A Reason Not to Smile

Currently fighting an inner-conflict. I was kidding. I still can smile.

Something is really annoying this week. It's so annoying that I can't stop thinking of it. I won't tell here specifically about it, but let me say it's so extremely annoying~

Let's move on. I'm currently juggling between revision, homework and guess what? Songwriting. With totally zero music theory inside my cerebrum, plus my not-so-melodious vocals, and...my limited guitar skills, I don't think it'll be a beautiful song. But who cares. Composing lyrics is a fun and relaxing thing to do. Here's one of the verses:

The fluffy white clouds,
The laughter and the shouts,
The smiles on our faces
Bring me back to those places..

I got the inspiration during our kerja taman for Sivik. :)

p/s: Going to school tomorrow!
...and Arthit Ching Duang on tv!!

Reasons to Smile (Today)

God's blessings are in all sorts of ways. Maybe sometimes we overlook on the small things which can make us smile, maybe sometimes we're just lazy to think much about the beauty of blessings we receive everyday.

There are a lot of reasons to make me smile, grin and laugh today.

During our English Language lesson we had a great time singing "Waka Waka" accompanied by two pieces of guitars. Till now, that song is still ringing inside my head. Gab and Arbut played the guitars, Ghee Seng singing cheerfully, the other boys followed, we girls waved our hands and followed throughout the chorus. I felt disappointed that we didn't record it, we just wished we could. Words can never reflect the atmosphere of that moment. I felt something, something hard to explain - :') Thank you very much, Miss Roseline for today's English lesson. It was totally unforgettable.

I brought my guitar (for the second week now) to play during ISCF. There were another three pieces of guitar so it was more lively. Plus, the other girl (who I don't know what her name is) played so far beyond my ability. She's really awesome~ After that, we had a brief talk about 'blessings' so that pretty much explains why my intro of this post starts like that :)

Then, there was the scorching sun. 1.45 pm sitting at the canteen, plus without even taking an afternoon bath is something torturing, I have to admit. Sleepy, hungry, bored and all sorts of feelings mixed inside my mind. However, one thing for sure was that I admired the things around me today. The bright sky, the beautiful fluffy clouds, everything was beautiful. After a short while, one of my friends spotted Cikgu Paul (our Sivik teacher) - he was standing so far from us that we all denied it was him. After a brief argument, off we went to see him. Obviously, it was really him.

Our job was to replant the grass to another location situated in front of Blok 8, that's metres and metres away from Blok 3. The glamour name of this job: KERJA TAMAN, sometimes we just get it mixed up with "Kerja Amal" but who cares. It wasn't an easy job to do. If you're not sweating it means that you weren't even there. I have pretty much evidence to say that it wasn't easy. Not all of our classmates came. Many people try to avoid it.

Yet, there are blessings in such activity. We were exhausted, our faces did turn red, our hands do hurt but in turn, we had a memorable moment. A great one. There were intervals between work, jokes, work, photo-taking, work and so on and so forth. Cikgu Paul brought along his DSLR camera. We took gazillions of group photos with backgrounds of nature, one photo had our beloved Blok 8 as the background (I suggested so, and the teacher seemed to like my idea). Ah, you know that I dream of a DSLR camera. Photography is awesome.

There were "kangaroo jokes", "geng pongkes" etc. I am sure the boys will upload our photos soon on FB. Then I think I'll put some here ;)

Today, I've learnt a lot of lessons. No matter what kind of person I'll be tomorrow, no matter where I'll end up after schooling, I will never ever forget this day. For I have a lot of reasons to smile today :) [Aww, I'm being melancholic].

Thank you, LORD.

Hypocrisy

[I wrote this yesterday, 8th July 2010, 2.00pm]

Situation 1: Some people in the class were talking bad about A. Then not even an hour later, you saw them saying "hi" to A with a friendly smile.

Situation 2: C and D were gossiping about A. You went online that same day and logged in to Facebook . Then, you saw C commenting on A's status with a very friendly manner as if C likes A.


I bet these two situations are very common in our lives. I've encountered such things almost everyday. It's weird how people can act as if they didn't say anything bad (behind) the same person they passed by and said "hi" to. It's scary if you think too much about it. However, I find that hypocrisy is a fun thing sometimes. Consider this situation:

Situation 3: A class of 30+students were inside the computer lab (without a teacher). As you know, it's an enclosed room with air-conds so no matter how loud you talk, people outside won't hear you (I guess so). Back to the situation. One of the students, (let me call him G *bukan nama sebenar) was asking the whole class about their opinion regarding the planned class t-shirt. Everyone (not really) was on top of their voices arguing on the colour. Some were 'skiing' on the slippery tiled-floor (which is so fun to do).
Suddenly, the saw a shadow on the windows. G quickly said "Okay, case closed!" although the discussion wasn't even over yet! Everybody returned to their respective seats. One or two persons held their books (as if they were diligently reading). In a blink of an eye, the class turned silent. The teacher came in. They stood up, saying "Good morning, teacher!" with a mischievous smile on their faces.

Now you see, hypocrisy really is fun in certain situations.
We pretty much practise hypocrisy, don't we?? XD

A Great Day to be Remembered!

Today is just awesome! School was great till the final bell, I enjoyed myself a lot today and it seems that I've forgotten all the tiredness I had during the start of the week.

First of all, two of our teachers didn't enter the class - so after some reading (and I felt bored of reading after some time) I decided to play Bingo with Epi. That sure have brought back good memories to us. It's been ages since I had my last Bingo game. We managed to attract other friends to join - Dila, Harvie, Mav~ haha, but after a while I felt bored too :D

I had photo-taking sessions for BM Club and Volleyball Club, so I wasn't really in the class after that. Angela and me then went straightly to the koperasi for recess - haha because there was a MEGA sale. My school's koperasi is the best in the world! It's like a mini hypermarket for the students. You can't even move or drag your feet when you are in the crowd.

This is the best part of today: FIRE DRILL! For me, this stuff is really a good memory to be remembered during my final year at this school. I mean, wow, for 5 years here..I can't believe that today's the first time we had a fire drill. The atmosphere was great! :")

Again, I came for ISCF today, but there's a difference in me. I brought along my guitar. I played. I sang, I felt the spirit in me. I was shaking- today I am no more a bedroom guitarist. I am officially not a lonely guitarist anymore. With my minimum skills (I didn't say that, Cikgu Lily did) :D I played 3 songs in front of 30+ people. I will continue to do so and I'm sure I will improve for God has given me this potential (Thanks to Cikgu Lily for her encouraging words).

So now, shall you excuse me for a while. I NEED to spend 30 minutes in front of the TV to watch Slam Dunk.