What a busy holiday!

Busy busy busy...

But what has actually kept me busy like hell? Working as a volunteer for a week?(A bit, but I enjoyed it. =D) homework?(Yeah), Biology project?(Definitely), wasting my time onlining?(Oh yeah~ haha).

So,  I think I can conclude that I've wasted my holiday without doing any revision. T_T

As for most of this holiday(why do I have a feeling that this holiday is way too short?), I've been doing nothing but to keep myself busy making leaf samples and to make sure that moulds don't grow on them. Quite a hard task, considering the humid weather here. Man, I seriously need a heater/dryer for that. Well, as for In Sin, she's quite occupied too, having to do the insect samples. Good luck, girl! Luckily we have other members in our group, Yeng and Pong with their leaf samples from other countries(Imported leaves weyyy~), YM with her Chinese citrus and HK. The only thing I hope for now is that our project will come out fine. God, please help us!!!

***

A few days ago I went to church for a movie night. The title of the movie was 《小雨》. I've tried to search for the movie in the Net but to no avail, at least for now. But I'll certainly post it up if I happened to chance upon it. Of course, if you can find it, do watch it. It is a heart warming story about a reporter who lost his little girl in a car accident and his wife ended up in a coma with a slim chance of waking up again. He was feeling so upset that he nearly lost his job. He couldn't even bring himself to forgive his neighbour. The one day, he met a little girl living in a village in China when he was to snap some landscape photos for the newspaper. She looked so similar to his deceased child. Unfortunately, the girl(小雨) had some heart complications and needed a surgery as soon as possible if she was to live. From there begins the journey of getting donations for the large sum of money needed for the surgery, whilst facing numerous obstacles. Oh course, without the help of God, miracles would not happen and things won't go on smoothly.

As a conclusion, the morale of this story is to want us to learn to forgive others and to always seek for God's help whenever good or bad, for he will always be there for us. There's one quotation in the movie hat I really like, "If you can't forgive others, how will others forgive you?"

My friends, this is a story that you can't possibly missed. Hope you guys will enjoy it. =)

And for all the ones that I loved, here's a song for all of you.

Cheng Ho Expo 2010

Cheng Ho Expo 2010, an expo that starts on the 21st Nov and ends on the 26th Nov, brings a lot of bittersweet memories to me and of course, precious experience and friends that I will never forget.

Before the official date, which was the 21st, we, the volunteers, regardless of races, have had training courses and briefings. Non of all those were really pleasant. We argued and argued and argued, especially among Chinese and Malay volunteers. All those rubbish stuffs about unfair treatments, etc came out. Truth be told, I don't really like the way those organizers (especially Malays) organize this program. They kept on giving false promises that makes us jubilant and full of hopes yet later crushed it by postponing and postponing their promises. They even gave reasons that big events like this will always have delays. My goodness, this is a big event! A reason like that certainly should not be accepted, unless it is of special case. Many times we have wanted to leave, be done with working as a volunteer, yet we persevered at the words of our Chinese volunteers' leaders. For that, I am grateful.

There were three types of pavilion, or rather, huge tents set up at the Stadium Muhammad IV, namely China Pavilion, Kelantan Pavilion and International Pavilion. Also, there were small tents for the Kelantan Local Traders and an International Food Court. Among those, China Pavilion is the largest and from what I've heard, the busiest. Part of it was because China traders were the main focus in this expo and part of  it was because a lot of Chinese volunteers were needed to be translators. Kai Li, Qian Wen, Rhu Hui and I were stationed at the China Pavilion and In Sin at the International Pavilion. Actually, QW wasn't really grouped into China Pavilion, but somehow she was transferred to there later. There was one thing I still can't get it through my mind. The organizers kept on saying that Chinese volunteers were very important in getting the translating job done in China Pavilion, as China traders can't speak Malay, but somehow a quarter or half of us were stationed at other places that were not quite necessary. The results? China Pavilion was short of translators and we were hell busy running from a booth to another, especially the last two days, where those stupid organizers wanted each and everyone of us to take only a shift, either morning or noon. Imagine 30++ volunteers tending 80++ booths. Some even got complained by the China traders for disappearing and reappearing in a booth. I even got pulled to selling mirrors and wooden puppets! Translators becoming salesmen? Not to mention poor IS was bored to death at her International Pavilion, with nothing to do but just stand. Aren't they "brilliant"? =_=

Brushing all those unpleasant stuffs aside, the bright side is still there. I worked as a translator in a Chinese Arabic calligraphy booth, along with Josephine and Qian Wen. The master, Mr. Baddrudin (毛占明), his brother-in-law, Suleiman (马维) and Mr. Qin (秦广德) were very very nice to us. The first day we met them,          
they looked quite serious, yet in no time at all, we got along very well. You know, I rather stayed at the booth helping them than to become a salesman (Haha~). Mr. Baddrudin's artwork is really fascinating, with every sweep of his brush so elegant, so graceful. (He even wrote QW, Jo and me our Chinese names in Arabic, free of charge =D). I also met a lot of friends there, namely my group members, volunteers from my pavilion, other pavilions, some Malay volunteers that were so sweet, a guy named Harry, a friend from my primary school, etc. Not to mention food! During lunch break, my friends and I would be willing to walk a long way to try out all sorts of delicious foods. The Xinjiang smoked lamb meat, the Mat Salai burger, the roti cotek... Ah~ I ate till my heart's content.

Well, there are still much to say, yet time is slipping by. Even if I wanted to write everything out, I doubt the space here will be enough. All in all, I am glad for not giving up at the first place. Through this expo, God has taught me to persevere, to give and take, to learn the art of dealing with people and stuffs. Mmmm...those were the memories that I will cherished for the rest of my life. Gracias, my Lord, my friends, my family.

Life in Form 6 (5)

 Just finished my year-end exam this Monday but aiyoyo...my results are hell worse! =(
Although I only got the results for P.A. 2, Maths 1 and Biology, they already showed me how worse I've did, and I certainly can't imagine what marks I'll get from other subjects. Gosh, things are really getting tougher and tougher nowadays. Gone were the days where you could just start to burn the midnight oil without much to worry, slept during classes, while away your time gossiping during free period, etc. Now, everyday, people around you keep on reminding how hard you will have to study just to get a Grade B or C. During every free period, you will get to see 50% of your classmates studying, discussing and debating about some facts, figures and all sorts of 'booky' stuffs which will only give you headaches; teachers keep on lecturing about how precious time is; parents telling you the importance of securing a good future. Oh my God, how much space have I still left to store my subjects' information if I had to take in just about everything of those things? Help me, please!

Yesterday, we were just done preserving insects. It's an individual work but luckily, it was just a practice to sharpen up your skills, so that you can do a better job in preserving 25 types of insects during the holidays. The insects we used yesterday were locust/grasshopper and housefly. Houseflies were easier to deal with as chloroform was all we need to kill it. A little dose will do. Locusts needed more time as we have to dissect it's abdomen to get rid of everything inside, mainly it's digestive system. Though Miss Yeap said it is digestive system, we can't really be specific as our specimens were too small and everything looks almost the same (I mean, yucky stuffs do looked alike, don't they?), so we just took everything out. Then we stuffed the hollow abdomen with cotton soaked in formalin, pinned it securely on the polystyrene board and put it in the oven. (Sounds cruel, isn't it? But what to do? It's compulsory.). For now, we'll just wait for a week for the specimens to dry completely. In the mean time, we have fern's samples to do and that will also have to wait for a few weeks, or rather, we will have to passed it up on the 13th of November. Actually I am not able to catch a locust for my experiment but luckily, with the help of my dear In Sin, I managed to get one, with extra houseflies. Thanks, babe *Muackz* =)

A few hours earlier, I have attended a show about the acrobat's team from China in SMCC. Aww...there was one guy from the team who was soooo handsome, and a seven-year-old boy who was so cute that you'll feel like hugging him XD. Overall, it's a remarkable show. We were awed by their flexibility, strength, etc. Recommended.

There was one thing that bothers me for now. It's about KG. Why did he keep on asking me how would I feel if he really is with C.Yee? Kanasai friend, I'm asking you questions lah, why did you ask me back and keep avoiding on telling me direct answers? =_=
Hmmm... I think next time when you ask me that stupid question again I'll ask you back. XD

R.I.P

突然而来的信息，心情简直是跌倒……negative infinity
教练他…他……去世了。
刚开始时，我真的不敢相信。
心想：“这怎么可能嘛，上次看到他的时候人还好好的，怎么突然就…”

唉，真的感到很无奈。为何要这样？
少了您，以后的乐团练习也缺乏了那一种气氛。
华乐团，以后该怎么办？
像依琳所说的，
虽然我们的乐团一年不如一年，
但教练他还是对我们不离不弃，
也从来不曾大声骂过我们。
关于这个，我真得非常感谢他。

教练，谢谢您的教诲。
虽然我只是一个很普通的学徒，很可能你也不认识我，
但，您永远都会在我心中。
安息吧。一路好走。

Life in Form 6 (4)

Hello again~ =)

Now, what am I going to write in this post? Hmmm... There's nothing much that happened this two weeks, apart from a few events. Last Saturday, all Form Six students went to SMK Tanjung Chat (which just opened) to receive the wang ehsan, some sort of money given by the government, which is RM 200. As there were also other schools which could received this money, this ceremony was divided into a few sessions, which included the primary and secondary school. My school was in the morning with 2 other schools; SIC and SMK Ahmad Maher. For your information, there were 275 students (Upper and Lower Six) from SMCH, 50 students from SMK Ahmad Maher and 45 from SIC. Can you imagined that??? Ha! Actually, according to Mr. Lim, SIC and AM only have one stream whereas CH comprises two types of streams provided (Science and Arts), So that's why there were so many students from CH. Next, the usual style: speeches given, money given(actually it's just an envelope, the money will be banked into our account automatically), THE END. But there's one thing that I'll remember, which is what Dato Fatmi said in his speech, "Aku ingat mu ore cino semua kayo-kayo belako, mana tau semua layok jugok ambik wang ehsan ni..." Aiya...

Ok, enough of that, I don't want to be a racist. Fast forward to this week, let's see... Oh ya, MUET test. Speaking about that, mine will be this coming Monday, 18th. Right now I feel...nothing. Really. This MUET test started on 12th, and on that day, one-third of my classmate went for the test. Today (14th) is also the test day, and with that, three-quarters of my classmate were absent! Gosh, my class was left with only 10 students! Sin and Tong went for the test today, too. So basically I'm alone... Hmm... I wonder how well have they done today? Good Luck!!!

Oh ya... I nearly forget, something funny and surprising happened today. Whenever I think about this, *beh tahan* I wanted to laugh XD. During Chemistry class, KG really surprised me. Here's a sketch of the conversation:
KG: Eh, Y didn't believed that we are already together.
Me: What? *amte*
KG: She didn't believe that we are couples. 
Me: .............Oh (I sensed what message he's trying to convey)... Aiya, never mind, you know I know is already sufficient, others need not to know, as what matters is the heart.
KG: Okay...

And because it all come out of a sudden, Y just couldn't believed it, and she kept asking us to do the couple stuffs, like holding hands, and If-I-Touched-Him-Will-You-Be-Jealous thingy, etc. Bullshit. And then QW told me something that Y said, which, unfortunately, I can't disclose it here. It'll be too obvious. Actually, you can see that everything is just a bluff. LMAO.

Well, I think that's all for now. Good night.

Life in Form 6 (3)

Ok, I think it's time for me to get serious again and start to post something more readable rather than the last two rubbish posts.

Ok, let's start from last Saturday. In case I haven't told you, I am finally free from my braces! Yippee!!! But heck, now I'm stuck with retainers for another couple of years (roughly). Though it's kind of restraining my speech, I think it'll be fine, because it's detachable! Haha!! And my teeth looks straighter and more compact. XD

School life? Sigh...Pretty much the same, yet it's more stressful. Right now I still have half a month left before the year-end examination and if I can't get a better result I'll have to "roll" right back to SB class, which I'm kind of reluctant. I don't know why. Sometimes I don't know where am I supposed to start, and especially when I saw my classmates all studying, I feel lost. They have their target, yet me? I'm back to my old self, the lazy one. Hopefully someone can wake me up before it's too late and oh, thank God, I have friends that always help me with my studies. =)

On Sunday we'll have to move back to our actual classroom, which is situated way up on the highest floor, roughly two floors above the staffroom, either the fourth of fifth floor, I'm not really sure. Awww...it's really high. Anyway, to rid off the stubborn fats from my abdomen, I'm willing to, I just hope that my class won't be too hot. Aiya, you know why, and I won't be telling much here.

During this whole week we've just had a wave of singing craze. CY wanted to join a singing competition but she just can't really decide on one song, though now I think she already had. Plus, some gang in my class has started to sing, which is quite an entertainment (XD), and if I'm not wrong, Onion is going to participate too. Well, I hope both of them can make it. Good luck!!!

Oh ya, I nearly forget. There'll be a Chemistry test on Sunday and hopefully I won't fail terribly, you know how much my brain memory sucks, right? LOL.

Move Along, Determined.

I've just did the most stupid thing in my life. Wasting an hour's time to check on some girl's wall comments. Not to say that I'm a busybody, but it's urgent. If I haven't done that, I'll still be stuck in the sad memories forever. I'm not joking, because I'm the type who can't really forget easily, well, some particular stuff, of course.

Luckily, yes, luckily, I found it. Finally, I am able to find the reason and courage to get over it and move on with my life. I've been dreading for this day to come, like for the past couple of months. Fortunately, this is another girl from KL, not the last one. Though to me he's a bastard, I still give him my best wishes. After all, he is still my friend, if he still thinks so. Up to him lah.

Now, it's me and my studies. I wonder how will I be able to study so much stuffs?

***

Lord has opened a new world for me, and I will appreciate the opportunity given. What is meant to be mine will be, and what is not will not be, not even by force. I choose to follow Him, and I will listen to His words, and I believe He who is my Father will give me the best. I thank Him for giving me such good friends, and for giving me such a good lesson. Amen.

"Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. He has the right time for everything. He has given us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction of fully understanding what he does. So I realised that all we can do is to be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive."

Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 11-12

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ahhh...Finally I have found the time to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender. I have finished watching it an hour ago and gosh, it was just as same as the review written in The Star few months ago. Disappointing. And it was only Book 1! Initially I thought the movie was a combination of all four books,and I thought "Hmm...maybe if they split it into four parts it'll be a more enjoyable watch. But as it neared the end, I just realised that it's just Book 1! 

Sigh. 

Even if the graphics were any better (mine was pirated version), it still sucks. Everything's just drop dead serious. Sokka isn't the trying-to-be-serious-but-fails-and-looks-funny one, Aang isn't even funny and childish,blah blah. It doesn't quite stick to the original story, and the main characters were Westerners instead of Asian. 

Oh, there's one funny thing that my Dad just concluded from the adaptation, that the Fire Nation is in India, Earth Nation in Japan and Water Nation in North Pole. About the Air Nomads, well, we can't really be sure, because there only one left. 

Duh, it's just an opinion.Overall, I still like the anime version. =)

I'm a total failure.

What am I trying to do? Or rather, what have I done?

Here am I, trying to act as if it's just a small matter, trying to be the middle person, trying to give advices, trying to mend things up, trying to...

Yet it all boils down to nothingness, nothingness but sadness and misunderstandings.

What's the point anyway?

For what I try so hard? For what? I just want everything to be peaceful! I wanted to preserve our friendship! I don't wan't any misunderstandings to occur among us, that's why I wrote all those things, yet you never understand. You thought that I'm blaming you, you thought that I don't understand you, but do you understand me? Do you?

A few years back, when I have encountered any problems, the old me would have just shut everything up in my heart and say nothing. But now I am more open towards you, trying to share whatever crosses my mind with you, even if it's just some lame jokes that no one will laugh at or even stupid little problems. All this because I wanted to understand you more, and you to understand me, yet now you're saying that I don't understand you. It hurts, really hurts. It was like a bazillion of blades struck deep down into my heart, all at once. It's even worse than when I felt that he doesn't understands me.

I've already lost the guy that I loved so much, and I don't want to lose my best friend. Him, I can afford to lose, but my friends? No, I seriously can't.

If you still think that I've blamed you, if you still think that I misunderstand you, then all I can say is "Fine, then." After all, I've tried...

Larian 1 Malaysia

Just yesterday, we had an event called Larian 1 Malaysia held at Taman Tengku Anis. They said it's open for all Lower Six, but somehow I still saw some CC students there, and of course not to mention Mr Wong Tack Keong, Mdm Chen Swee Fong and CC's 24 Seasonal Drum.

Initially, we thought there will be prizes given, so we made a bet with one of my friends, that if she got no. 1 we will treat her and vice versa. But alas, just after we've finished running, for 3-4 km, the organiser announced that this was only a run for fun, to exercise. (What?!)

LOL. Whatever.

At least we have had fun running like hell, sang the national anthem and Jalur Gemilang, snapping photos, etc. A good workout, but we'll have to pay the price for having sore legs the next day, which I am having it now. Haha.

Later, I went to have some tea with some of my friends at Wau, a shop near the old Hankyu.

I don't know, and I don't wanna know.

Sigh.
I don't want to think about it, really. It hurts, and I'm tired, totally fed up.
But sometimes it isn't easy.
My thoughts like to stray away often, and I hate that.
I'm trying hard and struggling to forget everything about you.
Though my feelings for you wasn't as deep as last time, it still left an impact in me.
Someone told me that the easiest way to forget is to find another one, but will that really works?
Won't that be the same as cheating?
I don't know.

There's a guy I met, quite nice, but for now I just wanted to be friends, just friends, as I know I'll just ruined our friendship if I ever tried to like him. IS told me that she's relieved to see me being so close to him, as this means that I am capable of forgetting you.
I do hope so too.

Relationship.
Can I not think about it? Can I hold back my thoughts and feelings? Can I?
God, can you please wake me up?
Please, I don't want to stay in this pathetic "dream".

Life in Form 6 (2) --- [My New Class - L6SPB]

I've just changed class from L6SB to L6SPB on the 4th of July. For your information, L6SB stands for Lower 6 Science Biology and L6SPB stands for Lower 6 Science Physic Biology.

The name itself is DAMN LONG, man. Haha.

Well, according to Lim, the students from this class were sorted out according to their results. I'm not sure about that, but all I know is everyone in my class got As for all three science subjects. The funny thing is, although he said that our class is not of top scorers, you'll still feel that it really is (excluding myself, of course). I'd dare say, the moment when you stepped into my class, you'll feel the tense atmosphere around you. Yup, most are studying. STUDYING!!!!

Damn, it's really the first time I've ever experienced this kind of stress, and it's not even near the exam! Just normal school days!!! In my previous school, we were so relax, no worries, but now? WOW~ No wonder CH students are so brilliant.

And thanks to God, I got a damn GOOD neighbour. At first I do grumble, but now I feel like expressing my gratitude to Him for my neighbour is always criticising me for being lazy. Yeah, I'm serious, because it pushes me to finish my homework in time (maybe only for Maths lah...haha).

Ok, now for the introduction of my class. *tada*

There are 28 students in my class, 2 from Kuala Krai, 4 from CC and the rest? CH lah! See? So kesian, right? But coincidently, the four of us (Sin, Tong Zhi and I) sit together, so we are not that kesian.

LOL.

Now, for the teachers.

PA - Mr. Yean L.H.
He's my form teacher. Quite funny and likes to crack jokes. And oh, he's a Guru Cemerlang too =D

Maths 1 - Lee C.K.
Everyone called her cai kue, because her name REALLY is cai kue (not the spelling, though). Sigh. I'm lazy to describe her lah, because there's too much to say. Haha. Conclusion? I don't like her.

Maths 2 - Lim P.L.
Motherly. But I don't quite understand what's she's saying anyway =P. She's the PKP. Ha!

P/S: For the Biology, Chemistry and MUET teachers, they are still the same, so I'm not going to describe them again. Haha.

Well, I think that's all for now. Another form 6 update? Till then we meet again. =)

2010年基督教张老会北区少年FB福音营

（哈哈~都过了那么久才有时间更新这部落格，paiseh paiseh）

日期：2010年6月7至9日
地点：Rumbia Resort, Paka, Terengganu.

这一次的营会是关于时代少年的爱与性，是一个非常适合少年人的课题。=D

主题：《爱，何处寻？》；讲员：黄百友传道
专题：《性与少年》；讲员：陈奕成牧师
生命的分享：颜敬锡老师（很可惜，颜老师最后还是无法前来与我们分享。 他患上了末期癌症，目前正在与死神争战。愿上帝能帮助他。）

哈哈，不好意思，本人最近超忙又超懒，所以干脆上传照片算了。呵呵~

游戏时间

陈奕成牧师

Woohoo~ 欢乐时光~

黄百友传道

天才园地

与我住同一个chalet的朋友和三位导师

还可以看Astro =)

启程会丹州前

纪念品

大合照

Now what?

Seriously, I'm lost. Damn. What the hell am I thinking?

Why do I always filled up my thoughts with a lot of nonsense?
Why can't I just relax?
Why can't I just stop thinking about it?
Why do I feel insecure?

Is it me, or what?
Is it me who have changed, or you?

Seeing things that I knew were of the past,
but I just can't stop my mind from wandering to places far far away.

I feel small.
I feel that I'm unimportant to you.
Is it so? Or not?
Am I being too sensitive?

Please, I do mind. Though I never told you, I DO MIND.

Life in Form 6

Weeeee~ Form 6 already started last week and my, what a change!

I think I'll start from the first day.

10/5/2010 (Registration day)

I was supposed to be there at 9a.m., but instead, I reached there at 7a.m. to avoid heavy traffic. Well, this is the price of living in Wakaf Bharu. T_T

Luckily Ah Lan reached there as early as I am, so I'm not alone (haha). Then, we just spend the rest of the two hours talking crap, waiting for Tong, Bird and others and having breakfast. After that, Lan drove Tong, Zhen Yi and I to Chung Hwa in Zhen Yi's car and she kept on complaining about Zhen Yi's car, "Why your gear and steering so hard to move one?". LOL

And then we went into SMJK Chung Hwa *wow* to register our names.

But before that, we have to pass the spot check, which was kinda a disaster to us. "My hair! my nails!", etc. Then we register our names at our desired class booth. Ok, let me explain about that. Our classes are divided into basically four classes, in which the main subjects are: Physics, Biology, Geography and History. We are required to choose our desired main subject that day and I chose Biology =)

Later, we were given a briefing about the preparation for the next day by Mr. Lim Tieng Seng (handsome guy XD) and after that we went home.

11/5/2010-13/5/2010 (Orientation week)

During these few days, we have talks and a few games to play, sometimes boring, sometimes exciting, quite ok lah. There was one talk from our principal, Mr. Choo Kheng Pin, which was very motivative. He talked about life in Form 6 and tips of doing it well. Here are some of his tips:

1) Plan your work and work your plan.

2) Begin with the end in your mind.

3) First thing first.

4) Empathise others.

5) Synergy

6) Practise makes perfect

7) 1+1>2

*p/s: starting from 5-7, I don't really remembered the actual sentences he used. Forgive me for my limited memory space.

During the orientation week, we sixth formers were divided into groups. Mine was Randa. It was fun during the playing session as we get to have fun and at the same time get to know each other. Here's my group's slogan: " ** Who are we? ** Randa! **Where we from? ** Chung Hwa! Huat ar~~~"

*p/s: I use the symbol * as a clap. 

The next week.

16-20/5/2010 (Study study and study!)

The real thing starts now. Well, we were only given a briefing about our subjects at the first day as we don't really know what book to use for each subjects as it depends on the teacher's choices. We have to buy the books! No more SPBT now T_T. Our lessons only started on the second day. Let me introduce my teachers:

First, my form teacher, Cikgu Hapidin.

He teaches Pengajian Am. A funny and crazy guy. With him around, I don't think that my PA is going to be as bored as it seems.

Ms. Yeap Kim Ean, my Biology teacher.

She a very good teacher. Nice and informative. I've had tuition classes with her before in Form 4 and 5 and I am very happy to have her teach me in Form 6 again.

Ms. Ng Pei Pei, my Chemistry teacher.

She looks young and cute, but her voice is too soft. Her stature and looks reminds me of Ms. Tion, my Form 5 Maths teacher. She has super long hair that curls in a bundle behind her head (Don't know why she wants to keep it so long).

Mdm. Teoh LS, my Maths T1 teacher.

A veteran indeed. Full of experience, know how to teach and is nice to students. CH students all call her Mama Teoh, but not directly la, of course!

Mr. Loong WS, my Maths T2 teacher.

Again, my former tuition teacher. Also a funny guy, although sometimes he's very meng-amte-kan. LOL

Mr. Chua KH, my MUET teacher.

The only teacher that I dislike. My friend told me that he is a lazy teacher. Well, I don't doubt her. By the way he was talking, I wonder that is CH short of MUET teacher? I mean, as a MUET teacher, you should at least fulfil the requirements of a Band 6 candidate, then only you can teach MUET. He talks as if he is dragging his words, unclear and not precise. That's definitely not a good example for Listening skills. *shaking my head* BORING.

Overall, Form 6 is good. Well, that's all for now, I'll update my blog about Fom 6 life if I'm free lah. Haha.

7 Things to Stop Doing Now on Facebook

by Consumer Reports Magazine
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Using a Weak Password

Avoid simple names or words you can find in a dictionary, even with numbers tacked on the end. Instead, mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such as this variant on the word "houses": hO27usEs!

Leaving Your Full Birth Date in Your Profile

It's an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.

Overlooking Useful Privacy Controls

For almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them. Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address, since you probably don't want anyone to have access to that information anyway.

Posting Your Child's Name in a Caption

Don't use a child's name in photo tags or captions. If someone else does, delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn't on Facebook and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to remove the name.

Mentioning That You'll Be Away From Home

That's like putting a "no one's home" sign on your door. Wait until you get home to tell everyone how awesome your vacation was and be vague about the date of any trip.

Letting Search Engines Find You

To help prevent strangers from accessing your page, go to the Search section of Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Be sure the box for public search results isn't checked.

Permitting Youngsters to Use Facebook Unsupervised

Facebook limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you receive their notifications and monitor their activities. "What they think is nothing can actually be pretty serious," says Charles Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint Center. For example, a child who posts the comment "Mom will be home soon, I need to do the dishes" every day at the same time is revealing too much about the parents' regular comings and goings.

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Unhealthiest Juices in America

Unhealthiest Juices in America

By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding - Posted on Mon, May 10, 2010, 11:06 am PDT

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Think of your all-time favorite rock song: Hey Jude, London Calling, Smells Like Teen Spirit, whatever. Now imagine that the next time you crank it up, all the guitar riffs will be replaced by violins. Kinda weak, right?

Well that’s akin to what happens when you turn a fruit into fruit juice: You still have the flavor, but you don’t have the grit, the substance, the power. Even the very best fruit juice isn’t as nutritious as the fruit it originally came from, because the fiber that makes a piece of fruit so filling has been stripped away: Instead of filling your belly like an apple or an orange, juice just passes through your gastrointestinal tract like a little stream of sugar. It’s like listening to “Hey Jude” without the “Na-na-na na” part at the end. The sweet melody is intact, but the soul is lost. So as a rule, always choose the original version (that would be the fruit) over the Muzak version (that would be the juice).

That doesn’t mean juice is a terrible choice—after all, it’s still a great way to get your daily quota of vitamins and minerals. Problem is, a lot of what food marketers try to sell us as “juice” is about as healthy for you as, well, being chased down a highway in a white Ford Bronco. Manufacturers have found that mixing a lot of water and sugar with a tiny bit of fruit flavoring and calling it “juice” is a great way to get health-conscious consumers to pony up the bucks for the liquid equivalent of Skittles. 

To put together our new book, Drink This, Not That!, we scoured restaurant menus and supermarket aisles to uncover the best and worst drinks in America. Below, we reveal the six worst juices at the supermarket, and for each one we’ve provide a healthier alternative. Or, as the Beatles might say, we took a bad juice, and made it better. Just call it “Hey Juice!”

#6: WORST CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
Ocean Spray Cran-Apple (8 fl oz)
130 calories
0 g fat
32 g sugars

Ocean Spray makes a whole line of cranberry juice blends, but there’s only one thing you need to know: They’re all polluted with unruly loads of added sugar. The first two ingredients here are water and sugar, the hallmark of an inferior bottle. In fact, the best juices in this line have only 27 percent juice. This one? A paltry 15 percent. Go with Ocean Spray’s Cranenergy line instead. Compared to Cran-Apple it delivers slightly more real juice, a far weightier package of vitamins, and just over a fourth as many calories. (You're far better off eating your vitamins than drinking them. Here are 40 foods with scientifically proven superpowers.)

Drink This, Instead!
Ocean Spray Cranergy Raspberry Cranberry (8 fl oz)
35 calories
0 g fat
9 g sugars

#5: WORST MIXED-BERRY BLEND
Welch’s Mountain Berry (8 fl oz)
140 calories
0 g fat
33 g sugars

The flowering bouquet of fruit on the outside of this carton makes it appear to be just one step down from a smoothie, but in truth, it’s just one step up from Sunny Delight. Regardless of what Welch’s wants you to think, this juice is made with only 25 percent real fruit, and with this many calories in each cup, you should expect nothing less than 100 percent. Go with Bolthouse Farms 50/50 Berry blend and you’ll trade out the sucrose for an antioxidant- and flavor-rich blend of purple carrots, blackberries, pomegranates, and blueberries. 

Drink This, Instead!
Bolthouse Farms 50/50 Berry (8 fl oz)
120 calories
0 g fat
28 g sugars

#4: WORST LEMONADE
Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle)
250 calories
0 g fat
67.5 g sugars

In 99 percent cases, lemonade contains between 10 and 15 percent lemon juice, meaning that 85 to 90 percent of the calories are added as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup. The reason we pinned Minute Maid as the worst lemonade is that with this bottle, they’ve dropped the lemon juice concentration down to 3 percent, and at the same time, jacked the sugar level up to soda-like proportions. In fact, this bottle has more sugar than a same-sized bottle of Coca-Cola, not to mention a bevy of preservatives, fillers, and artificial colors. The only lemonade we’ve found that can legitimately call itself “juice” is the one below by R.W. Knudson. It replaces the added sugars with a blend of apple and grape juices. (Of course, if you're looking to lose weight, diet is only half the equation. For the other half, check out our list of the 100 best fitness tips ever written.)

Drink This, Instead!
R.W. Knudsen Lemonade (8 fl oz box)
130 calories
0 g fat
30 g sugars

#3: WORST JUICE IMPOSTER
SoBe Elixir Cranberry Grapefruit (20 fl oz bottle)
250 calories
0 g fat
63 g sugars

With a name that references two fruits, you might expect this bottle to provide a respectable dose of real juice. Unfortunately that’s not the case. The only juice this bottle carries is used as a coloring agent, which means every gram of sugar here is added during processing. That puts it right alongside soda as one of the worst beverages at the supermarket. Cut calories by looking for water-based beverages that use juice as a sweetener and flavoring, like the one from Olade below. The few calories it has come from a blend of lemon, pinapple, mango, and passion fruit. (Speaking of overblown packaging claims, check our roundup of“health” foods that aren’t.)

Drink This Instead!
Olade Tropical Juice Beverage (16 fl oz)
20 calories
0 g fat
4 g sugars

#2: WORST GRAPE JUICE
Tropicana Grape Juice Beverage (15.2 fl oz)
290 calories
0 g fat
72 g sugars

It’s hard to say which is worse, the fact that this bottle has as much sugar as six scoops of Edy’s Slow Churned Rocky Road Ice Cream, or the fact that it looks legit but contains only 30 percent real juice. The thing is, even if this bottle weren’t teeming with high fructose corn syrup, it would still be loaded with sugar. Grapes produce the most sugar-loaded juice at the supermarket—even a 10-ounce bottle of 100 percent grape juice carries more than 200 calories. If you like rich, dark juices, try the one below from Bossa Nova. The acai fruit from which it’s made is one of the most antioxidant-rich fruits on the planet.  

Drink This, Instead!
Bossa Nova Acai (10 fl oz bottle)
114 calories
0 g fat
22.5 g sugars

#1: WORST CANNED JUICE
Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5 oz can)
360 calories
0 g fat
84 g sugars

These hulking calorie cannons—5 percent juice, 95 percent sugar water—have the equivalent of 20 teaspoons of sugar! (That makes the 1,800-calorie salad look downright nutritious.) They're sold at gas stations and convenience stores across America for the low, low price of 99 cents, making this quite possibly the cheapest source of empty calories in the country. Earn more flavor in fewer calories by switching to V8-Fusion instead. The company makes a reasonable line of regular blends and an even better line of light juices. 

Drink This, Instead!
V8-Fusion Strawberry Banana (12 fl oz bottle)
170 calories
0 g fat
42 g sugars

爱

爱是恒久忍耐，

又有恩慈；

爱是不嫉妒；

爱是不自夸，不张狂，

不做害羞的事，

不求自己的益处，

不轻易发怒，

不计算人的恶，

不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理；

凡是包容，凡是相信，

凡是盼望，凡是忍耐。

爱是永不止息

哥林多前书 13：4 - 8前

Whadda??? Again???

My throat was filled with foul words, ready to spit it all out, yet religion stops me.

Ok, maybe I have exaggerated the whole thing, but still, I'm angry, even until now.

A day before yesterday, that was Tuesday, I was sitting at the seat behind, waiting eagerly when Pak Cik Lee drove us to the Akademi Latihan Memandu Darul Naim. When we reached there, pak cik asked us (me and a guy from Chung Hwa) to check if our names were in the list. That guy (sorry, I don't know what's your name) found his, but me? I searched high and low for mine, a few times, yet I never found mine. I wanted to ask pak cik about it, but he was gone, instructing the CH guy how to drive on the outside road. I was left alone, not knowing what to do. I scanned the list again, still negative. There are only two Chinese names, and they were of guys'.

Feeling disappointed and clueless of what was happening, I hold Mom's cellphone in my hand, not knowing who should I called. Didn't uncle said that I was able to resit for it tomorrow (Wednesday)? But why can't I find my name? What's going on? Should I called uncle? Or my parents?

After fumbling the phone for a while, I decided to call my parents. Mom picked up the phone. I told her everything and she told me, " Really? Hmm...it's ok, maybe something unexpected had happened, later ask uncle lah.".

If so, what had happened? While I was thinking about this question and at the same time watch around to see if Pak Cik Lee or Pak Cik Nor had arrived, a man from the Akademi approached me.

"Err...awak dari Tiong Sia (uncle's place) ke?"

"Ya..."

"Nama awak takde dalam list kan?"

"Ya..."

"Err...test card awak salah, IC cetak salah, sebab tu takde dalam list. Awak kena tunggu sampai 3 haribule 5 baru boleh ambik ujian."

Wh...What?

"Dan...lesen L awak doh nok mati kan? Kena sambung smula. Lepas sambung, fotostat lesen, pah bayar duit, baru ambik ujian. Awak beritau cikgu awak lah, jiko tok pehe suruh dio datang jumpo sayo."

Shit.

3rd May? I have to wait till then? IC printed wrongly? What the hell... Hey, who the hell dealt with my documents anyway? How can you ever printed it wrongly when the numbers were under your very own eyes? Holy shit.

When I told Pak Cik Nor about that later, he said, "Huh? Salah? Ooo...ok, nanti saya buat.".

And I resumed my training as usual, just this time a bit shorter.

Sigh. I still have to wait, right? Wait wait wait...it's endless.