Roommates

Today came my new roommate in Victoria League, London. This brings me to the topic of roommate as I feel that I have the adequate experience to talk about it owing to the reason that I have moved 4 times in short 3 years.

Before proceeding, it was great to have a new roommate in Victoria League, London. Although I no longer able to enjoy the moments where I can just sing my lungs out when I feel like it. Anyway, I can get some company, share my joy and sorrow with whatever happened during the day, hone my socialising skills, act as a source of support and assistance for each other and mutual updates of whatever happened out there. Of course, all of these will be wishful thinking if mutual respect, trust and friendliness are absent.

Living with a stranger in a new environment has been a norm for me, in total, I had moved 4 times in 3 years time. Out of these experiences I had joy, learnt how to maintain trust with a stranger, leap of enlightenment, faced tenancy problems, loud musics issues, threaten to be beaten, things stolen, etc. From these years of hopping through different environments I learnt to extend calculated trust first. I belief that every person have many "faces", everyone are capable of anger, friendliness, selfiness, etc these "faces" lies within them but due to the environment, some "faces" will be stronger than the rest. You can control which "face" you want them to put on by choosing wisely which "face" you put on. The theory is fairly simple, they treat you exactly how you treat them.

Environment shapes a person in many ways. And in a small room, your roommate will be your environment. If your roommate is someone who is a top scorer, eventually you will become better in that area. If your roommate is a hard party rocker, you might not be one but you will definitely been to a club for a few times than you normally would. So the trick here is to be the first person to influence and stay firm on it, create the positive atmosphere. 

Living with a roommate is not as bad as it seems. It might be something you will be grateful for the rest of your life if its a positive one or it might be the other way round. It all boils down to you. How you treat people and some amount of luck as well.

Tell me about your roommate stories. Are they friendly? Where are they from? Do you guys had any issues? Let me know!

An evening with Tony Pua

Me and Tony Pua

Thanks to this guy, Benjamin who brought me to the talk

It was excited to see him in person but somehow the excitement has raised my expectation on him. Or may be it is 3am in the morning for him? 

Frankly, I was expecting more from him today. Most of the topics he dwells around are examples of what Malaysia is facing right now such as Price spikes has putting lots of pressure on the citizens, the issue of Allah, the recent GE13, the kangkung issue etc. Every issue boils down to one single problem, the law. Most of the law are implemented without a proper review by both parties ie. the ruling party and the opposition. This could lead to imbalance in cost vs benefit and doesn't lead to a maximum result. For example, the recent dramatic increase in the criminal activities in Malaysia which gives rise to a lot of debate about how independent Malaysia authority forces are and how well are they functioning. 

In summary, all the problems boils down to the law and who can control and adment it. If 2020 is to be achieved, Malaysia have to be united and show the love for the country instead of personal interest. 

Chinese New Year in London

So here is a short clip of how I celebrated my CNY in London. Enjoy!