million dollar toy

firstly i’d like to apologize to all my readers who have been waiting for something new in my blog. Anyway…as u guys may already know….i got the air asia first stage interview which was basically a normal SPM standard and format written test.

I only had like…9 days to prepare for the test and so i got to work right away. 2 days were spent on actually finding my spm books and borrowing the ones i din have… sad i know. as soon as i got that settled. i neglected my form 6 and actually revised all my spm maths and physics frm the first till the very last chapter.

2 years of education cramped in my head in 9 days. And i wasnt surprise when my health wasn't fully 100% when i went for the test…and it got worst knowing i ad to go to LCCT to get lunch….one mineral water bottle and one hot dog made me take out rm 8.90…yes….8.90…hot dog was rm 6.50 and the mineral water was rm2.40….heart nearly failed but then again…no choice..haha… so diam diam makan and went back to the academy for the remaining 2 papers which were english and IQ.

all the papers went well and i was one of the first to finish,….good or bad?…go figure =D…anyway.. after i went out of the exam hall..i decided to loiter ard the academy as they had some pretty cool stuff to see. So i finally decided to go out the front door and catch some fresh air… and so i did.

after loitering outside the academy for a while, one guy comes up to me and asks if i had a lighter cause he’s couldnt work…and so i replied…”sorry sir, i don have a lighter as i do not smoke”… and he goes on saying “oh..its ok…hey arent you here for the air asia written test?”..and so my reaction was like..”yes…do u know about it"?”..and frm that we started talking and i soon found out that i was talking to a captain…lol….

most of my readers know that i’m an avid flight simmer and will talk abt planes for ages if given the chance..and so thats exactly wat i did with the captain…and he ends up telling me….follow me boy…i’ll give you a tour ard the academy..which was funny cause i had already told him that we have been given a tour ard the academy that morning…

he then took me straight into the most safeguarded area in the academy…the simulator training room…and honestly…for me… i saw heaven =D… and so he said..”u know much abt planes..wanna try a 737?”..and which idiot would refuse!! =D…so i was like yeah of course captain…and he took me in the simulator…and actually let me take off with it….a 16 million dollar machine in the hands of a guy who cant take care of a 2 ringgit phone casing…lol…

and so i tried it,….and it was so fkin awesome!!!…i’m lucky enough to have a recording of it…pls do not mind all the warning and alarms will ya?..thanks =)… and so i flew on all the 3 different simulators which were the boeing 737… the airbus a320 and the a330-300.

it was one heck of a day…i just expected it to be another normal examination day but hell no….just goes to show….always expect the unexpected

here are some pics and a video of my new no.1 love… =D

click here for the flight video

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~AniL RekhraJ~

17 JUNE 2008......

17th june.... started as a normal day.... .got up at 5.30..... went to school... slept in school.... studied.. (yes i really do study)... lol... .and just had fun... parents werent home though... so came back home.... blasted music...played dhol.... slept....did homework...and makaned... as usual.... but then i ranged my sis up and she told me the good new...she got accepted for nursing in IJN and i was truly happy for her =).....

and so we were all like.....now only anil is left...one is a doctor already...one's on d way to becomin a nurse...now one is left...and funny thing is...dat day...i din on the pc watsoever....was not in d mood i guess..... so realising dat...i on the pc....hoping that someone good will be on9..lol....and i checked my mail as usual...now thats where the similarity ended.... i got an email...which i will copy paste a part of it here.....


Dear All,

RE: CADET PILOT TRAINING SCHEME

Dear Mr./Miss,

Thank you for the interest shown in the above scheme. After having
scrutinized all the applications received we are glad to announce that
your name has been SHORT LISTED

We will be conducting the various stages of the selection process as
indicated below and you are advised to prepare yourself well for the
process. All the test papers will be in English and the pass mark in
each of the test will be 75%. You will be required to pass all the 4
test papers in one sitting. There will not be any re-sit or second
chance given. Please remember that we will select only the top ten.




DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING MORE???...I GOT IT MAN.....I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!..... dreams do come trueeee.... and now....the hard part...i've got 2 weeks to study spm physics maths and do a bunch of iq tests....damn...well gtg...gotta get studyin...till den... tc


AniL RekhraJ

last min hero =)

well the weekend has arrived...and so the holidays are comin to an end...and thats where my problems take off...lolx....HOMEWORK!!!!!!PENDINGGGGG HOMEEEEWWWOOORRRKK!!!! ...damn...lol....my PA teacher is mad.....2 essays 4 graphs and a bunch of questions....essays done....questions well...can be done in an hour or so...but graphs..

most of my friends would know that i hate drawing graphs...well...not exactly hate la..i just find it annoying to find and tabulate the data...and drawing the scale...i just like to draw lines on the graph paper...hahaha....summore my class all goody good students....3 days after school was out...homework finished....god....lol.... at least there still is hope cause the class still has the 5E blood in it...lolx.....

anyway gotta get back to my graphs now....cya!!