Well....um...yeah

2012 is here. so...well......right....yeah. It's here. can't do anything about it. Just gaze back at the past occasionally.
Alright, down to business. I'm writing this to everyone I've come into contact with in the past. Well, first of all I want to say I'm sorry for anything I did or didn't do that may have annoyed xD, sadden, angered, negatively charged you. I'm very sorry. Please forgive my childishness, irresponsible attitude, selfishness, stupidity, ignorance, etc. I'll try my best to become a better person. Many have quoted the Bible that say the purpose in life is to love God and obey His commandments. The greatest commandment is to love your neighbour as yourself. So well, the point is I'll try to do that in the next year.

So that brings me to my new year resolution. It's nothing much. Just a few. But they mainly are:
1.
2. enjoy my youth to the fullest within God's boundaries and natural orders.

Guess I should start making a list of things I want to do before I die.......

So...well....um....
Right. The Embers are dying. 2011 is closing. The turn of the year is around the corner. So enjoy the last few moments of this year to the fullest.
 Happy New Year. God Bless.
Peace.

 

:)

Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes let me see
Beauty that made
This heart adore you
Hope of a life spent with you

Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that
You're my God
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me

King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly You came
To the earth You created
All for love's sake became poor

Here I am to worship

Here I am to bow down 

Here I am to say that

You're my God

You're altogether lovely

Altogether worthy

Altogether wonderful to me

I'll never know how much it cost

To see my sin upon that cross 

Whizzember

It's December already?! dyum.
Justin : http://jasspinkdiary.blogspot.com/2011/09/love-rides-rain-2012-korean-drama.html
http://www.dramabeans.com/2011/09/yoon-ah-cast-as-jang-geun-seoks-leading-lady/

Nothing much this holiday. Just clearing working camping eating watching . Definitely more than last year's.....so I'm content.
...
Unable to go for scout camp which just means i'm gonna be a failed scout.

Happy Holidays. Awaiting Christmas....

Well I'll won't be around for most of the rest of the month so...
CHEEERS.

November 11

Listen to this guy. 

He transposed this 1/2 note (:

Symbolic date to some-11.11.11

Here are some events happening on that particular date:

1. Loads of weddings

2.One Day on Earth, a world documentary event. http://www.onedayonearth.org/

3.Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens.http://www.crystalbridges.org/

and more..

I might have plans, but most probably I'll be at home. And daydreaming what I could have done but didn't.

Once again I wish SPM and STPMers all the best in your exams. College/Uni students too.

Time for a little couch-potato-ing.

great, interesting, weird movies.

The Adventures of Tintin

The Ides of March

Premium Rush

Nov's Chance

Less than an hour left till we enter November...maybe I should start studying Form 4.

A great breakthrough happened this week when most of the movies I was downloading were completed. But sadly, I'll just have to watch discreetly so I won't distract anyone from their studies.
Rainy season. Only time for outdoor games are in the morning.
Pottermore won't let me in. What rivalry do I have with you and Google+ ?
SPM is coming. So is STPM. Otherwise all exams for the year are over. Form 5 and 6s, God bless you in your exams. Hannah, Andrew and Jeremy, all the best.
Christmas is coming. And so is the turkey.

Time Flies.

Back to school life after the Deepavali holidays. Well, I believe that Form 3 is the best school year based on all the free time we're getting. Gotta enjoy every moment of this year cause the next is unpredictable.

With the sounds of the piano in the background, I'll stop here. 

Resembled by a Numbered Round Face

Life’s value is not its duration but its donation-not how long we live, but how fully and how well.

J. Oswald Sanders.

The shadow of my finger cast  

Divides the future from the past;

Before it stands the unborn hour 

In darkness and beyond thy power; 

Behind its unreturning line 

The vanished hour, no longer thine; 

One hour alone is in thy hands, 

The now on which the shadow stands. 

                                                 Found engraved on a sundial.

Make the best of your time 

                                Ephesians 5:16

Post-11.10.11

It's been over two weeks since the end of PMR. Never before had I studied so hard for chinese. = [
Well, the calmness has started to set in, I'm glad.

There  is an obvious difference between the events before PMR and after PMR. But it really doesn't matter, cause #itsjustPMR.
Here is some of the Post-PMR things I did/ situations I faced:
BOREDOM

Goodbye. 

It is making me wanna  try out some new vocabulary. Less than half the Form3s go to school now, and the only place in school I am occupied is outside the class. The school might have planned out a Post-PMR schedule for F3 students which is good but it isn't very great.
I spend about 10 minutes a day in a hypnotized state. 20 if it is a Friday.
FREEDOM
End of tuitions for the year. Not even sure of next year's tuitions.
No more studying, though my hands are itching to.
Old revision books and test papers recycled off. I keep da money.
Thinking of watching korean dramas. Anyone watched "the fugitive"?
Friends.
Daydreams.(about Food).
Books. la.
Food. la.

Pre-PMR I <3 Geography.

Riots
Vandalism
Shopping
Some philosophy (obviously not mine).
Comics. la.
Ticking off my to-do lists. (slowly)

Pile of revision books from the "smart box" I discovered Post-PMR.

etc.
REGRET
Ever heard about the dumb student and the smart box? I had a box of revision and textbooks which was never touched for months cause I thought I had taken out of it everything I needed. Well, less than a week after PMR, I discovered that there were still some books inside. Those books were good ones! And there was a Chinese essay book and some insanely good revision books. Dang. I'm scared now, especially for BC paper 1(estimated 17 wrong) and BM 1(estimated 12 wrong). no regrets no regrets no regrets....anyway, it's no use crying over cracked wands ( :
AFTERTHOUGHTS
Is there such a word ^? About PMR, mostly happy with most of the papers. Especially the #forgettable geography, maths, English ( : , history, kemahiran hidup papers. I managed to draw a smiley for every question and check the questions twice. My classmates including me were actually surprised, if not a bit disappointed ( ; with the standard of THOSE papers. I was in hot kim chi soup worrying about my history. But the test was so...so...argh. Praise GOD! Couldn't have got a mark without Him.
 I was actually smiling during BC paper 2, cause I guess all those hours looking up words in dictionaries, reading up essays, watching chinese dramas , and memorizing idioms did pay off. Also I really need to thank chinese friends who taught me. I can't remember what the teacher did...I guess I wasn't paying any attention... BM as usual. unpredictable. Keep it up, Education Department.
LAZYNESS
The silence dropping slowly. Zzz
UNSURE
...whether I should take chinese for F4. The only reason I would take is to teach tuition IF I even get abroad or get a higher chance to be hired for a job.
...what to do. Not that there isn't anything to do, there's too many. i.e: hacking, learning new stuff, reading F4 books...
...Which task to do first on my dolist.
...why the educational department wants to teach science and maths in B. Melayu. They proposed this four years ago and I hope it wasn't for politics. We already have History and Moral in BM. So, I hope they won't carry out the plan. Am glad that there have been protest over this matter.
FOOD
My aunt made basins of kimchi.
Had my first steamboat of the year : \
And renewed my cravings for McD. Awesome quarter pounder.
MISCELLANEOUS
In the midst of receiving bluray movies. Thinking of watching a Transformers, LOTR, HP marathon.
Having an interest for frisbees. Come to school and u'll see me holding a cracked one.
Lacking space in the PC. and I don't have the money to buy a external HDD.
Google+ not letting me use it. saying I'm underage. I made another account and put the exact same age as the one I put for my current one and expecto enternus I can use it. creepy.

That's all. Photoso:

Doodled like crazy out of desperation and boredom from studying.

PMR For Real

Some call it a war, a storm, a smoking volcano, a fight to the death......I call it an exaggeration of a test.

Sometimes all this stress gets to my head till I feel like a robot.

With PMR slightly more than 2 weeks away, I've gotta sign off here temporarily to save body energy because I need as much energy as possible for a switch from hyperdrive into #blackhole

So hopefully once PMR is over I'll be back in one piece...and smiling.

I leave you with this word: Arivederci

Sorry, no creativity seizures lately. ):

Anyway, to all PMR candidates I'll love to wish you all ALL the BeSt and GOD bless in your examination.

p/s: not forgetting you SPM and STPM candidates. Although your real exam is more than a month away, here some words of encouragement from Luke 1:37- Nothing, you see, is impossible with God.

Signing off here. Till 11.10.11.

Happy Merdeka Raya

Early it is but since i'm going off in a few moments i just wanna wish everyone a great hari raya and merdeka day TOMORROW!

filling up the space here.

                                      and over here,                

                             

                      and here. =)

happy holidays. and happy birthday ade!

reflection of light

credits to http://exoticallyblue.blogspot.com/

People can seem so blind when they look in the mirror. I'm one of them.

I'm Done with Trials

Now just got to study for the real thing and I'm all set to fly off!

Exam should be a game I play with myself. So far, the results have been elevating for me. I got a capital C for Chinese! Isn't that great?? You've got to appreciate the number of people in the first class especially who celebrate a grade as low as that! On the Other hand, I managed to put a foot on sejarah BM paper 1 kemahiran hidup and mash them up. All praise to God!

Gummy bears, some people were pretty depressed too. I don't blame them. IMAGINE putting all the effort in the world only to get  results that were far lower than what you expected.Well, gotta pick yourself ain't you? Just gotta work towards another direction and hope for all the best. Trials IS a blessing in THAT sense that you can find your errors and change your wrong method. Then, sometimes it works the other way round....

Right, I should be studying for PMR. Okay, just want to say that even the bible mentions that Jesus slept and asked for food because he was hungry. All the more we should take a break from studying(occasionally) and just relax. STPM, SPM, PMR-ers, all the best in your examination. I'll pray for you, and hopefully you'll pray for me.  

Irreversible

Are you let down by your trial results? Worked hard yet only managed to achieve slightly lower than your expectations? Well, if you knew the disappointment faced by Lee Chong Wei you have nothing to complain. The hope of Malaysia fought like it was a matter of life and death only to be manipulated on the threshold of victory. That’s true disappointment. Lee Chong Wei, we understand that no one can understand the intensity of frustration and inner pain from that unfortunate lost. It was obvious that you were struggling to win the mind games slapped in your face.

Still, have a little faith. You won’t fail again.

"Specialis Revelio"

I think I saw a - today. Maybe I just dreamt it up. Maybe you saw it too. Are you waiting for me to say that I’m just joking? Well, keep waiting, it could be coming…I don’t know. But think about it. Could you have seen a shadow ran past your car as you were going to eat at the nearby food court? Probably passed it off as a boy, but could that have been a-? Or maybe you saw something lurking in the shadows on the road near your favourite chicken outlet? A trick of the light I guess. Or probably you remembered vividly a panting creature run across a highway bridge; only to come running back the way it came a few minutes later-striding faster this time as though chased by an invisible object? And then again I could be joking and it is possible that none of the incidents mentioned above happened. If it is so, it would be pretty stupid of me to evoke your curiosity only to disappoint you later. So it is up to you to read on. Anyway, even if this creature was real, wouldn’t it have avoided detection? Surely it won’t come out at day or dusk when everything is orange? Let’s say even if it was real it would come out during the reign of the moon. So, I guess I’m mistaken, but it’s a matter of opinion. Anyhow, I don’t mean to involve you in petty discussions like this, I certainly won’t want to destroy your jubilant mood. But as a quote that you’ve heard a thousand times goes, I’m just saying.

Why am I speaking in riddles? Don’t you know? Can’t you see the mist of hopelessness and feel the chill of doom? Spells cast all around you; flying curses drawing arcs around you-is it all a dream? Everything transfiguring into dust, bright flashes of lightning; what could have caused this jinxed atmosphere? Expect the unexpected, trust no one, beware of hitherto unrevealed dangers, try to escape the approaching storm. Felix has failed. Wands out, it’s the season of magic. An era has ended; a new one begins. Remember: 7.14

p/s: pls excuse my cheesy first paragraph.

The End of an Incredible Ride

7.15-This date probably strikes people with excitement or sadness. Coon the last installment of the Harry Potter Movies will be out and Harry's story will end. but it'll probably live on in people's minds.

Though it is about magic, I actually love this series. I kind of see it like a modern classic. And although I love the books way better than the movies, I'm still excited to see this last one. I can still remember when the first movie came out 10 years ago (though I didn't watch it until much later), the movie was a hit among everyone fascinated by J.K. Rowling's masterpiece ad Harry's Story.

So, here we come to the threshold of the end of the trio's journey. Hopefully, we would step pver it once the door is open and look back and say it was an amazing experience.

Bak2u

I'm back from PJ. Hopefully, I'm ready for school. xD

These two weeks of holidays have been rather eventful. I managed to force myself to study the chinese ming ju, I found new friends, and I manage to improve on quite a number of skills.

So....I'm pretty satisfied with what I have done. Looking forward, among of the many events coming my way the one highlighted in bold is PMR. Penilaian Menengah Rendah, not as important as Sijil Pelajaran Menengah, still requires an amount of attention, since it helps me choose which stream I'm gonna enter.

Anyway, for now, I'm gonna enjoy the precious dying moments of this mid-term break before I enter hyperdrive.

Ha-ciao.

June

It is that wonderful time of the year again. But not so wonderful as Christmas.

Chomp

Philidor's Legacy, Fool's Mate, Scholar's Mate, dch.

I'm obsessed.

May-June Hols

At last....slow-pace life again. sigh.

Congratulations to Scott for winning the 10th American Idol. But I'll still support you, Casey and James, you guys make a good show.

Exams. Better than the last one but still average. But average is good. Coca-cola rocks by the way.

Sorry for that random comment. History was the most difficult for me. I guess it's because I didn't have enough time to study Form 1 and Form 2 stuff. But for chinese, I gotta say I did a whee bit better than the last time. I would actually like to thank Michael for opening his exercise book for doing some last-minute revision cause I saw the author of a ming ju (idiom) exactly at that moment when i looked over his shoulder. I think the ming ju was 天网灰灰, 疏而不失. And believe it or not, is was in one of the questions! This was not the first this happened. Remember the science test incident last year. Well, this was about what happened then, too.

Kungfu Panda is back, Pirates of the Caribbean too.

I actually would want to thank everyone that helped me in the Sejarah Folio this year. It was a great time asking for your help. Thanks Jus, Nav, Ade, Logan, Kan, Wai Kin, Jing Y and Joa.

21st May

Some say it's doomsday tomorrow. But I say it's Saturday =D.

Okay, why even bother when the end of the world and the glorious coming of the Saviour of the World is?

Don't get me wrong, what I mean is, don't waste your time calculating and checking and worrying about the date and time, but like the Word says, be ready always (that's about what it said)!

2012, the day after tomorrow, etc.

These movies show that the people were caught by surprise when the apocalyptic destruction came. That is true about doomsday. No human can be accurate about when it will happen. Just be ready. Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow, it could be any day. So-

Haciao

Advertising

The following content may be insulting and slightly controversial. Please take note that none of the following content refers to anyone in particular. Whatever that is written is just from my point of view and the reader is not compelled to take heed or to be discouraged by what I have written.

From what I have seen and heard, I think many salesmen today are good liars. I mean no insult. But unfortunately, I have seen several salesmen giving talks or coming up to you, just to make their product SEEM better than what it really is. I'm sure many of you are no stranger to this kind of advertising.

If you would weigh these two odds together- selling things and advertising them for they really are and getting few customers who are still satisfied OR exaggerating the quality of your products and getting lots of unsatisfied customers- in the long run, wouldn't the former succeed more than the latter even though the latter would start out better? So, I feel all these dishonest salesmen are only worried about the present. You have to consider the future sales, too.

Anyway, I'm nothing close to a working person let alone a successful professional so my views are just from my point of view. However, I believe most customers would look at the integrity of a salesmen, therefore it is important to be honest in business and in life. I know that because many wise consumers tend to test the salesmen if he is telling the truth i.e. if anything he says contradict another thing he or his partner says, so that they know they are getting their money's worth.

Gasp*, enough of the thinking stuff. The conclusion is when I go applying for jobs after I graduate, I don't think "advertising" or "salesmen" would be on my list of jobs to apply for. However, I am definitely not discouraging anyone interested in this sector. I never said that ALL salesmen are dishonest. But my views are this: it is not as good to work alongside dishonest men as working with people you can trust. Do you agree or not?

It is up to you. Still, the world needs all kinds of businessmen or salesmen in the marketplace. So, if you have set your mind on this as a career, don't let anyone hold you back except divine intervention.

that's about all.

Ha-ciao

Missing

It has been missing for a few weeks already. =)

These pictures were taken about a month ago because the shoes was so nice. I do believe it was one of the best school shoes I ever had. Volleyball prints on the sole, an upward curve in the shoe for better comfort and awesome red color, it was very useful. Cheap, too. *sigh, so I'm a little disappointed it got lost.

How it got lost? Well, I walked out of the computer lab and my shoes weren't on the shoes rack. FYI, shoes are prohibited in the lab. So I walked to the shops opposite the school to wait for my mum in my socks. In fact, I thought it was fun(sillysmile). About the disappearance, I didn't make anyone mad and I know i didn't misplace it.

It's just gone. Mysterious disappearance. And I just wasn't mad. I keep thinking it is someone playing a joke on me and one day that pair of shoes will come back. If I don't get it back, I hope the person that took it would use it properly. If it is not in the hands of a human, then....ah well.

I 'm not angry. My parents were angry. That was surprise for me. Well, it's just shoes.

Okay, so it's lost. I can't do much, I've told the teacher in charge. So...

Ha-ciao

Psychology

play it.

Please don't use it on me. =)

Triumphant Death

Ali bit off the snake’s head as he breathed his last. (Weird, I know)

Call it what you like- a tragic win, a fatal triumph, a hero’s death – This kind of scene is very popular in dramas, novels – fiction and sometimes non-fiction, and even classics.

That’s just some random stuff. Currently, I have some good news, I’ve done sejarah folio. The bad news (there has always been) is that there is still much more to do. Geo folio, mid-term tests, trials and who knows what. So I guess this is the time where I have to switch to turboboost mode.

Many unique ideas are born from accidents, yet there are no accidents.

Slightly confusing but quite, quite true.

Oh, and I nearly forgot...this is my 100th post!!!! :D :D

Ha-ciao.

A Taste of Bile

I got last in class, 100th in the standard. Humilating enough.

About Pens and Chess Sets

sigh*

this might be slightly depressing but I have a tendency to drop ALL my pens. =)

That's why I'm scared to use g'soft cause once dropped, it's twice leaking. Pens are still pretty awesome stuff that let you record down stuff on pieces of dried pulp.

About Chess, well, I'm playing it. In a competition. So, yeah, I'm nervous.

April and May seem to be the busiest time for me apart from PMR season-competitions are just everywhere non-stop during this period, especially ones I'm interested in. Volleyball, chess, mighty minds, debate, saintis muda and exam(not a like).

Chess sets. I want to bring up something important about them. I noticed that some companies are creating the chess boards the wrong way! Well, at least they are folding it the wrong way. Let me explain. When you are facing a chess board the left corner square on the row nearest to you should be black( the darker color). Well, some companies have folded the chess sets the wrong way which means when the fold is horizontal, the left corner square on the first row is white ( the lighter color). So you have to turn it in such a way that the fold is vertical towards you in order for the board to be placed the correct way. So please take note of this when you're buying a chess set. =)

That's about all for now.

Ha-ciao.

ha-ciao

A Kick in The Butt

I got one slap in the face when I received my maths test paper today. 73%.

Ouch. What made it worse was the amount of people getting 90% and higher. There were three people who got full marks. So, of course I feel bad. I know I could have done better.

I like maths and science and used to be very good in them. Maybe I loosen up these few days but now I have realized that I shouldn't do that anymore. No more slacking for me. I need as much 'A's as possible in this year's PMR. Need to go science stream.

In tuition today, teacher was like talking about physiological stuff and said studying doesn't need a quite and clean environment. You just need concentration and everything that you read will enter your head. By the way, speaking of brains, I used to look down at this organ, usually comparing it with the computer. What I found out is that the human brain is in a class of it's own. It is probably more than 10 times faster than any microprocessor in today's world. I'm sorry God, for undermining your work and creation. Sigh.

Anyway, my teacher told us that he used to be very playful, but when it came to the classroom, he would focus 100% so that after class he could just throw away his books and go and play without a worry because he had all the information in his head. And he prooved to his friends that he could get good results with that method by getting a a straight As in Diploma. Awesome, right? Well, if he can do that, why not we? Maybe not to the degree of throwing our books =) away but why not we concentrate in class so that when we revise it'll be a piece of banana cake. MUNCH.

Ha-Ciao

Suck-a-Punch

Finally it's out. It was officially in Malaysian cinemas on march 24th but I had no time to watch it cause I was stuck in middle of my exams. Now, that my examinations are over, I'm dying to watch suckerpunch. I don't care what the review says-who cares if the storyline is bad? There's so much action and adventure you won't notice it. At least the trailer is awesome.

Ha-Ciao.

Shrinking and Expanding or Just Growing

I'm going for CF camp tomorrow so I'll leave you to read this post while I'm gone. I'm super rushing now cause I have to wake up 5 am tomorrow.

I recently had trouble fitting into my jogging shoes. So I'm writing this short story about the feeling everyone goes through when they can't fit into their favourite clothes or gear. Oh, and I dedicate this to Ara, for encouraging me and just for fun.

The steady thumps of his footsteps were muffled by the fallen leaves strewn all across the forest floor. It was mushroom season. And as a tradition in his family everyone had to go and pick as many edible mushrooms in the Lickle Forest. The mushrooms would then be cooked over a roaring fire and served as a feast.

He grumbled silently to himself. Who cares about mushrooms and traditions. All this time he could be doing more profitable things like video taping birds in the sky. He gingerly splash across a stream. Now his shoes was stained. His favourite shoes which were woven from scratch by his beloved grandmother. Mushrooms, mushrooms and mushrooms. Stupid umbrella shaped -Was that a crunchycornyshroom?

The purplish green mushroom was rarely spotted in the area and some say it had magical powers that could do who knows what. And there it was, lying just beside a clump of bamboo plants. There were a few tapioca plants nearby, too. If he managed to dig out the tubers, his family was in for a feast like no other. Anyway, the crunchy-something-shroom stood there harmless and beautiful.

He tiptoed nearer and touched it. Murderous pain burned every single cell in him and his clothes started to rip. His shoes were disintegrated. His gloves lay in shreds on the damp ground. He was now taller than the trees. He could just make out his mother sitting idly beside the barbecue pit where the mushrooms were suppose to be roasted. Suddenly, his body stopped expanding. He was probably thousands of feet tall. Shoes, clothes everything all thorn. Well, at least he had a nice birds eye view from up here.

Yea I know it's lame, but I'm in a rush you see. So enjoy reading and have a good hols.

March events

This is becoming boring, isn't it? exams over and over again.

But just to inform you, a monthly exam is coming up very soon. 23-25march.

I don't feel anything. It's just another exam anyway. I'm just gonna see how much I've learnt, that's all. Hehe.

Volleyball competition is coming but my team's not in because we lack team members. So these few days, I would be asking everybody..."do you wanttojoin volllleeyball?"

Mr Wong, our principal, retired on Wednesday. There were quite a lot of teary faces but to summarize the entire experience-it was a once in a lifetime experience. It's not everyday, your principal retires. Mr Wong, in my opinion, is a responsible person. He cares for his students very much. However, there is much criticism that happens behinds his back. I hope most of them are not true. I admit that I also had small prejudices towards Mr Wong. But I believe that despite some of his weaknesses, he tried his best to keep the school in order. Anyhow, I thank you Mr Wong for your contributions to our school. Oh, and happy birthday.

Speaking of birthdays, there have been many birthdays the past few weeks. To anyone who is celebrating your birthday this month-Happy birthday.

guitars and backward sets rock.

What I needed all these years-music,plugged

I need a MP3 or MP4 player. Yes, I still don't have one. I need some music blasting in my ears when I feel bored, discouraged, lonely, or not in the mood for studying. I truly believe it will fire me up. It's like a micro person or band or musical instrument in your ear, and if there is a good lyric and rhythm, it would be a very nice experience. That's the lure of portable music-for me. Others would put the volume to full blast just to hear the instruments. And some would listen intently to catch the lyrics. And some just enjoy the rhythm. Yet there are a few that can't hear it, I'm glad I haven't met one yet.

If I would be given a choice, I would like either an Apple ipod(any one) or Creative Zen's MP3 and MP4 players. I'm not fussy about the capacity. 8GB or above would be awesome though. 160GB? XD. I just want good sound quality! With Definitely a good birthday present. But I shouldn't hope too much.

I'm not sure whether they're all still selling, though.

Anyway, if I jammed it up with a Skull Candy/awesome headphones.....perfect.