Wishing All a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!

Chinese New Year Glitter Graphics

Proton BLM - SAGA Replacement

Read more about Proton's new car here. Some local ads for the new car here.

And for tons of photos here.

Watch their official advertisement here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXoCuTBh4RI&feature=related

And a TV3 reporting on this new car launch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82f8O2u-lRo&feature=related

MTU Closed - 30 January 2008

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
508 AM EST WED JAN 30 2008

...WINTER STORM AND ARCTIC AIR TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN INTO
TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH THIS MORNING IN
THE WAKE OF RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST
CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE DANGEROUSLY COLD ARCTIC AIR INTO THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY. ALTHOUGH ANY LINGERING SNOW ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING...EXPECT LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS TO PERSIST IN THE SNOW BELTS FAVORED BY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WELL INTO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING
SNOW AND THE BLOWING SNOW WHIPPED UP BY THE STRONG WINDS WILL
CAUSE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE KEWEENAW
PENINSULA AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MARQUETTE INTO THE
AFTERNOON. EVEN AWAY FROM THESE AREAS...EXPECT BLOWING SNOW INTO
THE AFTERNOON TO CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. PLAN ON
WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AWAY FROM
THE MODERATING INFLUENCE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE HARSH WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO EASE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AS THE LOW MOVES FARTHER NORTHEAST AND HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES
FROM THE PLAINS.

http://www.accuweather.com/watches-warnings.asp?partner=forecastfox&zipcode=49931&county=MIc061&zone=MIz003&metric=1

This is the first time I am experiencing this in MTU. The school closes when there is very bad weather like winter storm or blizzard. Donno to be happy or not. Cause will be held back in class. But everyone is facing the same problem.

First Broomball Match I.H.O.P. vs. "No Balance"

This spring semester I am playing as goalie for one my International House broomball teams. There are 2 teams in I-House. My team's name is I.H.O.P, in full "International House Of People".

For those who haven't heard of broomball ever, let me make it simple to you.

It's just like a Ice Hockey game EXCEPT, you make your own broomball stick out of a broom and lotsa duct tape, you use a plastic ball, 5 on 5 and played on a slippery ice hockey rink OUTDOORS in the case of MTU. Broomball in MTU is only played during winter.

More info can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomball

The rink


The broomball stick (mine)


The ball (made from rubber)

Here are some shots as goalie...

Saved a goal shot between my legs.

The final score was 1-3. So, we lost. But I was "man of the match" cause I saved the most goals in the match (>10).

And now my thigh hurts cause one save of mine, I had to dive, and I somehow dived on the ball and on impact my thigh slammed onto the ball against the ground. On another save, I dived forward and I slammed onto the ball against my stomach. During that moment, my stomach kinda hurt. But it's alright now.

There was another situation where I was trying to grabbed the ball, another player slammed his stick onto my fingers. Luckily my glove give me some form of protection.

I really have to get more protection despite all these....

Shin guards, knee guards, elbow guards

I probably need something like this for my thighs...

On other news, do look out for more posts from me as Winter Carnival is approaching. MTU has lotsa activities to keep us company during the cold, grey and lazy winter.

One thing that I am looking forward to are the Snow Statues. There are 2 categories, all nighter and month long.
Here is the result of one month long of building with snow.

This was done last year by one of the Fraternities. Their theme was "Hanging Garden of Babylon". The main carnival theme was "Ancient Worlds Come to Play in Snowy Drifts of Modern Day"

Check out more photos from last year's Winter Carnival photos here
http://www.mtu.edu/carnival/2007/2007/statue/completedOne/
http://www.mtu.edu/carnival/2007/2007/statue/completedTwo/

This year's theme is Frightful Creatures with Chilling Features. I wonder what "creatures" am I gonna meet.

Stay tuned...

FIDANI - Finest Chocolate Creations - Hell yeah!!

Click on the above photos to go to my
FIDANI - Finest Chocolate Creations Showcase