Experience Made Me Stronger

Semester 1 Comes to An End

2010-11-10T16:32:00.001+08:00

I know it has been months since I update this blog. So fast my first semester ends yesterday after I finished my last paper. To sum up, I think semester 1 was good in the sense that I adapted well real fast, still able to relax although at times really have to rush for some assignment. A great start to my 3 years university life. 2 and a half year to go to complete my degree in Computer Science.

So basically this semester nothing concerning programming at all. Just some basics to logic, networks and how IT is being used to help organisation. To think of it, so fast 1 semester is over and another 5 more to go. I know the following semesters will only get tougher but hey that's life isn't it?

What I learnt the most in the few months living alone away from my family at Sunway, PJ is not from my university studies. Study is just one small part of our life and so I would not spend all my time into it. For a new believer in Christ like me, it's really important to get the foundation build well and of course build on the right rock. I'm so glad to be able to planted in a church that really suits me and I'm able to learn and grow. So thankful to have such great leaders there in Harvest Generation that will continue to lead and guide me through this journey. From a new comer at end of July and to becoming part of the big family now is awesome.

Many a time people might rather spend their Friday night and Sunday to study or even worse so to play computer games. But to me, no matter how busy I am with assignment, study, exam or how late I sleep on Saturday night, I will still go for cell group and church meetings and service. Because ultimately our purpose is not on earthly things but on things ABOVE. Having said this, by having the right balance, right focus and goal and good influence, we will be able to do well in basically everything if we choose to honour Him. Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.

I personally have been going through a hard time emotionally for the past few weeks and moreover it's during my examination period. It's not the best timing anyone would want but thank God by His strength, I'm able to do through it and doesn't let it affect my performance during the exam. No doubt it had affected my revision but if we keep praying and seeking Him, He will never leave us nor forsake us and will continue to provide the strength and we need to go through every hardship. I know He will never let me go through something that I cannot go through and every obstacle is the opportunity for me to learn and grow deeper in Him. Continue to trust in Him :)

Semester 1 ended, and it means holiday time. Gonna go back to my hometown, Ipoh soon after almost 2 months didn't go back. It'll be an exciting and busy time as well as quite a number of meet ups have already in place even before I go back. Then giving free tuition to church friends who are gonna sit for their SPM soon, car practice, end year camp, holiday trip with my family and I believe the list will keep expanding as time goes.

So Far So Good

2010-08-28T00:27:00.000+08:00

So fast it's already 1 and a half month since I've started my university life. Everything is so far so good. Although assignments started to come in already but I am still able to cope up with it. Life is definitely different from school life where the time is more flexible. Walking to university and being a more independent person away from home town. It's definitely a new and good experience. I'm blessed to be sent to Sunway in my new phase of life. Wherever God send us to, there's surely a reason for it. And I believe it'll gonna be greater for the time to come.

Throughout this 1 months plus, major changes happened in my life. I am so happy that my past won't be able to hold me back anymore. I'm gonna look ahead and cling on the the promises of God =)

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. (Ezekiel 36:26 NLT)

University Life

2010-07-10T23:48:00.001+08:00

Finally a new journey begins here. After few months of rest, finally I got to resume my studies. Gonna be taking Computer Science @ Monash University, Sunway Campus. Orientation will start this Monday. Everything is fine so far. I'm satisfied with my room and basically the apartment I'm staying in. I'm sharing my room with another 3 guys. So far I met 2 only since another one was back to his hometown which is Ipoh xD Same hometown with me hahaha. I met another housemate who's studying account & finance @ Sunway UC. All of them are quite nice =) Before I came, I prayed to have at least one Christian roommate but God has blessed me with 2. [1 Timothy 1:14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.] If we prayed faithfully with good purpose, God will not only answer our prayer but He will bless us more than what we asked for. And the better surprise is both of them are going to the same church I'll be going tomorrow. Still not amazed? 3 of us will be in the same cell group. Woah ~ Praise the Lord.

My bed

My table

Wardrobe

New environment means I got to adapt. But so far so good la. I believe I can adapt very fast. I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me. Anticipating to meet more new friends and great people.

On another different note, HTS youth had a farewell for me yesterday at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng @ De Garden. 13 of us gathered together for dinner before I left to further my studies. It was seriously very packed and we had to wait for about 30 minutes to get our place. Really happy that they took their time to come for my farewell dinner. We had great time of fellowship with each other. The food are good and quite affordable. We were even blessed with a big glass of 'Naaih Cha' because it was Mei Sum's birthday 3 days back. When I say it's BIG it means BIG. Wong Kok will give a big glass of Naaih Cha for anyone whose birthday fall 3 days before or after the day we have meals there. Other T&C apply.

The drink I had - Hawaiian Fruit Drink. It's a bit sour but to me it's nice =)

The BIG glass of 'Naaih Cha'

Crocodile

2010-02-08T16:50:00.002+08:00

It has been exactly one week I've work for Crocodile, Jusco. Although it's just a short one week but I can tell you I enjoyed it so much. It's a whole new experience for me. It's a different environment and a different people I'm working with. 1 rotatory promoter, 2 permanent promoters and 2 more temporary promoter excluding me. A more experienced group of people and much organised working style.

Because there's 3 experienced people at Crocodile, my main job is to serve the customer only. Of course at times I will have to do other stuffs like find and take stocks, tag price, fold shirts/pants and so on. Crocodile is a much bigger counter compared to Hush Puppies and so of course the pressure is slightly higher to meet the expectation of my fellow permanent promoters.

As you all know, Crocodile is a brand more to those older people of about 40 years old above. Very very seldom there's younger who came to buy our t-shirts. That's exception to our formal shirts, wallet, belt and men's briefs though.

One word to describe my work at Crocodile so far - GREAT. I have good and close colleagues. The time seems to pass faster as well when I work at Crocodile. So fast it's already a week =)

Short Update

2010-01-20T01:30:00.000+08:00

It's been another week since my last update. For your info, I'm feeling much better from my illness. Almost fully recover with still a slight flu now. I had been working for the past 7 days consecutively. Finally had my rest today. A much better time for me to rest and had some free time doing my own things at home.

Anyway I got used to the work as a promoter at Jusco Department. It's kinda a routine for me already nowadays. And for your information, the CNY sales already began with 20%, 50% and some even 70% discount available. So if you have time, do come and buy your CNY clothes =) I'll be available at the Hush Puppies counter near Shiseido until end of January but I'll be switching to Crocodile from February onwards ;-)

50% Discount

Some of the sample

Normal Price / 10% Discount

If you do like some of the t-shirts or pants/jeans do go and visit the HP counter and see it for yourself. Happy shopping

Busy Week

2010-01-10T16:12:00.000+08:00

The last time I updated this blog was more than a week ago. I've been busy working for the past one week. So I don't really have the time to update my blog. Anyway glad the most busy week of January has passed. Physically I'm tired because of the long working hours and I'm currently sick now with flu and slight sore throat. Luckily I have 3 days off until Monday.

Finally get to sleep longer during the off day on Saturday. A much needed rest for me I suppose considering I had sore throat at that time. But it's on Saturday itself I started to have flu. Matter became worse when I had slight fever this morning. Luckily I'm feeling better now with the fever already ease off. Left with the flu and sore throat. Anyway I still have another day off before I resume my work on Tuesday evening.

My MUET result will be out tomorrow. So I'll be going back to school to get my result. Hopefully my result this time will be better =)

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T22:03:00.000+08:00

Wanna wish everyone a Happy New Year and a great year ahead. May 2010 started well for each and everyone of you. Forget the bad memories you had last year and embrace those happy ones. Do not cry because it's over but smile because it happened =)

When I reflected back the year 2009, I am so glad that it was a life changing year for me. I believe I've grow both mentally and spiritually. I've gone through ups and downs throughout the year 2009 and I believe all those experience and memories brought me to another level of my life. Without even a single of those moments, I guess I'm not who I am now.

I'm so glad that I have been blessed with such a wonderful class of USS1, great classmates, wonderful friends and awesome family. Thank God for letting me to know Him better. He has His very special way in letting me to know Him better =) He blessed me with friends that invited me to church, guided me, so on and so forth. Amazing huh.

Reflecting back on 2009, what I can remember are mostly all about the happy moments. I'm glad that I grow up in such a way that I will forget unhappy things fairly quick. Those moments I've spent with my family, my friends, my classmates, school trips and etc are truly memorable. I had a great year 2009. How about you???

May the year 2010 be an even greater year with more wonderful memories. I know it'll be a very challenging year ahead for me as well as my friends who just finished STPM like me. We will be leaving our home in just a few months time. Time to be independent and be wise in making decisions. I believe we can do it with His guidance. Happy New Year again!!!

Trip to Penang Hill, Kek Lok Si Temple and Kuta Bali

2009-12-26T23:44:00.001+08:00

This post is not to describe Penang Hill and Kek Lok Si Temple nor the fun I had during the trip. If you are intended to read about that, here are some of the links instead:

http://www.about-malaysia.com/penang/hills.htm

http://www.penang-vacations.com/penang-hills.html

http://www.penang-vacations.com/kek-lok-si.html

I would recommend you people not to go to Penang Hill during holiday. The traffic is really jammed and you'll waste your time waiting but end up the ticket being sold out. If you insist of going then make sure you go there early, if possible before 10am so that you wont go back with disappointment haha. Enduring the traffic jam is still okay to me but the main disappointment is the ticket is sold out. I was there at 1.40pm and the ticket available was only from 7.00pm onwards. Have to wait for 5 hours just to take the funicular train up??? I'm upset by the black market there selling ticket of 2pm for RM10. From RM4 to RM10..... Isn't that a bit too over? Who are they to make the profit from the poor tourist both local and foreign who came all the way to Penang Hill but went back with disappointment because those tickets were bought by these irresponsible person. What are the authorities doing? Wouldn't this kind of activity tarnish the image of Penang in the heart of the foreigners? Will the tourist ever come back after the disappointment? Think about it. Maybe during schooling days???

Ok enough of Penang Hill now. After the disappointment, my brother brought me to Kek Lok Si Temple. The traffic was jammed as well. It's so difficult to find parking at that area. So we have to walk quite a distance. The journey starts from the foot hill. Along the path that is leading up to the temple, they are many hawker stalls with all kind of souvenir, t-shirts and many things more. Due to hot weather and the amount of walking needed, it is advisable to wear proper attire when you are exploring this temple. Bright colour T-shirt and sports shoes are excellent. Don't wear dark t-shirt like what I did as it's very hot and I sweat a lot -.-" For pictures, click on the link on top ya.

At night, I went to dinner with my brother's gf's family at Kuta Bali (古老巴厘). It's quite new and therefore many might not know where it is. It's situated at Lintang Paya Terubong 1, Air Itam in between a lot of apartments. It's a very big food court with 67 stalls according to uncle. There's whole range of food available there like fried oyster, ban mee, Malacca chicken rice, Hokkien Mee, Asam Laksa, Char Kuey Teow and lots more. The view is very nice indeed. The only disadvantage is it's quite far from Georgetown. The trip to Kuta Bali just now from Tg. Bungah took around an hour due to traffic jam.

Front

Car Park

Special stall roof

All the day light picture is taken from http://cforum3.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=1791458

It's the same BBQ stall shown in the picture above

We went to Sunshine Farlim Hypermarket after that. For your info, it is the only hypermarket in the Air Itam's township of Farlim. Sunshine Farlim is one of the retail outlet of Suiwah Corporation Berhad. Suiwah Corporation Berhad is a Malaysian company with most of its business in Penang. Therefore, most of you wouldn't have heard of Sunshine before right. That's the highlight of my Penang trip this time. Hope you enjoyed reading it.

Penang Batu Ferringhi Side Bazaar

2009-12-26T01:49:00.000+08:00

Just came back not long ago from the side bazaar at Batu Ferringhi. Anyway I didn't snap any photos so I searched through the net for the photos. Since the description is there so I might just post the link here right and save my time =)

http://www.mywisewife.com/penang-batu-ferringhi-night-market-pasar-malam-sidewalk-bazaar.html

Working Experience

2009-12-24T17:20:00.001+08:00

Since I have nothing to do now at Penang, I just wanna update you guys with my working experience. In case you don't know, I've worked full time over the past 3 days from 21st to 23rd December just for the J-Card Members' Day. Okay firstly how do I get this job? I was walking around Jusco to hunt for job during January and February. I asked quite a number of apparel stores and coincidentally Hush Puppies wanna hire a part time promoter for J-Card Day and so they hired me without asking much. My first working experience indeed.

Being a new promoter, I have to ask my senior who is the permanent promoter for HP what I need to do and etc. For the past 3 days, I'd helped to keep stock, opened new stocks and arranged them accordingly, put up price tag, folded t-shirts, shorts and long pants, issued receipts and anything you can imagine what a promoter needs to do. A brand new experience indeed.

The most suffering things was of course having to stand for hours without getting the chance to sit and rest my legs. I've worked full time in all the 3 days. Imagine a new promoter started his job by standing almost the whole day...... You wouldn't want to try it don't you? Although it's a tough experience but no doubt it's one that I savoured each and every moment as every moment taught me something. Earning money is never an easy task. We should appreciate each penny spend =) What my friend who also works as part-time promoter with me (still working today) said is true. We can't experience this kind of working experience elsewhere. The working experience will be totally different if we are to work upon our graduation. We wouldn't need to stand for so many hours and of course the working time way shorter than my 15 hours which is almost double the normal working time. There's always some message behind everything which is happening around us. Open up your eyes and heart to see carefully and notice the message behind it. Savour and cherrish each and every moment. Lastly, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Day 3 of Penang Trip

2009-12-17T09:36:00.001+08:00

There won't be detailed explanation in this post. I'm not really in the mood of blogging and I guess I wouldn't really want to recall what happen during Day 3. Just gonna make it a brief explanation.

Spent my whole morning at home writing the post on Day 2. In fact, I only finished writing the post in the afternoon before I went out with my friends. For the first time, I went for karaoke, Red Box (Gurney Drive). Didn't sing much though as most of the songs the chose were Chinese. You should know how good my Chinese is. Only 2 English songs. It's until 6pm.

After that, we walked around and update each other about ourselves. We even had ice-cream at McD while having the guys talk. At night, there left only my classmate at NS and I as the rest went back for dinner. He brought me to somewhere near Gurney to eat our dinner. After having our dinner, we went back to Gurney to watch New Moon. The movie was from 10pm to around 12.10am. It's freezing cold inside the cinema anyway. I wont be giving any review on the movie as I'm not good in that. That's how I spent my Day 3 in Penang.

I'll be going back to Ipoh after this on a 12.45pm bus. This shall be the last post on my Penang trip this time. I came with some hope but going back with disappointment. I guess that's life.

Day 2 of Penang Trip

2009-12-16T15:37:00.000+08:00

I was too tired yesterday night to update my blog. Since I'm free this morning so I update my blog now. I went for a whole day trip yesterday around Georgetown and Batu Feringhi area. My trip starts at around 10am when my friend came to pick me up. After picking me up, we went to somewhere near the police station and Mydin at Georgetown to pick up another friend before meeting up with 7 others who came from Kedah. There's a total of 10 of us in the morning, 8 guys and 2 girls.

Our first destination was Khoo Kongsi Clan House. I've searched the net just now for some info though. Got it from http://www.penang-vacations.com/khoo-kongsi.html

Khoo Kongsi Clan House
Penang Grandest Masterpiece

The Magnificent Clan House of Khoo Kongsi
Many of you would be surprise to know that, clan association can be traced back to 650 years in Penang.

Leong San Tong, or famously known as Khoo Kongsi are the most distinctive and reputable clan house in Penang.

Their story can be traced to the late 18th century where the khoo's migrated from Sin Kang Village in China to Penang and involved themselves in trades and other careers. Although staying in an unfamiliar territory, they formed a closely-knit community and taking good care of each other’s.

The Majestic Leong San Tong

In 1851, the Khoo's purchase Anglo Malay style bungalow and convert it into clan house at the heart of Georgetown. They name it Leong San Tong.

The bungalow remains for 43 years before it was rebuilt based mainly on the Southern Fujian architecture back in 1894.

Today, Khoo Kongsi complex consists of the clan house Leong San Tong, an administrative building with a meeting hall and offices, an opera stage, and 62 units of terrace houses and numerous shop houses.

Entrance to sourvenier shop

Opera stage

The majestic & beautiful complex is hidden amidst the crowded rows of terrace houses and shop houses in Georgetown. If you plan to visit this place, you will need to walk through an alley between two rows of 19th century terrace houses and bypass the opera stage, before you can see it standing majestically on the granite square.

And because of the nature of the location, the Khoos are well protected during the 20th century
gang war as not many people able to find the hidden complex.

Wonderful craftsmanship

Entrance from Beach Street

Entrance from Armenian Street

Main entrance from Cannon Street

There are three hidden entrances to the complex. The first one is at Cannon street (main entrance), second is at the decorative archway facing Beach street (rear entrance) and the last on which is the side entrance is at the Armenian street. Although hidden but it is not too difficult to find. Look out for signboards that are put up leading you to the complex entrance.

Once inside the clan compound, you'll be easily overwhelm with the beauty and impressive view of Leong San Tong house.

The wonderful craftsmanship in woodcarving, stone carving, colored drawing, stucco sculpture, cut-and-paste decoration and tiled roof work of master craftsmen from Southern Fujian are simply awesome.

Some of the porcelain display inside Leong San Tong
There is also a Western influence in the architecture of Leong San Tong. For example, trapezium ceiling, wrought iron fencing of flora motif at the upper-floor which is custom-made in England, louvered windows and balusters at the rear verandah.

A great time to visit Khoo Kongsi will be during the Chinese Lunar New Year. During this period, the main building is lit up at night forming beautiful glittering lights that provide a spectacular view of the house. There is also some performance of an opera & lion dancing shows.

The austere grounds of the khoo Kongsi were used in March 1999 for the filming of Anna & The King, a movie based on Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) acquaintance with King Mongkut (Chow Yuen Fatt) of Siam and his many children.

Looking at it, Khoo Kongsi clan house is indeed the grandest masterpiece of its type in South East Asia. Don't you agree?

Opening Hour :
Daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays: 9 am to 5 pm

Admission :
RM5 for adults and RM1 for children

Getting There :
Khoo Kongsi is made up of surrounding houses and courtyards in the heart of Georgetown. Just look for the 3 hidden entrance as what the photo shown above. And if you still can't find the place - Just ask!

LEONG SAN TONG KHOO KONGSI
18 Cannon Square, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.
Tel: 04-261 4609 Fax: 04-262 2591

We stayed there for about an hour exploring the majestic builiding. After that, our next stop was the Penang Road to eat the famous Chendol. It's a small shop lot which also sells rojak. We also ordered rojak beside the chendol.

This is not the actual photo of the Chendol I had actually. Just got it from the net to give you all a better picture.

Spent an hour there from 11.40pm to 12.40pm as the girls eat very slow. They said the chendol is sweet though. After eating the chendol, we went to have our lunch at one of the shop at Georgetown. We had chicken rice and nutmeg (buah pala) juice. Nutmeg is one of the local specialty here in Penang. The chicken rice taste quite good I would say. Sorry as I don't know the name of the shop nor where it is located. Try to search around if you really want to try ya. It's situated at Georgetown. Quite near the police station if I'm not mistaken.

We went back to our house to take a short break after the lunch. We waited for another friend to come back from his tissue culture course but he still haven't back by 3.40pm. So we continued with our activity without him. He only came back from his course at 4 plus in the afternoon.

We went to the Penang National Park for hiking. The drive from Tg. Bungah to PNP at Batu Feringhi near Teluk Bahang took around 25 minutes. We have to register ourselves at the HQ before starting with our hiking. Registration is free of charge and we just have to write down our name, Nationality (States), Activity and Destination. We took the route to Pantai Kerachut. Pantai Kerachut is special as there's meromictic lake there and the beach is kinda clean. Less polution compared to Monkey Beach (Teluk Duyung) according to my friend. There's a total of 10 small brigdes along the route. The way to P. Kerachut is quite demanding in terms of stamina and physical fitness. At first we struggled as it's been a long time since we did exercise. Busy is the main excuse for most of us lol. We have to climb up the hill along the way but luckily there's also some portion which we walked down the hill. Up and down along time way. It's quite steep at some places and we need to be very careful. It took 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to the beach from HQ. It's a long 1 hour and 15 minutes. But the tiring walk is worth it when we finally reach P. Kerachut. Although we didn't get to see the 2 layers of water but the beach there is clean and the water is cooling. We spent some time walking on the beach. Walking on the beach is not easy as the constant pressure applied by our body weight press the sand down. Extra energy is needed compared to normal walks. There's boat service available so we enquire at the jetty at P. Kerachut. RM100 for one miserable boat. Because of that, we chose to walk back although we were tired. Another 1 hour plus of hiking. Really really tired and our legs were shaking already. We didn't give up and continue walking and walking. We took some rest along the way but everytime also a short one minute break as we were afraid it'll turn dark. It's already 5.50pm when we started our journey back to HQ. So we have to walk faster and take less rest. After struggling, we managed to rest back to HQ at 7pm. A huge relieve really. Immediately bought cold mineral drinking water and finished a small bottle of 500ml within a minute. Sat down and took 15 minutes of rest before taking our group photo. We asked a foreigner to take the photo for us. Headed back to our house to take our bath and some rest.

Penang National Park

Formerly Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve, it was declared the Penang National Park (Taman Negara Pulau Pinang) on 4th April 2003. It covers an area of 2562 hectre, and is the smallest National Park in Malaysia. It is located in the North-Western part of Penang Island. This park is unique in the sense that it contains different types of habitat not found it other parks: a rare meromictic lake, mangroves, mudflats, wetlands and coral reefs. It also has a turtle nesting beach.

This park offers just about anything for all kind of visitors. For the adventurous, it offers challenging hikes and interesting trails. For those just wanting to relax, the beaches are among the best on the island. As of September 2007, the park is undergoing upgrading and renovation works, which includes the building of a tourist centre and improvement of some of the trails.

All visitors are required to register at the Park Headquarters, located at the entrance of the park. Registration and entrance is free. From there, you can either walk in or hire a boat. Enquire at the park HQ or ask around. There are usually boat operators on standby near and around the jetty.

Pantai Kerachut
Located at the western side of the park, this is a beatiful stretch of beach. Facing the Straits of Malacca, it can get pretty windy and the sea can get pretty rough here. Camping facilities and amenities are provided here. It is also a turtle nesting ground, with a turtle sanctuary located here. It is the nesting place of the Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) from April to August and the Olive-Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) between September and February.

Also not to be missed is the rare meromictic lake resulting from a seasonal phenomenon. During low tides and dry seasons, the lake becomes a field of mudflats, with hardy, terrestrial grass. During spring tides, seawater enters through a one metre wide opening to fill the lake slowly. It contains both sea water and fresh water layers which never mixes, hence the name meromictic. The cool fresh water is on the top while the warm sea water lies at the bottom.

Meromictic Lake

It takes about 1-1.5 hours to get here from park HQ. It is a little bit more challenging than the trail to Muka Head, as one has to climb up a hill to get here. However, it is definitely worth the time and effort.

Pantai Kerachut

More info --> http://www.onestopmalaysia.com/travel/penang/penang-national-park.html or http://www.penang-vacations.com/penang-national-park.html

We went out for dinner at about 9pm. We went to Gurney Drive. The traffic is very jammed. And it's very hard to find a parking. We ended up parking at a housing area about a kilometer away and have to walk all the way to the food court. There's plenty of choice there at the hawker centre such as muar chee, fried stuff, rojak, satay, assam Laksa, or chien, prawn mee @ hokkien mee, rojak, Lok Bak, char kuey teow, lala and ikan pari, deep fried chicken skin and wantan mee. (http://food.malaysiamostwanted.com/venues/gurney-drive-hawker-food / http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2009/01/gurney-drive-hawker-centre-penang.html). We only started eating at about 10pm. Dinner and supper at the same time I suppose. I ordered the assam laksa with my friend and it cost RM3 for a normal one. Not too delicious though. My friends bought us some popiah and also satay as well. An enjoyable meal with all of them.

Hawker Centre, Gurney Drive

Assam Laksa

(photos taken from http://juliansi.blogspot.com/2009/01/gurney-drive-hawker-centre-penang.html)

Friends from Kedah departed back to Kedah at 11.35pm using the ferry. It rained heavily at 11.40pm and it's been quite some time since it rains. A good rain indeed. My friend sent me back and I reached home just 5 minutes before midnight. An enjoyable 1 day tour I had indeed. Thanks to all who join us and of course to the one who planned our whole journey and bringing us around for the wonderful day.

Day 1 of Penang Trip

2009-12-15T00:19:00.000+08:00

I couldn't contact my friend who promised to bring me around Penang. Everything regarding my holidays at Penang still seems uncertain. No transport to go around the places I want to go. Luckily I still have my brother to fetch me to places which are near to his working places. Another friend of mine also doesn't has transport and if I were to go Queensbay, she can try to come provided if there's someone to fetch her there. She lives quite near Queensbay. I didn't even thought of asking my brother to fetch me to Queensbay as it's very far from his working place. I woke up at 8am this morning. I asked him whether there's bus to go there or not and he asked me why wanna go Queensbay. He said he'll fetch me there as he's going to Butterworth later for a meeting. Really thank God as I can go to Queensbay. There's hope in meeting up with my friend. Eveything seems last minute and I quickly prepare myself in 10 minutes time as my brother wanna go for work already. I took the risk to go to Queensbay knowing that my friend wouldn't necessarily be able to go to Queensbay. I went there hoping that somehow she'll have transport to go there. I reached Queensbay quite early at 9.30am. Knowing it'll only open at around 10 something I went to a food centre to have a drink while reading ODJ. A very good quiet time I had alone indeed reading ODJ.Went to Queensbay at 10.30am. My friend called me when I'm walking towards Qb. She just woke up and told me se doesn't have transport to go to Qb. She'll try and asked her friend to fetch her. So I walked alone in Qb hoping she'll get her transport to go to Qb. At first, I walked around with an aim to buy a christmas present. After buying it, I don't have any aim ne. Walked aimlessly for hours hoping that I'll meet someone I know. Turned around at times hoping to see my friend walking towards me and wave hi. It's all hope only though. My friend couldn't find any transport to go to Qb. Ended up walking alone at Qb feeling lonely and lost. Sigh.... A bad start to my holiday huh..... Anyway my brother came to fetch me at 1.15pm during his lunch time. He bought me my lunch befpre fetching me home. Spent my afternoon alone in house doing nothing except chatting and sleeping. I'm so glad that a special friend to me finally pick up my call and replied my text messages after months of silence between us. My prayers have been answered. Thank you God. Even though I've encountered so many obstacles so far until now and even just now but much progress have been made. I consider it to be miracles, miracles from God. Although there's still some walls to break but I will still carry on with faith.

At night, went for dinner at Macalister road with my eldest brother and his gf. Went to the famous hacker stalls there. I had Char Koay Teow and it cost RM4.50 for that small plate. One word EXPENSIVE. My brother then brought me to the new Sunshine. It just open few days ago so many shop lots are still empty. A day started with disappoinment but ended with hope and renewal of friendship. Not bad though. Will be going for a full day trip tomorrow. Clan jetty-khoo kongsi-lunch-sleeping buddha-pantai keracut-dinner. Hopefully a memorable day ahead =)

SS501 - Because I'm Stupid English Lyrics

2009-12-14T01:06:00.000+08:00

Because I'm Stupid English Lyrics
Song: Because I'm Stupid

Artist: SS501

Original Language: Korean

English Lyrics by: Kim Mi Young/ iHeartHenry/ Nickey

Because I’m Stupid English Lyrics
English Lyrics by Nickey

First Verse

Was I wrong to turn away when I had the chance with you?

Your smile would light up my day

Your laughter would lift my heart

But I was too stupid to realise your pure feelings for me

All the hints you gave me

Why did I not pay attention at all?

Will you give me a chance?

I will promise to be yours

Can you turn my midnight into your day?

Can you be mine if I asked?

Chorus

Even though you could’ve been mine

Even though it was my own mistake

Could you forgive me and take me under your wings

I’m forever crying for you

I’m forever, just missing for you

Baby I love you, I’m waiting for you

Second Verse

Where are you when I need you?

Where was I when you needed me?

Are we straying from each other’s paths?

Should our destiny ever be crossed?

Was it all my fault?

Would you have stayed if I said yes?

And now my heart is yearning for you

Will you come back to me again?

Chorus

Even though you could’ve been mine

Even though it was my own mistake

Could you forgive me and take me under your wings

I’m forever crying for you

I’m forever, just missing for you

Baby I love you, I’m waiting for you

Bridge

Bye bye, never say goodbye

I know that we were destined to be

I need you, Fate just understand, I want you

I’ll wait, no matter, I will wait

Chorus

Even though you could’ve been mine

Even though it was my own mistake

Could you forgive me and take me under your wings

I’m forever crying for you

Even though you could’ve been mine

Even though it was my own mistake

Could you forgive me and take me under your wings

I’m forever crying for you

I’m forever, just missing for you

Baby I love you, I’m waiting for you

Music:Because I'm Stupid - SS501

After STPM

2009-12-13T01:31:00.000+08:00

I know my update is kinda late since my STPM ended few days back. Did I have any celebration? The answer is a no. I just went home after a short conversation with two classmates. Played PS2 and PC games for almost the whole day. That was what I did for the Thursday and Friday - GAMES at home. Anyway I've just cleared up some of my notes, papers, rubbish, books and etc. It looks much better now as my room is no longer that messy. The papers and books have been piling up since I entered Form 6 and finally I can get rid of it.

BOOKS FOR SALE! Any of my juniors who are interested in buying my 2nd hand book, please write in your comment and I'll reply you asap. No worries as I won't charge high price. PA, Chemistry, Physics and Math T only. I've snapped the picture. Click to enlarge.

I'll be going to Penang tomorrow for a short holiday. I'll go there with some hope, a new hope I guess. Hopefully it'll be a memorable trip and what I've been waiting for months will finally be fulfilled. So far my plan for December is to spend most of my time at home doing things I prefer to do and going out at times to meet my friends. I'll only be working on January. That's the short update. Erm maybe I'll update it again after my Penang trip. Enjoy your holidays guys.

Good Luck

2009-11-19T00:19:00.000+08:00

STPM already started today for those who take Computing. Tomorrow it'll officially starts for those taking Biology. Good luck to all the Biology students especially AY, KE and Mel. I know we've worked hard to go this far so give it our best shot. May all of us be able to do well in the exam. Take care and May God bless us.

P/S: My next post shall be how to celebrate after STPM. Counting down to 22 days whee~.

Thank You USS1

2009-11-14T01:22:00.002+08:00

Finally my school days come to an end. 13 years of schooling in St. Michael's Institution; 6 years in Primary 2 and 7 years in Secondary + Form 6. I would say the time I treasure the most is the Form 6 time. It's a life changing experience and an experience to be remembered and reminisce in the future.

Thank you USS1 for all the wonderful memories. You guys are the best classmates I could ever ask for. Thank you for being part of my Form 6 life, in fact the most important part of all. Good luck and all the best in the coming STPM. We shall look forward to our class farewell party in December =)

Famous 12 / Dim Sum Gang

New Species???

Official Class Photo

From L-R: Danny - Jun Yeh - Hon Seong - Sara

From L-R: Koy Yew - Jie Sheng - Patrick - Jian Liang

From L-R: Leroy - Eddy - Ben - Alex

From L-R: Kian Khon - Wai Kee - Voon Chuan - Chee Yee - Jun Shiuh

From L-R: Huei-Lynn - Chun Keong - Chee Fei - Oi Ling

USS1 with our beloved and ever dedicated teachers!

A sincere THANK YOU to all of you.

USS1 Rocks!!!

STPM Trial 2009 Papers

2009-11-01T22:08:00.004+08:00

I spent quite a lot of time to collect, compile, reedit and convert this collection of trials paper. I hope it'll help those who are finding hard to find the trials paper from different state. Please report if there's any broken link or any problem in the comment section for this post (MELCXL) NOT the comment box. And one more thing, since quite a number of people asked me whether I have the answer scheme for some particular papers - I've uploaded all the answer scheme I have

THERE WONT BE ANY MAJOR UPDATE FROM NOW ON. You all may try this link instead --> http://papercollection.batukawa.net/ for any new papers.

A note of thanks is much appreciated. All the best and good luck.

Johor [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Biology - Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Math T - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* OS
Correction for Paper 1 Answer [link 1] [link 2]

Kedah [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Biology - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW*
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW*
Math T - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW*

Geography *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Source: http://cforum1.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=1747990&extra=page%3D1

Kelantan [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Math T - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]

KL [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]

Biology - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]

Chemistry - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]
Physics - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]
Math T/S - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] T Paper 2[link 1] [link 2] S Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]

BM - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]
Ekonomi - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2[link 1] [link 2]
Perakaunan - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Sejarah - Paper 1[link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Student's Answer [link 1] [link 2]

Malacca [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2]
Biology - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2]
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Math T - Paper 1 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]

BM - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS

Negeri Sembilan [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]

Biology - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Q&A [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Math - T/S Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] T Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] S Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW*

Pengajian Perniagaan - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] (Source: http://mivec.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/koleksi-soalan-percubaan-stpm/)
Sejarah - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] (Source: http://mivec.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/koleksi-soalan-percubaan-stpm/)

Pahang [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Biology - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS

Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Math - T/S Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] T Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] S Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* OS

Ekonomi - Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Pengajian Perniagaan - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Perakaunan - Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Sejarah - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS (Source: http://profprima.blogspot.com/2009/08/bank-soalan-percubaan-upsr.html)

Penang [link 1] [link 2]
PA (Jit Sin) - Paper 1 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS
PA (CLHS) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] *NEW*
Biology (PGCHS) - Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]

Chemistry (CLHS) *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Physics (CLHS) *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (Chung Ling, Butterworth) *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Student's Answer [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Student's Answer [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (CLHS) *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (Jit Sin) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Student's Answer [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Student's Answer [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (PCGHS) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]

Perak [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Biology (SMI, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Biology (SMJK Sam Tet, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Biology (SMJK Tsung Wah, Kuala Kangsar) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry (SMI, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry (SMJK Sam Tet, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Chemistry (SMJK Tsung Wah, Kuala Kangsar) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]

Physics (SMI, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Physics (SMJK Sam Tet, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]

Math T (SMI Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (SMJK Sam Tet, Ipoh) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
Math T (SMJK Tsung Wah, Kuala Kangsar) - Paper 1 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2]

Sejarah - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] OS (Source: http://profprima.blogspot.com/2009/08/bank-soalan-percubaan-upsr.html)

Perlis [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2]
BM - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Ekonomi - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS
Geography - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Pengajian Perniagaan - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2]
Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] *NEW* OS
Sejarah *NEW* - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS

Source:http://banksoalanguru.blogspot.com/2009/09/soalan-trialpercubaan-stpm-2009-perlis.html

Sabah [link 1] [link 2]
PA (EXCEL Set 2) - Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] (Source: http://profprima.blogspot.com/2009/08/bank-soalan-percubaan-upsr.html)
Sejarah (EXCEL Set 2) - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS (Source: http://profprima.blogspot.com/2009/08/bank-soalan-percubaan-upsr.html)

Sarawak [link 1] [link 2]
PA (St. Joseph, Kuching) - Paper 1 (with answers) [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS
Math T - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] OS

Terengganu [link 1] [link 2]
PA - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Biology - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Chemistry - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Physics - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS
Math T - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] Paper 2 [link 1] [link 2] Answer Scheme [link 1] [link 2] OS

Sejarah - Paper 1 [link 1] [link 2] OS (Source: http://profprima.blogspot.com/2009/08/bank-soalan-percubaan-upsr.html)

Zipped according to Subject

As someone requested a more user friendly download (one-click download), I've compressed and zipped the papers according to the subject. Click on the links below to download.

Skydrive
Mediafire

NOTE:
1. OS - Original Softcopy
2. Answer Scheme / (with answers) - Typewritten answer scheme
3. (with answers) / Student's Answer / Answer Scheme - Handwritten answers

P/s: Credit to Tan Chuan Shin (T'ganu) Lee Shee Pin (KL), Lee Teng (N9), Lee Abby (Kuala Kangsar) and Wong Siew Mun (Pahang) for sharing their trials paper.

You

2009-09-22T19:50:00.003+08:00

YOU

I still remember the first day we met

We were too shy to say much at all

It's funny to think back to that time

Because now we're having a ball!

They say that true friendship is rare

An adage that I believe to be true

Genuine friendship is something that I cherish

I am so lucky to have met you.

Our bond is extremely special

It is unique in it's own way

We have something irreplaceable

I love you more and more each day.

We've been through so much together

In so little time we've shared

I will never forget all the moments

that you've shown me how much you cared.

Friends are forever

Especially the bond that you and I possess

I love your ~~fun-filled~~ surprisingly extraordinary personality

Somehow you never fail to impress.

The world could use more people like you

it would certainly be a better place

I love everything about you

You are someone I could never replace.

You are always there for me

When my spirits need a little lift

I cannot thank you enough for that

You are truly an extraordinary gift.

You are everything to me and more

I could never express that enough

Life is such a treacherous journey, and

Without you it would be even more tough.

Our story will continue to grow

With each passing day

Because I trust that with you by my side

Everything will always be Okay.

You are so dear to me

You know I will love you until the end

I will always be there for you, and

You will always be my ~~best friend~~ special one.

You by Margery Wang Best Friend Poems

Updated Template

2009-09-19T00:56:00.000+08:00

I spent around 2 hours just now to change and edit the template. I myself like this new template a lot for some reasons =). Now equipped with menu as well to my facebook, friendster and etc. I hope you guys like the new template as well.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

CLHS

2009-09-10T19:35:00.003+08:00

A simple good luck wish to students of CLHS who will be sitting their STPM trials first paper tomorrow.

U6B2 加油哦!!

MAY GOD BLESS YOU

~愿神祝福你~

090909

2009-09-09T22:11:00.001+08:00

Yeah today is 9th September 2009. A very special day as the number 9 is believed to have auspicious meanings because its name sounds similar to long-lasting. What's more? It's triple 9. So there's a lot of couples out there purposely chose this date to tie their knot.

It's a special day for me as it's Day 199 today. If you're my close friends, then you'll know what the day means. So fast it's almost 200 days already =). I'll keep on counting =P.

And yeah the Upper Sixers of SMI just finished our STPM trial examination today. Finally can relax a bit after days and days and revision for most of THEM. I guess we'll be receiving our papers back very soon. That's about my short update.

I'll end with a forward sms I received just now.

Today is 09-09-09

Wish you 9 wishes!

1. Love

2. Be loved

3. Healthy

4.Wealthy

5. Successful

6. Beauty

7. Lucky

8. Dreamily

9. Happy

From You

2009-09-05T01:14:00.001+08:00

Good Luck

2009-08-31T20:55:00.000+08:00

Good luck for those who will be sitting for your SPM or STPM trials tomorrow. The battle shall begin.

May God bless us =)

Four Mod - Broken Heart

2009-08-30T12:56:00.000+08:00

This song is from Four Mod latest album We Will Love You. This is one of the 3 songs from the album which I would recommend. Enjoy the MV with English translation as well.

Rise Up

2009-08-24T21:27:00.004+08:00

I shall just put all my emotional feelings aside for now and just concentrate for my trials. Maybe in this sense I'm not mature enough as I let my emotion overcome me. For the past few months, I tried very hard to stay strong and not to let my emotion to get over me. For most of the time, I seems to make it but at times I failed. I shall rise up again like what I did previously and I shall not let those who have hopes for me to do well to get disappointed. 凱耀加油哦!

Don't Quit

2009-08-24T19:08:00.007+08:00

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong
as they sometimes will,
When the road you're
trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low,
and the debts are high,
And you want to smile,
but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing
you down a bit --
Rest if you must,
but don't you quit.

Success is failure
turned inside out,
The silver tint of
the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell
how close you are,
It may be near when
it seems a far.

So, stick to the fight
when you're hardest hit --
It's when things go wrong
that you mustn't quit.

一棵開花的樹

2009-08-24T01:08:00.003+08:00

一棵開花的樹席慕蓉

如何讓你遇見我

在我最美麗的時刻為這

~~我已在佛前~~ 求了五百年

求它讓我們結一段塵緣

~~佛於是~~把我化作一棵樹

長在你必經的路旁

陽光下慎重地開滿了花

朵朵都是我前世的盼望

當你走近請你細聽

那顫抖的葉是我等待的熱情

而當你終於無視地走過

在你身後落了一地的

朋友啊那不是花瓣

是我凋零的心

Right Here Waiting For You

2009-08-23T18:57:00.004+08:00

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting lyrics

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I though would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' CrAzY

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' cRaZy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

Wait With Faith

2009-08-23T18:56:00.003+08:00

Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 11:57 (BST)

Lord you have faithfully shown me
So many times before
And this time is no exception, Lord
And simply can't be ignored

That you know all that concerns my life
Everything your eyes do see
You always come through at just the right time
To meet my every need

For nothing escapes your watchful eye
No problem that we may cross
But so often, Lord, it seems as though
There's a delay in your response

I know it's a testing of our faith
To wait so patiently
You stretch us so our faith may grow
Though we want it instantly

But it's for our good that you respond
In your time, not in ours
For if you didn't - we'd stay as infants
Getting everything right now

For us to grow more Christ-like
We need to learn to wait
For often that's the answer to prayer
And builds us up in faith

So I thank you for the answer to come
As I hand it over in prayer
Thank you that you're still working on me
And my breakthrough's drawing near

© By M.S.Lowndes

南拳媽媽 -下雨天

2009-08-23T18:50:00.007+08:00

南拳媽媽 Nan Quan Ma Ma - 下雨天 [Xia Yu Tian] [Rainy Day]
Album: 南搞小孩/Difficult Kids
Lyricist: Lara
Songwriter: 張傑 Chase Chang
Pin Yin and Translation by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

下雨天了怎麼辦我好想你
Xia yu tian le Zen me ban Wo hao xiang ni
It's raining, What do I do, I really miss you
我不敢打給你我找不到原因
Wo bu gan da gei ni Wo zhao bu dao yuan yin
I don't dare to call you, I can't find a reason to
為什麼失眠的聲音變得好熟悉
Wei shen me shi mian de sheng yin Bian de hao shou xi
How come the sound of insomnia, has become so familiar
沈默的場景做你的代替
Chen mo de chang jing Zuo ni de dai ti
The silent background replaces you
陪我等雨停
Pei wo deng yu ting
Accompanying me as I wait for the rain to stop

期待讓人越來越沉溺
Qi dai rang ren yue lai yue chen ni
Anticipation makes people more and more devoted
誰和我一樣等不到他的誰
Shei he wo yi yang Deng bu dao ta de shei
Who's like me and can't wait for their somebody
愛上你我總在學會寂寞的滋味
Ai shang ni wo zong zai xue hui Ji mo de zi wei
Loving you I'm always learning the taste of loneliness
一個人撐傘一個人擦淚
Yi ge ren cheng san Yi ge ren ca lei
Holding an umbrella myself, wiping my tears myself
一個人好累
Yi ge ren hao lei
So tired by myself

怎樣的雨怎樣的夜
Zen yang de yu Zen yang de ye
What sort of rain, what sort of night
怎樣的我能讓你更想念
Zen yang de wo neng rang ni geng xiang nian
What sort of me, will make you long to see again
雨要多大天要多黑
Yu yao duo da Tian yao duo hei
How heavy must the rain be, how dark must the sky be
才能夠有你的體貼
Cai neng gou you ni de ti tie
In order for you to care

其實沒有我你分不出那些
Qi shi Mei you wo ni fen bu chu na xie
Actually without me you can't make out the
差別結局還能多明顯
Cha bie Jie ju hai neng duo ming xian
Difference, how much clearer can the result be
別說你會難過
Bie shuo ni hui nan guo
Don't say you're sad
別說你想改變
Bie shuo ni xiang gai bian
Don't say you wanna change
被愛的人不用道歉
Bei ai de ren Bu yong dao qian
The person who is loved, need not apologise

期待讓人越來越疲憊
Qi dai rang ren yue lai yue pi bei
Anticipation makes people more and more exhausted
誰和我一樣等不到他的誰
Shei he wo yi yang Deng bu dao ta de shei
Who's like me and cant wait for their somebody
愛上你我總在學會寂寞的滋味
Ai shang ni wo zong zai xue hui Ji mo de zi wei
Loving you I'm learning the taste of loneliness
一個人撐傘一個人擦淚
Yi ge ren cheng san Yi ge ren ca lei
Holding an umbrella myself, wiping my tears myself
一個人好累
Yi ge ren hao lei
So tired by myself

怎樣的雨怎樣的夜
Zen yang de yu Zen yang de ye
What sort of rain, what sort of night
怎樣的我能讓你更想念
Zen yang de wo neng rang ni geng xiang nian
What sort of me, will make you long to see again
雨要多大天要多黑
Yu yao duo da Tian yao duo hei
How heavy must the rain be, how dark must the sky be
才能夠有你的體貼
Cai neng gou you ni de ti tie
In order for you to care

其實沒有我你分不出那些
Qi shi Mei you wo ni fen bu chu na xie
Actually without me you can't make out the
差別結局還能多明顯
Cha bie Jie ju hai neng duo ming xian
Difference, how much clearer can the result be
別說你會難過
Bie shuo ni hui nan guo
Don't say you're sad
別說你想改變
Bie shuo ni xiang gai bian
Don't say you wanna change
被愛的人不用道歉
Bei ai de ren Bu yong dao qian
The person who is loved, need not apologise

怎樣的雨怎樣的夜
Zen yang de yu Zen yang de ye
What sort of rain, what sort of night
怎樣的我能讓你更想念
Zen yang de wo neng rang ni geng xiang nian
What sort of me, will make you long to see again
雨要多大天要多黑
Yu yao duo da Tian yao duo hei
How heavy must the rain be, how dark must the sky be
才能夠有你的體貼
Cai neng gou you ni de ti tie
In order for you to care

其實沒有我你分不出那些
Qi shi Mei you wo ni fen bu chu na xie
Actually without me you can't make out the
差別結局還能多明顯
Cha bie Jie ju hai neng duo ming xian
Difference, how much clearer can the result be
別說你會難過
Bie shuo ni hui nan guo
Don't say you're sad
別說你想改變
Bie shuo ni xiang gai bian
Don't say you wanna change
被愛的人不用道歉
Bei ai de ren Bu yong dao qian
The person who is loved, need not apologise

及庄欣灵

USS1 2009

2009-08-18T20:17:00.003+08:00

Lately I feel I can gel better with my fellow classmates. We'll gather and sit around and chat for a while during the free period. Luckily we are not caught by our 'god father' ahaha. If not, we'll get lecture by him saying we are having some 'mesyuarat tergempar' to discuss about the current issue, erm maybe Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. Believe it or not it's just because of a night out together for our class teacher's birthday celebration on 10th August at McD (Drive Through Near Tesco). I can assure you each and everyone of us enjoyed every moment of it. If you happen to be there, then you can witness how childish we are. For your information, USS1 is said to be the most childish class among the Upper 6 classes. We are so proud of it lol. What's wrong to be called childish right as long as we enjoy our last year of schooling life =). We had fun interrogating our fellow classmates with secret. What are the secrets? As I mentioned, it's secret and it meant to be secret among USS1 hahaha. If you wanna know, you can try your very best to bribe anyone of us, that is if you succeed in doing it la. Okay back to that day, I'm very very sure there's one particular person from my class who should be very happy. My fellow classmates should know lol.

Below is my class photo for this year. Do open your eyes big and observe carefully about those people who sat on the front row. Observe anything special or big? Lol. That's up to you to interpret it. Muahaha. Get it? If not then forget about it.

Do count the number of students. 1 ,2 ,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,.........................................20. Yeah 20 only and it's the smallest class among all the Upper 6 classes. Small but productive haha. To most of us USS1 only has 20 students. We should know why.

Seated from left to right:
Jin Leong (Ah Foo), Danny Goh, Ah Ben, Eddy神 (Monitor), Pn. Kamales, Fernleaf (Asst. Monitor), Patrick, Koy Yew (me), Ow CB, Leroy

1st row from left to right:
Ah Soo, Chun Keong, Spike (Air Suling/Distilled Water), Fei Chyun (湿水炮), Hon Seong, Sara, Monster (怪兽), Jun Yeh (Syilling), Jie Sheng (两岁), Sen, Oi Ling

Anyway, this is my very last class photo. Still remember during the lower secondary time, I used to flip over the school magazine and look at the Form Sixers. For many reasons la. I believe you can think of a few at random by now. Time do pass very fast and now I'm already in Upper 6 going through my last year of schooling at SMI. Used to be a small kid wondering around and now ....... being who I am today la. I believe a lot of memories will be brought back in the future when I take this photo out again. A lot of sweet memories, jokes and laughter we had. Not forgetting the moments some of you guys running around and chasing each other in class. No wonder we're called the most childish Upper 6 class now right =).

For your information, USS1 will move to a new classroom tomorrow just beside USS5, our new neighbour. Why why why? Sigh.

The classroom is small, stuffy, not well ventilated and etc. For a better idea, you can imagine that this will be our new classroom, of course with only 21 tables excluding the teacher's table and without the computers, bookcase and those cekap things you can see. What I want you to compare is the classroom size. We used to have ample space both the left and right side. The tables were concentrated at the centre of the classroom and all the other empty space is our activity space. Upon moving to the new classroom, there gone our FREEDOM!!!! Sigh sigh sigh. (* Chanting we want freedom, we want freedom!!!). But I know it's useless as the decision is fixed I guess. Just to blog about it haha.

The worst thing of all we cannot make as much noise as we used to make in our present classroom. As you all know, god father is teaching our neighbour PA and he can peep us through the glass equipped on the wall separating both the classes. I guess that's the purpose they put the glass there initially -.-". But there's a good thing behind the setback. Ahem can peep through the glass as well to see .......... (You complete the sentence la). There's a hole in the centre about the wooden wall as well. So messages can fly in and out through that small hole. Good info for you huh lol. Must thank me then.

The above pie chart shows briefly what USS1 students think about the new changes. There's 21 students in our class and each student carries about 5%. I believe to those who knows USS1 quite well can guess who's the 5% right lol. That's all for this post. I shall see what will happen tomorrow =|

Lastly, Happy Birthday Elaine and Sara =)

Four Mod - If I Could Love, I’d Have Loved Already

2009-08-10T23:55:00.009+08:00

Four Mod - รักได้รักไปแล้ว / Ruk Dai Ruk Pbai Laeo
(If I Could Love, I’d Have Loved Already)

ใครบอกเธอว่าฉันไม่ยอม เปิดตัวเองให้ใครเข้ามา
krai bok ter waa chan mai yom bpert dtua eng hai krai kao maa
Who told you that I refuse to open myself to others?
นั่งจมอยู่กับน้ำตาเหมือนคนขี้แพ้
nang jom yoo gap naam dtaa meuan kon kee pae
I’ll sit bogged down with tears like a failure
ใครบอกเธอว่าฉันไม่ลอง ให้ใครๆเข้ามาดูแล
krai bok ter waa chan mai long hai krai-krai kao maa doo lae
Who told you that I won’t try to let anyone to come and take care of me?
จากวันที่เธอไม่แคร์ และลืมฉันไป
jaak wan tee ter mai kae lae leum chan bpai
From the day you didn’t care and forgot about me

* เมื่อไม่รัก ไม่ต้องหวังดี หยุดมาสอนฉันทีได้ไหม
* meua mai rak mai dtong wang dee yoot maa son chan tee daai mai
* When you don’t love me, there’s no need to wish me well, stop lecturing me, okay?
ไม่ต้องสั่งฉันให้ไปรักใคร
mai dtong sang chan hai bpai rak krai
You don’t have to tell me to go love somebody else
เธอรู้อะไรแค่ไหน กับคำว่าทรมาน
ter roo a-rai kae nai gap kam waa tor-ra-maan
What do you know about suffering?

** ถ้าเปลี่ยนใจไปรักใครได้ ฉันรักไปแล้ว
** taa bplian jai bpai rak krai daai chan rak bpai laew
** If I could change my mind and love someone else, I would have done so
ซักคนที่มีแค่ฉัน ไม่หลอกให้รัก ให้รอ แล้วก็ทิ้งกัน
sak kon tee mee kae chan mai lok hai rak hai ror laew gor ting gan
A person who has only me, who doesn’t trick me into loving them and waiting for them, and then abandons me
สั่งใจให้ลืมเธอได้คงลืมไปแล้ว
sang jai hai leum ter daai kong leum bpai laew
If I could tell my heart to forget you, I would have done it
ไม่ต้องเจ็บให้เสียน้ำตา ทนเจ็บทุกวัน ทุกวัน
mai dtong jep hai sia nam dtaa ton jep took wan took wan
No need to hurt, crying, enduring the pain every day, every day
แค่เพราะฉันไม่เก่งอย่างเธอ
kae pror chan mai geng yaang ter
Just because I’m not as skilled as you

เจ็บที่ฉันยังคิดถึงเธอ ก็ไม่ใช่เพราะฉันอ่อนแอ
jep tee chan yang kit teung ter gor mai chai pror chan on ae
It hurts that I still miss you, it’s not because I’m weak
แต่การจะลืมรักแท้ไม่ง่ายหรอกนะ
dtae gaan ja leum rak tae mai ngaai rok na
but because it's not easy to forget true love
คนอย่างเธอไม่เคยรักจริง
kon yaang ter mai koie rak jing
People like you never truly love anyone
อยากจะทิ้งก็คงไม่นาน
yaak ja ting gor kong mai naan
You’ll probably want to leave before long
อย่ามองว่าใจของฉัน จะง่ายเหมือนเธอ
yaa mong waa jai kong chan ja ngaai meuan ter
Don’t think that my heart is as simple as yours

(*, **, **)

ถ้าเปลี่ยนใจให้รักใครได้ ฉันรักไปแล้ว
taa bplian jai hai rak krai daai chan rak bpai laew
If I could change my mind and love someone else, I would have done so
ซักคนที่มีแค่ฉัน ไม่หลอกให้รัก ให้รอ แล้วก็ทิ้งกัน
sak kon tee mee kae chan mai lok hai rak hai ror laew gor ting gan
A person who has only me, who doesn’t trick me into loving them and waiting for them, and then abandons me
สั่งใจให้ลืมเธอได้คงลืมไปแล้ว
sang jai hai leum ter daai kong leum bpai laew
If I could tell my heart to forget you, I would have done it
ไม่ต้องเจ็บให้เสียน้ำตา ทนเจ็บทุกวัน ทุกวัน
mai dtong jep hai sia nam dtaa ton jep took wan took wan
No need to hurt, crying, enduring the pain every day, every day
แค่เพราะฉันไม่เก่งอย่างเธอ
kae pror chan mai geng yaang ter
Just because I’m not as skilled as you

Thank You and Farewell

2009-08-09T18:06:00.007+08:00

It's been more than one year since our batch took over the SMI Prefectorial Board. And this time it's our turn to hand over to the term 2009/2010. We went through a lot of things together throughout this one year. From the wonderful memories of LTC to the sad moment when the HP and Secretary handed their resignation letters. Fate brought them back to the board to walk the last 2 months of journey together with us and we made it till the end of our journey as one family. Needless to say this one year bonded some of us tightly together as friends. I myself made few very good friends through Prefectorial Board. And 3 of them are even my Ah Lui. I'm really glad to have them as my good friends. I really want to thanks all the prefects especially my DISCO members and advisors (08/09) namely Kitt Leong, Su Yenn, Siew Mian, Wai Hoong, Ket En, Shileena, Vipu, Adriann, Joshua, Thean Soong, Monil, Nakhi, Boon Wai, R.J., Tan Kian, Tihn Chern, Terence and Hon Wai. Without any one of you DISCO will not be the same and I'm sure not as enjoyable as what it was. All the memories we had throughout the whole term beginning with the fund raising activities, LTC, outings, birthday celebrations, compilations and lots more. All this memories filled up my Form 6 life and I'm sure I'll be a totally different person without the whole year of prefecting life. The one decision that I'm really sure I did not regret taking is the decision to rejoin Prefectorial Board. Thanks to the exco for choosing me as the Discipline Comm. Head and also the previous exco board for putting me into DISCO =). Although at times I do complain to myself that I have so much of works to do and having to bear almost all the responsibilities of my comm. alone, but I do appreciate every moment of it as it gave me the opportunity to learn and to develop as a person. Thank you Kitt Leong for choosing me as one of the Most Outstanding Prefect for the term. I believe it's a recognition of the effort I've put in for the past one year. I didn't expect to get anything initially for all the effort but nevertheless getting the award it's a good feeling aite. I think I'm gonna miss the time walking around during the assembly. Hope I can adapt well to the new situation of being a normal student again soon. To the new board, good luck and all the best. Hope you guys will have a smooth and steady journey ahead. And to the DISCO juniors namely Mun Lok, Er Vin, Yen Chiew, Kartini, Yian Yian, Daren, Fareesh, Dhanaraj, Jered, Jia Heng, Jia Loon. Vivenshan, all the best in your duties and happy prefecting. To my junior which is my successor as well, all the best in taking over my responsibilities. You can always look for me whenever you have any problems k. Thank you and farewell SMI Prefectorial Board Term 2008/2009.

Prefectorial Board [Term 08/09]
Head Prefect : Benjamin Suren Kee
Lady Head Prefect : Boey Su Yenn
Deputy Head Prefect : Lee Kitt Leong
Deputy Lady Head Prefect : Sara Lee Huei Mei
Honorary Secretary : Leroy Wong Tze-Shyuen
Honorary Treasurer : Yoshita d/o Manian

Cleanliness Commission
Commission Head : Lee Jia-Ee
Lady Commission Head : Wooi Sue Jane

Discipline Commission
Commission Head : Lee Koy Yew
Lady Commission Head: Loo Siew Mian

Home Affairs Commission
Commission Head : Tan Wooi Sian
Lady Commission Head : Shireen d/o Selvaraju

Inter-Society Understanding Commission
Lady Commission Head : Phan Ai Yean

Students Affairs Commision
Commission Head : Ow Chee Yee
Lady Commission Head : Choong Jia Xin

Form reps
R.J. Kevin
Rubenthran

Prefectorial Board [Term 09/10]
Head Prefect : Khor Er Vin
Lady Head Prefect : Sujitra a/p Kunasakaran
Deputy Head Prefect : Leong Wai Hong
Deputy Lady Head Prefect : Ho Yen Chiew
Honorary Secretary : Kartini a/p Kohilan
Honorary Treasurer : Cheng Sai Kit

Cleanliness Commission
Commission Head : Chan Yoon Hong
Lady Commission Head: Yap Yian Yian

Discipline Commission
Commission Head : Au Mun Lok
Lady Commission Head : Koh Yin Yin

Home Affairs Commission
Commission Head : Looi Hong Wei
Lady Commission Head : Thamil Vaani a/p Maruthaveeran

Inter-Society Understanding Commission
Commission Head : Lingeshrao a/l Ganasarao
Lady Commission Head : Shantini a/p Rajandran

Students Affairs Commision
Commission Head : Neo Wai Ho
Lady Commission Head : Tiara Abdullah

Form reps
Abdul Falakh Zafrieyl b. Abd Rahman
Fareesh Saileesh Timbadia
Teh Sek Kit

Thanks

2009-07-27T23:35:00.017+08:00

It's been quite some time since I updated this blog. Have been busy with lots of stuff mostly school stuff. Don't want to mention much on that. Anyway I want to thank all who wished me happy birthday today. Thanks for the early sms at midnight from my siblings, my 3 ah lui, Elaine, Hui Yean, Pei Whey and Monil. Some of you might be wondering how I spent my birthday. Don't be surprise as I spent my birthday staying at home. This is what I did for all my previous birthdays. Maybe next year will be different but anyway this year is just the same. But anyway I'm happy to receive all the best wishes from all of you. I guess this year I receive the most wishes so far. That's a good sign that I extended my social network in this past one year cheers!!! Oh ya congratz to the MMB for the tremendous performance last Friday. I'm proud of you, Tihn Chern, Nakhi and Adriann. Once again thanks to all of you.

A cute birthday cake from Siew Mian

From Aaron, my senior

A special from from my three Ah Lui, thanks again

And guess what?? This Naruto glove NOT gloves is from few of my classmates

Lastly,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE.

A Morning At Good Shepherd Home, Buntong

2009-07-11T17:31:00.006+08:00

Woke up at 8am today. Get ready and ate my breakfast before going to school to gather before going to Good Shepherd Home (GSH). Reached school at 8.50am this morning and at that time only my secretary was there. We then waited for others to come. Finally at 9.35am we departed for GSH. Most of the Upper 6 drove there. It's a joint project between Rover Scout and Interact Club. Once we arrived, we brought out all the things we bought and those clothes/etc we want to donate to them. I spoke to the person in charge before we began with mix-around session. We divided ourselves and talked to the kids there. Some do felt shy and awkward la but I managed to talk with 3 kids there, two girls and one boy =). Then we proceed to games time. As usual the guys played football at a small field beside the home while the girls played cat and mouse game. I did joined the football half way as I was talking to the boy, the oldest among the boys there who is an orang asli. He's 18 this year and studying Form 5 now. My team lost 17-7 to the kids. Anyway it's difficult to play with kids as they are very active and we will somehow or rather play softer when playing with kids to avoid any injury. Glad that I scored one goal. We stopped the football because of the rain and we moved back to the sheltered area. The kids were just active. They couldn't stopped and continued playing, running around, chasing each other. I had a conversation with my teacher advisor who went there with us while the children was playing. He told me what he knew through his conversation the person-in-charge there. We then gathered them to have a singing session together. We taught them some songs, mostly simple scout songs. Some of them enjoyed it especially the Joe song. Later, we let them do what they want but most of them continued playing and running around. Two small girls even asked me to play aci duduk with them. Ran to chased them and vice versa. It's tiring eh having to chase those active kids. Before we left, we took a group photo of the kids and those who went for today's social work. This will be Rover Scout last activity and I'm glad that everything went well today. Thanks to all who came to join us, namely the Interactors, Rover Scouts and Mr. Christopher.

A Fast One Week

2009-07-10T20:39:00.003+08:00

So fast it's Friday ne. Since you asked me to update, so I update la =). Quite a lot of things happened to me in this one week. But one thing that didn't change is that I slept late almost every night. I know I should sleep earlier, I'll try =). Began the week badly I would say with slight stomach ache early in the morning. Luckily just a minor one so I'm okay after I went to the toilet -.-" The one thing that I realised is that the teachers sped up their teaching. It's down to the final 4 months before our STPM. I guess a lot of them is already working towards that. But don't be surprised I haven't do any revision on Lower 6 works. FYI, I'm not that hardworking as most of you think. I'll slowly gear up myself no worries lol. Went for Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs with my so called daughters on Tuesday. I would say I enjoyed the movie. If you guys haven't watch it, don't hesitate to watch it =) Then on Wednesday, the Prefectorial Board had our photo taking session. So fast it's already one year since taking over. Still remember being a Lower 6 last year during the photo taking session and this time I'm sitting in front. I guess time flies lol. We had our Open Day this week as well which was just yesterday. My results is not that bad la and the good thing is all my remarks from all my subject teachers are good but in some subject especially Physics needs improvement. Did some exercise also this week after missing the Ipoh International Run on Sunday due to the rain. In other words, I played badminton with my brothers on Thursday after getting my report card. Get to used my energy in doing some exercise and sweat it all out. Lastly I went to UTAR, Kampar on a school trip from 12pm to 4.20pm for the exhibition on mind and how to improve memories. Got to learn more about our brain and it's development and also played some games related to our mind. I guess that's all for this week. We will be getting our MUET results on Monday, so good luck to all who is waiting for the results.

Short Update

2009-07-01T22:19:00.004+08:00

I know it's been long since I've updated this blog. It's been the same with the normal routine of going to school, studies, homework, problems, emotions and etc. As you all would know, DISCO had our comm. outing last Saturday. I would say this one is the best so far out of all our outings. The venue and bbq we had it's memorable. Not forgetting the "nice" weather lol. Things didn't go according to what Thean Soong and I planned but anyway it's ok as nothing is perfect aite. I believe all of them enjoyed it. All the works and preparation done finally over. We had the so called BBQ competition among them. They were divided into 2 groups. Overall their skills not bad la. Group 1 was the winner haha. Thanks a lot to Thean Soong and Hon Wai for helping a lot in the preparation of the outing and for hosting this outing for us. Sorry to the Lower Sixers because I didn't have the time to talk and get to know you all. I'm busy walking here and there on that day and I'll try to get to know you all better in this remaining one month. This passes fast and soon I will handover my post and retire. It's a mixed feelings I would say. Happy and relieved that I'll soon complete task and responsibility soon but I think I'll miss the times of having the freedom to walk around in the assembly ground lol. Really gonna enjoy and appreciate the remaining time hehe. Studies wise as usual okok only. Have to buck up for the coming trials already. I've made an important decision when I start my 2nd blog. And till today I hold on to what I believe. No matter how difficult and how far my journey will be, I'll persevere. Some may think I should forget and move on but I've made a different decision. No matter what is the result, at least I wouldn't regret for what I chose even if it doesn't turns out to be what I hope. I know what is my priority now but once STPM finish, I can have more time =). Lastly of course be happy and smile always no matter how tough our life is.

TVXQ - Stand By U MV (Drama Version) with English Lyrics

2009-06-21T23:48:00.012+08:00

TVXQ - Stand By U Lyrics

Since that day you left without saying goodbye
The sights and smells of this room feel strange
We made promises, I wanted to be everything to you
But they were not kept, they become memories

When you cried alone, if I had flown straight to you
Would you still be beside me?
If I could I’d say it again, I love you
Now the words of how I feel for you cannot touch you

Wondering where you are, and with who
What makes you laugh, what you are wearing
I am here, still here
I believe that the two of us will meet again

My feelings unchanged
I'm just thinking of you

I remember your back, your tied-up hair
Repeatedly mistaking someone else for you, until they look back
Every time my phone rings, I expect it will be you
I suffer all day

I lied saying I would forget you, I only really want to remember
Acting like I don't care, I don't need this anymore
I do not feel happy without you
Tears fall, although I try my best they will not stop immediately

Wondering where you are, and with who
What makes you laugh, what you are wearing
I am here, still here
I believe that the two of us will meet again

So now I'm so alone, calling your name
I do not and can not accept this sadness
But I have no other choice

I seemed to see you shining here
But that time can never come back
Whatever happens, whatever I lose
I never want to forget loving you

Wondering where you are, and with who
What you dream of, why you smile
Right here, even now I’m still here
I believe that some day I can meet you

My feelings unchanged
I'm just thinking of you
My feelings unchanged
I'm just thinking of you

DISCO Outing

2009-06-20T15:55:00.010+08:00

(Click to enlarge)

Date : 27th June 2009
Time : 6.00pm - 10.30pm
Venue: Golf Vista Resort Home
$ : RM10 per person (bbq)
Note : Bring extra clothes and any food or drinks if you wanna sponsor.
Those who have skewers please bring thx and please be punctual.
DISCO members, please confirm whether you're coming or not by Tuesday.

Those ex-prefect from DISCO who's interested please leave comment in this post so that I know and confirm with me by Tuesday as well.

The name list of people going need to be submitted to the security people there as only people inside the namelist will only be allowed to go into the compound.

This will be the place we will barbecue and have our "activities".

Decisions In Life

2009-06-13T20:18:00.005+08:00

In our life there are bound to be a lot of decisions to be made and to be pondered about. Because of that there also bound to be mistakes made on making those decisions. All the time we want to make the best decision, the right choice. But how many of us manage to do that all the time? It's easier to choose the easier decision rather than the right decision as the right choice may be harder for us to take and more bitter to swallow. As we grow older, there are more decision to be made. When we are young, our parents will do all or at least most of the decisions and we need not to worry and scratch our heads for that. But as we grow older we have to make our own decisions ranging from choosing what we want to study, which university, what career to choose and even decisions in our love life. We are still learning and experiencing what life brings to us. A mature thinking is often needed to make correct and wise decisions. We might made silly mistakes along the way but that's how we learn and appreciate what we have better. We might regret for some decisions we took but nothing we can do to change what that had happened. All we can do is to take the lesson learnt and do not repeat the same mistakes again. I myself made some rush decisions and I regretted about it. I know I will stand stonger and hold on firm to what I believe and what my hearts tell me. To whom who may face obstacles and hardships in life whether in your studies, relationship problems or even family problems, remember to stay strong and be reminded that tomorrow will be a better day. Experience will made us stronger =)

Casting Crowns - Who Am I

2009-06-13T20:10:00.001+08:00

Casting Crowns - Who Am I Lyrics

Songwriters: Hall, John Mark; Casting Crowns

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Not because of who I am.
But because what of youve done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
You told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cuz I am yours.
I am yours.

Math T Paper 1 & 2

2009-06-11T10:26:00.002+08:00

You must have Microsoft Office 2007 to view the files.

This file is in PDF format for those who don't have Microsoft Office 2007.

Don't Quit and Never Ever Give Up

2009-06-06T00:12:00.003+08:00

Steambot Lol

2009-06-05T23:40:00.006+08:00

Just came back from a dinner at MP with my senior and two of my ah lui and also Thomas. Ate a lot but too bad most of the food available there are SEAFOOD which I don't really like. Anyway glad that there are still some food that I eat =). Talked and talked while eating. I as usual will be the quiet person together with Ket En. I think you all can guess who are the person who talked the most out of the five of us. Thanks to both of them that kept our conversation alive. If me alone, I'm sure you all will be bored to death lol. What I do there was listen and EAT. But of course I do talked la but not as much as them. There's a lot of laughter here and there and we do talked on a lot of topics. Glad that I went for this small gathering with them. Wait for the photos for the moments we had there.

Miss Someone???

2009-05-31T00:07:00.004+08:00

What is the feeling when you miss someone? The feeling of loneliness or the feeling of bitterness within yourself? You want to see them or even care for them but you just don't have the chance to do so. It's not a good feeling I would say and at times it'll occupy your thinking. Yeah letting go is never easy but same goes to holding on. I tried letting go in the past but failed. Not once, not twice but more than that. So I gave up in forcing myself to let go. Maybe I should let it be and let time to take its cause. And if by that time if I'm still can't let go so I'll just let it be and keep holding on as what I'm doing now. A single step we take make a big difference in us and I don't want to make a difference that I'll regret when I look back in time in the future. Take time to reflect on yourself. Are you doing the right thing and will you regret when you think back of what you did?

Tomorrow Can Be Too Late

2009-05-29T00:05:00.003+08:00

This Message is really nice!!!
If you're mad with someone , and nobody's there to fix the situation... You fix it .
Maybe today, that person still wants to be your friend . And if u don't, tomorrow can be too late .

If you're in love with somebody , but that person doesn't know...
tell her/him.
Maybe today, that person is also in love with you .
And if you don't say it, tomorrow can be too late .

If you really want to kiss somebody... kiss her/him.
Maybe that person wants a kiss from you, too . And if you don't kiss her/him today, tomorrow can be too late .

If you still love a person that you think has forgotten you...
tell her/him.
Maybe that person have always loved you. And if you don't tell her/him today , tomorrow can be too late.

If you need a hug of a friend... ask her/him for it.

Maybe they need it more than you do. And if you don't ask for it today, tomorrow can be too late.

If you really have friends who you appreciate... tell them.
Maybe they appreciate you as well. That if you don't and they leave or go far away today , tomorrow can be too late.

If you love your parents, and never had the chance to show them... do it .
Maybe you have them there to show them how you feel. That if you don't and they leave today , then tomorrow can be too late.

Essay Writing.......

2009-05-27T21:23:00.002+08:00

Sigh thought can relax a bit after the exam but too bad have to write an essay. 1200 words in 2 days eh... And the best thing of all the JPN received the letter back in 15th of May and today only our school received the letter and I was asked by my teacher to enter together with 2 more Form 6 I supposed. Busy busy busy......

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Recap of My Hand Injury

2009-05-17T00:52:00.007+08:00

Below are the photos on the injury to my right hand. It's amazing to see how well my hand recovered. Although there are bulges but it's much better than I expected with no obvious scar. I'm very lucky indeed. Thank God.

Mid Year Exam

2009-05-15T00:47:00.003+08:00

Haha. Finally the day comes. Yeah today we'll start our one week of exam, exam and exam. To be honest didn't really prepare for it. Wont expect to do well instead will just pray that it'll be normal and can pass all the subject =). Will sit for 3 hours long Math T paper 2 later. I guess my neck will feel pain after that lol. All the best to myself and of course to all my friends.

Scary Experience

2009-05-12T21:36:00.001+08:00

A day of scare for me. Sigh. My mistake la. I went to The Star publication office right after school to submit 'Star Walk' forms. Drove through a narrow road and when I want to turn to my right there's car on the road, both left and right I wanna turn to. The road is narrow so I turned my steering more towards my right without noticing it's to near to a car parked by the road side. Got scratched a little bit. Sigh. The owner of the car was standing there and he shouted to notify me. I reversed and immediately parked my car just in front where there's an empty parking which is where the office is situated. I was little bit nervous and scared. I don't know how to face him so I thought there's no major damage so I wanna just go to The Star office. The guy called me and so I crossed over to talk to him.

He asked "Why you didn't go and talk to me and just walk off instead." I'm suprised to know he's a Malay because he looks more like a Chinese. Luckily he's not that fierce. He even asked me "you don't know how to speak Malay?" Of course I said yes. He then asked Form 6 atau Form 5? Apparently he's an old boy from my school. He asked this is how the teachers taught you? I'm speechless and I did said no. He replied then? And then he asked who's the owner of the car I drove and even asked whether I have a driving license or not. He wanted to see my driving license and I showed him. Upon seeing and talking he then say "You can go" and I said sorry before leaving. Pheww....

I'm still thinking of the incident after that. Sigh really a scary incident. Submitted the forms and then drove home. On the way I thought of why didn't I go and talked to him directly without him calling? I should say sorry and explained myself instead of him asking me those questions. Maybe I'm just too afraid and I know I made yet another mistake today.

Silence

2009-05-09T00:15:00.003+08:00

When words don't justify feelings,
let silence do the talking.
When words start to fall on deaf ears,
let silence take over.
When lips meet, and they feel each other,
let silence fill the air with love.
When you shout out aloud and the echo comes back to haunt you,
let silence soothe your ears.
When you find Him in you, and you cant explain how it feels,
let silence explain it all.

When He hears your prayers,
He sends angels and conjures up miracles.
He says not a word
Coz He knows
Silence speaks best.

Sometimes in life, no matter what words you use to describe what is happening in your life, they still aren't enough to express how you feel. You know there's no one around to answer your questions, no one would reply. But you also know that someone is listening up there, always watching over you.

So overwhelming is this feeling that, all you can do is sit back, be silent, say nothing,shut your eyes and feel your heartbeat, only hoping to find answers in those moments of peace.

It's Hard to Forget....Its Harder to Forgive

2009-05-08T00:22:00.004+08:00

Was searching for "it's hard to forget" using Google search engine and I came across this blog's post. The poem is so meaningful and a great poem I would say. (It's not what I'm feeling k)

Drops of rain
that touched the skin,
sent a shiver through my body..
they pricked like a pin.

The breeze that blew
through my hair
felt like a storm
singing songs of despair.

Every single thing
reminds me of you
Coz you were special,
a dream come true.

Nights are scary now
mornings so blue
I dream no more
coz in them i fear, i'd see you.

You said it was fate..
that it was meant to be.
If you had to leave
why did u seek me?

Was distance that separates us
the only single reason?
Or something I should know
is still hidden?

That we'd be far away
we both always you knew..
yet you didn't mind before
and said ' love you'?

Perhaps in a sea of faces
you found a beautiful one
Me you chose, to forget..
me you chose, to shun.

I put the blame on Him
But He wasnt wrong
I put the blame on you...
but you werent wrong either..
so should I be guilty...
am I the sinner?

What was on your mind
is best known to you...
He had his own reasons
He had plans too.

I am the one left behind
The joke is on me
I made a fool outta myself
In this game we called 'destiny'.

The day you left
you made it painful to live
I thought it was hard to forget..
but its harder to forgive....

by PJ
Monday, August 11, 2008
(Taken from http://arushofthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-hard-to-forgetits-harder-to-forgive.html)

It's Over

2009-05-05T19:09:00.004+08:00

Finally my MUET speaking is over. Quite relieved now as I need not to worry bout my MUET already at least until August. It's not as nervous as I thought I would be. Prayed before my group's turn. My group is the second group. I was talking and chatting with my groupmates and classmates while the first group doing the speaking and us being quarantined outside the speaking room to relax our mind. The speaking turn out to be like my group normal practice session. The regret is that we don't have enough time to conclude the task B as we used up 10 minutes before we managed to conclude. Our topic is there's shortage of organ donation in Malaysia. Priority should be given to whom in receiving the donated organs? Candidate A: A child, B: Senior citizen, C: Someone who is most seriously ill and D: Someone who can afford to pay more. Anyway I think our performance is not bad. Hopefully we'll get good results for the hard work we'd put in. All the best and good luck to those who will be sitting for the speaking.

And ya bout the injury on my right palm. It's getting much much better now. The scar is not as bad as I thought. In fact it's really hard to see any scar especially the one on my palm. New skins in being formed now. The one on my finger is not that good ne. As you can see in the photo, the skin is uneven now with bulges on it. I guess new flesh formed over the previous flesh that's why it forms bulges. Special huh??

MUET Speaking

2009-05-05T00:00:00.002+08:00

Will be sitting for my MUET speaking today during the 1st session at around 8am. Preparation and a lot of practice has been done lately. Hopefully it'll be enough for us to do good, of course more importantly we do our best. Good luck to all who will be sitting for MUET speaking in this one week especially my friends. And Happy Birthday Ah Lui Ket En. May you have a blessed and happy birthday.

Hiking Again

2009-05-03T23:11:00.014+08:00

Went hiking again at Kledang Hill, Menglembu with my eldest sister, my elder brother and my twin bro yesterday, 2nd May. Reached there at 7.10am and finally reached back down after almost 5 hours of hiking. The purpose of this hiking was actually as a last preparation for my sister who is going to Mount Kinabalu this Thursday. Yesterday's hiking was really tired and my legs started to feel a little bit ache =). You must be guessing why took so long? We went all the way up reaching the so-called top la. See the pics below. If I'm not mistaken it's more than 5km journey from the bottom to where we reached. You can imagine how high we went right?

At first, there's a lot of people hiking together and you can actually hear a lot of conversations going on at that time. But as we go higher and higher there's less and less people and till one point there's nobody else except the 4 of us and not forgetting the animals which makes a weird noise on the way to the top. We guess it's monkey or some creatures of that kind. The sound continued for quite a long time I would say lol. We started with walking through the stairs and then the tar road. The path is steep. As I said it's a tired and long walk and it's physically demanding as well. Sweat a lot and my clothes was really wet because of that. Luckily there's a lot of trees all the way which provides quite a good shed for us. At some points, we were thinking how far more we need to walk? I guess we were too tired and hoping we'll reach soon. When we finally arrived, we were so happy as we achieved our goal of reaching there. Satisfaction of course but with some price to pay lol ;tiredness and legs which shakes because of the tiredness. When we go down, we do ran once a while so we can reach the bottom faster. We finally reached the bottom at 11am. And I dozed off inside the car while on the way back home =).

The beginning of the series of steps of stairs after a 10 minutes walk through the soil pathway.

Look steep right? And guess what, there's 660 to walk.

Reached our first stop after walking past the stairs. Phew!!!

The view from the 3rd pondok on the 1st pondok.

There's 2 way to go to the 3rd pondok from the 1st pondok, either through this steep stairway or the tar road below.

Beatiful scenery of clouds huh.

View around Kledang Hill area

Yeah almost reach the garden =)

Haha. I'm sitting and resting after a long and tiring walk.

My twin brother, Koy Joe and me. Doesn't look alike huh???

Now lying pulak =)

Didn't take any pictures after the garden area as the side of the road is all surrounded by trees only with the view to the area around blocked. It's still a long way to go before reaching the transmission tower, 2 hours of walk if I'm not mistaken. And it's along this path we heard the animal's weird sound =).

The transmission tower, the place we reached.

See the tiring and sweaty look of us upon reaching there. The tower is at behind but it's difficult to see la because of the glaring sunlight.

This one looks better with the smile =)

This picture is taken on the way down after around 30 minutes of walking and running. That's the place we reached minutes earlier. You can imagine how far and high huh.

Lastly just a phrase I would like to share ''To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you."

Holidays

2009-05-01T00:39:00.005+08:00

Yeah today is holiday, Labour Day. It's a good break for us before our MUET speaking and the upcoming mid-year exam. I believe many are already worried and started their revision. But how bout me? I haven't started any and I doubt I can finished my revision. Guess have to study smart not hard. Am I worried? Don't know maybe. Since form 6 memang a bit lazy as compared to secondary life. Maybe as we grow older we will be like this. Lol. Anyway, all my siblings are back this weekend as there's 3 days of holidays consecutively thanks to the Labour Day. A family reunion. Not bad huh. It's good because this is the first time since CNY that family is complete with all its 8 members =). Will be spending this 3 days with them. Lastly study hard and smart!!!

I'm Not That Tough As I Thought

2009-04-27T20:58:00.004+08:00

Today is the day I removed the stitches. Went to the nearest government clinic after school to remove the stitches. Slept late yesterday for some reasons and watched the delayed F1 race while doing some homework. Waited for around 1 hour before I've been called in to do the minor procedure because there's other more severe cases than me la. Sat there and waited for my turn. Of course I was kinda frustrated for waiting as initially I was supposed to be in but then the nurse asked me to pay the RM1 first. Because of that other patients whose cases was more severe was given priority first. What to do? Sat there and took a short nap while waiting because I was tired and sleepy as well at that time. Then I was called in. Answered some questions regarding my injury when I'm being asked by the nurse. She checked on my injury before doing the so called STO (i guess it's stands for Suture TakeOff). Firstly she opened the dressing on my middle finger before cleaning both the wound on my palm and middle finger. I was kinda still lil bit blur as I just woke up from the short nap. Then she began to remove the first stitch out of the five. It's quite painful because in order to remove it, she used a medical tongs to pull the stitch. It stretched my skin as well. The first 3 is still ok to me. Then the forth one I began to sweat cold sweat and started to feel a little bit dizzy. The fifth one is hard to remove because the skin is kinda grew over the stitches. She had to do some scrapping before she managed to remove the stitch. After that she did the dressing for my wound. I was really dizzy at that time. Hang on and walk out from the room. Then I immediately walk to my mom who was waiting outside and told her I'm dizzy. Luckily I managed to immediately lie down on the chairs and had some rest. It's just a blink from passing out yet again for the third time in this 2 months plus. According to my mom, my face look pale. I guess got shocked. (Read more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_stress_reaction)

To be almost pass out make me realised that I'm not that tough or strong physically as I thought I am. Fainted twice because of sudden lost of blood and today because of shock/acute stress reaction. It also make me realised how weak a human life can be. All this while I thought that I'm tough and often hang on (sei chang in cantonese) in a lot of situation. I guess I have to look down a bit upon myself d. Anyway enjoy and treasure your life as you won't know what will happen tommorow. Good luck to all who will sit for MUET speaking next week =).

What will you do???

2009-04-26T01:42:00.004+08:00

What would you feel when someone you care for avoid you? Would you think of a lot of silly reasons for their actions, consoling and giving yourself some glimpse of hope or just tired of reasoning why?

What will you do? Giving up and do nothing or continue to care for them like how you will care for them as usual hoping the situation will turn better in times to come?

No doubt that it is tiring and clueless no matter what our decision is. Feeling heartache and down for whatever silly reason others may think. But who knows deep down in our heart how much the someone might be to us.

If you were given a choice to make, will you choose to wait or give up?

I will wait with faith and continue to care.
Never will I give up without trying my best.
I believe you have your reasons for everything you do.
I may not know the reason now but I will try to understand.
Do what you believe is right.

MUET

2009-04-25T23:56:00.002+08:00

Yeah we finished our 3 papers for MUET namely Reading, Writing and Listening. Hopefully all of us did well and most importantly our best. Whatever it is, just wait for the results to be out in August. For now just do well in the last one which will be speaking. I myself did considerably good gua. Hopefully can get good band and no need retake =). My right hand recovered quite well and I really worried too much last weekend thinking cannot heal in time to write and take MUET test. Silly. Anyway I managed to get a letter from a doctor yesterday clarifying my injury to my right palm. Actually I went to hospital to take off the stiches (S.T.O) but the nurse advised to do it only next Monday upon knowing I have MUET test today. It is because of this she asked a doctor to write a letter for me. With this letter, I managed to get some time extension for my Writing paper. Only for around 5 minutes la as I managed to finish it with that time. Luckily can write quite fast d and need not to stay in the examination hall alone. Haha. Pray for all who took MUET exam today!!

B_d Luck

2009-04-22T17:07:00.003+08:00

Sigh. Today I wasted my afternoon time yet again as yesterday. Yesterday was because I went to the bank to buy the ASM which ended up at around 4.40pm. Today??? I would say it's b_d luck. I don't want to type the word out as I'm affraid it'll really be then ............. Okay what happened was I went to the hospital for some appointment right after school. It doesn't relate to my injury to hand k. And everytime going for this kind of appointment it'll take at least 2 hours. And as usual today settled everything at around 3.30pm and then wanna go home. My mom fetched me la of course because of my injury. Just drove for not even 2 minutes, the car broke down. At that moment, I thought of my afternoon is destined to gone la today. Forced to wait by the road side with my mom. Sigh......... What to do??? B_d luck huh.. Last month my leg, last Friday my hand and today my car. Swt swt swt. Waited for one hour for my dad and the tow car. And guess what I'm sleepy now. =(

Better

2009-04-21T22:41:00.006+08:00

Just wanna keep it short and simple as someone scolded me huh for blogging although my right hand is injured. Anyway just to make you all feel a little bit relieve, I'm feeling better now. Of course I'm referring to my hand aite. Can write and now typing as well with my right hand fingers. Of course not that fast la but at least it's improving =). Thanks to all who concerned bout me, who asked even a simple question; "How is your hand now?" and to those who prayed for me. And to you, I want to thank you as well because you're the one I think of while undergoing the stitching process. I will take good care of my hand. No worries =)

Hiking

2009-04-20T19:01:00.001+08:00

It is a little bit of dissapointment considering the number of people going for the hiking. Initially out of 16 members, 6 members will be going. It turned out to be only 3 members plus a St. John and another 2 which are brother of 2 of the members. And yeah one of the another 2 actually is my elder bro who fetched us and followed us for the hiking because of my injury. Whatever planned just don't seems to turn out well huh. Anyway on the way to school, both of us noticed there's lightning. We were a lil bit worried as we might have to call it off. But luckily, the lightning soon went off. We gathered at school around 6.35am. Wai Hoong and I went to the St. John room which is situated right up the U. Paul block to get a first aid kit. It's quite dark at that time and that's why Wai Hoong waited for me to go together. We then departed to the Kledang Hill and reached there at around 7am as estimated. Mr. Christopher was late and he asked us to begin first and he'll catch up with us. So we began using the stairs way. I actually counted the number of steps of the stairs which happen to be 660. A lot huh!!! Of course along the way we did paused a while because it really exhausting. Don't think that this 660 is all about our hiking as this was only a part of it. If you went to Kledang Hill before you'll know what I meant. Upon finished going through all the stairs, we reached the first pondok. We had a short rest while waiting for Mr. Christopher. We then continued hiking with a considerable slow speed so that he can catch up with us. Once we reached the 3rd stop which is not far from the 2nd, we stopped again to rest. And of course we didn't waste the chance to see the view of the area around the hill from there. A nice view I would say. Drank some water for refreshment. We noticed the black clouds are forming around the hill there and we know it'll rain soon. So we quickly continued hiking. Our target is just to reach the garden which is not that far away, I guess another 15 miutes walk from there. All along the way, we saw some people promoting and giving out some brochure regarding some running competition which will be held around the field near the Girl Guide house near Ipoh Parade. We reached the garden at around 8am. Rested and enjoyed the windy condition there. We were forced to leave soon as the rain began to drizzle. Sad huh. Can't wait for Mr. Christopher because of that. The rain then became heavier as we ran down the hill. Although got wet but it's an amazing moment as well la. Oh ya bout my hand injury, somehow managed to keep it dry and not getting hit by the rain water. I received a sms from Mr. Christopher asking "Stuck in the rain?" half way rushing down. I replied "Yup. Now rushing down". When we reached back to the first pondok there, we decided to used to roadway to go down instead of the stairs way for safety purpose. We continued to run =). We did took shed under a pondok along the way. We decided to continue going down as we thought the rain won't stop that fast. Luckily the rain eased down as we rushed down. Of course we got wet aite. We managed to reached the back down at around 8.30am. We then walked towards the area where we parked our cars which were quite far from there as we used a different way down. When we reached there, we met Mr. Christopher. He also just came down but he used the stairs way instead. All in all we didn't manage to hike together because of timing problem. He was quite suprised to know only guys joined the hiking. He said we should use the jungle way instead. Maybe next time =p. Anyway thanks to those who came namely, Ganesh, Jian Liang and his younger brother, Wai Hoong and my elder brother.

Yet Again

2009-04-19T18:12:00.003+08:00

Sigh. I feel tired and restless. Knowing my injury is not healing that well really makes me worried. To know that it bled yet again really makes me worried. The hope of a speedy recovery seems impossible. Was feeling down and I really don't know what I can do. Why so much things happened to me in this one month? First a sprained left leg, school crisis and now injury to my right hand at such crucial time!!! Felt like breaking down but I can't. What usually just an easy task now seems difficult and take more time. I can't even straighten my right hand fingers now. Sigh sigh sigh

Bleed Again

2009-04-18T20:54:00.006+08:00

My wound bled again. I don't know when and why. Sigh. Maybe I moved my hands too much d la. But glad that the bleeding is not serious and only lil bit. Although my wound bled, I still wanna blog to keep you updated on my condition now. My right hand movement had been restricted because of the injury and believe it or not now I used my left had to do most of the things from changing clothes, brushing my teeth, bathing and etc... And ya now I'm typing with my left hand's fingers only. Do use my right hand once in a while if really forced to and I guess the only thing which I must use my right hand is when I have to write. Lazy and haven't finish my homework plus chemistry practical report. I guess I have to bear with the slight pain and write softly ne. I guess this time is the time I used my left hand that much since I'm born. Depend on my right hand too much d. Can consider it as a training =). Hopefully the wound will really heal fast and in time for my MUET la. I cannot imagine how I'm going to write if the condition didn't improve. Pray hard.

Injured Hand

2009-04-17T17:16:00.005+08:00

Aikz. What a day for me. We were doing chemistry assessment and what a freak accident in I had in the chemistry lab. I felt sorry for my classmates for delaying their practical. Before we began, as usual the teacher will brief us. Then my partner and I began our assessment. At first it's already not smooth and we actually made some mistakes regarding the mixture. We repeated and were quite slow compared to some groups. Then when I were adjusting the pipette to the absorber, I over pushed with too much strength that I broke the pipette. Of course my hand won't just stop like that. My right hand went 'boom' towards the broken pipette and I cut myself with the broken glass of pipette. My hand was bleeding immediately. I quickly rushed to the sink and washed my hand with running pipe water. My partner quickly informed my teacher. She was so worried and quickly took the first aid kit. Then she kinda helped me to try to stop the bleeding with some cotton. It's hard to stop as the cut is quite deep and I was bleeding quite a lot at that time. I tried to convince her I'm ok. Then my classmates who were just around me gave suggestions of putting some ice around the wound. Then i started to feel lil bit dizzy. I told my assistant monitor who was just beside me. Then I sat down. My sight became blur and not even 30 seconds then I fainted with no consciousness. When I regained my consciousness, the next thing I realised was my classmates were all around me. My class teacher came and even Mr. K. The person I saw was Voon Chuan shouting 'Koy Yew can you hear me?'. Really felt touched for all of their concern. Then Mr. K said I have to go to the hospital. My assistant monitor, Alex and Patrick followed me and my class teacher to the hospital. My chem teacher even made a cup of milo for me.Thanks teacher. Went to the emergency unit immediately upon reaching Ipoh GH. Had my blood pressure check and then went to the minor operation room to wait for the doctor. Had 5 stitches to my hand. To be honest I was nervous and anxious at that time. Will it be very pain? This question pop up in my mind. I thought of asking the doctor but I didn't so that I won't get more nervous. What I can do is to think of you. It did help I guess as I gone through it =). Not that pain to me. Too bad the MUET test is next Saturday. Pray hard that my right hand will heal in time. *Pray* Will be going for my comm outing d.

Forgive & Forget

2009-04-16T22:28:00.003+08:00

This post is taken from a blog of my friend. I found it quite meaningful so just wanna share it here.

Most people will say ''I can forgive but I cannot forget!!'' whenever they come across this sentence...
In my opinion...
If you can forgive but unable to forget...
It does not count as forgiving...
When we do not forget...
We are actually torturing ourselves...
Why??
Because we will still be angry whenever we think of the horrid things that a certain person had done to us in the past...
Here is my question ''Why should we treat ourselves so?? Why not just forget about the past and move on??''
A FEW SCRIPTURES FROM THE BIBLE
~ And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses. [Mark 11:25-26]
~ Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. [Ephesians 4:31-32]
Forgiving others is definately not a bad thing...
You will no longer have anger...
Wouldn't you feel happy once you have forgiven someone??
Others will not be angry for what they have done to you...
They will simply forget about it and moved on...
So we...
Have to forgive and forget!!

A lot of things happened this week and I'm glad it's kinda came to a conclusion now. No longer feeling that tensed up and clueless of what to do. =) No matter what I hope it'll not affect all of us in negative way. Let this experience make us wonder of who we are and how well we deal with some emergency problem. May us grow stronger together.

Anyway

2009-04-15T20:56:00.001+08:00

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and
self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior
motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
You will win some false friends and some true
enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
People will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
It is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Gastric

2009-04-14T20:59:00.004+08:00

Sigh.... Missed my recess today yet again because my physics class ended late. Didn't had my breakfast and it caused me pain, gastric pain. In fact it's quite pain. It got worse during the last two period. Pressed my stomach area few times hoping for the pain to be eased. Was hoping the class to end soon. Bear with the pain until the school dismissal. Phew finally can eat my lunch/breakfast. Although I ate, the pain was still there for quite some time. I guess waited too long. Slowly the pain eased and =). Went to Deli Garden with Eddy after we ate to buy cake for KC. Was kinda rushing la as I need to be back at school at 1.45pm for my club meeting. Bought a 1kg cake and we actually forgotten what's the name of the cake when others asked us. Lol. Anyway I reached back to school a little bit late but managed to be for the meeting in time. Had a short meeting with my members before going to the canteen for KC's bday celebration. Not many people came but I guess it's enough as the 'important' person was there. Had a few slices of cake and of course talked and joked with of the important person. We really tired to help a lot in fact maybe too much lol. Hopefully it'll work out. Purposely fetched Joseph and his friend to tuition for some reason and it's very obvious why. And for what happened recently, just hope everything will be better. Let's pray and hope.

Speechless

2009-04-13T20:30:00.005+08:00

What happened today was a shock for many of us even me. The situation like turned 360 degree. What seems will happen suddenly didn't happen and another it took a twist. I guess it'll took some time for many to digest. Having some flu and sore throat now. Quite uneasy course mostly due to the sore throat. Really annoying la the feeling. Aikz

To me it's not the wisest decision to make. If I'm in the position I will not do it. There's some discussion going on among some of us and many of us think this is not the best decision after all. You may have your own thoughts and point of view and I agree it's not an easy decision to make. To announce it in front of all and to give up the position after what happened so far since we took over really need a lot of courage. Maybe this is the reason why you chose "Stamping A Change". for our theme. I couldn't comment much on your decision. But if you ever talk to us, I'm sure most of us will advise you not to make such a decision. To have gone through so much together as a team and you just quit in a day without discussing and asking our opinion we was like huh??? You are a team player and it's important for all of us to stay together as a team. We got back one luckily as she planned to stay in SMI but why the captain of the ship left??? I seriously hope you will reconsider it. Your decision will affect many of us and the image of the board overall. Please RECONSIDER it!!!

Much More Better

2009-04-11T21:12:00.005+08:00

I myself felt much more better after coming back from the youth. I hope others also will feel much more better. Prayed for all the problems to be solved soon. Sigh. Whatever it is don't ever do stupid things. If really tired take some time off. Don't rush anything. Whatever you did is out of good and I guess it means a lot to them la. Just have faith in yourself ya. Relax....... I'll always be there to support you. =)

Today's youth was kinda different from normal ones as it's Good Friday on last Friday and Easter Day is coming. There was some performance by the youth. Some sketch which conveyed the message of the great love of Jesus and Jesus love all with unconditional love. A good performance by them I should say as they did conveyed the message. I learnt new chords during the guitar lesson and struming. Need more practice. =)

Worrisome Life

2009-04-11T14:27:00.009+08:00

Today is one of those weird days. Felt uneasy and don't know how to face someone early in the morning. I don't know why I'm also affected by what happened. Maybe what they did is really wrong and I don't like it. Luckily today we had MUET talk for the whole day and I need not to face them as much as usual. Anyway I'm pissed off. Not because of them but this particular moderator whom criticise on my class and another two classes march past. Who are him to comment? You know nothing. Made some humiliating comments on us. He seems to always aiming at my class and I don't know what's his problem. Not enough 'protection money' I guess or simply because HE'S approaching 'menopause' age lol. And this is the way I started off my Saturday.

Yeah did learnt a lot from the MUET talk on speaking and listening. Guess what I got some notes on MUET speaking from Aaron and it's exactly the same. Maybe it's from the same source la. And just to share it here for those who didn't note down anything due to whatever reason it is.

MUET (Speaking)
What you need to know?
15 % or 45/300

What you will be evaluated on?
(a) Task fulfilment /18
(b) Use of language /18
(c) Fluency /18
Total /54

Content – 3 points at least

In Task A, do not change your point!

Make sure it’s ACADEMIC ENGLISH!

(A) Task fulfilment
(1) Understanding of the topic
(2) Development of ideas – logic, facts (elaborate)
(3) Presentation of viewpoints – bloom taxonomy (easy to difficult), giving point of view + etiquette
(4) Treatment to the topic (enough to convince the examiner)

(B) Use of the language
(1) Meaning conveyed
(2) Use of appropriate vocabulary
(3) Linking of ideas (firstly, secondly, finally)
(4) Grammatical accuracy

(C) Fluency
(1) Communicative
(2) Fluency
(3) Pronunciation, stress and intonation
(4) Delivery
(5) Manner of interaction
(6) Ability to maintain a discussion

PHYSICAL ASPECT
# Sitting should be clockwise as follows :

# What you should do in the waiting room?
(1) Sit in a waiting room.
(2) Briefing on tasks. Ask if not sure of anything.
(3) IC and exam slips.
(4) Come early to avoid being panic!
(5) Get into your groups and practise
(6) Eat breakfast but nothing out of norm.
(7) Practise makes perfect.
(8) Exam has subjective marking (moral, etiquette, fascinatingly, humble)

SYLLABUS CONTENT

# Social
# Academic content
# Areas are emphasized :
(1) Sensitivity to register (what they say, candidates as well)
(2) Degree of formality
(3) Appropriateness of discourse
(4) Enunciation
(5) Intonation and stress
(6) Cohesion and coherence (Next, Furthermore)

# Communicative skills
(1) Observing social skills
(2) Managing a discussion
(3) Seeking and giving information
(4) Expressing agreement and disagreement
(5) Making suggestions/recommendations
(6) Expressing/justifying viewpoints
(7) Rationalising (giving reasons for actions taken)
(8) Cause and effect relationship
(9) Presenting factual information
(10) Expressing opinions
(11) Persuading
(12) Drawing conclusions

REQUIREMENT
# 2 tasks (A and B)

TASK A (individual)
(1) Reading the question – 1 minute
(2) Q&A session – ask as MANY questions as you can, no time limit
(3) Preparation – 2 minutes (points + elaboration)
(4) Presentation – 2 minutes (intro, do not read question, say out point straight away)

TASK B (group)
# Preparation – 2 minutes
# Presentation – 10 minutes (points from Task A)
# KEEP IT FORMAL!
# What you should NOT do?
(1) Taking turns
(2) Hog conversation
(3) Interrupt others rudely
(4) Refuse to give in
(5) Unresponsive/lifeless
(6) Make sweeping generalisation
(7) Unclear of what to say
(8) Superior
(9) Insincere with flattery
(10) Sarcasm!
# Put ideas on the paper. A semantic mapping will be useful.
# Now as for the topic,…
# Firstly, I would like to say…
# Whereas for the judging aspect…

What happened these few days really taken its toll on the few of us. I don't know why so many things happen lately. First to my close friends. I really don't like to see all this happening and I don't know who should be blame. Seriously I don't like back stabbers. Sigh. Why why why? Until today it's still the same. I can't bear to see them like that emoing.

Now it's worsen. My turn to be blame for what happened 2 months back. The black moment of my life. I didn't defend you??? I always defend my friends if I can. To be honest I did but at that time maybe I really didn't because I myself were mad of what you did to me. And you expect me to defend you?? What I can do is not scolding you and blaming you and bear the pain of being betrayed myself. I gave you chances over chances and you lied to me. I'm speechless and I don't want to confront you as I know there's no point of doing it. It already passed. But why today you dig out this problem again?? The unpleasant memories? I'm the victim and you blame me?? Why you kept on saying I'm with her when I'm not?? Please la she is in a relationship d la. And I single but not available. Why people just seems like to gossip when a guy is close with gals? Can't a guy be a close friend with a gal?? What is the problem??? I'm pissed off and speechless. Signing off.

Relationships

2009-04-09T23:52:00.003+08:00

Why why why? Why some people is just so hard to communicate with? Are they expecting too much? He always think what he does is correct. Did he consider other's feelings before he say anything? Is there no other solution? Here I'm speechless. What can I do to help or should I support and respect the decision made?

In life we'll meet a variety of people; people who we can click well with and some whom we doesn't even one to look at. It's just the way of life. Some people can be our best friends whom we shared all our problems and feelings but some we don't even trust. We live in a world full of prejudice and hypocrisy. Why do people like to compare themselves with others? How good it'll be if all of us live together peacefully and in harmony. Then all the negative things won't happen. I think enough said. Time will prove them wrong.