My bus

The bus I take to work … Good ol’ 87. 95% on time.

LEGO Spider

Something me and a friend of mine from Wesleyan made one boring winter night after a game of Settlers.

Should I try to make more LEGO videos? =)

Moved again!

Hi handful of loyal readers!

I’ve moved over to WordPress.com instead of running my own server because it’s just too much trouble to try to run a reliable install of WordPress on a free server; and I’m too stingy to pay for my own. Anyone want to share a web host? =)  But, anyway, for now here I am! Keep going to http://chewkinyan.com – It’ll always point you to where I am.

Boston’s going well – hotter than Malaysia sometimes but quite bearable with a sufficient number of fans! College is starting up soon for many of my friends back at Wesleyan. I’m planning to pay them a visit sometime this week I wonder how it will feel like to go back. I miss some of my friends very dearly.

But for  now – salmon.

Happy Graduation!

Hey guys – Congratulations to the class of 2009 !! (and also Irwinder and Yuemin who are now sitting around KL and bumming out … haha). I had a great time travelling Boston and New York with family, rushing home last minute for a three week holiday and spending some quality time with friends and now I’m finally back to Boston in my quiet house, waiting for work to begin on Monday.

I’m not sure how I feel about the upcoming change in my life – working everyday! Wow. But, hundreds of college students have survived it, so why not me? =) Just work hard and use all the smarts I can muster – hopefully I’ll be able to earn my keep

Enjoy photos from graduation and holiday.

Wesleyan in Uncertainty

Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you know that I’m just fine! The reason I’m posting this is because there was a shooting on my campus earlier today, and the campus is rather unsettled at this time. But just incase someone checked here for a status update, here it is : I’m fine =)

Eggs It Is!

The poll has spoken!  Eggs for breakfast it is.

And since it’s such a special occasion, I decided to have fried eggs instead of my normal hard boiled eggs. =) First, fry the egg… repeat with 3 more eggs, and voila!

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Fry de egg(s)

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Lots of eggs!

Four yummy eggs for my eating pleasure. Don’t worry, I removed the yolks so I won’t die of a heart attack right away. And, of course, can’t forget the soy sauce. Yum. I wonder what my next poll should be …

I’ll be coming back to KL on the 21st on December. Going to spend a few days in Singapore first, since I’ll be landing there. Anyone in Singapore want to hang out? Otherwise, find me once I’m back in KL. One exam on Monday and I’ll only have one semester of college left. Time passes fast! I’m hoping to do a road trip in the summer once I’m done with college. I probably won’t be able to leave the US due to visa / work / reentry stuff, so I’ll definitely make the most of my time by doing the classic Roadtrip Across America. Woohoo!Any recommendations on places to go?

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Nails and Nature

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My Life As A Poll

I wonder what would happen if some actions in my life were determined by blog poll. Hmmm.

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Class doodles

The result of pen and blank paper in class(colors added later in photoshop). Pilot G2, 0.5 =)

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Post-Halloween – A month later

Happy Thanksgiving!

Every year, on the last Thursday of November, there’s this celebration called “Thanksgiving”. It’s a celebration that’s based int he US and it’s pretty big and has spread to a few places too. The idea is that when the first pilgrims came to the US, they were short on food and had to face the oncoming winter. They would not have made it through the dark months without the assistance of the native Americans who came to their aid. Thanksgiving is also connected with harvest festivals, but no one really knows the precise history of thanksgiving.

What everyone knows, however, that there is supposed to be a lot of food on Thanksgiving dinner. A lot. Often including a turkey, preferably as big as your oven can hold. For Thanksgiving dinner, Mark Sun (my housemate) decided to cook up a great big meal and invite anyone left on campus during Thanskgiving night over for a huge dinner.

There’s still leftovers till today.

But of course, the core of Thanksgiving is giving thanks. You’d think that since that is name of the festival, people would remember what it is about, but look what happened to Christmas… I have a lot to be thankful for – cliche yet essential things like friends, family and health, not to mention an extremely comfortable lifestyle. So I’ll give thanks, and praise God.

It’s just started snowing + raining! Wow. First snow of the year… Activate snow plug-in! Breaks my cool photo plugin… darn

Also, there’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade every Thanksgiving in New York City, and I had the chance to watch it this year. It was the pleasant surprise that it wasn’t too consumer-y – it was just a really fun parade, great performances and adults and children alike enjoying themselves.

The snow’s actually achieving a coating now. Wow. Snow photos soon!

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Hello Kitty! Float

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Yummy!

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Carpetball – almost gave up my lens for this shot

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*GRIN!*

What is Consulting?

Consulting is when you answer a question for someone. Client : “Does my butt look big in these jeans?” You, the consultant : “Yes, they do. Go get a pair of slacks instead.” That’s consulting (or perhaps, that’s insulting).

Management consulting and economic consulting are the fields I’m probably more geared towards working in, despite the fact that I’ve been wearing jeans lately. Management consulting is when businesses ask questions like “Why are our profits in the eastern market falling?”, “How can we ensure a proper level of product diversification?”, or perhaps even “Why does our $100,000 office copier always develop two half-moon stains every weekend?”. OK, perhaps not the last one.

Consultants to the rescue! Then the management consulting firm will swoop in, pull data from all sources, and set their machinery to work – and using various statistometric thingamabobs and graphical tabucalculaterings, come up with an answer to the client’s question! Wooohooo! (and get paid).

Economic consulting is primarily using economic tools to answer questions, usually more within a litigation support context. If someone sues someone else (how often does THAT happen in the US) and needs some numbers in the courtroom or legal proceedings, such as figures for damages, abnormal stock price movements or the number of rhinoceroses in the Amazon (zero), economic consultants whip out their numberical crunchamatics and summarificators and come up with the needed analysis.

Cool huh. And I’ll get to work in Boston.

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Jessica’s Dolphin

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Cambridge, MA (next to Boston)

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Boston, MA