Hello October, Goodbye Classroom

We failed to pay for the rental fees. As a result, they kicked us out of the classroom.

NO. That was not what had happened this morning. We had to bid farewell to our beloved maroon-ish classroom to leave it into the hands of Form 3 students who are going to sit for their PMR. If you saw me this morning, ehem, I was the one who hugged my table emotionally, I was also the one who felt the texture of the blackboards with the palms of my hands and gazed at the bright morning sky melancholically. Okay, enough with the insanity.

In a shorter sentence:
We moved to another classroom situated much nearer to the toilet, canteen and lab.

Now that we're in a new place, a weird feeling creeps in me. We had fun this morning - laughing, taking pictures and doing other sorts of fun stuffs. Why do such fun moments never seem to appear when we were much free, I mean during our Form 4? Everytime I grin, something else passes through my mind. SPM.

Life in Form 5 is (one of) the most beautiful moments in my life so far. To balance the fun and effort would be a sweet success from now on.

Back to chemistry notes. Good night.

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

The Delayed Post...

I went to Sibu on the 1st June, obviously just for fun. (Thanks to my limited skills of putting a grumpy face emoticon here). You don't need to know the story.

This is the market. Wah, nice sentence huh?

And this is called a drum set. A live band came to make a performance, obviously. I think on the 31st May (sorry for my low memory capacity).

The drums and PA system. What's a PA system by the way? (Okay, I googled it).

Taarraaaa...this is the engkerumung, my second favourite musical instrument after guitar. Quite easy to improvise on. Fun too. However solo playing is not that fun. It should be accompanied with the others to make it more fun.

And finally, the Rubiks cubes. Mine with my cousins'.

So, what's all these pics? I thought it was supposed to centre on Gawai, drunk people, ngajat, kids wearing traditional costumes. Gah, sorry for my laziness. Waiting pics to upload is not so fun.

Public Speaking Competiton 2010

...for the language month in my school.

If you thought that I was representing my school, that would be a great joke. Until now, I just can't fight my nervousness. My hands were damn shaking and I just can't stop it. How I wish I had enough confidence.

...And I guessed I've chosen the wrong topic. Everyone was talking about huge stuffs such as pollution, smoking, this and that with all sorts of statistics, but my script seems to be the odd one out. I have to say it was actually quite boring and lame.

However...it's not just about winning that you want to join a competition. The participation is most of the time much more important. That's what Mr. W said. Yep, I love stuffs like this because the truth is, I am challenging myself indirectly to face this some sort of challenge. In simpler words, I don't want to run away from things like this. I want to face it. I also wanted to see how much confidence have I gained after all this while. The answer to my question is: I'm still the same. I've not improved yet in terms of confidence. My ears felt like burning. I just don't know why certain people can really relax without feeling nervous.

I was the 5th contestant out of 14. I didn't gain any position. (Haha) and I'm actually betul-betul laughing to myself right now. If you know who I am, I'm sure that you know how optimistic am I. I love competitions because it teaches us how to accept defeat. I don't mind, really, because the winners deserved it. They were awesome! My classmate, Su Nyuk, got 2nd place and I'm proud that at least a person from my class was able to cover malu for the other Form 5 contestants. [Giggling].

So that pretty much sums up my day today. A lovely Thursday, I have to say.

...and this is one of the factors making it such a lovely Thursday :p

The BiG Day

Oh boy, it has been a cerita basi. Blame my PC for troubling itself, causing me to frown all day long and just lay my fingers on the fretboard of my black Kapok.

Move on..
Friday, 13th November 2009

It was a HUGE MASSIVE BIG day.

Remember my post "Smile at Me and You've Inspired My Days", the last year's post? Well, I think this time it's quite similar to that one. Not exactly but maybe a little similar.

Waiting in front of the administration block with teachers walking here and there in front of you is so not cool. But with the other maroon-necktied students with you, plus a bunch that yo get along well with, it was no big deal at all. To make it easy I just used the strategy of "turning up the corners of your lips" and greet good morning.

Mc and I set off to do our job without being instructed. We knew what we had to do, and by 6.45am I guess I needed to take a shower again. So after that we were confident that there were no more visible rubbish around the hall area. Case closed for that, but to my horror I did not realise that I should have entered the hall by that time. It was all because I was late finishing my job with Mc. I got sounded even before the so-called "BiG day" started, and frankly speaking that was extremely so not cool. I've always been sensitive over small things (such as dealing with angry-faced or stern voices of teachers) and honestly I totally don't enjoy it as it makes my heart thumps like there are elephants running in my veins and arteries (because of nervousness). Not complaining, but but now you see the contrast between "smile at me and you've inspired my days" with "frown at me and you've ruined my days". The former sounds so much better than the latter.

The worst moment is when I was called again because there were still tiny bits of rubbish IN FRONT of the hall. I bade farewell with my red bean bun (which I just had bit my first bite on it), went out of the hall and again made sure that this time it really looks like paradise. At the same time, I regretted for typing out the phrase of "search me if you see any rubbish tomorrow" n the previous post. So it really DID happened. The only difference is I didn't run away like a little rat.

To cut it short, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT:
(I make it sound so grand, wah)

-> Zera came, but we didn't have the chance to talk with each other for a long time as I was sitting at the other side.

-> I really enjoyed to one of the speeches which was impressive to me. Yeah, I'm a nerd~

-> Chris came during the middle of the event, causing me and Cynthia to "eh..Chris! Chris!" sambil waving frantically to him.

-> As expected, I enjoyed the juniors' performance of Bicara Berirama. This time I double enjoyed it as they were wearing proper costumes. Oh, I just love it. I regretted for not recording it :(

-> I felt nervous getting up of the stage. This time, there were less smiling faces compared to last year.

-> The Chinese songs were beautifully performed. Everything was perfect. The guitar, the violin, the voices / main vocals and the arrangement were all beautiful.

-> Choral speaking performance was superb. "Cute" and I loved it.

-> The best moment is when we finally gathered gathered with one another before and after receiving the PMR award. Taking photos was the most fun part! :D

-> Oh ya, and this time there's a handycam throughout the event. I tell this because last year they only used cameras. xD

That wasn't the end of the story. After everything ended, I had to stay to help out. Not just me, but the whole prefects too. But this is no fun story. It's not a happy ending. Honestly it left us furious with our "team mates". Over 80+ (oh, I dunno the actual number) of us, only 20+ were to be seen. Where were the others? Where's the team spirit of prefects? Again, I am so not complaining haha. I'm also not mad with you guys lah. I've forgotten the tired-ness already. What's important now is SCHOOL HOLIDAYS HAS JUST STARTED! No matter how angry and mad I felt that day, I'll forget about it because we won't meet each other until next year! Hahahahahahahahaha (going insane). Gah~

Mixed Feelings..

The Prefects' Programme thingy this evening was awesome. Although I had to skip and sacrifice my evening nap, I felt contented that at least today is not just wasted. What I say by wasted - well usually I do nothing for the whole evening. At least the activities were really something.

It was a light moment, enjoying chicken rice with a huge group, singing songs with the rest of the prefects (okay, I didn't realise that my terrible voice was on top of the others), listened to a ceramah which was not really boring as other ceramah-ceramah I've ever attend. Oho, and the highlight for today: the group activity!

We were divided into 10 groups of 8 prefects - and I wasn't delighted at all the first moment I saw my group members. I only truly knew 2 of them - the others, oh, It's just hard to remember other people's name although they really know my name. None were my current classmates. I was worried that we couldn't cooperate (you should really see their undelighted faces). Oh no, I'm judging.

So the task was to carry (or more accurately - balance) a plastic cup filled with water which was put inside a container by using strings. (I guess pictures are better for explaining this). The route was from the hall - computer lab - administration block - canteen - back to the hall. To say it was easy, no, it wasn't because a few groups didn't really make it back to the hall. To mention that it was tough, also not quite I guess, cooperation and humour made it a little easy. Impin as the group leader was not even an inch of mistake. I miss him as a friend - he used to be my classmate since primary 5 till form 3, an active and hilarious fellow - it's just sad to think that we're not classmates anymore. He's the right person - he made us laugh a lot until I didn't notice that my group members were not too bad after all. They're superb! We managed to overtake 3 groups in front of us and that moment was really fun! And yes, they yelled a lot.

I'm in a dilemma. The activities will be continued next Monday. I'd love to come but ohh - Add Maths tuition at 6pm and the next day will be the first day of exams. BM paper..Should I come or just forget about it? But there'll be a competition on menganyam ketupat - one of my 'abilities' that I would really love to share for my group to win! School is not just about scoring A's after all. Sometimes we just have to open our eyes on such simple things and gain some memorable times. However, I am pretty much worried. Worried that I'll screw up the next day. This is just horrible. I wish it was conducted earlier~

I'll leave my worries for a while. Next story..
Although exams are just around the corner, I'm feeling bad because I can't feel the pressure. This week witnessed a lot of weird stuffs - "singing session" (My classmate Jin Cheng has an unbelievable melodious voice that you will certainly love to record and upload on YouTube), "showing-off some rap", and class was simply not as usual. The class is planning to have a party next Monday. I'm really looking forward to it, especially the performance by our class guitarists.

As usual, no one is reading this, right?

O.C.T.O.B.E.R

Oh, look - we're coming closer towards the end of the year
Cheh, it feels like yesterday I entered Form 4
The hectic lifestyle - wow, I'm getting used to it
Of course it's tiring, but still sometimes fun
Books on the table, the floor, the bed - and everywhere
Enough to indicate that homework never ends
Ray diagrams of Physics, please stick in my head!~

That was fun - and that is what I could summarize about my start of October. Time seems to be extra fast this year. I can't believe next year will be my final year in school.

Written spontaneously =)
Peace

Fun With PhotoScape

As a fan of D2B, I should never forget to try out their pictures first although no one talks about D2B nowadays :(

Big D2B. Compared to any other Thai artists, I have hundreds of his pictures. Although he's gone, I hope his fans still remember him. Fans who want to save this pic, go ahead.

NUVO. My current obsession hehe..This is fun~

:) :) :) Handsome + Guitarist + Great character in "Battle of Angels" = enough to make me attracted to Kong Nuvo~

I'm on my way to make more. For a noob like me, PhotoScape is fun. For a pro..hehe, use photoshop instead~

It's Thursday..

..no!~ The school holidays will end soon. Grr..I love holidays. After this I have to be mentally and physically prepared for the UK II results. Oh no~

Proudly stating here that my task for the SR is already complete. I don't want to do it all on the eleventh hour. It was a relaxing task, typing the last two essays was real fun. The reason is, ehem (believe it or not), I typed it while WATCHING Nuvo's concert videos. Yep, WATCHING (and of course listening). How did I do it? I also don't know. When the solo part appeared (Kong's) I shifted my attention. Then back to typing. Hope there won't be any typing errors. If not I'm dead roast meat. xD

I'm ready to add some songs in my mp3 player again. Silly me, I accidentally deleted the "Thai Rock" file. Luckily I still have it here. Fuh~

My Kapok is lying on the bed. That's not the main point. Yesterday I printed out same thai song lyrics with chords. Eg. Soot Soot Pai Lerei, La-Ong Dao etc. Currently learning to play those songs. It's fun, but too bad it sounds terrible. Maybe my guitar is out of tune again. have to check later on.

One word to define my day: Tired. I really want to sit here longer, but I think this is too much. My eyes are tired~ My mission before this holiday ends might not be possible to be accomplished. (To many missions make it impossible). One of it is to master "Leuk Sut Jai" - fingerstyle one. It's too difficult for me. The second one is to understand scales. Still sounds ridiculous. Looks like it's a long way to go.

End of post, keep on rockin' (with Thai songs)
*Smiles*

It's Friday!

I love Fridays. Very very much. Goodbye UKII, say hello to holidays! Yeahaa.. I've been waiting for this time for ages. Can't believe that now I can forget (for a while) about all those electrochemical series, formula of std deviation, mesophyll pallisade (is that how the professors spell it) thingy.

The gig I told you guys in the previous post wasn't really cool. I mean it was cool, but not so fun as last year. With no Impin around, it feels weird. Last year, whenever they bring their guitars, the will jam together - a specific song, sing together, pretending to have drums and it was really lively. This year they just bring their guitars but don't seem to really play together. It's more less like "you teach me and I teach you" this year. Well, I still think it's a lot more better than the Dahlians who are facing extinction of boys who are musically inclined. I'm not mengutuk, I'm just trying to "compare and contrast".

My fingers must be very happy today. Met with a Santa Cruz, a Fendar (not a spelling error fellas), a semi-acoustic Santa Cruz (waooww..), and the kenalan lama, Kapok. Santa Cruz is Griffin's, semi-acoustic is Harvie's, Fendar is Gareth's and Kapok is Mavrick's. Surprisingly my ear has a chemistry with Gareth's Fendar. It was the right time to compare and contrast - and I finally have to admit the Fendar has the best sound among all. I still can't figure out why. That was the fun part - trying out all of the guitars!

I recorded myself playing a few Thai song on the guitar and singing along last night. No way, I'm totally not going to upload it because it really does sound terrible. Should I blame my Kapok? Or it is just me who's at fault for not playing well? I don't no. No one is here to judge how bad or good I play. I wish I had somone to teach me. Whatever, I'll keep on playing just for fun (eventhough deep inside I dream to play fingerstyle superbly one day). Heehee..

My guitar string (G) needs to be changed in a few months time from now I guess. Yesterday I noticed that it's already pecah but not putus yet. (oh man, not again..)

There's a melodica on my table. I'm figuring out how to play it. But no, I still don't know.

Guess that's all. I'm really in the mood of holidays.
I cannot endure in silence.
I still want a Fender Strat. Please fall from the ceiling. Please.
~talking nonsense again~

Another Week, More Great Stuffs

I'm out of ideas for the title. I know it doesn't seem to be attracting at all. There are actually lots to be told about this week, although it's only Thursday today. I can't wait for Friday or Saturday. I must post an entry, because my blog is not more than a lazy blogger's blog. You get what I mean, ah..just forget about it. I feel weird for those who can post up to 20 entries in a month.

So gladly saying my battle in UK II is gonna end TOMORROW. However I'm declaring that today is the end day. (Tomorrow's gonna be Sivik heehee..)

I bought an Mp3 player for myself last Sunday. Go on. Laugh. I'm 16 years old and this is the first time I own an Mp3 player. Must sound weird for Hi-so kids eh. Nonetheless, I thank God for building up my character as me - a person who can really save a ringgit a day until I am able to get this dream of mine. Goodbye precious money in the piggy-bank, say hello to this awesome thingy that will enable me to feed my ears with (ehem) what else? - Thai songs. Now it's time for me to cut it off from my wishlist.

This will be awesome. No need to copy Sejarah notes with brainache (new disease ay?).
I always remember Madam Yeo's tips on copying History notes. NEVER make yourself feel the burden - switch on the radio. Lols. Radio.

Last Tuesday was probably a big day - my first experience holding a drumstick with my own hands. Man, I can feel the 'feeling' inside. (I'm not talking about Cornetto you guys). Still wondering when on earth am I going to be able to hold a Fender Strat. By the way, thanks a bunch, Dila.

Song Kram Nang Fah (Battle of Angels) is gonna end next Monday, according to my 'prediction' and 'research'. Perfect ending, you guys. Don't worry. (I already have it in my mind, no surprises. YouTube is always there). Perfect timing also - next Monday is holiday!!! It's more fun to watch on tv - that's why I'm happy. :D

Tomorrow seems to be a big day for the guys in my class. There's gonna be a gig. Everyone's talking Guitar, taking Guitar and loving Guitar at the age of 16. I wish I could join them, (but I'm just a girl..) Ehee..I love it when they bring their guitars and show off their talents. It's really something that can push you to practise harder. I'm just awful. Already 4 years befriending a Kapok but still no awesomeness. (Well, there is no judge for awesomeness and attractiveness, right?) So I'll just keep on playing on my own way because I don't have anyone to teach me.

UK II stories - Add Maths, Physics and Chemistry were quite (weirdly) ok. The shocking one was Bio. Surprisingly tough. I'm not expecting much. The others were as normal.

Wow, so many things to say.
I must study for Sivik. Peace and God bless.
Thanks for reading this long and boring entry. Comments are most welcomed.

Chin Chinawut !!!!!!!!!!!

More stories and pics next weekend! ;)
My 1st time in my life seeing a hot Thai artiste live! I'm so sakai right now.


Have to iron my uniform.
Peace.


21st June, here I am to share the story :)


Chin Chinawut..do you know him? Man, he's such a cutey. And for that reason I sacrificed a lil bit of my time to see him live! He was here to promote the drama, Love18 and there will be season 2 soon. Can you even believe that the parking space was full? We were pretty late, just about a few minutes past 3pm. There were lots of people! I just couldn't believe my eyes. When I arrived Chin and the rest of the actors (I don't know their name, seriously) was busy singing the Love18 ost. Then as I tried to look for a strategic place so that I could see him clearly (unfortunately I didn't get one), I heard him teaching his fans Thai language. He said he feels great.

Then I had to go to the next level for the sake of getting a clearer view but alas it made me even worse as I had to tiptoe. Chin sang his song "Keun Tee Neung" but unfortunately I didn't memorise the song. From far I noticed three of my friends beside the stage and that gave me a hint to (again, go down to the previous floor). And guess what, I managed to be at the front, (but not at the front of the stage, just side view). Huh.

Honestly I was pretty envy with the girls and the kids who managed to shake hands with Chin and what me extra envy was the limited poster Chin threw randomly to his fans. He didn't even threw one to our place. There was another chance, though. That was to buy the DVD of Love18 or the ost CD then you can queue up to get his autograph or even take pics. I didn't take the chance due to some reasons:

i. I wasn't a die-hard fan of Chin / Love.18 drama after all. I couldn't even memorise one of his songs. But honestly I like Chin very badly.

ii. The price will surely burn a big hole in my pocket. I'm not a Hi-so kid.

iii. The OSTs are all in Chinese Language. If it's Thai I'll accept the fact because at least I can understand some words or phrases.

iv.Perhaps it is just not my 'Prom Likit' (Destiny) to be a fan of Chin. Last month I tried to get the Love.18 poster from Epop - I didn't manage to. Then I still didn't get the poster that he threw to the crowd. :"( Huh

But I am really happy to see him live! Seeing a Thai artiste live is such a valuable experience for me. How I wish he could see me yelling "Chan rak ter" that day! Haha.

I didn't really get a nice shot of him that day!

It was not night time! xD

More pictures that day here.

Chemmy

Lithium, Sodium, Potassium.
Someone in my class is falling in love with Potassium. He said it's "beautiful".
The experiments with those three alkali metals were a lot of fun. We cheered like a three-year-old kid.

Haha.

Add Maths is Fun!

Yesterday for the first time in February I managed to complete my Add Maths homework - yeay! This time I did all the questions! COMPLETELY. XD