Sunday, August 31, 2008
Selamat Hari Merdeka
8/31/2008 08:46:00 AM — tulipspeaks — 7 comments — Labels: event, MalaysiaTuesday, August 26, 2008
Resume
8/26/2008 12:21:00 PM — tulipspeaks — 14 comments — Labels: misc.I was looking for a resume template in Microsoft Office and I found this:
Template: Marriage Resume
Provided by: Aditya
Version: Word 2007
Download size: 34 KB (<1 min @ 56 Kbps)
Downloads: 25300
About the template: Resume of an Indian unmarried Boy for Matrimonial Purpose
It made my day :-)
Monday, August 25, 2008
Dogathon UPM
8/25/2008 12:55:00 PM — tulipspeaks — 14 comments — Labels: event, photo, videoOne of the reasons why I love my former uni was for its huge green campus. Its is something unique to the campus and envy of other campuses :P.
Having a huge campus always have its advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage - you may kill yourself trying to walk from one end to another end. Advantage - less crowded, space for more activities to be done etc. Dogathon is one such activity which is held annually - an event not to be missed by any dog-lover. My friends and I joined for this year's Dogathon, having missed the earlier ones. This year, UPM break the record by having the most number of dogs (>600) registered for the event! Impressive!!
Some photos to share...










Video of the day:
Check out my Youtube for more videos of the Dog Idol.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Golden Tag
8/22/2008 11:10:00 AM — tulipspeaks — 9 comments — Labels: Fridays, song, tagIts suppose to be Golden Post + Flickr Tag - a 2 in 1 post.
The Tag:
I was tagged ages ago by Shantini. I rarely do tags nowadays. Only pick those I find really interesting and different. Wanted to post this 2 weeks ago but couldn't find the time to work on one till today. Pardon me for the delay, Shantini. Here we go..
The rules are:
1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
2. Using only the first page of results, and pick one image.
3. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into Big Huge Lab’s Mosaic Maker to create a mosaic of the picture answers.
Question1: What is your first name?
Answer: Amutha
Description: A pic of some other Amutha celebrating her 21st birthday. whoever she is, my best wishes to her)
Q2: What is your favorite food? right now?
A: Indian vegetarian food
D: I got a pic of a set of yummilicious food!! Not exactly what I had in mind, but the pic is too yummy to be missed.
Q3: What high school did you go to?
A: Sri Sentosa
D: I got a pic of a temple... odd but interesting
Q4: What is your favorite color?
A: Black
D: This is such a catchy pic! The title says "graveyard tree" and shot is simply amazing!
Q5: Who is your celebrity crush?
A: VISHAL!!!!!
D: Apparently this is a photo of a photographer called Vishal. Nice shot.
Q6: What is your favorite drink?
A: Cold plain water
D: Beautiful - I always have this thing for H2O!
Q7: What is your dream vacation?
A: Mauritius
D: OMG! The pic justifies why I really wanna go to Mauritius!
Q8: What is your favorite dessert?
A: Air batu campur (a Malaysian dessert)
D: I love the composition. Next time must attempt that shot.
Q9: What do you want to be when you grow up?
A: Researcher. (but I am already a grown up person isn't it? :P)
D: A wolf.. why people always think a researcher must be going after some wild animals or digging for bones???
Q10: What do you love most in life?
A: Myself (Okie.. now I sound like a self-centered, egoistic, kiasu person *sigh)
D: A woman curled up inside a suitcase - so like me....
Q11: What is one word that describes you?
A: Arrogant (hehehehe)
D: Red!! - so garang lor..
Q12. What is your user name?
A: ms amutha (referring to flickr)
D: Finally a photo of myself.. wonder why the other pics are not appearing.. hmm..
And the results:

Golden Post:
This is my 50th Nostalgic Friday post. Was thinking of something different to post....
Pick your choice and enjoy the weekend!
Monday, August 18, 2008
Bye bye darling
8/18/2008 10:53:00 PM — tulipspeaks — 15 comments — Labels: auto, photoI am in new small town now, somewhere in the east coast. I am nobody's. I can't believe she basically let some thugs guys who brought me all the way here [overacting :P] . Its a long journey away from her.
I knew this is coming. She was blabbering something to me few days before she left to Johor on an official business. Actually the blabbering has started way before that. She started missing me even before she handed me over. Soft-hearted girl, she is.

But I couldn't take it when she decides to give me away when she was in Johor. I was screaming in silence when I got to know that she is not coming to say bye to me. Not even for the last time. That got me really angry. I was not going to let her to get away with this!
First, I taught her a lesson - she has to know how important I was for her. So, I blocked all the means for her to get a transport back home when she got back to her campus. After a long 5 hours journey that is. I was mean, but it worked ;-). Second, I screwed up the temporary

And I was there, waiting for her to come. You guys must see the reaction I saw in her face! *priceless... She was speechless for few mins seeing me (literally) on the air. She finally realised I was the one behind the mess and apologized. I could hear her saying.. "My little baby behaves just like me!!" Hahahaha.. And I also could see drops of tears.

She did what she had to do. No regrets babe! I will take care of myself here and you take care also okie? You'll be getting a new car in a matter of days. I don't know if the new one will be as good as me (ahem) but you better be nice to the new darling. Don't neglect her because you still feel connected to me.
I will always remember the rants, complains, the sad stories and as well as the happy ones.I will be missing you and thank you so much for being my best buddy for 7 long years. And remember you are lot more capable than what you think you are. Okie? Muaxx!
Hmm.. I heard that dear..
I love you too.
Love,
Kancil 1980
Friday, August 15, 2008
Nostalgic Friday 49
8/15/2008 11:25:00 AM — tulipspeaks — 3 comments — Labels: Fridays, songI used to be crazy about this song. Thanks to youtube, I get to watch it again.
p/s: Happy Independence Day to all my Indian blogmates and readers!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sree Raghavendra
8/11/2008 11:19:00 AM — tulipspeaks — 2 commentsThis is my first paid blog project and I took the longest time ever to complete it! Little embarrassed about that though.
p/s: tulipspeaks and nutritoday will be on "scheduled mode" for the rest of the week. I'll be away on official biz.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Sex crimes
8/08/2008 12:03:00 AM — tulipspeaks — 8 comments — Labels: issues, Malaysia, womenFew days back a newspaper carried an article about sex criminals. Actually it was few articles and the main article highlighted findings of a research done with jailed rapists. Let me share the key findings as published in one of the article:
- Over 61% of respondents come from families with more than five siblings.
- Over 84.5% of the rapists interviewed earned less than RM2, 000 a month with 57.8% earning below RM1, 000.
- The majority of rapists interviewed seemed to have a positive relationship with their mothers compared to their fathers.
- Over half of them had their first sexual experience at an early age between 10 and 20 years old.
- On preferred characteristics of females, 41% chose women with long to very long hair and 75% liked slim women.
- Over half of the respondents wanted women between 10 and 29 years old.
- Respondents were asked about their perception of women with their statements analysed using factor analysis with questions categorised into three groups: power of dominance, power of sexual desires and power of submission. The study shows that over half of them agreed that:
– men are meant to lead women
– women need to be taught and shown the right way.
My interpretation - male dominancy.
I truly admire the courage the researchers had. Being a researcher myself, I understand very well how it would be going on the field (in this case, a prison) and interviewing subjects (in this case, criminals). Lots of effort there! You may want to read more about it HERE. The newspaper also highlighted few sexual crimes in one of their articles in this topic. You may read it HERE.
The research has been published in a book. You may download the e-version HERE.
This week's Nostalgic Friday is dedicated to this topic:
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
A cocktail of photographs
8/06/2008 10:32:00 PM — tulipspeaks — 11 comments — Labels: photoAway for 2 weeks and I have so much to tell you all! Missing my blog soooo much! Not to mention this is the only thing I have with me right now :)
Thanks a lot for staying with me. The minute I posted the short note saying I'm Back, the visitor count shoots up! For that, I'm treating you all with photographs!! Here we go...

















