New Year’s Eve

Today I nearly swallowed a screw-on New Year’s Eve. How symbolic.

Well, it’s kind of embarrassing. I found this little screw (about 0.7 cm long) sitting on the TV. So, I was wondering where in the world it came from. Since yesterday a man came to open the TV to fix it, I figured that this tiny screw came from the TV. You can guess how well a job the man did. Anyway, I was just meddling with that tiny screw and finally I tried sticking it into a hole to see if it would fit. The screw just ended up inside that tiny hole and the only way to take it out was to tilt the TV. Well, that wasn’t really the only way. Since tilting the TV would be troublesome I just somehow figured that sucking the screw out would be good idea. Until now, I still can’t figure out what made me to think of that as a good idea. Anyway, I sucked the screw and it flew into my mouth. Not onto my tongue but straight to my throat. Thank God I didn’t swallow it. Well, I was just standing there thinking of all the choking deaths I read of in the newspaper when finally, my brain worked out that if I choked the screw out, I would be better off. So, I tilted my head upside down and started forcing myself to cough. The screw came out immediately because it maybe was just hiding at the back of my mouth.

Anyway, today is New Year’s Eve and I’m both sad and excited at the thought that I will be leaving 2010 and entering 2011 in less that 24 hours. Sad because time just flies so fast and excited because next year is my PMR year! Woot! Wait, what am I saying?

Just before I enter 2011 I would like to look back at all the events of 2010 and thank God for always being there through the whole year. I pray also that 2011 will be seeing me as a better person and bring about better things. To anyone I may have insulted-I’m sorry. Next year, I really want to see everyone equally with no grudges, especially since it’s my PMR year, XD. To my family, thanks for always being there for me. I take you all for granted sometimes so I’m sorry. To Justin, thanks for all the laughs and tech tips. To Faith, you were right. To Teck Liong, Qing Sheng, Dou Min, and all my other Sin Hua to Bkt Mewah friends, here’s to all the laughs. To all me seniors, I will (try to) support you guys. CF committee and members, God bless and I hope you’ll continue to grow with me. NSCFLC friends remember what was said in all the sessions at camp, and keep going for Christ! Fellow bloggers: err… I enjoyed reading your blogs. Readers, thank you so much for spending time here. And to friends I haven’t mentioned yet, thanks for being my friend.

Last post of the year, I must definitely put some pictures. You want peaceful pics or movie pics or just meaningless pics? I guess that’s a MIXTURE.

2010 going onto...

2011!!

And movie. Actually, I noticed that in the first episode of Chuck, there is a Tron poster in his bedroom. Ha ha.

So ending the new year...The future awaits!!! I've been wanting to say that for quite a long time.

The Malaysian Football/Soccer Team

I've been wanting to blog about them ever since I saw them beat Vietnam 2-0. Awesome win right?

By now, the Malaysian team has already won their first AFF Suzuki Cup, beating Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate. Congratulation! I'm very happy for them, because a few years back they were pretty down. As a Malaysian, I had course had this hope to see my country's football team playing and winning international tournaments. And there was this ultimate hope of seeing them as world cup champions. = )

I have always wanted to see this team make Malaysia proud at a international level; and they have done it. So, this post is dedicated to the football team for all the hard work you all have done, and for all the disappointments you guys went through before finally clinching victory. I can really see teamwork in the way they played in both of the final legs, and I know they tried really hard. But sometimes I feel the Malaysian Football team is a bit too generous. I mean they are not greedy enough to keep on going for goals and more goals and more goals to torture their opponents. Ha ha. I don't feel that's bad, but I certainly hope the slight decrease in aggressiveness isn't because of overconfidence.

I also want to say that I'm really sorry for Mr. Kunalan because he didn't manage to score a goal even though he tried so much. I saw him running up and down between the two ends of the fields. I'm not surprised he ran the distance of a marathon in that game. Anyway, he actually vowed to try to get a goal but I guess En. Safee Sali probably helped get a goal in his place. Another two persons to congratulate are Mr. K Rajagobal and En. Khairul Fahmi Che Mat. The chief coach of the Malaysian squad, Mr. Rajagobal really helped in building up the national team along with all the assistant coaches. The goalkeeper, En. Khairul, made plenty of saves that were vital for the Malaysian team's win. In fact, when En. Khairul was about to go for the Indonesian penalty around the 18th minute, Mr. Rajagobal told him to dive to the left. Sure enough, En. Khairul dived left and saved the shot from Indonesia's skipper Firman Utina. Amazing? You tell me.

Here are some photos:

I got interested in football by watching it on TV. So, if the Malaysian football Team plays well on TV, then they don't have to worry about more people getting interested in the game. So, by now I think we can be pretty sure we'll have plenty of talented football players in the future if the Malaysian Team keeps this up. Yea, maybe not all will be superstars, but there will be a few youths or children out there who are either have talent or train very hard and get into the one of the training squads like Harimau Muda.

So, keep up the good work, Malaysian footballers! Because in the eyes of many, you are actually role models to the young footballers. Not necessary footy fans, but all sport fans will be influenced and encouraged by you guys. And maybe in the near future, Malaysia might and just might be one of the world's football powerhouse. XD

I've been thinking...

And I feel that all this while I've not been really impacting this blog, I'm not making a difference in peoples lives through this blog. I've only been pleasing you-the reader. What I mean is that I've been doing nothing on this blog but write, write and write about things around me- events, holidays etc. etc. All this has started to become monotonous. I'm not saying that it's bad to be just that but I want to share. I finally want to share about what I think about this about that. Yea, I do share my thoughts but not very often.

I'm actually very happy when someone gives a comment here or a smile there. (Ru Yen, Ara, Mom thanks for commenting!) Maybe I feel this blog is boring. Yes. I do know that many of you are reading this blog. So since you are already here, can you please just waste a minute or two to leave a line on the screen? Ha ha.

Erm...now I don't know what to say. Alright, conclusion is that I'll be writing my views on news or other stuff from now on. Is it okay?

P/S: And thank you for reading my blog and staying with me all this time, I appreciate it!

Of Knuckles and Giants

Well this isn’t about any Plants vs. Zombies gargantua or Harry Potter trolls. I’m writing about the day my two friends and I went to visit our ex-school. Let’s just say we went there because we wanted to see some teachers and students we know. We wanted to walk down memory lane, so to say. Haha.

One reason I’m writing this is because I’ve finally understood why the older generations used to say that the younger pupils are getting shorter and shorter. There could be two factors we think that way. It’s either because we are growing taller or the younger pupils are getting smaller and smaller. It could be both, too. In fact, I’m short for my age, so for me to think that way you can guess how genuine that is. But I’m mostly referring to the standard 2s and 3s, because many standard 6 fellows are taller than me.

Speaking of standard 6 fellows, one of my friend had a younger brother in that school so while three of us were at his class, I just got into a very weird conversation with a standard 6 pupil I don’t know at all. He asked me whether I knew how to crack my knuckles and I said yes. Then he cracked his knuckles and asked me if I could do that. I was speechless. I honestly didn’t know what to say, and that’s saying something about my social skills. In fact, I kind of ignored him, apologizing quietly. Anyway, I got to meet my friend’s brother. Maybe I’ll see him next year. My PMR year. Sigh.

Before that we were just walking around the school and then finally my friend stated the fact that we were like giants compared to all the standard ones. I was literally watching my step half the time because I didn’t want to knock any of them by accident. Well, when I was standard 1, I actually had fun just weaving around everyone, like a motorcycle weaving through traffic - everyone has to look out for you while you don’t have a care in the world. No wonder this school made a rule that no one was allowed to run in the school compound. But we little ones just found a loop hole- we skipped instead.

Anyway, we did meet some teachers, too; Like my former English teacher, Mdm. Mag and My standard one class teacher, Mrs. Chia. I’m actually a bit disappointed that my standard 6 class-teacher had moved to another school after becoming the headmistress there. One teacher told us that the pupils nowadays are exposed to many, many new kinds of technology from a very young age. iPhones, Plasma TVs… you name it. Yea, that’s quite true. I was exposed to TV from a young age, too.

So that’s about my trip with my friends to m ex-school. I realized from this outing that my fluency with the Chinese language has declined tremendously. *Sigh* I’m very sorry, mandarin teachers. But what can I do? I speak mandarin not so often now.

Christmas 2010

Today's Christmas and there is of course a atmosphere of happiness and celebration in the air.

Well, my Christmas with my family was pretty traditional. We had the same Christmas Eve's dinner as always. However this year there was a change in the venue- we had the dinner in my Uncles house instead of my aunt's.

Presents, presents. I don't know why I decided to give everyone a present this year, but good thing I manage to get some money otherwise I won't have anymore money left for other stuff. But I really felt a bit happy or dizzy from all these presents I was giving out. Positive. Yea, I was positive.

Anyway, why celebrate Christmas if you ain't gonna give a thing? Merry Christmas readers. =)

Trust and Obey

Trust and Obey

'Cause there's no other way

To be happy in Jesus

But to trust and obey

I learned this song in church a week ago, and I felt that I should have learned them when I was younger because they are so meaningful words. I think that if you are reading this you should repeat those words in your heart at least twice and ponder over them this Christmas.

What does it really mean to Trust God 100%?

Many times I have been very doubting and hesitating when it comes to leaving EVERYTHING to God. I just seem to be unsure of whether things will work out, in other words, I was unsure of God's success. I do know that He can do all things, but there is always this small, tiny fear in me that makes me only give 50% and not the max.

Obedience must come with trust, as the songs says. If we leave things to God, He will definitely do it perfectly. But we also have to obey when he asks us, maybe to go and talk to this person you hate or to tell someone about Christ or to just let go of your money.

Jesus did that. Christmas is ALL about Jesus. Christmas is ALL about Jesus. Christmas is ALL about Jesus. His love. His grace and mercy.

If you are a Christian then I hope this helps you out in some way. If you're not, I want you to know that God loves you and I hope this has maybe, maybe touched you in someway. You should know that the true Christmas is not only about giving but also thanking Jesus. =)

Merry Christmas. "Jingle bells, jingle b-.......

Mandarin-I Need It...

"Aunty, 可以买一包鸡饭吗? 我的桌子就在那儿. erm....要黑鸡."

(Aunty, can I order a plate of chicken rice? My table is just over there. Erm...and I want black chicken(roasted chicken).) XD

Yep. That's about the conversation between hawker and me when I ordered chicken rice around three months back. Since that day, I realized that how important Mandarin is to me and how bad my pronunciation is starting to become. You see, many Chinese hawkers speak only cantonese, hokkien or mandarin (all these are Chinese dialects) and I only know mandarin because I went to a Chinese school.

So, no matter what, I have to hold on to some of my mandarin even though it is tough to study. I have no problem with conversing in mandarin it is just the Chinese grammar is getting harder the higher the level I go. So, in exams, I usually get a C in the Chinese paper =D. Some of my friends hate Chinese, and I kind of dislike it too. But at least they have other dialects to hold on to. I, however only have mandarin unless my parents teach hokkien or cantonese to me.

So, conclusion, mandarin is sometimes useful!!! XD