Its just another holiday

Right, so its almost the end of December and for me, its been kinda slow.

Yeah of course I got things to do and stuff like that, I'm not slacking off wasting my time everyday like what most people are doing. (You know its true, no need to argue about it)

Christmas is only 3 days away, and honestly this year I'm not in such a mood to celebrate. I have my reasons, I rather not say, but yeah. And besides, PMR results are out on Christmas eve, and I guess for a lot of us, Christmas is pretty much ruined just thinking about D-Day. Why didn't we just stick to the 28th to receive the results. I'm sure many people would be happier about that.

Bah,

anyway its time to look at the bright side.

This week I've been pretty busy. There's an animation seminar at Technology Park. Conducted by 2 people who did Toy Story 2. Its pretty cool, and those are into animation should go for the one on the 28th. =P Click here for more details.

Eugene Goh is working for my mom now, so he's pretty much based in the house doing stuffs. Its kinda nice having him around. Can talk. He works, I work.

So yeah,

life's pretty normal. Goood luck to everyone taking their results on the 24th. And Merry Christmas everyone. =)

*out*

The beginning of the end.

Hello people! Short post just to be updated.

No the beginning of the end is NOT about 2o12, I don't really believe in all that. Everyone believes differently right? Some think we will all die of from a disease. The Mayans believed that there would be a 48 hour solar eclipse and so on. I don't believe in the end of the world. Like I said, everyone believes differently. But no one knows whats gonna happen right? Maybe the world will end, maybe it won't. So we should all leave that behind, and live life. The perfect solution.

Right so I said the beginning of the end is not about 2012, and already I wrote a paragraph 'bout it. *slaps self*

ANYWAY,

the beginning of the end, is about 2009. Yup... its December people!! The last month of the year, (like no one knows??). And I just wanna say, that this year, has been a really great year. It had it ups and downs, lefts and rights. All those small matters that we were so tense about, we can laugh about now.

Who knows what will happen this December? in 25 days, a lot can happen, right?

So technically, this post should be titled, The beginning of the beginning of the end right? 'Cause its not New Years yet, let alone PMR results aren't out yet. Ok I might not be making sense right now... haha...

Post conclusion:

Have a happy December!

Hah, now THAT makes more sense. =D

*out*

My BFM 89.9 podcast!

Haha YEAH!

I did a book review on BFM 89.9, the business station for UNICEF Children's Day on 20th November 09.

How did I get in? Hahaha, connections-mah.

So anyway the book review was about Mitch Albom's book, For One More Day.

And the book review itself? Click here.

=D

*out*

Memang-lah.

Just recently I was going through some PMR workbooks. I was sorting them out into piles so like one pile would be "To recylce", "To give to next year Form 3's", "Donate to library".

The donate to library part was sucessful ahaha... I donated 11 PMR reference books, including 2 dictionaries. The recycle part was long bye bye and probably all the books have turned into another piece of paper for another book. =D

I still have the "To give to next year Form 3's" pile, and I was looking through some of the answers provided in the books and I thought "Haha"

Story:

Shouldn't it be "needs" carbon dioxide?

It "supports" burning.

It can be renewable?? Then what is a confirmed renewable energy source?

Fine sand or find sand? Whatever the case, I found it.

Now we know why they wanna make the switch for Science and Maths to be taught in BM. =P

BTW

Congrats to my little cousin brother who achieved 6As and 1B for UPSR!!

So proud of you! =D

*out*

The Mis-Adventure of Kadri And Rhonwyn

Its been a while since I updated, yes.

Been busy.

Today, in fact now, Kadri and I are on MSN. I met Kadri during IBM camp, nice guy. Does parkour, dances, all sorts of things haha. XD

And now this is a true story.

He knows that I know that he knows that I know that this blog hasn't been updated so we just decided the best way to update is by posting this.

End of story.

I have updated.

XD

*out*

I GOT IT

I got the book I've been waiting for!! Yeah babeh!

Yes I got it...

OATHBREAKER

Now I want this one... (bottom) the final book of the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Its supposed to be out in August in year, I see the name in MPH but not the book. D= If you know where to get it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

GHOST HUNTER

*out*

First tag in a long time

Name 5 Guys


a) how old are they?
b) where are they currently?
c) how long have you known them?

1. Nigel - 19 - home I think - almost 2 years
2. Alex - 15 - maybe playing tennis - since kindygarten
3. Shahidan - 15 - home - since Form 1
4. Reuben - 16 - anywhere - umm... maybe 3 to 4 years ago
5. Leon - 16 - biking maybe - since I was 8 and he was 9


Would You Rather...Party With 1(Nigel) or 5(Leon)?
Nigel... =D he's fun

Marry 2(Alex) or 4(Reuben)?
Hah... I have no idea.

Kill 3(Shahidan) or 5(Leon)?
I'm not a murderer.

Date 1(Nigel) or 2(Alex)?
Already got, lah.

Make Out with 1(Nigel) or 3(Shahidan)?
That depends.

Cuddle With 2(Alex) or 5(Leon)?
Both are teddy bear shaped. I know Leon would be really happy. =O

Have Kids With 3(Shahidan) or 4(Reuben)?
PUCCA!! (Pn Shoba and Shahidan will understand)

Live With 1(Nigel) or 3(Shahidan)?
PUCCA!!

Be Stuck on an Island with 2(Alex) or 5(Leon)?
Leon would be happy. XD


Trade Lives with 3(Shahidan) or 4(Reuben)?
I like my life.

Wake Up Next To 1(Nigel) or 5(Leon)?

Leon would be happy. XD

Completely Disown 2(Alex) or 4(Reuben)?
Neither!!

(A Few More Questions)

Has 3(Shahidan) ever hurt you?
Yes. But I can never get mad at him.

Have you ever hurt 4(Reuben)?
I don't think so.

Who's the funniest?
(3)Shahidan

Can you beat up 5(Leon)?
Leon wouldn't be happy about that. =P

When is the last time you saw 2(Alex)?
Last day of PMR.

Who's the smartest?
Nigel is older so I guess he knows more.

How long have you known 5(Leon)?
For a loooong looong time.

What would you do if 1(Nigel) and 2(Alex) started...
Started what?

Who is 3(Shahidan) dating/crushing on?
Hahahahahahahah... to cute to tell. PUCCA!!

Does 2(Alex) smell good?
Sweaty. =O

Who will you still be talking to in 15 years?
Hopefully all of them.

Which in your top 5 is the nicest?
All are nice. =)

who has the better...[smile] -
Smile... hmm... I would say its Alex. =D

[body] -
er... neither! XD

[face] -
Shahidan. (he got nice facial hair) PUCCA!!

[attitude] -
All have nice personalities

[voice] -
Nigel. tank you. tinking of you.

[clothes] -
all are in school uniforms

I tag:
anyone

Celebrate the times come on!!!!

Yeahhh people!!
PMR is finally over!!

I'm happy, and I know everyone else is... so yeah. This post is a little late. Like my usual self, I'm busy. =P

And my laptop just crashed 2 days ago, the blue screen appeared. Hopefully all my memory isn't wiped out... or else I'll loose all my pictures and my beloved Photoshop. ='(

I must have got a virus from (someones) pendrive in the JU room on Wednesday. 'Cause after I plugged (someones) pendrive in, my com lagged. =O Then when I went home I turned my com on again and the blue screen came up. SO SADLAH. Hopefully the JU PC's don't get infected as well. or else we loose EVERYTHING. That would be a complete DISASTER. =O The editorial board is working hard this year, I know. 'Cause I see. =D

Plans for PMR???

I got stuff to do. I might even start a new blog but also keep this one. We'll see. My nieghbour asked me to teach him Form 1 stuff... he wants to get an early start. I could do that. Its only Form 1. =D And my mom found this Standard 1 Malay boy who goes to Puay Chai 2... and if the mom wants, I'll be teaching him Standard 1 Mandarin. LOL. Can you imagine that?? Me, teach Mandarin? Boy will my family be so proud of me, I always did so poorly in Mandarin, and now I'm could teaching it?? Heh.

I would LOVE to teach English... That would be so fun! I could use ExtraDiction to teach, besides things like Scrabble and Boggle, stuff like that. ExtraDiction is good 'cause there's a Junior Version as well as a Adult Version. Here's the Junior board.




The numbers are points and the exclamation marks are chances. It would take a while to explain, but go to the website!! www.extradiction.com

And if you want a demo on how to play, come over and I'lll teach you!!



*out*

Second Last Day of PMR and woohoo boohoo??

YES!! Like the title says so... 2nd last day of PMR!!!

It all seems to fly by so fast.

One minute we're innocent Form 1's still finding ourselves in the teenage world, then we're naive Form 2's, and then we struggle with text books, past year papers... all sorts of nonsense in Form 3, and then in another blink of an eye, we're sitting in the examination hall taking PMR.

sigh

And tomorrow will be our last day... in a way I'm kinda sad, 'cause its no more lower secondary. Eh... you get my point right?

Never mind... I just don't know what to say. Happy last day of PMR everyone!

*out*

Second Day of PMR and alamak

Today was the second day of PMR.

Today's subjects were
English paper 1
English paper 2
Science paper 1
Science paper 2

2 out of the 3 A's I need to get into Science stream. =O

Ok, lets start from the beginning. Yesterday everyone predicted that the plot would come out for BM 2 bahagian D. But everyone was wrong.

Today hardy anyone studied English and no one at all made a prediction on what would come out for literature in Section C paper 2 English... wonder why? Maybe cause everyone learned their lesson from yesterday that predictions are not reliable, or maybe no one bothered because during English literature classes, our teacher could ask ANYTHING. =D (they asked about friendship. the best story and people to choose would have to be Dr Jekyll and Mr Utterson =O )

Then we had Science paper 1, which was very easy. Everyone thought so.

But then after an hour lunch break we went to take Science paper 2. Everyone was had a full belly, but the weather WAS HOT. And the paper was HARD. Everyone who took the paper thought it was hard. What to do?? No one was prepared anyway for the questions. And trust me, if everyone thought it was hard, then you have a chance to get an A for Science. Keep your hopes high, 'cause if everyone gets a bad score they will lower down the grade needed to get an A.

Good luck for Geo tomorrow.

*out*

First Day of PMR and a lesson

Today was the first day of PMR.

Yes, funny I should be blogging about it, especially this around this time. PMR isn't over yet, the first day was just over an hour ago for us. But today all of us learned a very important lesson.

Today's papers were BM 1 and BM 2. Then at 2 something the Melayu students had Agama.
Ok, after BM 1, we had a 20 min break. The school provided us with some food and a drink, (thank you PIBG), and while eating everyone was reading komsas notes. The prediction was that for Bahagian D, (novel question) they would ask us for the plot of the story Meniti Kaca( Form 1), Pahlawan Pasir Salak (Form 2), or Panas Salju (Form 3). Why did we predict they would ask the plot? Because we looked through the past year papers, they asked moral values before, theme, main characters... but the only thing left that wasn't asked was the plot. And thats what everyone thought, they will ask us to write the plot for either one of the stories. Little did we know how wrong we were.

Its like our English novel question. They could ask ANYTHING. Moral value, plot, main characters, synopsis etc etc... are the most common we see in revision books. But in PMR, ANYTHING could come out. "Name one character you would like to be friends with", "If you could change the ending of the novel what would it be", "Which character did you find the most interesting" etc etc. And no revision book can write down all the questions PMR could come out with.

Same thing here with the BM paper, its just that everyone was so sure that the plot would come out. One person would say so and that person will tell another person, and then the whole Form 3 starts reading about the plot, and only the plot.

So in the exam class, we were pretty confident about the novel question, and when we looked through the paper we realised... "uhh ohh..."

Instead of coming out with what everyone thought it would be, they asked something else. See... they can ask anything. Make you read something and then ask another. They asked only for the Form 2 novel, Pahlawan Pasir Salak, and thats the least favourite novel among the forms. The question was, give 3 examples for this moral value. And honestly, I didnt read the Form 2 novel... because, yes, I was so sure that they were gonna ask for the plot as well... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. How wrong we were.... how wrong we were.... sigh.

So now... the important lesson of today is

READ ALL THE NOVELS FOR FORM 1, FORM 2, FORM 3 AND WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A PREDICTION FOR WHATS GONNA COME OUT FOR THE NOVEL QUESTION... THINK TWICE BEFORE BELIEVING THEM.

*OUT*

25 Days.

Yes... 25 more days till PMR!!

Honestly I don't think I'm THAT prepared... and there's only 25 more days... =P
After that its freedom! So off I go to study!


And I probably don't think I'll blog until PMR is finally over. So till then people!


*out*

Motivational? I don't think so.

Every Form 3 student has it. Its stuck on our desks on the top left. But what is it?





Its a piece of paper, with our exam scores stuck on it. So what is this supposed to do?





Its supposed to motivate us to do better in PMR. On it is written our scores for the past... 3 exams? And on the bottom, is the score they predict us to get in PMR for every subject. Its the score they PREDICT. And thats not really nice, 'cause I was predicted 1A, 3B's, 2C's and 1E. How sad. They think I'll get 1A, and 1E. @.@ What if I have higher expectations for myself? I want to get into Science Stream, and with a predicted 1A, I'm not gonna get in.





So this thing is here for us to see everyday when we walk into class, come back from classes, recess... etc. And one thing is, I can't see a thing on it. Thats why some of the subjects are highlighted in green in the top pic... and below, shows the desk view.

Its just a random piece of paper! I can't see a thing written on it! You call that motivational???

Here's my example of motivational.

We all should make one. Its more eye-pleasing than a white paper with numbers and their predictions of your scores. Use our favorite colours, designs and such and what we ourselves want to achieve for PMR. If your friends laugh if you write "I want 8 A's in PMR" but your actually a below-average student, its ok!! That means, those who laugh at you are either scared to write down "I want 8A's" as well, or they have no goals in life. Now paste this paper with YOUR goals on the top left of your table. Clear, big, bright letters. Something we can actually see every time we walk into class from recess, toilet, etc.

Now compare that with the one we all got. Which one seems more motivational to you?

*out*

Endings and Beginnings, Beginnings and Endings

Ahh... a typical Monday at school. The day starts off with morning assembly. But today's assembly is a little different, 'cause backstage somewhere SMKBU's Choral Speaking team is getting ready and they are really practicing hard.

The Choral Speaking team wouldn't need to be so tense if

- they practiced more on Thursday. (The conductor gets full blame for lack of practice.)

- and if all the members showed up. Who gets the blame??

And so here starts the story. As told by conductor Rhonwyn Hagedorn, 3 Amanah.

When the bell rang an anouncement was made for all Choral Speakers to gather in the canteen. 5 minutes later I asked Julian to make another one, but no one else showed up except those who were already in the canteen. Head count: 21 Choral Speaking members out of 32 that went for competition. Where did the missing ones go I did not know. Some had an excusable excuse for not coming. But the rest....?

Since majority of the absent ones had solo parts, we had to find substitutes from those who came. It took a while to sort out. Lots of hoo haa here and there and questions about the movements and lines... In the end we got that sorted out... and then full practice. Thanks to long speeches on stage, we got to practice a full round and 2/3 of another round.

Then it was show time. When I walked out there were some comments like "ooo mat selleh". Translated: There's the JU mat salleh who takes pics during assembly... but now she's without her camera nor her JU tag, so whats going on now?" Skip the junk.

When we entered stage I noticed a mistake.

The 3 long lines are row one, two and three. Line one is the shortest.

The light blue dot is me.

The orang square are where the teachers are sitting.

And the white, yes, the students.

Now what went wrong.

The red dot is Brian. Now Brian's spot is on the right, as seen in this picture.

But today when we were on stage, row one came out the wrong way and Brian ended up standing on the left, like in this pic.

The SMKBU people sitting down were a bit... annoying. But what can we do? They were giving comments like "Translate into BM, I can't understand" or "I can't hear anything!" And the solutions to cure those problems?

Solution to problem 1. Speak and read more English.

Solution to problem 2. Don't talk when we're reciting our script!!

Overall I think we did really well considering the small amount of students who showed up.

Students who showed up for competition. Exclude the Form 5 members and Simone who changed school last Friday. Now compare to the amount who showed up.

Taa daa... Big difference isn't it?

I'm so proud of those who still had the spirit for Choral Speaking and showed up. And I know Mr Eugene is proud of you guys as well. To those who didn't come without a reason..... My message to you...

"Haha"

It means something, that "haha" up there, you just gotta know what it means.

Message to all members:

Choral Speaking is about the team, and your small little flame of passion for Choral Speaking will make a big difference. It makes us as a team shine even brighter when we recite our script. A dead flame among us is noticable.

If there is another upcoming event that requests Choral Speaking, I hope that everyone has a small flame of passion.

But if no more events, this is the end of our Choral Speaking journey this year, an ending, but a bright new beginning next year when we go back for competition, high hopes of winning the top. But also knowing that we have won in our hearts, as a brightly lit team.

*out*

Inked

Yeah, inked. XD

Today I skipped BM class to take Ju pics. *evil laugh* It was fun... and I got to use Kim's camera... Wish I had a DSLR... its like No1 on my birthday/Christmas wishlist. And something that money can't buy, good PMR grades. XD Followed by a Vaio laptop and a acoustic plug-in guitar... =P Funny.

When I was younger like lets say 5, I would ask for lollipops and colouring books and kiddie stuff like that. Now its all stuff maybe 20X more the price of a colouring book. =P But of course, we can't have everything. So probably I'd get a colouring book for Christmas this year. Haha. XD

Anyway, after I came back to class I found Azim looking through my pencil case and using my permanent markers. (shh... don't tell the prefects I brought permanent markers to school.... XD) And then I guess he ran out of paper and ganged up with Paul to draw on my face. Yes... Draw on my face, with my markers. zzzz

I tried hiding under the table but Shahidan pushed me out. I thought he was my friend!!! XD Then Paul held my arms and Azim drwe lines on my face. The end result....

Left side

Right side

These were candid so no... I didn't know they were taken with my own camera. =P



And in other news,


This little guy I found in one of the sinks in school. He was drowing in water so I rescued him. XD
Shahidan freaked out when I brought him to class... Don't know why they're scared of bugs. This guy is harmless...!

But in the end I relieved Shahidan off a little of his fears and we named him Ringo Star... 'cause he's a "Bettle" XD. I wanted to name hin George Harrison but then Ringo Star seemed to suit better. He flew away after a while. Wonder why he didn't do that earlier...


*out*

New Semester

Holidays are over and a new semester begins. And its gonna be a hectic/fun/stressful/awesome/woohoo/omg/yeehaw/arrggghh/supercalafragalisticexpialadocious semester.

The first week is always one of the busiest 'cause we all gotta catch up on things we missed and have to finish doing that we didn't do during the holidays eg. Sejarah project. HA.

Its gettin' closer to PMR as well... and no I'm not looking forward to that... but after its done everything will be better. =D

And other than that... I guess most stuff will still be the same. =D


To all SMKBU people,

If your looking forward to the next holiday just remember its a few more months left and after that its a new year and we repeat everything once again! Haha.

Cough

I mean, everything is going to be ok. If you are stressed over problems just know that your not the only one ot there who is stressed. =P Remember, a locksmith would never manufacture a lock without a key, same goes that God won't create problems without solutions. =D

Happy not holidays! Welcome back to school everyone!
=D

*out*

An honest post about Teachers Day '09

Yes I KNOW I haven't been blogging because, yes... I have been busy. And I still am but I'm just gonna blog anyway.

About 2 weeks ago we celebrated Teachers Day!! *yay* *claps*

And no I will not post any pics up but I will make a short description about Teachers Day. In fact, I could describe it in one word,

LAME

Why lame? Ha. There are many reasons why. Lets start from the morning.

Ok so everyone was happy. Then when the speeches came, yea the usual. Memang boring la. The teachers sang a song for us... and they were ok.... but there wasn't the feel in their singing. The looks on their faces were like "We were forced to do this thing," No smiles. Why humiliate yourself and sing infront of your students right? Lame.

Then the prefects gave out their goody bagos!! They looked nice this year, green and had "Teachers Day '09" printed on it. They gave away "mini Oscars" to each teacher. Lovingly drawn, cut and painted. Problem was there were supposed to have the teachers face on the little Oscar, but it was due to some reasons that there was no picture. Some of the male teachers mistakenly got a girl Oscar... muahahahaha.... Lame.

Moving on we got to STONE for about an hour 'cause the teachers were playing games, which were lame. They even played "pass the ball". OMG. Thats one way to feel young... but it was ridiculous. Lame.

Then everyone went inside the hall for performances! There was only one word to describe the performance, and yes, the word is, Lame. The lower 6 did a few songs. One guy sang "Hungry Heart" and that was.... funny. Then there was another band who did Taylor Swifts "Love Story" which for me I thought was stupid. How many teachers do you think know the song "Love Story" let alone know who Taylor Swift is??!?! Yeah, and they said these songs were dedicated to the teachers. Pfftt. The upper 6 were lame 'cause they weren't.. serious. They would stop singing or they would go out of pitch. At least they sang more sensible songs like "Think of me" from Phantom of The Opera and "Memory" from the musical Cats.

The prefects singing was also pretty stupid. They were looking AT the microphone and NOT the teachers. Some out of pitch, some doing actions and some not and some didn't know what they were doing.

When it was announced the "last performance" I was annoyed 'cause I was supposed to do a drum circle, and maybe less than 5 min before I was supposed to do it my circle got cancelled 'cause there was no time left! What the **** man. It took me a week to get the drums and then you tell me that you don't wanna do the circle?? This was worse than lame. It was... mean. Like... oh look no time. Cancel the circle. Rhonwyn won't mind.

I feel so used. I wanted to do the circle because its with the teachers. And its the TEACHERS who get to play. Not sit there and watch dumb performances "dedicated" to the teachers.

Yeesh. So now you know why teachers day was so lame... and so stupid.

Performances, students and so called lack of time.

And I know some people might hate me for this post, especially the prefects. You know who you are.

But as the title says, its an honest post.

*out*

Lol-ed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4SCfEuYqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6O_uVJUGnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5np38klzkg



Watch these...

My embedding isn't working somehow...

So to click and watch is a bit of a hassle, but in the end, its worth!! =D



*out*

Don't judge a book by its cover.

You guys have to watch this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk


Sorry the embedding didin't work for this vid...



There's a saying that First impressions are important.


When we firs meet someone, we judge them by looks. The way they dress, walk, talk, sit, blah blah blah. But sometimes, first impressions can be wrong,

You see someone dressed professional, looks professional and acts professional. You think that they have achieved high in life. Think again. They might not be what you see.

Someone might look scraggy in a pair of jeans and old shirt, messy hair, doesn't look professional. And your first thought about them is, "I don't think he's ever achieved anything in life. He looks like a failure," but think again. That person might be someone much brighter than the professional one you met earlier. They just don't look professional, but they just might are.

Take a look at the video, whats your first impression about her? She can't sing... she's just there to make a fool of herself. Thats what most might think. But she has proved those people wrong. Look at the audience in the video... they do, think that she is nothing. But in the end, its a different story.

A big wake up call. Never judge a book by its cover. 'Cause when you only look at the cover, you will never know what good there is inside.



P.S

Happy 19th Birthday Nigel! =D


*out*

Stupidity

Sorry for the long time no blog.... I've been so busy lately that blogging wasn't on the list of top to-do's...

Yesterday I went to Popular to shop. Yeah, to shop.... For lots and lots of stationary...

Yeah, why?

'Cause I lost my pencil case. My entire pencil case was stolen in school. And on Wednesday, my entire set of STABILO fineliner pens were stolen in school as well. 2 of my most prized possessions,

STOLEN

I went for PSS duty on Monday and the Form 1 Yakin people saw me put my pencil case into my bag, and not only did they steal mine but Chloe's as well.... Sheesh.
Heartless people. Steal stuff for the fun of it. My calculator, all my pens and just EVERYTHING that I had in my pencil box just disappeared. Its costly to buy everything back... and buy my Stabilo pens again, 'cause the whole set costs about 50 bucks something... and I don't think they even sell the whole set anymore. *sob*

How can they do such a thing as to steal someones pencil case... someones tools that they use in class, all gone.

At least some action is being done about this... Mr Eugene is gonna spot check 1 Yakin and see if there's anything they can find. I couldn't really identify who saw me outside the library, but I had a good idea who when I looked at the Yakin students. I doubt they would find all my pens back, but my calculator might be easy to find 'cause I used permanent marker on it... like 5 layers, so whoever tries to erase it off is gonna have a hard time.

And another way to prevent librarians from having their stuff stolen is to bring their pencil case inside the library, or better, have the school move the bag shelf inside the library than have it outside where no one can see them.

And all students should mark their pens and pencils with your initial on it or something like that. DON'T USE PEN. IT WILL FADE. USE A BLADE AND CARVE ON IT. Better to be safe than sorry. (would you rather keep your pens dirt free and scratch free and someone comes along and takes it, or have a mark on your pens and prevent them from being stolen?)

Wish we had lockers in school, it would make so much more sense. And we wouldn't have to carry so much junk books in our bag, 'cause sometimes a teacher asks you to bring a book, and that teacher ends up not coming, or one subject could have 6 different books and you carry them all the way to school and teacher doesn't even use them. Makes more sense to put them all in a locker. We don't have a big population anyway.... yeah yeah... its costly.

If the ministry can use millions to give us all free texts books, then their next step might as well be to reduce the useless amount we bring to school everyday.

Keep your stuff safe.

*out*

We're back in!!

I didn't go to school today 'cause I had this annoying cough, sore throat and flu... So thats an extra day and the weekend to recover before school starts again on Monday...

The main reason for this post.

Mr Eugene called me at 11 something in the morning and he told me the awesomemest news... The news that the entire Choral Speaking team was looking forward to. We made it into the next round!! =D The organizer reconsidered letting us go in for the next round... Yeeehawww...!!!!!!

But they still wanna keep to their rule that Form 5's aren't allowed for the competition at all... which means we gotta change some of the solo parts, and Ming Yue, our conductor is no more conductor... And thats why Mr Eugene called me. I got promoted to be conductor!! =D I asked him on Sports Day that I would like to be conductor next year, so maybe thats why...

So happyness is all over. I think it was Pn Shoba who also saved us. She was the one who called the organizer... Thanks Pn Shoba... =)

And to Mr Eugene.... we will not disappoint you!!!


*out*

Zon Damansara Choral Speaking Comp.

Today had finally come. After months and weeks of practicing, 6 schools from the Damansara District arrived at SMKDU, all in high hopes of winning this preliminary round to make it to the next level of this years Choral Speaking Competition.

This is the first year that our school has taken part in Choral Speaking, thanks to Pn Hasni, Mr Eugene and all English teachers who made it happen.

So 36 of us went to SMKDU.

We all sat down and kinda waited for the event to start. I went to the toilet with 2 fellow Choral Speaking members... Li Sha and... uh... forgot her name. =P SORRY!! To me going to the toilet wasn't just to empty my bladder but also to check out SMKDU. Our SMKDU usherer, Jasmeen(if thats how its spelled right...) took us to the toilet which was like... 2 blocks away from the hall. If I studied in DU, I'm sure I would get lost on my first few days. XD The school is BIG. 6 blocks... @.@

DU has 3 water ponds, which 1 of them is empty. The school is actually really nice... I woudn'tmind studying in DU but... I like my school. The toilets in our school are like... 5 times cleaner and nicer than DU. Yes, honestly. Ours smell fresh and look bright. XD The ones in DU were kinda dark, had a cracked mirror and the taps didn't work well. =P

Then Jasmeen took me to see Dominique's class 'cause I requested. =D Haven't seen the dude in a while. And he seems to be really popular in DU. Every DU student I ask, they all know who he is. And Dom... he hasn't changed much since the last time I saw him. Same old same old. Good to see him though. We came back just in time when the intro to Choral Speaking was being done.

*Choral Speaking Competition Starts*

*bla blah bla*

*Team 4 goes up*

All of us were nervous and exited at the same time. Months of hard work for these precious 8 minutes on stage. We all did our best. Perfect, loud and clear. And we didn't make the same mistakes that we always did during practice rounds. =D Our team did the best.

And then, of course, the results.

I was really disapointed with the results. Firstly, we were disqualified. Secondly, the team that did the worst got 3rd place. Why?

We were disqualified because of one little mistake... we had Form 5 members in the team. Just because of THAT small small reason, we were disqualified. Why aren't Form 5's allowed?? If they aren't allowed 'cause its SPM year, then shouldn't Form 3's have the same rule because its PMR year?? Swted. What a dumb rule... yeesh.

And then the worst team that got 3rd place? And this is coming from the bottom of my heart. Do you honestly honestly think, that you, 3rd place winners, are actually winners?? Puhleezzzeee.

If any team were t be disqualified, it would have been that team, not us. Why?

In Choral Speaking, hands aren't allowed to be used. Hands must be behind your back scratching your butt at all times. Vulger language is also not allowed (obviously) and neither is singing. This team did hand actions. They said things like "Go to hell" and "stupid" in their script, and they sang the Pink Panther theme song. And WE got DISQUALIFIED just because of a few Form 5 members? Thats... I don't know what to say... Its not fair, at all...

And guess what? We actually got the highest score. We ARE first place. But we were DISQUALIFIED. Yeesh. So yes, we all went back to school at 11... all of us were upset, but we must always look at the good side.

The good side?

Eventhough we didn't win the first place to go to the next level... we all knew that we were the highest scorers. We won in our hearts. As Ming Yue says, the judges didn't know we won. XD And besides, everyone knew we were the best. Even the other schools. And I also made a lot of new friends in Choral Speaking. Some whom I've never talked to before in school. We're friends now. They know me and I know them. I'm also much much closer to the Form 1's. =D

Congratulations to all BU Choral Speaking members. We were enthusiatic, loud, smiling, didn't forget our lines, made a good exit and entrance, charmed the audience and most of all, we had confidence and knew long before the results came out that we ARE the winners. And even if we didn't win this year, we will return, full of confidence that next year, we're guarenteed first place. =)

The big happy family. =)

*out*

What SHOULD BE DONE.

Behold our latest installment in SMK Bandar Utama. A thing that all guard posts have. But why do WE need one in the school???

If you look closely, theres no rope that holds the tip of this ... thing to make it go up and down. Its sustained with a stick. Whats the point of having this if its not gonna move?!?!?

Its just ... THERE. Whats the puspose of having this anyway... aren't the school gates good enough?? Why spend money on useless things like this in school?? Do you know that there are many other usefull things the money can be used for?

Lets take a look....

See this? This could use some patching up.....

And this one as well....

And heres an idea... why don't more benches be put here so more students can sit down instead of standing and wait for their parents to pick them up after school?

Lo and behold our beautiful basketball court. This hasn't been repaired for what... almost 3 years or more? Its BROKEN! Fix this up... then our school basketballers will be happy that finally something is done with the basketball court.

SMKBU has money... why don't they pay attention to these things... and I bet fixing up a few signs and 2 basketball hoops won't cost as much as putting a useless ... THING at the guardhouse.

*out*

Seven Pounds

I really recommend the movie 7 Pounds.

7 pounds has got to be the most heartfelt, confusing, sad movie I have seen in a long long time. At first when you watch it, you don't know what is going on... but in the last 45 minutes towards the ending it all starts to make sense. The ending was really sad and I almost cried. Beautiful film.

The movie is about Ben Thomas (Will Smith), who goes around helping people for some reason, and falls in love and then ..........

I'm not gonna spoil it! Go watch it!!!!!! GO!GO!

And its best that before you watch it, DON'T DO ANY RESEARCH ABOUT IT! Go blank headed, then it adds more suspicion and wonder and you'll have question marks all over your head.

GO WATCH IT!!

*out*

NIE Workshop 2009

Today was supposed to be a normal day at school.... with Sejarah class. XD

Our first period was Seni... and Pn Afni came up to me and said, "Can you do me a favour? I need you to come with me to the NIE workshop after the 2nd bell...." What?

So I called my mom and she said yes... and last minute Shahidan decided to come as well. So the 3 of us with Pn Afni and her hubby went to Taylor's college... The ride smooth but long... I had fun talking to Junmey at the back. Shahidan sat in front and she said it was to prevent me and him from fighting. WHAT?! Haha... but I gotta admit its actually true laa... me and Shahidan are like that everyday in class. He'll flick me and I'll smack his head with my trusted notebook. Even Pn Afni is like, sudah biasa lah these 2.

We reached Taylor's at 9. There was no elevator to go to the multi-purpose hall... so we had some exercise and walked up. The workshop didn't start until 10.00 so we had an hour to stone... Just kinda looked around... and talked.

Pn Afni and hubby

Shahidan



Junmey

We started with one short presentation on the rules and regulations, the theme and what we should do. Our second presentation was about how to create your mini magazine. This year's is different from last year.

Random

Last year we had to make a poster on the given theme. This year we are making a mini magazine. The theme this year is Teenage Angst. So what we have to do is make a cover page, and 2 content pages. 3 page magazine. No more no less. And with that you will get a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. To upgrade your voucher to a regular pizza, you would have to submit 2 mini magazines on 2 different topics of teen angst. Andddd...................... You will have to submit a 3 minute video. A 3 minute video about teen angst. At the end of the workshop we had to make a draft of our mini mag. We didn't win but whatever lahh...

After that there was food, but we decided not to eat there 'cause it was to crowded, and since we were one of the last people out, the food might have been gone. So we scooted out and went to Subang Parade for Mc Donalds!!! Subang Parade... now thats a place I remember. We had our NST Spelling Bee there!!

RIGHT HERE!

After that we went back to school...

Pn Afni said that the 3 of us might have to conduct a mini workshop for those in SMKBU who want to participate... its kinda complicated this year as well...

Hope that works out.... so thats the end of another post!!

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Doodling Helps Boost Your Memory

Yes so its true. I happened to bump into it on Yahoo....

Here's a paragraph...


"If someone is doing a boring task, like listening to a dull telephone conversation, they may start to daydream," study researcher Professor Jackie Andrade, of the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, said in a news release issued by the journal's publisher. "Daydreaming distracts them from the task, resulting in poorer performance. A simple task, like doodling, may be sufficient to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task."

For the experiment, a two-and-a-half minute listing of several people's names and places was played for test subjects, who were charged with writing down only the names of the people said to be attending a party. During the recording, half the participants were asked to simultaneously shade in shapes on a piece of paper without attention to neatness. Participants were not told they were taking part in a memory test.

When the recording ended, all were asked for the eight names of those attending the party as well as eight place names mentioned in the audio. Those asked to doodle wrote down, on average, 7.5 names and places, while those who didn't doodle listed only 5.8.

"In psychology, tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process," Andrade said. "If that process is important for the main cognitive task, then performance will be impaired. My research shows that beneficial effects of secondary tasks, such as doodling, on concentration may offset the effects of selective blockade."
In everyday life, Andrade said, doodling "may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring task, rather than being an unnecessary distraction that we should try to resist doing."


So next time you are having Sejarah class or any other subject that involves listening to teacher for the whole hour....

DOODLE TO REMEMBER WHAT TEACHER SAID TO AVIOD GETTING LOW MARKS IN EXAMS!! XD

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Can you see...?

Here's something I've known for a long time but I've never told anyone about it. Some of you might notice while others don't.

I noticed, did you?

If not, then here we go....

Menu's....

Pizza Hut, Mc Donalds, Dominos Pizza etc. These 3 examples have one thing in common which is, they sell food. Right, obviously. Another thing in common is that they each have their own website. Anyway.... To waste no more time, let me start.

Take a look at their menu's the next time you go there. Lets do Pizza Hut. Ok... on a Pizza Hut menu, you'll have the pizzas, the sensasi sets and the Hut Power Meals blah blah blah. Ok, now take a look at the pictures. You'll see

a jar/cup of Pepsi,

soup and/or Breadstix,

pizza and/or pasta.

Take a look at a few pics and you'll see they all have something in common.

You'll see that the regular pizza with the olives on are actually the same pizza. Same goes for the soup, the Pepsi and the pasta.

I mean, how can you have 2 cups of Pepsi with the same amount of ice in it, and arranged in the exact order?

Which brings us to the conclusion that the pictures above are all photoshopped!! XD

First they take a picture of one cup of Pepsi, and then the pizza and everything, then they put it all together into one picture. It saves time taking one set after another, and putting it in photoshop only requires copy and paste and rearranging. XD

Take a look at them again, and its true.

For those of you who knew before this, your observant.

For those who never knew before this, food matters more than a picture. A picture is a picture... so what if its photoshopped!?!

I'm hungry now. And Pizza Hut sounds like a good idea today.

Ciao.

Its another end of a month

My blog has not been updated, yes I know, and I'm sorry.

I've just been so busy lately. Mostly caught up with school stuff....

Mostly Choral speaking... Mr Eugene is really pushing us to our limits. One person does one tiny mistake, re-do from the top. English society is also another one... I have been elected president this year again. Supervising teacher is Pn. Shoba which I really don't mind. I think Pn. Shoba is ok. Some students don't like her... you know who you are.... *stares at them*.

Oh and I also joined PSS. My first day was on Monday and I learned eveything I had to learn. Arrange books, stamp this, key in this, write this... everything. All learned. =D Now I just gotta remember it. But I think I'll be okay. I like the library and I love books. =D

I don't really have much to post noww..... but when I do, I will!!

Now, I feel these 3 things....

Tired

Tired

And Tired

The Cast Of Spongebob Photoshopped.

My lastest creation is finally alive!! 3 weeks of photoshopping and now its on my BLOG!!! Ready??? Lets see it!

GRACE as SPONGEBOB!

NIGEL as PATRICK!

KIM as SQUIDWARD!

AH SHEONG as MR. KRABS!

JEREMY as PLANKTON!

HUI LENG as SANDY!

RHON as GARY!

MADDIE as PEARL!

PIK KEI as MRS. PUFF!

YINGS as LARY!

JG as BARNACLE BOY!

and

CHESTER as MERMAID MAN!

Special thanks to:

Nigel, for helping me decide who's who.

and

all of you who have their faces here. Most are candid shots... XD