getting use to it

Hmm... So far this week is still ok. Had some briefings and attended some class. Kinda enjoy it Haha, but still wanna get out from here LOL. When i get back i will start to write a Blog bout this Ns life, still got 7 weeks to go, if my college application succeed.

landed in sabah safe and sound :)

After waiting so long for the delayed flight, finally i'm here in sabah! The facilitator's first impression to me, is very friendly and helpful. I think that somehow can calm down my feeling for the time being. Now on the way going to the camp, it will take one hour before i can reach the camp.

first taste of Ns

Im currently inside LCCT waiting to check in my goods before boarding. Expecting to fly at 2.30pm, and i expect when i reach the camp over there it'll be in the evening. So far still got meet some friends here, and luckily there is some familiar faces who're also going to the same camp. If got the chance I might write something tonight.

Last post before I'm gone

I'm feeling excited and nervous now. It's a 50-50 situation. I know I'll be enjoying NS, but then I also have to stay alert on the sneaky parts and also have to live without Internet for months.

Oh well, being reading my blogpost tonight, lots of fond memories I'd back in school, hah. Really hard to let go, or maybe this is the time I learn how to let go something I treasure on?

Once again thanks to my friends who're willing to help me out to blog here, while I'm away starting from tomorrow. I guess I wont have the chance to read what you guys wrote til I come back. Dont worry, I'm very open-minded and I told you can blog on anything you like. :)

Squall & Jason, maybe you guys can help me write my life in NS here? I sms you two and help me post here? Hahaha....

Let's get back into NS business, tomorrow I'll be leaving home at 7am, gonna gather at Bukit Jalil car park C at 8am. til then I dunno what will be my fate then, heh. Oh well, in the end Wen Xin had to goto Sepang's Princess Haliza Camp, before this she's looking forward to goto Sarawak's camp, to travel on plane for the first time. That's fate, I guess. I'll try to keep on contacts with some of my friends and families while I'm over there, via handphone.

That's it I guess.... when I get back I planned to earn more money on this blog via advertising, and considering redesign the whole template. That, will have to wait me come back by June or May only can accomplish. For now and then, farewell to my friends, please remember me for my great knowledge in computers/Nets, my playful football skills, my sociable appearance and so on, hahaha....
JK, I dont think I'll be easily forgotten, or it is? I dunno, let time reply my question then, heh.

OK lar I really have to go now, see you peoples again when I come back!! :D



P/S: Guys, please include your nickname below every post you've written, so I can know who write which post like that, ok? Thanks, I appreciate it!

Before I go....

Just to remind you my appearance, hahaha... I think I've posted this video before, but I wanted to post it again.

Chong Hwa Fragment of Memories 2004-2006 (7:30 mins)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1II3K94KJE

This video is dedicated for past, present, and future Chong Hwa students, hah.


Note that this is a revised version from the earlier video.

AWAY: National Service 18 March - 9 June

Finally, today is the last day I'll be able to write blog like this. Heh I hope that my friends who're still around can help me maintain this blog abit.

Yeah.... feeling excited and nervous. I hope that, if I got chance to come out from the camp for few days, I'll try to goto my relative's place to online if that's possible. I dunno, maybe I couldnt come out to meet my relative at all, during that period.

Also, depends on my college application, I wanted to get back here around mid-May, because A level is starting on the 14th of May, so I expected to be back on 12/13 May. I might enjoy the camp there, but ultimately I still prefer to be in KL. :P

Some details bout the camp I'll be going:

Kem Wawasan Kampung Ovai, Papar.
Peti Surat 182, Tanjung Aru,
88858, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Tel : 088-919248 / 088-919245
Fax : 088-909171 / 244366
Email : kwawasan@tm.net.my


This is my pic, taken this year CNY. I dunno how will I look like when I'm back? Haha....

P/S: You can still contact me while I'm there. I'll be using 2 numbers there, 017-3636 026 / 016-308 4321. I prefer to receive sms, and also I can only reply msg on weekends. ;)

Test post with Gmail!

Testing to write blog from Gmail!
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Restless & Uneasy

It will be 2 more days before I depart to join the National Service. Now myself is having a problem, self-conflict. This isnt the 1st time I experience such situations, I usually would have this kind of feelings while I'm leaving or deciding for some matter that could alter my life.

So far I've consulted those friends who came back from 1st batch NS. Most of them gave me positive feedbacks, which make me feel confident with it. But then, there's still some negative sides that makes me wonder, why do I need to go mess with this kind of people and environment?

Although I've relative at Sabah, who could help me out if there's an emergency, although I'm still in Malaysia, just the matter that I'm separated from the capital across the South China Sea, although the council had promised to improve it's training qualities, I'm still doubtful with it.

The past few days I've been going out frequently to settle my documents, applications and so on before going NS this weekend. It's kinda rush, as I've to race with the time to finish up many things. This is the time when I feel that it'll be great if I could drive a car, no need to wait for the bus, no need to walk under the blazing sun...... Yea there's a spare car at home, but I dont have the driving licence to drive, oh well.

It seems, that my life is somehow bothered and disturbed when I realise that my days staying at home are numbered. When the countdown reaches zero, I'll be away from this haven for quite some time. Yeah, this is not the first time I leave my home for a period of time.

So far my longest record being away from home alone is the time when I went to Taiwan, back in Dec 2005. That time I didnt worried bout too much things, as I'm still able to online once in awhile over there, and I didnt need to train anything in military style.

This time going to NS is a different story. It will be a test for myself, for how well I can adapt the new places, the people and the training. I hope that nothing much can makes me fire up while I'm in the camp, I wouldnt be pleased to be bothered like that through out the entire camp.

Did I mention, that I'm likely to be alone going to the camp? Alone, means that I go there without knowing anyone, all of them are strangers, none of my friend are dispatched to the same camp as I'm going, I hope that I can meet with someone familiar over there.

Now that while preparing my stuffs, I not only have to worried bout myself, but others too. Something is bugging me, I barely can manage myself, and yet I still have to worried bout other's well-being too. Another burden I dont really expect to carried on, oh well. Hopefully things will come to it's end soon.

I hope writing this post can somehow ease off my tension before leaving for the NS. I'd mixed feelings now, my thoughts on NS is 50-50. We'll see what's the verdict, when I get back from there.

Oh btw, my serving period is from 18 March to 9 June, and I'm hopeful to come back to KL by mid-May, to continue my studies in college. I hope things will go well, as what I've wished all the time. 事事顺利！!

SPM result dilemma

* WARNING: LONG POST *

It's been few days since the SPM 2006 result is out. As usual, those top scorers from all over Malaysia got their photos and names published on the headline of most local newspapers. Congratulations to them, for having the chance to being a temporary celebrity. After 1 week from the day SPM result is release, they're literally back to become a nobody, just another ordinary teenager who just got the SPM result.

I've nothing to shout about my result, getting 7As out of 12 subjects I took is quite some achievement, now I finally accept the fact that the result I got isnt that bad after all.

OK now let us focus back to those SPM top scorers, all those students who got their fame through getting best results of all. I dunno why the local media like to lit up all the spotlights focusing on those students. Yeah, it's very normal for students to get very good result, but you've no needs to publicity such achievement nationwide, as if they're the national heroes.

I'm skeptical on those students, they got good results, but do they have a good life too? And other than that, do they have some other better and much useful applicable knowledge than mastering all the school subjects? Also, how about their learning methods? Those top students, they might be very good at their SPM result, but when it comes to tertiary education, everything have to start from scratch, and some of the top-students did miserably in tertiary level because they could not adapt to the new environment and the challenges. Compare tertiary level to SPM level, it's a laughable matter.

I believe not many of them from the top scorers can really enjoy life while they're still in the school. So many subjects to be revised, and so much pressure from the teachers and parents, it aint easy for a normal 17 years old teenager to cope with it.
I've no complains with those students who study the smart way and achieve good results, and yet they still have life.

What I mean by life is that, one have a good relationship with the family, a respectable social status among friends and teachers, a healthy lifestyle, get involved in certain sports, to fully utilise one's life, that, is what I called LIFE! Perhaps that's my own perception, as that's my life. :)

After taking the SPM result, its time for students to decide where to continue studies. Now this is the part where the SPM result cast it's magic. Good result means one can get scholarship and sponsorship easier, and with co-cu acitivities as bonus, they literally are entitled with different types of education aids. For students with financial problem, this is a very good chance for them to further studies in higher education level.
Now, what about those average-score students? They might be able to enroll into colleges or other institutions, but it's proven to be more difficult than those who score well. As far as I concern, it's very hard for an average-score SPM holder student to get a decent scholarship or so. There is educational aids for them, but it's likely to be allocated for those who gets better results.

At the end of the day, average-score and low-score SPM holders found themselves in the middle of a crossroad. The straight expressway leading to tertiary education is covered with lots of obstacles, and you know not many wanted to take the hard route. Since it's a crossroad, there's still other path too, but then they lead to different result at last. Some may resort to working, some may still continue study in other institutions, but that's not their intention at first. Just because of the result they get for SPM, their future might change once in for all.

In my opinion, SPM cert can be quite important locally but it's not really important for those who want to study elsewhere. Most universities out of Malaysia did not recognise SPM, they seek for a higher level of qualification like A levels or STPM and so on. STPM is the big brother of SPM, but it's harder to study compare to study. STPM have it's reputation of being a tough exam, being recognized by many countries.

Let me give you a clearer picture about SPM and STPM.

SPM

Taken by Form 5 students of secondary school. Normally students at 17 take this exam, but some may be 16 or 18 while taking the exam.

It's basically the final exam for secondary school student. This is the exam where you have to answer the questions based on your 5 years school experience and knowledge.

This exam is equivalent to GCE O-level.

Part of the syllabus is in Malay and part of it is in Eng. Science and Maths subjects are thought in English.

According to a report from MoE, the total subjects for SPM is 108 subjects, students are limited to take up to 21 subjects total.

Exam period length from 2 weeks to 1 month, depends on the subjects and the time-table.

STPM

A pre-U studies and a continuation of Form 5 studies. Students studied this for 2 years and will be taking the STPM exam at the end of 2nd year. Some school separate the Form 6 into Upper 6 and Lower 6 to avoid confusion which one from them are taking STPM at that year.

Equivalent to GCE A-level.

Limited subjects can be taken. Most of the time students would take 4 subjects for the exam, and some exceptions can take 5 subjects total.

Teaching language is English, the only subject thought in Malay is Pengajian Am, sort of like General Studies for A level.

Talk about STPM, locally it's also referred as Form 6, is a continuation of Form 5(SPM) education. Form 6 is the formal pre-U stage provided by the Ministry of Education, well students nowdays dont really like to get into Form 6.

First, STPM is tough, it's a struggle while u're coming from Form 5 to Form 6 syllabus. Perhaps there's some conflicts with the teaching-language, a change from Malay to English teachings. Students who're weak in Eng found themselves in a very challenging stage. Even those who're good in Eng also have their own trouble adapting this kind of teachings too.

Second, students have heard so many stories bout the life of an STPM student. It's a tough life not many wanted to have. It's not because of the syllabus, but it's with the exam. I heard, the exam can be extremely tough if you're not well-prepared. But no matter how tough it is, there's still top students who could survive and pass STPM with flying colors.

Third, some students wanted to get out from the school badly. Study in Form 6 means that the student still have to stick with dated school rules for another 1-2 years(depends on the length of Form 6, which varies in different school). They claimed that they wanted freedom to study outside of school, so they prefer colleges because of it's lenient rules.

Forth, you have to help yourself studying for STPM, as the teachers' role in STPM is like the lecturer in college, you have to do things by yourself and you could not expect the tutor to help you totally. This kind of environment will drive a person to work harder and those who could not adapt this trend would be eliminated from the competition.

Personally, I'm not so keen to enter Form 6. The 4 reasons above are actually my own reasons, lol. But I think Form 6 is a good choice, if the overall structure and organisation can be improved on par with A level studies in colleges. Besides, Form 6 is the cheapest choice for pre-U studies.

OK now end of STPM stories, because I dont really have ideas keep on writing STPM stuff. I think, no matter what's your result for SPM, whether it's good or bad, this isnt the end yet. Tertiary education level is a different story from the secondary school.
To ensure that you can do well in tertiary level, you have to learn how to adapt the environment, to be able to catch up with the studies and do not waste any time on unnecessary activities.

That's it, I think that's the essay I can write about then. Should I label this post as another masterpiece? Hmm....


* I got the idea of writing this post after reading some reader comments from today's The Star. Since I'm one of the student who got the result too, so I've lots of thoughts about this SPM result.

Rushing and Busying

Today and yesterday could be one of the busiest day I ever had.

Tuesday morning, helped myself and my friend to get a part-time job, also to replace me to continue do tuition notes for the tuition center. After that, bank in my Feb wages into the bank. Photocopied my certs needed for later use.

Rest awhile at home, then walk to LRT station catch up the train to Jelatak to attend my dental appointment. Asked the dentist bout the tooth growing awkwardly inside my mouth, she said as long as it's not troublesome, I can leave it as there, or get rid of it once my braces stuff are done. I prefer not to get rid of it though. Next appointment, 11th June, 9am in the morning. I should be back then, from the NS camp.

I return to LRT Wangsa Maju, then proceeded to make a call to TARC to ask about the A Levels admission. I still have to get a RM25 money order from the post office, and then I walk from the station to the nearest post office, located bout 3 KMs from the LRT station. Waited for 45 mins I guess, before I finally get the money order. I need this money order to process my application for the A level course.

Wednesday morning, my last football game at Setapak Indah before going for NS. A nice game, scored 1 goal and assisted few goals. Nice game. Had a tea break with those football friends, before going Chin Wei's house to clean up myself for the appointment with Wen Xin at TARC.

I'm planning to submit my application form today, and also check out what's her plan then. A little bumper, I didnt take my birth cert to be certified, so have to rush back home find for it. Thankfully the taxi driver is kind enough to wait me and send me back to TARC straight away once I got the document I wanted. Hand in the entire application form, dump it into the application bin, job's done!

Great, to get all the things done within few days time feels good! What makes me felt happier is that I run all the errands all by myself, and at the meantime I'm able to help those who need some advise too!! :D

At least, now I can goto NS with sight of relief~
Just hope that my application is accepted and I can apply for earlier come back from the camp. I think I might enjoy the camp, but I do not wish to stay inside there for too long!

Dr Phil's Test

I seldom touch these kind of forwarded mail, but this time I found this quite interesting personal quiz. Do try it out. :)

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Dr Phil's Test: Here you go. Try this!

Below is Dr Phil's test. (Dr. Phil scored 55; he did this test on Oprah - she got a 38.) Some folks pay a lot of! money to find this stuff out!

Read on, this is very interesting!
Don't be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate and it only takes 2 minutes. Take this test for yourself and send it to your friends.

The person who sent it placed their score in the e-mail subject box. Please do the same before forwarding to your friends (send it back to the person who sent it to you.) Don't peek, but begin the test as you scroll down and answer.
Answers are for who you are now...... not who you were in the past. Have pen or pencil and paper ready. This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today. It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees. It's only 10 simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper,
keeping track of your letter answers to each question.
Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to read YOUR total. When you are finished, forward this to friends/f! amily, and also send it to the person who sent this to you. Make sure to put YOUR
score in the subject box.
Ready??

Begin...
1. When do you feel your best?
a) in the morning
b) during the afternoon ∧ early evening
c) late at night

2. You usually walk...
a) fairly fast, with long steps
b) fairly fast, with little steps
c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
d) less fast, head down
e) very slowly

3. When talking to people you..
a) stand with your arms folded
b) have your hands clasped
c) have one or both your hands on your hips
d) touch or push the person to whom you are talking e) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with..
a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) your legs crossed
c! ) your legs stretched out or straight
d) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
a) big appreciated laugh
b) a laugh, but not a loud one
c) a quiet chuckle
d) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...
a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted......
a) welcome the break
b) feel extremely irritated
c) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
a) red or orange
b) black
c) yellow or light blue
d) green
e) dark blue or purple
f) white
g) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are..
a) stretched out on your back b) stretched out face down on your stomach
c) on your side, slightly curled
d) with your head on one arm
e) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are...
a) falling
b) fighting or struggling
c) searching for something or somebody
d) flying or floating
e) you usually have dreamless sleep
f) your dreams are always pleasant

POINTS:
1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e) 1
10. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.

OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should "handle with! care." You're seen as vain, self-centered, and who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and
adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company
because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sens! ible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone
who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust In your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make t! he decisions & who doesn't want to get involved with
anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren't.

Now forward this to others, and put your score in the subject box of your e-mail, like this:
"Dr.Phil's Test, I got 37"

What is my next step?

Yeah! It's good to see all the friends again back in school! This might be the last gathering for so many friends. It aint easy to have everyone came back together to share stories and crack out jokes. Because of this, I'm concern on myself and also friends.

Some friends scored very good result, while some not so good but at least satisfactory-positive. Those who just came back from NS told us bout their stories, some sharing their own stories as well from their working experience. Me? Just stand there stalk at people and listen to others. I dont talk too much this time, because still feeling disappointed.

I plan to have a cup of tea with friends, but later decided that I better goto TARC settle my collage stuff. Then again, one man show, going there all by myself. Had few conversation with the counsellors, decided that I should take GCE A level. All the fees is about RM 7k, not very cheap though, but compare to other famed colleges, this is the most affordable ones.

I'm aiming to get the A level, then get into a course related to Geography, Sociology, Anthropology or Humanities. 1st choice university is University of Western Australia.

SPM 2006 results, at last

I predicted my result last year on this post, and the real result turn out to be almost the same.... Yea, 7 As and some Bs. Here's my real result then.....

Analyse:

B. Melayu, yea I still remember I faced problems while answering the paper. Maybe I get this mark is because my handwritting is too messy to be read. I rushed for the last novel part in just few minutes time, and I mentioned, one of the hardest BM paper I ever had. Still.... getting 4B for it is a bit, erm, too less? If my handwritting is nice, maybe I can get 3B, as a consolation at least.....

English, scored 1A, no surprise. GCE O level standard scored 2A though. Not many people can get 1A for the GCE O level part. Congratz to Chen Leong who scored 1A for the GCE O part though.

Moral, hahah my nemesis. I've no feeling getting 4B on this subject, even the teacher who thought me Moral last year also have nothing much to say about it. A useless subject, but I wonder why JPA scholarship's requirement is at least 2A for this subject? Hmm....

History, should be an easy paper but at the end of the day I got 3B. Mr Chandran, my ex-History teacher told me that this time the passing mark for History is quite high because many pre-SPM prediction is almost close to the real questions, so somehow the standard went higher then previous years.

Modern Maths, 1A. Nothing much to say about this.

Geography, yea I'm happy I've managed to scored 1A for this subject. As an extra subject, I've to work out harder on this subject because we hardly can get a proper lesson from the tutor. Anyhow, those 6 students who're taking this paper all scored A as wells.

Additional Maths, a surprise 1A for me!! Before this I didnt expect to score an A for my Add Math!! My previous record shows that the best I can achieve is B, and yeah really surprise I can get marks like this!

Physics, of all 3 Science subjects this is my worst. Well, not that bad, it's under my prediction, a 3B. I've problem struggling with physic since then, getting a B to settle it up is still acceptable, for me.

Chemistry and Biology, favourite subjects and both manage to get 2A for it. Can get A for these 2 subjects are consider good already, I'm glad that I didnt get B for these 2. If it wasnt the potassium manganate salt problem plus the rodents & cow's digestive systems, I think I can get 1A for these 2. Anyway that 2 problems can be ignored, it's over now. Hahah....

Chinese, I was confident doing this paper but the result for me, is not so good and not so bad. Average.... 3B.

English for Science and Technology, those who mess with computers and Internet quite often will easily get good marks for this paper. Many of my friends stumbled on this paper, getting 3B only, if not they can straight away get full As. Me? I scored 1A for this, of course. :P

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Comments:

What's my feeling when getting the result slip? 60% upset and 40% delighted. Those subjects I expected to score A didnt score. Say, BM and Chinese, if one of them get 2A at least I wont felt so disappointed, usually my exam result for the languages will be 2 As and 1 B, not this time though. They say language subjects are quite tough this time. Maybe, but there's still quite alot of friends scored A for those subjects.

Overall I felt a little upset with my result, because I aim for 10 As before this. If only I do well in the languages.... maybe things will be different.

Anyway, have to congratulate so many friends who scored well in their exams. Hmm... Jushua from my class gets full 12 1A, one of the best result so far in our school. Who else? CW scored quite good as well, Val getting full As, Kok Yi scored 9, etc.... just too much of them to congratulate!

What's next for me? Fill in all the application forms and also prepare for NS. Aikz....

UPDATE:
My mom asked me to go appeal for my BM result. Getting 4B for a subject I'm confident with is ridiculous! Maybe I should go settle this appeal in 1 or 2 days time...

The party before dooms day

At first this party looks like a repeat of the party last Dec, after all of us finished SPM. Now this time the party is meant to celebrate with friends one day before we take the exam result.
Also, this party is also served as my birthday party as well. :P

I dunno why I didnt write about the previous party for last Dec, nevermind bout that. Unfortunate I didnt bring by camera, so no pics then. :\

Everytime when my classmates are having a gathering party, especially a BBQ, not many people turn out for the party. Perhaps they still have some sort of strangeness within ourselves even though we've been in the same class for 2 years.

Heh, of all my experience BBQing with friends, most of the time we've got the problem to deal with the fire. Yeah, sounds easy to lit up the fire and grill the food, but it's actually not that easy. Dunno why, we have to wait for bout an hour before we can start to grill the food. Oh and also, we're also prepared that the food we eat might not be fully-cooked, it may still be raw....

Received a birthday gift, a bracelet given by friends, hahaha thanks alot! By the way I dunno how to properly put on this ornament... LOL.

So now and then, tomorrow's going to be the day I will take the result. I dunno whether my prediction is true or not, at least 10 As? Heheh.... Wish me luck!

School Chinese Debate 2005

It's an old video, decided to upload it on Youtube to preserve this classic debate between schoolmates. I took this back in year 2005, did I blog about it? I cant remember.... anyway enjoy the video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8L3HOVpBsU
(9 mins)

Settled!

Yesterday night discussing bout the NS stuff with Wen Xin, and suddenly came out the idea today we go do the medical check up and open bank account together. It was a brave move I think, because I havent notify my parents bout it and also misunderstood some of the key points while we discussing today's schedule.

This morning pick up her near my house and went to the hospital with my father's car. Bad luck, while we wanted to settle our medical check up at the General Hospital, the staffs redirect us to an older premise named Wisma Record(aka Wisma Kayu), one of the earlier hospital building around and yet still functioning. Another bumper, the staff over there asked us goto the government clinic closer to our residential area to do the check up. What a joke!!

Hey, the NS is a plan proposed by the gov, right? And the General Hospital also serve as a public facility of the gov, right? Then why we cant do a simple medical check up in the main hospital of the capital? Isnt that a laughter or what? We're frustrated because of this reason, waited from 7am to 8am only to realise that we cant do it there. I still grumbling right now, we're asked to do the check up at a smaller premise while we're inside the largest hospital around the area? Brainless gov, poor communication between the ups and downs. <_<

What to do? We couldnt do the medical checkup early in the morning. So plan B, goto Bank Pertanian open up the bank account required by the council. At first I got the info that the bank is located somewhere near the city center, but after hop into the bus I noticed there's a branch of the bank located just a walking distance away from the hospital. Wasted 90 cent on the bus, hah.

We're the first customer of the bank this morning, after waiting for bout 30 mins before the bank allow anyone get in. Another 30 mins wait for the clerk to process our bank account application. I'm glad that the job is done without any much problem. :)

Took bus back to Desa Setapak. Wen Xin want to go back her house awhile so I entertain my stomach with a pao. I'm hungry, my breakfast doesnt provide enough energy for me to keep on walking for some distances.

We went to a smaller gov clinic at Jelatek, took us bout 2 hours and half to wait all the processes before we're finally asked to do the medical checkup by the doctor. The checkup lasted less than 15 mins, but we waited for 2 hours alrdy! Talk about efficiency huh.....

Settled everything at 1pm sharp. Took LRT back to Wangsa Maju, on the way back met few friends: Jia Hui's reading a book whilte waiting for her parents at the LRT platform, Wen Shiung, Angelina and Zhe Yuan were going somewhere else. It's nice to see one or two friends when going out. :)

Sent Wen Xin home, and then here I am, writing this blog while relaxing. Later gonna sleep, yesterday had problem with sleep again and today wake up at 6am..... (-__-")

What's next for my NS stuff? Prepare all the stuffs needed to bring there, gather some infos from friends who're coming back, all those stuffs I have to finish it the latest by next week.

I'm happy after all the troubles are settled, not just because of this, but for some reasons. I'm looking forward for day like this in the future, heh....

Quit job + NS

Picked up my registered letter from the post office this morning. I should have pick up this letter yesterday afternoon but no one's at home. Oh well.

So many forms inside the letter, and I've 2 useless forms in it too. Forms for postponement and exclusion. Now let's see what's the papers inside the letter then.

Guide book for NS.

Notification letter, with bus ticket.

Parent's approval letter for handling Colt M16 rifle.

Medical checkup forms.

Forms checklist.

2 useless forms as I mentioned above.

I'm required to open a bank account at Bank Pertanian. Why? To bank in the RM300 allowance. After I came back from NS, I will deposit out the money and close the bank. Mwahahaha!
So now I'll have to go through the medical checkup and also open a bank account. Hmm....

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Today is the last day I work. After finish up the final Science notes, I inform the boss I'm quitting today. I might still help them some other things if they need it, and also I'll have to find my replacement to setup the Physic Form 5 notes. My possible candidate are Yee Kai or Tzu Woei, will ask them about the job when they get back from NS this Sunday.

After taking my result on next week, I'll also have to rush to signup scholarship forms and application forms to nowhere. Really, those universities I wanted to needs a strong pre-U studies first. Now still considering A level or SAM.

I have to decide lots of things by next week, settle down everything and leave this place for NS. 3 months, I will be away. Living without Internet? CRAP!!

Birthday Game

Hahah, nothing big happened today. Was grateful friends still remember today's my birthday, wishes me happy birthday through sms and MSN, thanks you peoples!

My last assignments I had now is almost done. Today completed 3 notes totally, and tomorrow have to finish up the last Science notes for Form 5s. I wonder whether I can quit earlier? After this I dont have any more notes to do. Maybe tomorrow it's my last day at work, heh.

Btw today just received Feb's wages. I might use the money to get a new pair of street shoe, current Adidas one is almost worn-out. I'm looking after these....

Budget within RM 200.

Actually yesterday planned to have a football training with friends, but was ruined badly by the rain. Today we almost cancel the game due to the same reason, but Chin Wei's diehard wanna play today. What to do? Play under the rain of course! To me, play football under the rain feels good! It's a good game, though I've strained my muscle. It should be ok after some rest, hopefully.

Talk about the party, my friends decided to held the party at Janice's house. Sorry for those who're looking forward to join the party, this party only welcomes my classmates from S3. Because this time I'm not the organiser and I'm using other's place, I can only follow their rules, if not surely I'll ask everyone I know come for the party!

I still havent receive any present for my birthday though, nevermind. The only present I hope is that I will score a good result for my SPM, which I'll be taking the result next Monday.....

Few days before my18th birthday

Hold your birthday wishes just yet, I'm just living on this planet for 17 years and 364 days, so technically and biologically I could not declare myself as 18th yet. Heh.

Some friends asked whether this year I will have a birthday party bash, to their disappointment the answer is no. I do not really celebrate my birthday in any special occasions, I usually gone through the day doing things that I usually do, daily routines. Yeah, I do like a few wishes from friends, it would delight me. :)

Since I would have a low profile birthday, I seldom receive birthday gifts from anyone, except for the party I had last 2 years. Yea I've keep on mentioning that party, because that party rocks and it's one of the best birthday I ever had!
My parents just inform me that I will be treated for a dinner on the next day after my birthday at a Chinese restaurant near Pudu. I hope this would be a good treat, I love that restaurant's "Sichuan style chicken". :D

My birthday wish? Hahah basically wish is just a wish, if you ask what I want, now here's a wishlist. LOL

A new computer, capable to run Windows Vista Home Premium smoothly. Although CLH's Dell got this alrdy, but I'm eager to get a laptop with this Vista to support both my old Vikings and the new com. Combining XP + Vista = unexpected surprises I guess.

Nokia 5300. Hah I havent give up for this phone yet!

A Canon Ixus series camera. I love PowerShot, but then I prefer the more portable camera than the bulky counterpart which also produces good quality pics.

I guess it will be another lonely birthday for me. til now I've nothing to complain and grumble about. Life goes on, as there's still lots of things awaiting me to settle down.

UPDATE(5 March):
Many friends sms me asking whether I will be having party this year. Yea yea as I written above, I didnt plan to have a party, but things changed when Sam msg me. He says Toh Wai might help me to held a birthday bash this weekend, at the field behind my house.

I thought, this isnt a bad idea! I can consider this proposal. Sam asked whether I prefer BBQ or steamboat, and I opt for BBQ because steamboat is more troublesome. Besides, I dont think my parents would be pleased if too many people come party at my home this time because I havent tell them yet. This time I plan to ask more friends to come over my place than the last time, this time I dont think I'll have guest limits.

I think this Sunday, 11th of March is good for the party because 1st batch NS friends are coming back. Dunno whether they have the mood to party or not, but to meet them again makes me feel good. :)

So now I still have to discuss with friends about it before I can finalise everything. We'll see, heh.

2 more weeks before NS comes

Until now I still havent got my official notification letter from the NS committee. Hey, I expect I will receive the letters the latest by next Friday, 9th of March! You better send the letters quickly! Because I'm not the only one who's waiting for it!

Talk bout the camp I will be going, my aunt who's living in Sabah phoned me and give me some ideas bout the camp. According to her, that camp is one of the best camp available in Sabah. It's near to the sea(South China Sea), and also near mountainous region(Crocker range), so can be consider as good feng shu(有山有水). Also, the food provided from the camp is reasonably good.
According to my aunt, the camp is located somehow 30 mins drive away from the airport, so consider quite near from the city center.

I'm expected to stay in Sabah when there's a break during my NS session. I will be staying at my aunt's house near the Kinabalu mountain range. I've been there before in 1998, it took us 2 hours to get from the airport up to the house, kinda far but I like the views along the road. Sabah is one of my favourite place in Malaysia!! :D

Free For All

Once again I'm able to continue write blogs as usual after spending semi-hiatus over the past few months. The reason? It's because sisters are lurking in this blog and giving me comments on this blog. Oh crap, I prefer to do it low profile and did not want anyone from the family to know this blog too much. I dunno why, although I dont really have anything to hide from anyone.

I still have 5 days left to complete my work. After this I'll have 1 week break to prepare to take SPM result and also settle last minute NS chores.
Sheez, the NS committee should've send the notification letters earlier, because all the 2nd batch trainees would have to do medical checkup, open bank account, stock up stuffs at the very last minute, which result human traffic jam.

Talk about taking SPM results, looks like my friends are eager and looking forward to take the result, so do I. I think the result will mean alot to me, because this result will reflect all my studies over the past few years in school, and also I need good result to apply for scholarship etc.
Also, I hope the SPM result will be a good birthday gift for myself, hahah....

This year's birthday I wont be celebrating anything I guess, another quiet birthday. I might be able to enjoy a chocolate cake if my mother happened to remember my birthday, heh. My last birthday party was 2 years ago, I regret I only manage to invite some of the closer friends but not all of them. Regrets would be somehow too late now.

My birthday? 6th of March. 6/3/1989, a good number combinations. You see, all the numbers can be equally divided by the number of 3.
3, 6, and 9 are my lucky numbers because all three numbers are present in my birthdate!. ;)