Merdeka

Today is my country's 53rd Merdeka Day (Independence Day).

I'm very thankful to God because our country has stayed peaceful without war. I know there are many crimes and disagreements happening all around us. Even among the leaders there are traces of corruption. But I'm trying to be as positive as I can so don't think I am just relaxing in my house unaware of the things happening.

Malaysians are blessed though. We have all we need. Food. Places to stay. Medication.

We are not perfect, but we are better off than many. So, it is good to be positive.

Yes, I agree that there is a enormous space for improvement. The students in my class get along pretty well without any racism. However, the newspaper says otherwise. Murder, human trafficking, corruption, assassination, robbery, and the latest-baby dumping.

So, the conclusion is, whatever the state we are in, there is always somewhere we can improve on. Malaysians must stick together for a better future (this sounds familiar).

On a different subject, the school holidays are near. This is already the last week before we are free. On the negative side, the holidays are only for a week...

Anyway, I am still looking forward to that lovely break ahead. Hope it is the same with you guys. =D

So, Happy Merdeka and enjoy the holidays!

About Blogging

Yep! I have a new name for my blog. This decision just came spontaneously without any obligation. So, do you like the name??

Reaching Heights just means pushing forward or improving that's all. Everyone needs to progress. I hope the meaning is emphasized in the background picture.

So, this post is just mainly about blogging. I don't think many of you know that I have another blog. Yea, I know this blog is very wordy, so I created another blog a few months ago to put pictures, videos and stuff like that. But "Reaching Heights" will always remain the main focus for my blogging.

To check this new blog just go to http://alpict.blogspot.com/

Hope you will like it.

p/s: Currently, I only have two posts on that blog. Need to keep blogging and finding pictures.=D

Interesting Stuff

Geography. Many surprises come with this subject for me on the latest examination.

Well, here's how it went. I was studying geography with two friends. Well, we were just like doing last minute revision. There was this geography exercise book and we were doing the exercises in it. Did quite a few questions, and then came the exam.

When I was half way through it, my friend signaled to me and asked me to look at question 34. We were laughing inside. It was the exactly question we did in the workbook! Not only one, I think there was around 4 to 5 questions.

So, I think that God really helped me. And of course, we got the questions correct. =D

Despite that, this exam I realized that although I revised two weeks earlier, I still am not satisfied with the results. I do have some ideas why. One: the teachers did not set the paper according to the textbook. In fact, I think they just copied and pasted everything from a variety workbooks. Two: Maybe I should have started studying earlier, eh? Three: This exam was just more difficult.

So, whatever is the reason, I have to really start working on my results.

About Gaps and Laps

Another gap has appeared on my blog. Blame it on the exams. Yea, once again I had to settle down myself to study like mad for another monthly test. Very unusual for a hyper person like me.

Exams have just ended today. I am both exhausted and excited. Exhausted definitely because of all the late night studying. Even though I started studying earlier 2-3 weeks, I still felt that there was not much time to study. So I stayed up late for almost two weeks everyday to study. Well, it did pay off because I know I did better this time. There is space for improvement. However, I also noticed that with so much subjects, even though I start studying early, I tend to forget some stuff.

The exam lasted for three days since this was only a monthly test. Today was KH and Maths. I don't feel like talking about exams and all that boring stuff, but some parts are really interesting. I'll promise to skip the mundane sections. Maths today was a hilarious thing for almost everybody. Except for those who are really geniuses, the paper was pretty a strain on the brain...and the eye. I don't mean like it is impossible to do. I mean that we had to do so much in so little time. Or is it just our slow brains?? Probably. I usually had lots of time for checking for the other subjects. Don't count Chinese. I will never ever finish the Chinese paper without guessing the answer of at least two three questions. This examination, I had like, 5 to 8 questions undone when the teacher said time's up. So, I *COUGH**COUGH*-uesed. I gues-*COUGH*. Hey I'm the fellow who got 99.5% for Chinese in standard 1 and C for it in UPSR XD.

Anyway, back to maths, a lot of people complained about them not being able to finish the paper or that the paper was difficult. Personally, I don't think the paper was difficult, it was just that we had not enough time. There were some mind-boggling questions, so I think many people spent too much time on the difficult questions, leaving little time to finish the subjective questions which were at the last section of the paper. So, next time, I 'll remember not to be too relaxed while doing the questions in the objective section. Thank God, I managed to finish the paper in the nick of time without guessing. I was pretty tensed because I have experienced not being able to finish maths papers before. :)

I have another funny story about exams to write but that would take a big amount of space, so I'll wait till the next post.

Anyway...HANG EXAMS!!! (If it's possible)

Conclusion is, I'm back to blogging business!(This sentence sounds familiar...)

=D Now, i just feeling like staying back after school to play football, futsal or volleyball. ANYTHING!!! I also feel like borrowing some kind of video game to play...anyone who can help??? I know the chances are slim, because it is a prized possession. Now, I can start downloading stuff. Now I can install PC games. Now, I can read books. Now I can....

To summarize everything up, I feel FREE!

There is a trick though, I agreed with my friend to start studying once the holidays start for the last examination. I can predict that that won't go very smoothly. >_+*

Anyway, we decided to have like a group study. You know, going over homework and asking each other questions.

Till then, I will try to have as much fun as I possibly can. Please plug your ears to prevent hearing loss.

AAAAAYYYYYYYYIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEYYYYYYOOOOOHHHHOOOO!!!!

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