Well, I’ve finally got my Masters in Busines Administration degree.  These are some of the photos I took at the graduation ceremony.  I didn’t take a lot because the stupid gown was so hot and I was wearing a coat.  Didn’t feel like taking any pictures.

This is Lisa from Lisalicious, where I commented some very long comments on her MBA topics and stuff like that.

And she says she’s not pretty.  Girls, I tell you, are never satisfied with how they look! LoL!

My parents!

My girlfriend!

Me and my cert and my Mak Dau! My girlfriend got the Mak Dau for me because she said it looks like me!

Me on stage taking my certificate from the chancellor

I was surprised that there were media seats allocated at the ceremony.  I even saw a few of the photographers that I see at events.  Then I found out that the Minister of Tourism Malaysia was one of the Honorary Graduates and she was voted out of the UMNO Supreme Council thingy the day before.  No wonder there were so many journalists and photographers.

The photographers even followed her out of the hall and journalists trying to ask her questions.

Both times I graduated, there are big shots at my graduation.  In England, when I got my Computer Science degree, Pierluigi Collina, the best referee in the world, was conferred an honorary doctorate degree as well.  He was like a celebrity in the football crazy country, in a small tiny town called Hull! This time, it’s some Malaysian Minister.

Can’t I get a “quieter” graduation? Maybe on my DBA? Who knows?

I’ll update my graduation stuff later.

Look at my MacBook’s battery.

Only 483mAh! I’ve been having battery problems since I got this MacBook, it went down to about 60% within the first year (about 50 charge cycles) but I figured I have ACPP, so I’ll change it when I’m free.

Then one day I went to claim my battery, I found out that the ACPP doesn’t cover battery problems! I was so furious then because when I bought my ACPP, the guy didn’t tell me anything at all! I guess they just wanted the money.

I’ve been using this MacBook since June 2006 and it’s nearly 3 years now.  I’m using it with my adapter as I can’t possibly use it with the battery alone.  483mAh is even lower than my phones!

I guess I have to buy a new battery for RM559.  I’ve used my ACPP only once, which explains the 24,462 months there.  I got my whole motherboard changed because the Ehternet port went wokny.

Does anyone know where can I buy a MacBook White (Core Duo era) battery second hand? Anyone with an extra/faulty MacBook and can spare me a battery? Or a reliable third party one (from the better brands, not Cap Ayam) ?