Last Day of 2011

Today is already 31st December 2011. Looking back through this whole year, I wondered if I have really enjoyed it.

Before STPM ended, everything was a rush. Everyone was racing against time to just stuff in all those notes, equations, facts, etc into their brain. I don't know about other classes, but if you stepped into mine, you'll freak out. The whole environment was just the same as that when you are having an examination. Too quiet, too stressed. From there I saw a typical Malaysian kiasu behaviour.

Speaking about that, I suddenly remembered an Indian film "3 Idiots". I'm pretty sure you have already watched it by now, but did you get the message the movie is trying to convey? For what purpose do we study? Is it just to secure a big house, a big car and lots of money? Or do we study something purely out of passion for knowledge? You decide. I'm not going to continue talking about this topic for now, but MAYBE next time. If not, I'll get all sentimental. Haha~

Do you know why I suddenly talk about 3 Idiots? It's because I watched it (not all, just the last part) in a camp held recently. That is the second time I watched it, and when I'm back home, I watched it again for the third time with my brother. OMG...

Hmm... about the camp, I did mention about it in my previous post, right? It main title is "Why Not". I'm not quite sure about the actual title (too blur~ ><), but one thing for sure, I certainly learnt a lot in this camp. In this camp, I'm one of the committee members and suddenly I had to deal with challenges that came last minute. Mind you, I'm not used to that before, so you can actually guess how clumsily I reacted. However, I'm grateful that God gave me the chance to learn, and I even found some really nice friends there. =)

I liked the concept the camp is trying to bring. They teach you time management (where participants don't have any timetable), financial management, teamwork, etc mostly in the form of games. There were also activities like playing korfball, make up lesson, photography lesson, mock mask party, just to name a few. All in all, it's a ride not to be missed. One thing that I'm not quite satisfied though, we committee members were too busy rushing here and there. Sometimes how I wish I was one of the participants. =P

Leaving that aside, I wish I can stay a bit longer (maybe a day or two there) so that I can enjoy the food there. I just can't get enough! ><

Then there comes Christmas. Oh I sure loved that~ Sadly though, I'm not able to do the countdown with my church members on Christmas Eve. =(
Anyway, I still enjoyed caroling and the programmes on Christmas Day. =D

After tomorrow, 2011 will end. Slowly I begin to step into the 20th year of my life (Oh no! I don't want to become 20! ><).

Finally, I'm starting to feel sleepy, but my relatives are arriving tomorrow morning. Oh how am I going to stay awake??? @@

Alright then, time to catch my sleep. Night!

End Of STPM~

Finally, I've found some (little) time to refresh my blog. Ha...
I never thought that I would be so busy after STPM that I barely found time to blog again. I can't even write much now. Hmm...just a few updates will do for the time being.

Tomorrow afternoon (to be exact, it's 17th Dec), I'll be leaving for a camp in Seremban for nearly a week. Then I'll be back on Christmas Eve's morning, after that caroling at night, and then celebrating Christmas the next morning. Whew... can I take it? We'll see later... =P

It's only been a few days since I finished my last paper, but why do I feel like I've been lacking of sleep for like... a week? Argh...

Okay okay... I can't continue writing now, gotta clear all my camera's memory and catch up on my sleep before embarking on my "crazy" trip tomorrow.

Good night!

Ahhh~ Time to write~

Cobwebs, huh? Alright alright, I myself also have the same opinion. My my, this blog is really full of dust!!! *coughs*sneeze*

Hmm...It's been a really really long time since I've updated my blog and now, I don't even have a clue on where to start. CNY? Nay, I'll skip that part. It's been a quiet CNY this year and sounded more like a holiday than CNY. Oh how I missed my dear cousins! But next year, I'll go "bai nian". Remember to ajok me!!!

Now, for the big part.

First of all, I would like to congratulate our Chung Cheng senior, Chun Khoon, for getting a 4 flat for STPM. Yay! You've definitely done us proud! But it's not just him, there are also other CC seniors who got really good results in STPM. For example, In Sin's third sister, In Lu. She obtained a CGPA of 3.42! Congratulations!!!

Now, Sin, there some opinion for your sister. I know I'm just a junior and I don't have the necessary knowledge to give a real good advice. However, here are some of my two cents worth, " Who cares about those critics when we know that we have done the right thing, give our best shot and reap the best fruits from it? The greatest achievement is not just to get the finest fruit, but on how to preserve and make good use of it, how to turn it into a plant that will enable you to reap endless fruits of the same kind. Like Ah Poi said, 'I do what I like, and I like what I do.', follow your heart and at the same time taking the global situation into consideration. However, I'm sure she'll get a good course with her good results. Good luck!

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To Lyn,
Your birthday post for me will never be late. I only get to see it now because I have a test these few days too.
A dedicated post is more valuable than other materials. The meaning behind it is the one that is most important. I love it very very much~ Thanks for the efforts that you've put in. =D
P/S: Hey, what my latest photo? I already have a bunch all in Facebook la...

To Sin,
Not to forget about you too. Though you may not consider it as a present, I do. Thanks a million!!! As an express of gratitude, I'll keep your handwriting in a safe place. Haha~

To Mimi,
Thanks for your wish~ Awww~ I miss you too <3
I can't wait to gather again with all four of us =D
Good luck in your studies!!!

Welcome, 2011

Aikss...I was thinking of creating a post about Christmas this year (2010, I mean) but it seems that I've just missed the time. Never mind, I'll just upload a few photos here, the rest will be in my Facebook =D

So, guess I gotta say "Good bye" to year 2010 and "Hello" to year 2011.

2011, a tough year ahead, with STPM my main concern. For my New year resolutions, I'll try to find some time to think about it and if possible, will post 'em up here ;-)

Once again I would like to say, "Happy 2011!!! To all my friends, best wishes to you. May you have a good year ahead and strive for the best in your targets. God bless you. Good luck!!!"

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!!!

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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