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ISYF Day 6 (Final Day)

2012-01-21T12:34:00.000+08:00

Day 6 (19 Jan)

There werecultural presentations made by the Taipei First Girl’s High School, US LoudounCounty Academy of Sciences, Second High School Attatched to Beijing University,and last but not least India Bishop Cotton Boys High School. Then we went for theNobel Dialogue session. HuiTing, Edith, me and Qing Hao were in the same group.We were arranged to have a dialogue with eminent Scientist James Barber. Thistime, I finally got to ask my questions, LOTS of them. Besides, our table (me,Edith, HuiTing and Qing Hao) asked the most questions, the Scarcedale girlsbombed the Professor with us too. It was so much fun asking questions and gettingthem answered! We realized that we were those kind of person who used to listento the teacher quietly in a corner, but now we thought that we shouod ask moreduring lessons, not only mere listening. Just like what Prof. Aaron Ciechanoversaid in the previous Master Class, a good student cannot be shy nor quiet, butto be stubborn and constantly challenging the teacher and themselves.Personally, I preferred the Dialogue if compared to the Nobel Forum and thePanel Discussion, because the Dialogue opens a wider chance for us to directour questions, and also more personal, and by that I mean while communicatingwith the scientist, you can actually have a one-to-one dialogue session, as hewill pay more attention to you when answering your questions. After lunch, weheaded back to the HCI Boarding School to prepare for our formal dinner. FormalDinner was just awesome! Vaibhav was just completely in awe of the Chinesecuisine served, I think that he is starting to love Chinese things!! Woohoo!!He was just complimenting on every dish served, he absolutely loved them.Besides the formal dinner, the Closing Ceremony and Dinner and Dance were alsoheld in the Conrad Hotel.

Feelings:Although this is officially the last day, I have a strong feeling that the bondformed in the ISYF will not be easily broken. Despite feeling sad andunwilling, there is still a part of me rejoicing that I have had a chance to bea part of all these. Special thanks to the organizers, sponsors and supporters,THANIK YOU for everything!

I LOVEISYF!!

ISYF Day 5

2012-01-18T21:56:00.001+08:00

Day 5 (18 Jan)

So todayafter breakfast and briefing, was the Cultural Hour. Presenting their cultureand schools are those from Brunei, Taiwan and Hong Kong. After that we went forsome activities in the HCI Science Research Labs. We went to all three labs (Bio,Cham and Phy), and conducted some experiments there, it was cool because thelabs were one of the most well-equipped research labs in Singapore. Theexperiments were interesting although it was a little hard following them as wedid not learn anything they did in Malaysia yet, but it was really excitingconducting experiments with those of the same interests. It was lunch justright after that and we prepare for the Nobel Forum and Poster Exhibition. TheNobel Forum, as always was of much help and I again failed to ask my question.The fact is this: Just right after they were calling for questions, I got upright away, but because where I sat was far from the microphone, so the othersgot the microphone faster than me, so due to time constraint, they let only 3students to ask their questions and asked the rest to keep theirs for tomorrow.There was one delegate from India, when he was asking his question, the NobelLaureates actually invited him on stage to repeat the question so that theycould hear in clearer. The guy’s name is Umang, I can’t forget that name,because he was the only guy who got the chance to sit with the Laureates andlisten to them face-to-face, and to tell you the truth, I was JEALOUS. Why wasn’tI born in India anyway? Well after that was the Poster Exhibition by allschools. Throughout the exhibition, I was like talking non-stop, because afterone guest then comes another, so I have to repeat the whole thing again andagain. French Nobel Laureate Prof. Claud Cohen-Tannoudji visited our booth andgave us comments, how cool is that?! Well, I visited some other booths fromthose from other countries, some of them were amazing – Vaibhav (my US roommate)told me about his research, and he actually designed and did his project on hisown, concerning the usage of a substance in snails to repair damaged of tornmuscle tissues. I was completely blown away by his own research, he could win aNobel Prize for that! So after all these was dinner and free time, when I wrotethis. J

Feelings:Got to see the formal uniforms of many schools today, some of which were sostunning, although most from the West don’t have their formal attire as the don’treally wear uniform in their own schools. It was a shame that I do not get thechance to ask me question, but I think I’ll grab hold of any opportunity later.Learnt a lot in the poster exhibition session, I need to do more research! WhenVaibhav carried out his research, he got help by contacting some professors outside,and they were willing to not only support him, and also lent out a helpinghand. I find it amazing, because if I were him, I might not know that we canactually contact professors personally. Tomorrow will officially be the lastday, looking forward to the Formal Dinner at Conrad Hotel, but don’t want toreturn home. DILEMMA!!

ISYF Day 2 to Day 4

2012-01-18T20:47:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, the internet wi-fi connection here in the HCI boarding school is not really good, so I was only able to get in it after trying for 3 days. So here's what I do:

Day 2 (15 Jan)

After breakfast wewent from HCI Boarding school to the Lecture Theatre at the Hwa Chong High School

Building for awelcoming ceremony and a briefing by Organizing co-Chairpersons Kenneth Tan andAng

Jia Wei.There are also among the facilitators there. After the briefing, delegates fromSingapore, Malaysia (another team), Thailand and Turkey had their Cultural HourPerformance. The Singaporeans sang us a song, the Malaysian performed the DikirBarat, the Thailand showed us a video on Loi Krathong, while the Turkishtreated us some of their local snacks. Then after we had a briefing on ourAmazing Race which will be held in the afternoon, we proceeded for anice-breaking session. This is where I got to really know my team members:Leaders, Kenneth Leong and Narice, Hui Ting, Junianthi, Edith, Wei Jian, JinRui and Matthew from Singapore, Hazel from Turkey, Karen from Hong Kong, Harizfrom Brunei and last but not least, Vaibhav from the States. The Amazing Racestarted not long after we finished our lunch. Our team was on the actually onthe lead when we discovered the supposedly-a-surprise prize were just somesnacks and drinks, therefore our team decided to not compete in the race, butto spend the day sightseeing around Singapore where other participants wouldnot have the chance to do. I mean they have the chance, but they did not reallydo it. Hazel even managed to use the chopsticks the correct way at the end ofthe day. Anyway, we reached back campus at 2200, exhausted but happy.

Feelings:Well, the cultural performances were truly wonderful, as it actually increasedmy knowledge on the educational system and the distinct culture of places roundthe globe. As for the Amazing Race, as we’re all wearing trousers, so we gotreally sticky, hot and a little humid on the inside, quite a number of usregretted for wearing long pants. ;) Despite that, I still felt that this is agreat experience to me.

Day 3 (16 Jan)

Woke upextremely early today at 0515 hours, as there will be a sort-of-assembly whichthey call it the Flag Raising Ceremony, where all Hwa Chong Students (Sec 1 toJC2) will gather and have the flag raised and some announcements. The maindifference of their “assembly” and of Chung Ling’s is that the announcementswere made by students on behalf of teachers, and every song they sing (nationaland school anthem) were played by the school band. We had a photo session andthen had a briefing of the day’s programme as usual. We were taken for a tourround the High School and had our Master Class with Nobel Laureates (althoughmy speaker is not a Nobel Laureate). My class subject is “It’s in our DNA:Genetics for Human Diseases” by Prof Khor Chiea-Chien from Singapore. His classwas actually very basic and not in-depth, therefore, it was quite easy for meto understand. He is also a lively person, so I did not fell asleep despitewaking up so early in the morning. After lunch, we went to visit the A*Bioprocessing and Technology Institute. It was actually a building withresearch labs and scientists working in it. The facilities there wereexcellent. It was well-equipped by means of safety, and it even providesscholarships for international students. We had a dialogue session there withsome scholars and scientists and lab researchers, it was truly beneficial.Headed back for dinner, and it was free and easy time until lights off.

Feelings: Doyou know that the HCI’s school anthem is actually of the same rhythm with thatof Chung Ling’s? Except that the tempo was slightly faster and livelier ifcompared to ours and theirs consists of 3 verses while we only have 2. Yeah andthanks to the Master Class and the A* trip, I finally knew what I wanted to do:genetics. I had actually thought about that, but I was worried that afterstudying genetics, there will be only a small number of careers available, butafter all that, I made my mind to go for it. Thank you ISYF! You just gave memy future.

Day 4 (17 Jan)

Hadbreakfast as usual in the boarding school’s dining area, and then proceeded forthe daily briefing at the Lecture Theatre. JianZi and I made our Cultural HourPerformance together with the Australians, Chinese and Philipinos. Followingthat was the Nobel Laureates Master Classes, which I was allocated in the classof a 2002 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover. Our topic of discussionwas about personalized medication. However, instead on focusing on the topic,Prof. Aaron shared more of his life as a scientist with us. He told us of hisjourney of education since young until how he actually became a scientist. Itwas truly unbelievable, as he had never attended any courses on Chemistrywhatsoever, but he was awarded the award on Chemistry. He was our inspiration,besides providing useful tips and advice, he too shared his knowledge on hisfield on study, which gave us a clearer image on what his discovery was. Wevisited the Nanyang Technology Institute after lunch. I was following the groupto the Physics and Applied Physics Department, where there were many high-techmachinery were found and also the facilities were very new and modern. In theLecture Hall of the Nanyang Biological Institute, we attended a discussion withthe Nobel Laureates in the topic: Science Education in a New Millennium. It wasa shame as when I was queing for the Q&A session, the host had ended thediscussion because of the fact that we’re overtime. Immediately after that, we went to Clementifor a local dinner and headed back to HCI for a “ghost tour”, as it wasbelieved to be ghosts around the Institution. However, it was not proven thatthe rumours were true until now.

Feelings:Frankly speaking, I thought that our Cultural Presentation was not veryattractive because we just merely did a brief introduction about our school andPenang Island. As for the Nobel Master Class, it had truly beneficial for me, as the professor was justsharing his life experiences, which I think was what I need at this particularpoint of time. He gave us some encouragements, guidelines and advice in ourstudies, career, and concerning whatever choices we make. The NTU trip was justfun, although Physics is not my preference. I did learn a lot in the paneldiscussion session from the Nobel Laureates. It seems that we need to have astrong passion and scientific qualities such as perseverance and confidences(and at times some stubborn-ness) to succeed in science researches!

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE YOUTH FORUM 2012 (Day 1)

2012-01-14T22:31:00.002+08:00

We departedPenang on SilkAir to Singapore at 1030, and reached Changi Airport atapproximately 1125. We were welcomed by facilitators Ryann and Kenneth, whobrought us to Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School (HCI) for check-in bymini-bus. Unlike Penang, the mini-bus (or van) is spacious and well taken careof, the condition of the road is even and also extremely clean. As an overall,the journey was smooth and enjoyable. Without realizing, we reached HCI,checked in and took our lunch. Seeing that we still had time until 1800, ourteacher Mdm. Hong brought us out for a half day trip. We took the bus and MRTto Kent Ridge, where Mdm. Hong contacted a Chung Ling ex-student, who thenbrought us around the National University of Singapore. He is currentlycompleting his 2^nd semester of his last year majoring Physics. Hetook us on a ride, showing us around the campus: faculties, canteen,dormitories, lounge etc. We hanged out with some ex-Chung Ling students oncampus and went back at about 1745. We got off the MRT at Botanical Garden, andtook a brief walk there. Full of greenery and breath-taking landscapes, theBotanical Garden is the perfect spot for daily exercises, family picnics, andeven for photography. Being in the Botanical Garden, even though for a shorttime, gives a soothing feeling as there were no pollutions at all, no litters,just pure calmness and tranquility. From the Botanical Gardens, we took anapproximately 1.9 km walk back to HCI Boarding School for dinner. After diningwe get to gather in groups which were earlier arranged (I’m in group Zania,JianZi in Lyra, names of constellations of stars are used as group names) andhad a short ice-breaking session before we proceed for our free time.

Feelings: Impressedby the efficiency and warmth of the facilitators’ service, and theirwell-organized programme. I got to know more about the NUS, which actuallyhelped me in planning my further studies, liked the fast and convenient publictransport, and satisfied with the standards of the dorms (better than my roomin some aspects).

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

2012-01-08T14:54:00.002+08:00

The 2nd blog post in a day -- you can see how bored I am at home! I was surfing across some good blogs and saw some posts on the new year and their resolutions, which reminded me that I haven't even fulfilled mine last year! (Well, I think I might cancel some out, to make my life easier and to enlighten the pressure which I will be getting by the end of the year because of some "major exams")

It's the 8th day of the new year already, and I'm still here thinking about my resolutions for the year (might be a little late, eh?). However, resolutions are resolutions, they shall be made, no matter what time of the year is it, it is never too late!

Talking about resolutions, they are crucial for everybody. Resolutions are targets, goals, aims, purposes and promises in life towards us ourselves and others. Without any resolutions, one may live a meaningless life, like what the book of Ecclesiastes says: VANITY. Resolutions and be made anytime, not necessarily during the new year ONLY. Besides, it can also be made toward anybody, be it yourself, your parents, your friends, God..... you name it. However, this gentle reminder I give to you: Do not simply resolve towards God, as once you had done it, you have to fulfill it. It's a MUST, because we should not lie to God. Therefore, think twice before resolving (especially to Him): Am I able to fulfill it? Am I capable of doing it? Is this necessary? What if I fail to do it? What if it is not possible?

Back to the importance of resolutions. On one hand, it provides a purpose in life (as what I've just mentioned in the paragraph before), on the other hand, it trains us to be more disciplined in life. While pursuing our goals, qualities such as self discipline, persistence, determination, and self-control can be implemented. Of course, after making resolutions, we shall always put them in mind and in heart to remind ourselves of what we promised ourselves. If resolutions are made merely for the sake of making them, then never hope for the benefits, because they are just blank sayings, and are a waste of time, plus it magnifies one's childishness and immaturity.

So my 2012 resolutions are these:

1. To play my part well in life (as a student, child, friend etc.)
2. To continuously pray for the infilling of His Holy Spirit.
3. To think twice before making any decisions so that edification of all parties can be achieved.
4. To study hard and do the best I can in my studies and pass every test and examination with flying colors.

4 resolutions, not too many, not too little, and not too easy either! (especially 2 and 3.........and 4 of course, and..... ummm..... 1 also, actually. hahahh) Let's see how many can I achieve this year, yea? I'm starting to regret making these resolutions already..... Wait, why am I so pessimistic out of a sudden? This is so wrong. I shall believe in myself! I can WILL do it!

No resolutions, no life!

OF TABLETS, PHONES AND ANDROIDS

2012-01-03T11:22:00.000+08:00

Sad to say, but I seriously had to agree on what the elderly always say:

"Kids nowadays can't just live without technology."

Yes, I can see you staring at the screen in front of you with disbelief , and thinking: That's not necessarily true! At least I am not like that! Well, I have to admit, not all kids are like that, because I am not like it myself (yes, and I consider myself as a kid, a 17-year-old kid, I mean, who doesn't like to stay young?!). So, just let me stay this straight -- this particular post has nothing to do with you if you are NOT obsessed with gadgets, fair enough?

To me, a phone that can be used to make phone calls, text, set alarms, and reminders would be more than sufficient, plus I could use it for years. I got my phone at 13, but what was regretted afterwards is that I do not use all the functions that my phone has. Just take a look at it, you can see no songs downloaded in it, not many pictures, video clips whatsoever. So sad to say, smartphones or tablets nowadays are just not my cup of tea. I mean, I would not have much problem using them, but all that is not necessary, I would not bother to download any apps either, I am just too lazy to do all that. I go simple and cheap.

Talking about cheap stuff, it makes me feel like I am a cheap person, well I guess I am, and there's nothing wrong with that! Whenever I shop, be it clothes, accessories, daily stuff, my priority goes like this : price > quality > suitability (a.k.a. "taste" or "style") > brand. Let's think about it: Why go for the expensive one,when there is one with similar qualities for a much cheaper price? I encourage all people to live moderately and go low.

Now smartphones and various gadgets can make our lives a whole lot easier and also more convenient, but we people while using them should be vigilant to avoid oneself to turn obsessed. Obsession, or addiction of technology, does not necessarily involves children ONLY, but adults can too be dragged by the nose with ease. Therefore, stay alert at all times, and never fall into the endless pit of overpowering fun of technology, as once you slipped in, you'll definitely find it hard to get out.

The use of the ever-improving tech can be beneficial, as long as we use it wisely and with a clear mind and purpose. So, let's use it the way that we should use it, shall we?

31.12.2011

2011-12-31T22:47:00.000+08:00

The last day of 2011..... Everything seems to pass by faster each year. What should I do, time just can't slip away this fast, can it? I mean, I am officially Form 5 after a couple of hours, and that means SPM is near, and when SPM is near, that means graduation is near, and if graduation is near, that means college/university is near, and if college/university is near, I should be sure of what field would I be studying, and I haven't really thought about that yet! Well in fact, I have, but I still couldn't make up my mind! What if after studying I don't like it? What if after finishing my studies, it's hard to get a job in that field? Then, if no job = no money = no family = no dignity = no future = no LIFE. Time creeps by silently without me noticing, and I had foolishly spent the days on my life.

At this point of time, when I feel so helpless, desperate, and blank, let me quote a Bible verse for self-comforting:

Mt 6:34-"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. "

I do this all the time. Self comfort using Bible verses, very efficient indeed. However, that seems so true, what can we do without God's will? Every breath we take, every blink of an eye, every twitch of a muscle is a blessing of God. Who knows when is the Last Day, nobody knows, not even the angels,only He knows. Rumors state that 2012 will be the end of the world, I doubt it, I challenge it, I say: 2012 is NOT the end of the world! Because nobody knows, not even His angels, how then, would men know? I wonder which fool started this FAKE and UNTRUE rumor? This "fool" certainly has a thing in Maths, but please, sometimes life is about faith, and trust and submit, don't you get it? We could never use the Scripture to prove the authenticity of happenings, but only can we use the happenings of the earth to prove the authenticity of the Bible, as the Bible, which is inspired by He Himself, is NEVER wrong.

Well, men can plan things beforehand, of course, but the key towards fulfilling it is no other than the permission of God. Things happen out of the blue, when we never expected it, and of course when we never planned of that to happen, and that's the moment when we can experience the wonderful will of God. I thank God for everything that has happened to me in year 2011, no matter good or bad, bringing joy or sorrow, for I know that behind every happening is a will of God. Therefore, never will I murmur or question but to rejoice and give thanks.

In year 2012, I would hope for nothing more, I would want nothing more, I shall not worry, I shall rely, I shall entrust, I shall embrace and treasure every single thing for I know it is from Him.

In year 2012, I resolve to be a better person - a better son, a better student, a better brother, a better friend, a better servant, a better me - even better than before.

In year 2012, a brand new beginning, may the ugly side of me perish and may my beautiful side bloom and shine and continue to imply the goodness of God in every single thing I do. May I be able to glorify His great name and be of sufficient courage to speak of His words.

In year 2012, I wish the best to you, and to all whom I have known, and whom I have not known. May the abundant grace of God shower upon us, may the almighty hand of His protect us and gives us peace, may we be filled of His Holy Spirit, that He shall dwell within us, from now until forevermore.

2012, a new year, a new start, a new me.

KIDS

2011-12-23T17:02:00.002+08:00

Had a couple of kids staying overnight in my house recently (actually, 3 of them in fact... plus my sister = 4), that's why I had the urge to write this post. Just for your information, they are my cousins -- Gerald, Samuel and Britney from Singapore. They were actually here in Malaysia for our cousin's wedding, but since they arrived early, they decided to stay in my house and then follow us back to Perak (by the way, Perak is my father's hometown...).

So, they had been here for only 3 days but I was extremely exhausted running around with them, running around by means of following them from place to place, not literally..... I'm sorry to say this kids,but honestly, sometimes I don't even want to play with you all outside, because if I do, I wouldn't have time to do my own stuff! However, I still did what you guys wanted, especially YOU, Britney, you made me go to the park with you, play carrom with you, play PS2 with you, watch TV with you..... It's very annoying seriously! Although all this seems tiring and obviously taking up all my time, but seeing you kids enjoying yourselves made me feel happy also, you know? Maybe, when you're in Singapore you don't get to do these stuff, even though the "stuffs" you do here is somewhat "normal" such as playing badminton and playing the computer.....

Are your lives in Singapore always hectic and dull? I have always wanted to ask you this, especially Gerald and Samuel -- the brightest kids I've ever seen. Gerald is the top student in his school, intelligent, smart, and cheeky. As an Olympiad Mathematics pro, he could definitely beat me in Maths. I don't know why, but somehow I felt very stupid unable to answer your Maths question, you're only in Primary 5, can't you give me a break? Also, please remember to speak as SLOWLY as possible okay? At times I find it extremely challenging to get what you're talking about, because all your words are jumbled up already! Samuel, learn to sleep without adults accompanying! You're a big boy now, so it's definitely time to get independent! Your parents might be quite strict towards both of you, I guess, as you two just can't get your little hands off electronic devices, can you? When you're at home, if it's not the computer, you guys will be at the PS2, when you're outside, you will grab my phone and play games already. Kids, don't play games to much, don't get obsessed!

Tomorrow will be our last day together, I wish you guys all the best in Singapore! I am indeed blessed to have such cute cousins, and no one could replace all of you in my heart. By the way this post is dedicated to all of you, you know? Haha, as if you guys are going to read this post, I'm thinking way too much!

LOVE YOU GUYS!!

*P/S: I might sound a little sentimental here, although I will be seeing you guys every year, but I think staying in my house is only once in a lifetime, so... this is what I feel..... Hahahh*

BETTER IN TIME

2011-11-24T13:07:00.001+08:00

Time washes everything away, that's what I believe in. No matter how you feel, what you want, they will definitely fade away. Time is precious, and fast. Often said to be of higher value than money, time that is lost cannot be replaced. There's where memories stay, way back in time.

Consider a Christian, with strong and unbreakable faith when he first started his belief in Christ, where he was so pure, so clean and shining with righteousness sinning against God. It is not impossible for that to happen, it just needed time. People may feel very blessed and truly holy or religious when they start their journey of faith. Never did they know that time is one of Satan's most brutal weapon. Inversely proportional with time, is lust. The tiny amount of lust present in our heart, grows and expands rapidly, to the extent where it takes complete control of our conscience, then we start to let it take over, thus leading us to the dark path of sin. Immediately after sinning for the first time, we get an overpowering sense of regret, then making our resolution to repent and change. Sad to say, these so-called "repentance" are actually excuses for people to sin more. If people can actually repent completely after sinning, why then can't they repent after sinning after sinning twice or thrice? People usually say "This is the last time I'm doing this....." after sinning, but every time seems to be the last time, the cycle just wouldn't stop. In fact, the only antidote for complete repentance is constant prayer and spiritual nurture. Wash and cleanse yourself with the Words of God, and put on the armor of righteousness. It might be easy to say, but certainly hard to fulfill.

However, it is totally unfair to say that time ONLY washes away things, time can also build up things. Imagine someone constantly reading the Bible, praying, singing hymns, serving the Lord, his faith would be brought up to another level. Therefore, brothers and sisters in Christ, pray to God always, not just in words, but in action. Make it a daily routine, start it with me, and let's maintain this together! Remember, start it now, because it's now or never!

The end is near, isn't it?

BREAKAWAY

2011-11-17T21:10:00.001+08:00

Happy to say, it is the end of the semester now. Gosh, this year seemed to slip through extremely fast! But its not necessarily a bad thing, at least I don't have to go on with my hectic life (which I've been practicing for the past 10 months). Nevertheless, I have a strong feeling, that next year would be the same, or worse, in fact, because it's the SPM year! Actually this year doesn't seem to be honeymoon year to me, it's more like a adapting year...

I will not say that 2011 is a completely bad year for me, because I did have lots of fun! Especially when I go out for competitions, outings, camps..... I did so many things with my friends this year, I can't believe it! Penang Bridge Marathon is around the corner, and I am totally thrilled! Not thrilled to win, but to have serious fun! Honestly, the marathon, for me, it's not all about winning, or the cert, the goodie bags, I see it as a chance to exercise, interact with friends, meet new fiends, and enjoy the beginning of the holidays.

Everyday, when I go to school, I bring a joyful heart, as there are so many friends in class to talk to. KahChung, the funniest guy I've met so far, he made me laugh the most in my life. Although to him, what he said or did is just normal, but to me it's hilarious, and I don't know why I feel that. I've known him since Form 1, and I am so thankful that there is such a person in my life. I wanted to be in the same class as him next year, as it is the last year of my secondary school life, and I must thoroughly enjoy it. Everybody needs a friend like that you know, because when we have troubles or when we feel bad, we talk to them, and we can see life's light again!

Another special guy is JackMin, more likely known as Jack. He is my best-est buddy. We've known each other since Form 2, but at that time I already knew that both of us would be the best of friends. This is also unexplainable. Jack, thanks for always standing by my side no matter what the condition is. Thanks for seeing my as your buddy too. At times we do not need to talk much, but me and you, it's as if we know what each of us are thinking. Dude, you can be my twin already!

Of course there are still many other friends that I haven't named, but they all play important roles in my life. I'm glad that I have them this year, I hope next year will be better.

I'm so in a holiday mood right now! I want to break away from my world, forget all the troubles, and immerse myself in pools of happiness and enjoyment. I want to draw near to nature, and feel it's incredible power. Men can't live without nature, neither can nature live without men, there is a bond between them. I am like a roaring lion now, eager to get out of my cage. After tomorrow, my gates are opened, my chain is unlocked, and I am FREE!

At the end of this year, let's have a breakaway! Cheers!

Organic Based Water Bio-Filter

2011-11-14T20:11:00.001+08:00

Hi! This post is about my science project which I and JianZi would be presenting next year. Readers, if you have any comments, questions or views, please voice out, so that we can improve on it. If there are any places where you don't fully understand, you can ask about it too, so that we will be able to deal with the questions from people.

Basically our project is a simple but special water filter system. What's extraordinary about it is that the components are made out of natural and organic materials. Furthermore, unlike other commercial water filter, our filter can also absorb heavy metal ions which might bring harm towards the health of us consumers. After an test on tap water obtained from many areas in Penang, we found out that heavy metal ions can be found in majority of them. The eco-filter consists of 3 different compartments, the Basic Filtration Compartment, the Organic Biosorbents Compartment, and the Final Purification Compartment.

The Basic Filter compartment – Consists of finesand, coarse sand and stone gravels, layered from top to bottom. Thiscompartment functions to remove the large-sized impurities, bacteria andinsoluble substances. When water flows through it, the suspended solidsprecipitate in the sand layers as residue and the water, which is reduced in suspendedsolids flow out of the compartment. However, heavy metal ions are still presentin the water.

The Organic Biosorbents compartment – Consists ofneem leaves (Azadirachta indica) powder, egg shells powder and risk huskpowder. This compartment functions to remove the heavy metal ions present inthe water. The ions adsorbed include Pb²⁺, Cd²⁺ and Cr³⁺ions. Although this eliminates heavy metal ions from the water, but thisprocess added color and odor to it.

The Final Purification Compartment – Consists of volcanic rocks, activated carbon and wood based carbon. The activated carbon removes color fromthe water, thus resulting in clear and pure drinking water, while the volcanic rocks and wood-based carbon remove bad odor from the water. After going through allstages of the filter, the initially contaminated water is channeled to astorage tank and stored for domestic use, drinking, or other uses.

Besides adsorbing heavy metal ions, the organic biosorbents (especially neem), has many other functions and uses. Neem tree originated from India, and was called the 'Tree of 40 Uses' because of its wide use in the medical field. As we all can see, all the organic biosorbents we used are edible and biodegradable. Actually many other biosorbents can be used, and we wanted to include them into our water filter, but because of our time constraint, we had to go with 3 biosorbents only. The preparation of these bio-materials also take up a long time and extremely energy consuming, because we need to dry them upcompletely, and ground them into complete powder using only a pestle and mortar.

So that a brief introduction for our project. Give us feed backs! Thank you all for taking your time to read about this!

QUICK-FIRE POST

2011-11-09T19:08:00.004+08:00

I decided to write a quick-fire post today! Quick-fire = within 30 minutes, for your information, because I don't have time, as I am going out later.

Speaking of quick-fire, it makes me think of one of my favorite shows -- TOP CHEF. Yup, although I am not a fan of cooking, I still loved to watch this show, because the food always looked tasty! There is something called the quick-fire challenge in the show, where the participants have to prepare a dish in like 10-15 minutes, but to my surprise, all the food prepared every time is of HIGH standards, elegant, tasty-looking and classy! Those judges don't seem to like some of them though, but I thought that every single one of them is PERFECT. So, from here we can see that the judges seriously don't know how to appreciate food, they even called some "mess", "crap", "bland"... If I were the judge, I would definitely be like 'no comments!' or 'nice, give me MORE!', but I think I would be fired after a couple of shows, because I am so unprofessional. However, I love the time in the judges' room, where they criticize the cook, very exciting, I can learn some things too.

As for why I am so not into cooking, I am afraid, afraid of dealing with the kitchen utensils (especially those sharp ones) which may probably hurt me. I am constantly concerned for the cooks too, who are always running around the kitchen with knives, pots, pans, like crazy people, not to say that sometimes the floor has puddles of oil! Can't imagine the situation when an accident happens, touch wood. I am always worried for other people, you see.

Top Chef is a good show for sure, watch it if you want, it's on channel 702 in Astro -- DIVA UNIVERSAL. Unleash the diva in you! Times up, utensils down! (That's what Padma says after each quick-fire challenge. FYI, Padma's the host.Very hot, by means of body, not taste. I know it's not funny...) Bye for now. Cheers.

DEBATE, MY LIFE?

2011-11-07T16:05:00.002+08:00

Debate, I wonder how I got tied to this thing. I like debate, but to me, it's just for fun, I guess that's what really matters. The most important ingredient to make an edifying debate is interest and enjoyment. Every time involving in a debate activity or competition, or even merely a discussion or meeting, happiness is the most important thing for me, be it winning or losing a match, I would still feel satisfied, although winning can be the icing on the cake.

Chinese Debate Society, I never thought that this kind of club would be available in Chung Ling. However when they first came for auditioning (yes, we need to go through auditions to get in), I felt a gush of power entering me, and a voice was like saying, "Yes, that's what you want, GO for it!" I told myself I am doing it, I did not have a second thought, I just signed up. That was the moment when I think I started doing what I really like. Sadly, the club was half established when I joined, the committee were fighting for the liberation of the club. I really admire my seniors, although they were in Fifth Form and dealing with the SPM soon, they still continued to thrive in large steps, putting aside all those demoralizing comments and discouragement from some teachers (only a couple). They succeeded at the end, they got a promising conformation on establishing the club from the Headmaster, with the club not fully open for registration yet.

After their graduation, which brings to the beginning of the year 2011, the Headmaster, all out of a sudden, declared the Chinese Debate Society closed due to the lacking of teacher advisors. I was devastated, but not torn in spirit, I wanted to revive the club (yes, did I mention that I was the President? Let me tell you all about this later.), but I did not know how or where to start. The Headmaster is extremely busy at the beginning of the year, I had no one to talk to, the committee was deteriorating because of the announcement, school debate team needed to prepare for competitions.... I talked to the teacher, and she tried to talk to the Headmaster, but she said that we needed some 'support' for us to demand the re-establishment of the club. We have to wait until the end of the competition, and see the results, I thought. Luckily, the results were good enough, to the extent that the Headmaster declared the club open himself (this time it is for real, and I guessed that the "We love Chung Ling Debate Club" shout during the prize giving ceremony worked. haha) I thank the school team who worked their butts off for the competition, and also the seniors who came back to help, teachers who were truly responsible, supportive and dedicated.

As for me as the President (for two years consecutively, in fact), again, I never thought of that either. Frankly speaking, I know of my abilities, and of course I knew that there were many candidates that were more qualified and suitable, I mean who does not know that my Chinese standard stinks in comparison to other team members of my age? But I am still the one chosen, I am blessed. I received some insincere "congratulations", I know it although they sounded sincere, VERY sincere indeed, and tonnes of pressure from the committee, sometimes accompanied by insults and irritating attitudes. Guys, if you are reading this, I hate it, please stop, but it's okay if you want to continue because I am used to getting sick of it already. I am sorry if this makes you unhappy, or feel some kind of injustice, or even hatred, maybe you should come upfront and lets talk about this one-to-one, and we can get over this somehow, I am willing to resign if you are willing to stop, I have my dignity, you know.

I see all this as a challenge, and I am certain that whatever I do in the future have nothing to do with debating, but debate will always stay in me, as an interest. It's our last year next year, lets make debate a beautiful memory, please? That is all I wanted, nothing more.

I love debate, no doubt. :)

Confessions of a 16-year-old

2011-11-05T12:42:00.000+08:00

16 is sweet! However, I dare not say that I have had many experiences in life, but seriously, I have so much to say about my life. :)

Firstly, I thank God for protecting me in my smooth-sailing16 years of life. I had lots of encounters where some are simply unexpected, sudden and totally interesting! Life is like a roller coaster, it's completely true for me, at least MY life is like one. Lots of up and downs, some left-and-right swaying, some 360 degree rotations, slowing down, gaining pace, sudden stop, sudden boost...... There are more downs that ups in my life, I would say, but every fall of a roller coaster would eventually go up again, back to its initial position, that's like when I fall, into a deep and dark hole, God's mighty hand for sure will hold me and return me to the light. So, I am not going to blame anybody for the falls in my life, but to give thanks, because if it had not been these falls, trips and tumbles, I would never experience the wondrous grace of God.

16 is a great age, not too young, and not too old either. Adolescence, (deep breath), is truly exhilarating! With a huge gap between youth and childhood, the widest gap in life, in fact, people often find it hard to get to the other side, although there is a narrow bridge connecting both of the stages, called puberty. To me, puberty is like a catalyst, speeding and enabling the change between the two stages in life. This catalyst, is like a enzyme, highly specific because in only reacts in a couple of processes. I know this sounds a little crazy, but it is crucial to handle puberty carefully in a correct manner, so that it can perform its optimal function. People experiencing puberty undergo changes in various aspects, especially physically and mentally. However, it is a thin thread between dealing with it in a correct and wrong way, for this is where the graph of life starts to shape, I mean, to plot its points. Good and wise control of puberty leads to maturity, while foolish and shallow control leads rebellion and destruction.

Enough of all the puberty, now lets talk about my childhood. I was born together with a twin, a fraternal twin. I somehow find it weird to call him my twin, as we are more like friends, but after 16 years of calling him my twin, I guess I should get used to it. When people ask about me and my twin, I would always describe him as a friend, whom is staying with me since he was born. We never liked the same thing, but even if we do, we would never choose the same color. Good for my parents, they could always differentiate between us, not to say that they could easily tell which is which because we do not look the same. It gross us out when we see identical twins wear the same clothes, same character......etc, to the extent where we could not tell the difference. Its funny, as a twin, to see another pair of twins which is so similar, it is so disgusting. Okay, maybe 'disgusting' is a little harsh (it may hurt other twins), it's........... yucky??

My childhood times revolves like a cycle -- arguing, quarreling, fighting, losing (yeah, I lose all the time, I am of bigger size, but who cares? I am soft and more tender! Hahh... ), crying, jealousy, hatred, forgetting about it, returning to initial position, play, make fun, and then argue again. Then IT came, I mean maturity (or puberty), and we stopped fighting, completely, arguing, not completely, but the frequency came down. So, gradually the sparks between us begin to fade, until our relationship evolves into a pool of still water, calm but flowing, linked, not disconnected. I'm cool with this, I guess he is, too.

I love my life, I treasure my life, I value my life, I adore my life, I cherish my life. Cheers. :)

FROM MY PROBLEM TO YOURS

2011-11-03T19:14:00.000+08:00

Every time I felt that there are tonnes of things to blog about, but it all turned out zero when I sit in front of the computer. Sometimes I admire people who are capable of posting passages and passages non-stop, but what I can do is to only read them.

People say I have a strong grasp of language power, some say that I got a handful on how to communicate with others. Nevertheless I could never persuade myself that I am like what people think of me, because how can someone who can't write have good writing skills? How can I be good in talking when I can't even talk properly in front of a person, not to say in front of the public? All the time I tried to convince myself that I am those kinds of persons who don't like to talk, who bottles up feelings and only listen to others, but not voicing out any opinions. In fact, I AM that kind of person, but in real life it seemed that in the eyes of others, I am not. When doing group projects, I wanted to do it on my own, I don't like group-study, group discussions and group presentations, I want to do things MYSELF. This might sound crazy, but its the truth - I don't like going out with friends.

Okay I admit, this is half true. I don't like going out with friends, except those friends whom I really trust and treasure. There is no specific definition on how do I classify my 'normal' and 'close' friends. I just follow what i feel. When I like this specific person, I would naturally put him/her under my 'best friend' group. I don't really care if they know it or not, I don't care if I had thoroughly understood them or not, I don't care what people think about them. This is my way of socializing, and I'm happy with it. Frankly, I may have a lot of friends, but I only have a few 'true friends'. I believe that maybe one day our friendship would fade away, but I would never possibly forget them for the rest of my life.

Back to my self-questioning, am I lacking confidence? I don't know, people say that I have great confidence in whatever I do. I guess that's my problem - I don't know what's the problem. Now this is confusing..... I am always saying that "People say this...." and "People say that..." about me, and I often regard what people said as the truth. People say I'm confident, okay, I am confident. People say I'm too shy, okay I'm too shy. That's me. What should I do?

I admit that I do not deserve some things that I currently have, and I know that there is someone more suitable to have it than me. I know that people are talking behind my back: He does not deserve this, I have better capabilities, what is so good about him? blah blah blah... They know that I knew, but they just won't stop! This is insulting but I have nothing to do other than to keep quiet and shut up, let the injustice and agony hurt like a needle straight to my heart until I feel numb. Well, I withstood the pressure all these days and fortunately, I am used to it. Call me names, look down on me, humiliate me, challenge me, do whatever you like, I won't care, never.

I do not mean to discriminate anyone in this post, or to express my hurt feelings or to show that I am pity whatsoever. This is just a note to those friends of mine: I'll bear with you for some more time, and then I will kick the X of you out of my entire life. Pick on me and suffer the consequences.

Too straightforward but I hope you won't mind. Some of my friends say that I am TOO hypocritical. It's time to show that I am NOT. :)

THOUGHTS

2011-08-21T23:18:00.000+08:00

It's really took me some time to consider before writing this post. Exam is 2 days from now and I'm still blogging.... But, since it had been a long time since i last posted, I'll make this one quick, I guess.

I shouldn't really start this post, I'm getting more and more guilty as I continue to type along. Never stop what you started, that's my style, so not going to stop until I am complete. :)

I've been thinking a lot lately, so I had lots to say. I've been examining myself, I guess I am still the same, no big change. O' Lord, I am sorry I can't hold on to my promises, I've disappointed you repeatedly. I asked for second chances again and again, and let those chances go. I feel strengthless now, and lost. I don't know what to. I am not sure if any "second-chances" are available now (mostly no, because I've probably used them all up), however deep inside me I hope that there are still some.

I always wanted to change but every time I tried I fail.

I really need your help. Please

PARENTING

2011-06-01T15:10:00.000+08:00

I think every single parent knows what is good for their own children, but most of the time a parent's point of view will be slightly different from i child's. Therefore I think only a portion of them can make children understand and accept their parents' choices for them. We must know that children, especially teenagers, are also human. They have their own perspectives, ideas, thoughts, and suggestions. Therefore I think that it is necessary for parents to listen and consider every choice and decision on behalf of their children. To respect and to accept are essential values that a family should have. In fact, these are the most BASIC attitudes that family members should possess.

From one of John Gray's best-selling books, "Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars", it says that every male has a strong sense of dignity. That's true. Males are supposed to be the head of the family and therefore their voices should be heard. Most men tend to be independent, thus refusing to get help from others, unlike women who are willing to lend a helping hand to those in need, whenever and wherever. This is he same for teenage boys, when they are experiencing growth from a child to an adult, they wanted their voices to be heard also. They are trying to be independent, learning to make their own decisions and to be the ruler over himself. However, if a parent is over-protective towards his son, then he would not be able to grow mature mentally. Worse still, the son may rebel against his parents, ending up with a huge gap between them. That is exactly why spouses prefer to have girls more than boys. But girls have dignity also, so actually it's quite similar.

Parents might not know, that their children are comparing the parents of others with their's, based on the so-called 'services' or 'treatments' they received. Maybe some parents knew about this, but do they even care? Parents usually do not ask about their children's opinions about their method of parenting - how the child feel, how can they do better, are they considered as satisfying parents etc. Again, people have different definitions for a 'good' parent. Are parents 'good' if they always give in o their children? Are they 'bad' if they had complete control towards their children? It's unnecessary, I guess. To ensure an appropriate parenting method, to me, a parent should always ask about their children's feeling whatsoever, then could they change and improve in the current way of parenting, then a harmonious family could easily be achieved. How easy is that? By listening, everything would turn out well.

As for my parents, they are just PERFECT!

Listening brings respect, respect brings understanding, understanding brings love, and love brings peace. I wish all the families in the world happiness and joy!!

F - Father
A - And
M - Mother
I - I
L - Love
Y - You

FRIENDS

2011-05-28T01:28:00.000+08:00

Friendship is really a big deal to me. It plays a crucial role in my life I guess.I've had friends of every kind, but to me, friends comprises of 2 main groups - friends and REAL friends.

Friends are easy to obtain, a simple 'hello' could do the job. However, it really needs time , effort and fate to get a real friend in our lives. Indeed, I am blessed because I've already had a couple of real friends (hope that I am theirs too!) and we've shared and went through quite a few trying situations together. A real friend to me, is somebody whom I would always remember and get along until the end of our lives. We do not need to be physically close to each other, but deep in our soul we would know that there's another person wishing the best of everything for you. This is the best friendship ever. Our friendship will be strong, sustaining, firm and sincere. I do appreciate and cherish friends of these kind. To all my friends: I love you and thank you for being a part of my life, and I am glad that I can be yours too. To my close friends: It is a blessing to get to know you, and I hope that our friendship wouldn't end. To those who treated me as their friend: Thank you. I know that no matter when and where I am, I still have you.

True friends are true. Respectful. Caring. Honest. Always there for you. Supportive. Willing to sacrifice. Dedicated. Helpful. Trustworthy... and more.

Hypocrites can possess these qualities too. Nevertheless, they could even perform much better that real friends. Some of my friends are real hypocrites, only SOME. They think that we are really close,but actually we're not. I hate to discriminate and gossip about people, so it's just between me and you - whatever you intention is, I am NEVER going to fall for it. At least, for goodness sake, pay some respect towards yourselves and others, people may not be as stupid as they look. I don't mind treating you as a friend but please treat me as one also.

It's comforting to know that a person will always be there for you in your life, providing you whatever you need - reliance, trust, care, love... and a shoulder to lean on (in a good way).

I thank GOD for all the friends I have today. You made my life so wonderful. I pray that our friendship never ends!

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. ~Dave Tyson Gentry

*quotes to share that I find really true and strongly agrees with them*

Some photos of me and my friends:

Sandcastle

ISM

Kaven

Kek Chian and Wei Sern (ignore the middle finger)

Kelvin and YiKai

Sarah, Leo, Daniel, Isaac

Jack

2TA5

Min Yi

Forum Remaja Sekolah

教育部应该将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件？〖反对党〗

2011-04-17T10:15:00.000+08:00

谢谢议长。执政党最尊贵的首相，尊贵的部长们，大家上午好。今天我党的动议是“教育部不应将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件”。

教育部是组成大马教育整体的单位；历史科是一个人文科，也是一个非常重要的科目，因为通过正确的灌输，它能够造就并教育莘莘学子爱国的精神、以一个世界的观点看待国家、对国家的认识，并且确保国家持续发展；及格是指某项成绩达到规定的最低标准，而考试成绩是以分数来衡量及格；大马教育文凭是大马一个高中教育文凭的成绩说明；条件是为某事而提出的要求或定出的标准。

今天我党将从三大层面来探讨这项动议，那就是它的不合理性、不有效性和不可行性。我将为大家讲解动议的不合理性，而待会儿我党的第一议员将会解释其不有效性及不可行性。一个动议的合理性的意思是到底它对我们所要达到的目标是否合理。

在进入动议之前，我想我党需要为大家讲解现今大马教育文凭历史科及格率的状况。根据调查，2008/2009年大马教育文凭的考生历史科不及格率非常高－城市的历史科不及格考生人数高大40％，乡村的不及格人数更多。所以，我国大马教育文凭考生的历史科及格率非常不理想的。我国现在这种状况之所以会发生，是因为学生以错误的眼光看待历史科。然而历史科给予学生的感觉是一个“死背”，又毫无用意的科目。大部分学生都认为只要他考试前把书被得滚瓜烂熟，在考试时再把它们背出来做答，即可过关。但是问题在于：历史教育的本质并非如此，而是要加强学生对国家以及外国的了解。

在来，我将为大家解释此动议的不合理性。而此动议的不合理原因如下：我国教育部长丹斯里慕尤丁在2010年10月25日的巫统大会中所提出了这项动议。目标除了是提高历史科及格率和大马教育文凭的水准，也是要警惕人民（学生）认识国家，爱国；为国服务，对国家有一分热爱、热衷、热诚和归属感。各位，执政党刚才所提出说要达到的目标我党也并不否认，但是值得大家考虑的是：到底这项动议在我国这种及袼率非常低的情况下实行了，合不合理呢？在学生轻视历史科重要性的同时，提出了这项强逼考生考获及格动议，试问执政党尊贵的首相及议员们，这还合理吗？我们是否应该先加强和提高孩子们对历史科的兴趣及了解呢？

在当今情况实行这项动议是一个非常糊涂的决定。即使执政党要推行这项动议，也至少应该等到学生对历史科的本质了解后，及格率略高后才可实行。因为在学生之中有了历史科的重视之后，我们所为他们而进行的任何制度才能够受到他们的热烈欢迎和支持，因为他们都知道我们的出发点都是为他们好的。若不是如此，我国将会有5万多位考生无法领取大马教育文凭。试问执政党，你这样的决定是为学生好吗？这对国家的未来有帮助吗？而若执政党今天还是硬着头皮实行这项动议，我党只能说实行的时机还未到，执政党好高骛远，而到头来所达到的效果会是弄巧反拙的。

接下来，执政党提出这项动议，是为了提高学生的爱国精神，历史兴趣等等原因。但是试问执政党，一个学生的历史科分数是要如何衡量他的爱国精神，或者他对历史科的兴趣呢？一个考获不及格的学生，就不会爱国吗？非常明显的，执政党今天不管是看待历史科及格，还是学生的爱国精神的角度是非常狭隘的。执政党难道不知道考试分数和一个人的道德价值是无法划上等号的吗？而一个人的道德价值是必须以行动来体现出来的。

说了那么多，这项动议是非常不合理的，而且根本就不应该被提出。因此，政府不应把历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件。谢谢。

教育部应该将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件？〖执政党〗

2011-04-17T10:14:00.000+08:00

比过了，心血来潮，想把稿放在这里：

尊贵的议长、反对党领袖、议员们，大家上午好。今天我党的动议是“教育部应该将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件”。

教育部是组成大马教育整体的单位；历史科是一个人文科，也是非常重要的科目，而通过正确和有趣的教学方式来灌输，它能够造就并教育莘莘学子历史价值，爱国的精神、以一个世界的观点看待国家、对国家的认识，并且确保国家持续发展；及格是指考试成绩达到规定的最低标准，一个科目的及格是重要的，因为在如今，学生们都必须面对考试的同时，只有考试及格，才可以反映出他对那个科目是否有最基本的了解。大马教育文凭是大马一个高中教育文凭的成绩说明；条件是为某事而提出的要求或定出的标准。

今天我党将从三大层面来探讨这项动议，那就是它的合理性、有效性和可行性。我将为大家讲解动议的合理性，而待会儿第一部长将会解释其有效性及可行性。一个动议的合理性的意思是到底它对我们所要达到的目标是否合理。而此动议的合理原因如下：

教育部把历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件，不管在国民教育还是塑造人民意识的过程中，是一个非常大的前提。这个动议是为的是要提升学生最基本的历史程度，因为今天及格就是一个最低程度的体现。我党并没有要求学生一定要考获优秀成绩，而是简单的要求最基本程度，也就是考获及格，因为我们所要的是学生对历史起码有基本的知识、了解，还有基本的价值观的体现，而且只有这样才能够达到修读历史的真正目的。而今天我党要探讨的程度是整体学生的程度，而并非学生之间各别的程度，因为学生之间的智商都有差别，所考出来的成绩也迥然不同。因此，我们今日能做到的，只有提升整体的程度。今天将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件，就是合理的，因为它肯定会达到整体的提高，而日后我们再为学生实行的任何制度都可受到他们的热烈欢迎和大力支持。

在次强调我党动议的对大目的是：提升学生最基本的历史程度，而这基本的程度是以考试及格来衡量。历史及格分数是多少，我党并不知道，也并不在乎，因为这根本并不重要。我们今天所要谈的不是历史科几分才算及格，而是要探讨及格的重要性，到底如何才可以达到提升历史科程度的效果。就算讨论得出及格分数，又有何用呢？难道现状就能被解决了吗？

目前，教育部已把历史科列为必修必考科，但是很遗憾的，根据调查，2008/2009年大马教育文凭的考生历史科不及格率非常高－城市的历史科不及格考生人数高大40％，乡村的不及格人数更多。这是因为我国学生看待历史科的方法是错误的，它们根本不明白历史科的重要性，不了解自己为什么要修读历史科，而甚至把历史科列为不须被重视的小科，有的学生还直接把历史科放弃不做温习。这就是大马学生最大的问题，也可以说是大马教育部最大的失败。也正因为如此，这项动议所带来的大方向是：让全体学生一同努力迈进，这样也能动源其他方案，改善现有的状况，使学生为了了解历史付出更大的努力。很显然的，我党的方向是正确的，因为它肯定会达到整体的提高，所以方向对就是对，动议是合理的。我党今日的出发点，是为了国家、社会以及个人所得到的造就来作出分析。我党所要达到的及格是一个概念，而并非考试分数，是一个整体的历史程度，而不是个人的表现。因此动议的合理性是无需被怀疑的的。

总的来说，今天这项动议非行不可。因为只有这样，我国孩子们对历史看法的改变才有一线希望，国家的未来，才会有保障。因此，教育部应该将历史科及格列为考获大马教育文凭的条件。谢谢。

L-O-S-E

2011-03-27T19:48:00.000+08:00

We lost, but we won.

Losing is not the problem, it's a part of the game. However, here comes the difficult part -- are we able to accept it? Are we willing to convert the brief sadness and frustration into a motivational force to keep us going, fighting, to hold on to our starting faith and strive forward?

Obviously, right now at this moment all of us feel helpless, strengthless, tired, or maybe even speechless about what had happened, but all these should be temporary. Life is still going on, we have to continue walking the road without looking back. A incident in the Bible just flashed through my mind -- Lord commanded Lot and his family to run from Sodom and Gomorrah without looking back as He was going to destroy the 2 evil cities with flames of fire. However, Lot's wife turned back and turned into a pillar of salt.... She did not listen. Maybe this is the time that we should not look back. Yes, we had put a lot of effort in what we do, we sacrificed, but they're not worthy to be regret of right now. All these had become a part of the past. What we should do right now is to start over and try harder.

“Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain”
Diane de Pointiers quotes

I know it's hard to think like this. Talking about something is always easier than doing it. But do we have choice? Mourning and sighing will not be able to change the current situation. All we could do is to accept it, settle down, pack our own feelings and move on.

Think about the bright side. We learnt of our weaknesses. We are able to improve, change, brush up and to shape ourselves into being better than what we are. At least we have some time to sit down, alone, quietly, rationally, calmly consider about ourselves: What can we do more to achieve what we want, our goals, our expectations, and our targets. We are weak if we would not accept it, it shows that we are unable to deal with obstacles. Then if this is the case, how are we going to survive in the future, when all of us had already being beaten down, tumbled, crushed, brittled by this small matter?

“We lost because we told ourselves we lost”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes

This quote made me think. Although we accepted the truth that we lost, but we should always be reminding ourselves that we won. We won experiences, knowledge, friendship, a strong bond within us, laughter and most importantly, wonderful, memorable, beautiful memories together. Think about the day we first met, our hard work during the times when we were together, our growth and improvement. Don't you feel contented, consoled, and comforted? I do.

We lost, but so what? No big deal. Get over it. Start again. Yes we can, we can definitely do it.

THE END OF THE WORLD!!!

2011-01-31T17:12:00.000+08:00

Since the release of the movie"2012", many rumours were spread about the end of the world.
According to scientists, 2012 will be it....
But according to the Bible, it will be on

5 MAY 2011

(with Bible proof / evidences!! )

This is a post from a friend in Facebook:

某某電台發布出來的末世論，還預言說是2011年5月21日是審判日........

　論到主來，經上明明記著：「但那日子、那時辰，沒有人知道，連天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟獨父知道。」（馬太24:36)

看哪、我來像賊一樣。那儆醒、看守衣服、免得赤身而行、叫人見他羞恥的、有福了。（啟示錄16：15）
...
那時，若有人對你們說：基督在這裡，或說：基督在那裡，你們不要信！
大家要多警醒禱告！末世的假教師假先知也一直將假訊息傳出～See More

Family Stations Inc. - Chinese

worldwide.familyradio.org

Family Radio Chinese - Judgment Day: May 21, 2011 - The Bible Guarantees it

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE RADIO LINK!! YOU MUST LISTEN!!! PLEASE, I BEG YOU!!!

If it's real, it will be just a few months away, so my dear friends, please DO WHAT THE RADIO SAYS!!

I really hope that it's not real, but please be prepared!!

FORM 4 ??

2011-01-26T22:05:00.000+08:00

Hey guys, this is the first update since school reopen, so it has been weeks I hadn't posted anything. I MISS YOU GUYS!!

Heard many feelings and feedbacks from my friends about Form 4 life, especially during the first 2 weeks of school. Lots of complains about the subjects, teachers, classes, classmates........ However, I managed to get used to it, thank God. I am quite satisfied about my teachers, as I did not set a high expectation from them, (at least most of them know how to teach!!). And thank God my classmates this year are very very good, none of them are extremely noisy, nor annoying. This year's gonna be a good and peaceful year, I suppose.

As for the subjects, no more happy-go-lucky like Form 3, plus no classes for you to 'ponteng'. Every subject will be subjective in SPM, that is what I worry most. But thank God that we are the 2nd year taking the new SPM paper, where we can have a brief understanding on how the papers would be like. There are a few subjects that i am quite weak in, which are -- the 2 Maths, 3 Sciences, and 3 Languages ans Sejarah (that would be almost everything, i guess). Well, gotta start working on them NOW.

Chinese New Year's around the corner, so GONG XI FA CHAI everyone!! Hope you had fun during the holidays!! I can see my CNY holidays from now, copying HER extra assignment every single day. I know that it's for our own good, but this is WAY TOO MUCH!!! We deserve our holidays, dude!! but, what to do?? That's the unlucky part of 2011, I guess.

Well, that's all i could say. Hope to see you soon! PEACE=)

01.01.2011

2011-01-01T10:49:00.000+08:00

01.01.2011....

It's a new day, a new year, a new beginning, a new life, a new feeling, a new ME.

I am fresher than ever right now, felt like I've been regenerated!!

May God guide me throughout this whole new year, and may all my resolutions be fulfilled.

31.12.2010

2010-12-31T15:38:00.000+08:00

Time flies and a year had passed. Well, 2010 is a good year to me.

Lots of thoughts are flashing across my mind. Wow, it's the end of another year. It seemed short to me... I can't even remember what I did in January. Maybe I've been leading a VERY HECTIC LIFE this year. PMR year is like that i guess... haha

Actually I don't have a special feeling about 2010. How wierd!! Every year seems like a never-ending routine that keeps repeating itself. School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday, School, Holiday...............

Had a lot of regrets about what i did in 2010. Did a lot of WRONG and SINFUL things I don't even want to talk about them here. Sometimes to me 2010 is also very dark. Deep and dark. Well, listening to "无愧见主面" while writing , makes me feel more regretted THAN EVER right now!! how can I meet God without guilt?? I really need to repent right now...

WHAT SHOULD I DO?!
'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.'
That's absolutely true.
Who knows about tomorrow??
He does.

Listening to "Shout To The Lord" now. Feel like shouting now... MY JESUS!! MY SAVIOUR!! LORD THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU!! FOREVER I LOVE YOU FOREVER I'LL STAND!! NOTHING COMPARES TO THE PROMISE I HAVE IN YOU!!

I Resolve......
that I will be a better man tomorrow,
a much BETTER MAN compared to now.
God hear my cries and my prayers, (well not just mine, other brothers and sisters' as well)
I know you would,
I know you're right here beside me,
I know I did not reach your expectations,
I made you very disappointed, sorry
I didn't mean to,
I need your help, Father
seriously
HELP ME!!
Strengthen me
so that I would not fall,
Guide me
so that I am always walking on your path of righteousness,
Dwell within me
so that I may distinguish between good and evil,
and do things that are pleasing in Your eyes.

That all I wanted, O God
May all come true.

THE CHALLENGE

2010-11-28T17:27:00.000+08:00

Date: 28-11-2010 (Sunday)
Time: 8.30am-1.30pm
Venue: Bayswater Condominium

THE CHALLENGE IS HERE!!

Word Equations.......
Challenge = tennis and basketball matches involving Junior Youths and SUPER Junior Youths
Junior youths = kids like me
Super Junior Youths = quite young people who are quite aged

We reached Bayswater Condominium (Bro. Gary's home) at 8.30am.

Setting: Outside the lift in Bayswater Condo
We were waiting for the lift to come down and had a chat.
My mum (SGW): Gary, the time you brought this house, it's 300++ is it??
Gary: Yes. SGW:Wahh, then you untung lo, now if sell it costs about 700++??
Gary: No lahh, now only 500-600++ only.
SGW: Nahh... my friend bought it 2 years before and it costs 500++ already...
Daniel Guan (DG): Gary koko, you buy this house yourself ahh??
Gary: Yeah, why??
DG: You finished paying the loan??
Gary: Ehh, why should I tell you??
DG: Aiyah... of course finished paying la.... Hey you so geng lahh, all pay by yourself...
SGW: Now only you know he geng arr?? Apala you.....
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(and the conversation goes on and on and on until the lift reached.)

So, from here we can see that only the RICH AND MIGHTY can buy the Bayswater Condo, the weak and poor, sadly, will be DISQUALIFIED. *Haha, so random moral value.....
Okay, we reached the top of the building (that's where the tennis and basketball courts are at), and met the other guys. We started to warm up, played a few matches for fun while waiting for others to arrive.

Tennis
Coach: Sis. Eunice Lew
Firstly I thought tennis would be quite easy. It's exactly the same with badminton!! I played Wii tennis before, and its very very very easy. I played tennis games on phone before, that was even more easier. I even beat completed the World Tournament! (so pro...) BUT i was wrong.
Tennis is HARD. Why??
1. The raquet is heavy.
2. The ball is bouncy, thus it bounces very fast.
3. The court is big.
4. Serving the ball itself need lots of practice.
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....
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.......
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(and many other reasons, actually)

Basketball
Coach: No one
Basketball to me is quite okay, but I am not very good in it. But the Super Junior Youths are!!! They played pro-ly.

The Super Junior Basketball Team and their Hyper Powers

Ngek Leong - Has super fast agility and quick actions. Once you get the ball, and another second the ball is in his hands. Has high stamina too. He rushed around the whole court, dribbles the ball, runs around with it, bring it to the opponents base, and "Phwet!!" the ball is in the net. Everytime he scores, I will say to myself, how can a girl not like such a good and sporty guy like him?? COME ON SISTERS!! Don't make him wait for too long!! And don't make me wait for too long!! (actually it's been a long time i haven't attended a wedding.)
Weaknesses: None.
Ways to stop him: Chop down his legs.

Daniel Phan (older one) - Has long and stong and long legs like 2 tall pillars. Once the ball is passed to him, he jumps and PUTS the ball into the net. He is always standing under the net so that he can efficiently use his power.
Weaknesses: Low stamina. He gets tired easily. Once he gets tired, he will say "Ahh, I am so tired" and stand there doing nothing. However, his energy replenishes quickly.
Ways to stop him:
1. Make him run round the court and make him tired.
2. Make him stand at the middle of the court.
2. Chop down his legs.

Gary Teh - Ahh... This is the most powerful one. He may look a little "steam" (no offence), but DO NOT judge a person by his outlook appearance!! Once you get the ball and you look at him, you will think that he is so gentle and soft and full of moral, and that will slow you down, giving chance for others to steal the ball from you.
BEWARE: DO NOT look into his eyes.... your heart will melt!! I can't see why this one is still single too!! SISTERS!!! are your hearts hard as stone?? Never mind, he will melt them down!!
Weknesses: He is quite weak and sometimes don't know what to do with the ball.
Ways to stop him:
1. Blindfold yourself while playing (to avoid looking at him).
2. Get him into your team.

Yeah. that's quite all about it. After that we went to PappaRich (RotiBoy's father) for lunch.

2010 NORTHEREN & PERAK REGION JUNIOR YOUTH BIBLE CAMP

2010-11-26T14:40:00.000+08:00

Date: 20-11-2010 to 25-11-2010
Venue: Sg. Siput True Jesus Church

Ahh... the 3rd year in JYBC... That seems fast.... So, where do I start?

Okay, lets start with my 1st year.... I still remembered that it was in Sg. Siput church also, and i was nervous. I was scared that I will have no friends there, bored, lonely.... and everything. But I still had my friends from Penang!! *to think at the bright side* Then we arrived. It was evening. I stepped into the church and saw many people, they are participants actually.... So I was like, yeah, I AM going to have a difficult time here. After registering, i went into my dorm to put my luggage there. When i opened the door, there was no one, only 1 person sleeping inside. He stared at me, I thought that he was quite fierce so I hurriedly put my luggage the and went out. I was afraid of that person. I went to find YiKai and Joseph and told them that there is a weird and fierce person in my room. They went in to look at him and went out. They told me "Yeah, he's quite scary, he stared at us too!!" Then I did not go close to that person. Then after some time, we mixed together and I learnt that his name is YewSheng. Actually he is quite a nice person, he just LOOKS fierce, and when he smiles, you can see that he is quite cute and good looking. (Just statement. Please do not think out of the box. Thank You.) And there, I made my first friend in JYBC. Haha! Then, I met some new brothers and sisters, yeah, you know, got along, and had fun. The food there was amazing!! There was this cook -- KIM GEAN, he cooked the most delicious food in the whole wide world!! During the last day, we went for an outing, to the LIBRARY, read books, watch some video clips. Frankly speaking, it was boring. *sorry!! but it really IS boring.* But on the bright side, we went to KFC for lunch and brought a free water tumbler home!! Mine is pink, and Sarah traded with me for a GREEN one. Now, my tumbler was broken, I didn't even know why it broke. Yeah, and that's the end of first year.

1st year in Sg. Siput

Bro. Loo YewSheng

Second year...... in Sg. Petani Chruch. The journey this time seems quite short to me, I didn't even sleep in the van along the way. This time we were late for Opening Ceremony because it was raining very VERY heavily. When we reached we rushed to the church hall for the Opening Ceremony. Then after that ONLY we registered.The church was big, had dormitories, had enough hot water, bathrooms and beds. This year i started to feel that JYBC is like a reunion. I really missed my friends i guess... During the last night of JYBC we had a gathering. The counsellors sang a song for us with only 1 guitar accompanying. Their voices and actions were sweet and cute, and Sis. Eunice Lee played the guitar well. That was nice and touching. As for the outing this year, we went to see horses and went to a theme park. We learnt a lot about horses and had a chance to feed them. There was one horse's name.... I forgot...... maybe Starlight or something like that. At the theme park, we played telematch. It was FUN. That year I felt the bond between us, I wanted to stay longer, I don't want to leave them, my dearest brothers and sisters. I was very unwilling to go.

2nd year in Sg.Petani church

Performance by counsellors

Photos with horses

Telematch -- Thats Pr. Hosea!

2nd year- Photos before leaving

2nd year- Photos with some counsellors

Third year...... we went to Sg. Siput church again. Everything was the same. The hall, the rooms, the bathrooms, the COLD-waters-for-brothers-only, everything. This time we arrived early in the morning, although the opening Ceremony is at night. We joined the Sabbath service there, the interpretation was from Chinese to Cantonese. COOL!! I learnt lots of Cantonese vocabs there. Besides, I learnt a little Hakka there too!! YongSong, Joel, DanielPhan, LiangJun, ZhiSheng, ZhiYu and others even composed a Hakka song -- "Zhou Mat Gai Lei Ge See Foot An Chiu??", translating into English means -- "Why Is Your Butt So Smelly?? " Although it was hilarious and the melody was quite nice (like a children's song), I don't want to talk about it. It just felt so wrong to compose such songs in church. This year's outing was SUPPOSED to be a "surprise", but we actually found out about it. We went to the Taiping Zoo's night Safari. 1st time going outing at night, to me it was so-so, because it was so dark and we hardly see any animals. And we had to wait or the sisters because I think they got lost in the zoo. Haha. The Closing Ceremony was the full-of-emotion-est this year. I broke the record -- for crying so many times there. Gosh, I don't know why but thinking about it makes me wanna cry again!! Well, we had a barbeque supper (I know having barbeque for supper is unhealthy), but I still ate some. And yeah, did I mentioned that I met 2 SUPER cute LITTLE BROTHERS this year?? Their names are LinKang and LinFeng. LinFeng is the elder one, 7 years old, and we called him LAM FONG. LinKang is the younger one, his voice is coarse and deep, so "man". they are just too ADORABLE.

3rd year in Sg Siput church again

Yikai as the Student Representative, I am the interpreter.

Me and LinKang, LAMFONG's little brother

Me and counsellor LikHang

Barbeque supper

Now Lets not talk about what happened after these years of Bible Camps okay?? Haha!!

Now that I had completed my 3rd year in JYBC, and it felt so bad. But I am going for my 1st year Theological Training Course in Port Dickson for 21 days!!!! WOOHOO!!! We can have a reunion there!! However, I know that Theolo is much different from Bible camp, because there are exams there. But you know what??? I am READY and you can BRING IT ON!!

So long to my beloved brothers and sisters in JYBC, and to those who are attending Theolo, we will meet again.

I cherish the times we had together.

Till we meet again at Jesus' feet, God be with you till we meet again.

Board of Monitors 2010/2011 Annual Booksales

2010-11-19T16:30:00.000+08:00

We are selling 2nd hand textbooks, reference books and exercise books for cheap prices!!!

You can even give us your unwanted books and we will sell it for you!! and you can take back the money of the books if sold!!

Our opening hours are Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat (9am - 12pm) *Ends on 21 Jan 2011

Do come and support!!

WE WELCOME YOU!!!

Farewell My Friend.....

2010-11-13T22:21:00.000+08:00

This post is specially dedicated to KELVIN KOOR KAI JIE, my special friend in Singapore right now.

Dear Kelvin,

It's a mixture of feelings to see you go...

HAPPY - for you as you are going to have a whole new life in S'pore
SAD - as you are leaving us, and it's considered as a loss to us
WORRIED - that anything would happen to you out there (touch wood!!)
EXCITED - for you are going to have a new environment, new friends and new family there
DISAPPOINTED - because it brings back the thought that I didn't get the scholarships

Writing this post made me think of 2 years ago, when we first met in 1T5. I still remembered that you were a nice guy back then. Helpful, hardworking, funny, adorable, out-going and energetic young man. Speaking of energetic, you were the best football player ever. Still remembered the jersey, long socks, and football shoes that you wore during the inter-class competition after the year-end examination. Having you in our class team brought us nearer to victory. Even though we didn't win, but I know everyone had gave their best shot, including you.

When we were in Form 2, we were in different classes. Then i we kinda lost contact. However, your name is still well-known throughout the Form as you excel in Rubik's cube-solving. The Rubik's cube had been quite popular among the students at that time. And you held the best record in solving the Rubik's cube. You were great. And UNBEATABLE.

Form 3. We were in the same class again. Shockingly, you became a Maths pro. That took me by surprise, because your Maths weren't that good 2 years before. Well, that's good. You became the Maths reference book in class. Yeah, and i still remembered that you were doing Olympiad Maths during Mathematics period, and the Ms. Tharm had nothing to say about your pro-ness. Before every Math test, I would ask you about some of the topics that i was quite weak in, and you would explain it to me with much patience and clarity. I understood well and was relieved because I knew that whenever I had Math problems I had YOU to refer to. But now that you're gone, I lost another friend to solve my problems in my studies. Anyway, thank you for helping me every single time i turned to you.

Kelvin,

THANK YOU for treating me as your friend
THANK YOU for helping me in my studies
THANK YOU for bringing joy and happiness in my life
THANK YOU for the wonderful memories we had together
THANK YOU for EVERYTHING

We really cherish the times we had together
We really appreciate everything that you did
We really thank you for your sacrifices to us
We're really proud of you

Now that you were gone, i hope it's not too late to let you know, that

YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
YOU ARE A PART OF MY LIFE,THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET
YOU ARE ALWAYS A BROTHER IN OUR BIG FAMILY

WE LOVE YOU

I never wanted to say goodbye to you, my friend. I hate goodbyes, and I hate more to lose a good friend, a brother, a person that had played a very important role in my life. But now i had no choice, because you are already gone. Goodbyes are always hard to say, i guess.

So, my dear friend.....

GOODBYE for now. and DO come back and see us.

WE MISS YOU

best buddies forever

IL DIVO

2010-10-26T21:30:00.000+08:00

Recently, i discovered a new singing band -- IL DIVO!!

Gosh... When i first heard them sing, i can't stop listening!! Their voices are so pure and sincere they just penetrate deep into my soul... (i know this is a bit too much but it's how i felt)....

Okay... i think here's a brief introduction about them I got from Wikipedia.... =)

Il Divo ("divine male performer" in Italian) is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music.^[1] Il Divo is a group of four male singers: Spanish baritone Carlos Marín, Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, American tenor David Miller, and French pop singer Sébastien Izambard.

IL DIVO ROCKS!!

MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY

2010-10-12T20:37:00.000+08:00

Guys...

Today's my sister's birthday!!

This is her picture from her last year's birthday....
I seldom take pics of her...
Sorry T.T
But i guess i'll take more from now on
because she is the
BEST SISTER IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!

Well,
there's a few things i wanna say...
Sorry!!
sorry for :
1. Bullying you all the time
2. Making you cry
3. Scolding you for little things
4. Be angry with you for nothing
5. Losing my temper towards you
6. ...
7. ...

However, there still are a few things i wanna say:

I LOVE YOU!!

you are the best sister ever!

IT'S ALL OVER~~

2010-10-12T16:15:00.000+08:00

Ooooh... PMR is over... suddenly felt like so boring.... Cuz normally i will start to study when i reach home from school...
Well, PMR is still over!! this is what i feel >>
A-Awesome!
B-Bravo
C-Calon-calon dikehendaki membaca arahan di muka surat depan dan belakang kertas soalan...
D-Duhh?
E-English
F-Fun
G-Great
H-Huhh?
I-Isshh
J-Just ok
K-Ksdfaq;nfsjdgneibn(No idea what am i talking about...)
L-Lihat Sebelah
M-Masa sudah tamat, sila letakkan pen...
N-Nama Calon
O-Ohlala!!
P-PA020K190
Q-Quiet
R-Ringkasan??
S-Sulit
T-Tandatangan
U-Ummmm...
V-Very boring
W-Walao....
X-=X
Y-YES!!
Z-Zzzzz

DEBATE, MY LIFE

2010-07-07T02:38:00.001+08:00

Debate... At the beginning i thought that it was fun.... cool...... exciting...... but then i realized that it was way MORE than that!!!

When i first knew that i was joining the school debate team, i was so surprised because i thought that i did very badly during the selection interview. I thought well, i may be lucky... but i am still very afraid that i would not perform well and would "DESTROY" the whole team.

Then, another shocking thing happened. I was selected as the Debate Club assistant secretary, and again, i was shocked, as i knew that there are still lots of friends that can do better than me... I was told that it was the teacher of the club who wanted me to be the assistant secretary. not the seniors.... then i thought why..... but until now i didn't know because i didn't really asked. LUCKY again,perhaps??

Now, i am the President of the Debate Club. THAT was the MOST SHOCKING NEWS that i've ever heard, because i knew, or should i say thought, EVERYBODY thought that Min Yi was going to be President, so this unexpectable thingy really made me feel very sorry for him. In fact, i still feel quite sorry now....

Well, it can't be coincidence this time... i got a reason and i thought that it was quite acceptable but i still feel that 1 reason is not enough. Ahh...... what should i do?? I am still not ready to be President!! So, to those Excos who are seeing this, I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Well, there's a fact that i can't deny, which is that i have learnt A LOT during his period in the Debate Club. I am not going to list them out one by one as there are really TOO MANY of them. Besides, to me it's a waste of time....

A very sincere THANK YOU to the teacher of the club, Ms. Lim, the fomer Excos of Debate Club, and all my fellow debate members and friends, THANK YOU for giving me this opportunity to prove my ability to all of you, THANK YOU for giving me all your trust, THANK YOU for believing in me!!

I will do my best, i promise.... and i don't break promises..... never.....

WESTLIFE

2010-06-13T16:12:00.000+08:00

Hey guys! Here is something to share with you all -- WESTLIFE!!!

A breif introduction.....

Westlife is an Irish pop group formed on 3 July 1998. The group's original lineup comprised Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden. McFadden left in 2004. The group is the only act in UK history to have their first seven singles go straight to Number 1, and they have gone on to sell over 44 million records worldwide^[1] which includes their studio, single, video, and compilation albums.^[2]^[3] Despite the group's worldwide success, they've only had one U.S. hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts: "Swear It Again," which made it to #20 in 2000.

Westlife were originally signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. In 2008, they were declared as Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and 13th in general with 36 million euros as a group.^[4] In 2009, they dropped as 16th richest Irish with estimated 8 million euros each.^[5] They garnered 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and trailing behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles. The group has also broken a few top records, including "Music artist with most consecutive number 1's in the UK". It was officially announced by Music Week that they are the "2nd biggest selling artist" (trailing behind Robbie Williams) and "Biggest selling band of the decade" (beating Coldplay) in UK with 10.14 million album sales. At the same time, their very own song "Evergreen" was hailed as the top selling single in the UK of the decade (2000-2010). (See Westlife records)

Though none of Westlife's members play an instrument full-time, all of them knows how to play an instrument/s. Over years of their career, Westlife's music has evolved from teen pop to a pop sound, with an emphasis on ballads. Most of the group's hits have been composed by experienced songwriters, most notably Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. (See Songs written)

On 1 June 2008, Westlife marked their 10th anniversary with a concert in Croke Park, Dublin which saw more than 83,000 fans attending the special occasion. Music Week revealed on their website that Westlife is the official third top touring act within the years 2005–2008, while they were 7th top touring act of 2008.^[6]

Formation (1998-1999)

Prior to becoming successful, Egan, Feehily and Filan along with fellow Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael Garrett, were part of a six-member pop vocal group called Six as One and was later changed to IOYOU. Managed by choreographer Mary McDonagh along with two other informal managers, they released a single titled "Together Girl Forever". Walsh, the manager of the 1990s boy-band Boyzone, was contacted by Filan's mother and came to know about the group. However, IOYOU did not meet Cowell's approval for a record deal with BMG, and thus changes were needed. Three members of IOYOU were told they would not be part of the new group, and auditions were held in Dublin where Byrne and McFadden were recruited. The new group, formed on 3 July 1998, was re-named Westside but as the name was already taken by another band, it was later changed to Westlife. In Westlife - Our Story, Byrne revealed he was keen to change the name to West High but the others wanted Westlife. Brian also changed the spelling of his name to Bryan to make it easier to sign autographs. Boyzone singer Ronan Keating was brought in to co-manage the group with Walsh. The band then released an EP titled Swear It Again, though only in Asia.

Dreams Come True - World Of Our Own (1999-2002)

Westlife's first big break came in 1998 when they opened for the Boyzone and Backstreet Boys' concerts in Dublin. Later that year, they won the 'Best New Tour Act' award at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.^[7] In March 1999, the group released their first single, "Swear It Again" which immediately topped the charts in Ireland and in UK for two weeks.^[7] Their second single, "If I Let You Go", released in August 1999 along with the highly acclaimed "Flying Without Wings" (their first 'Record of the Year'), released in October the same year, also followed suit. "Flying Without Wings" was also included on the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers film, "Pokémon 2000". The first album, simply titled Westlife, was released in November 1999 and peaked at #2 in the UK. Ironically, the album was the biggest chart dropper in the music history of UK, falling from #3 to #37. In December 1999, the double a side fourth single was released,"I Have A Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun", knocked Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" off the top spot and earning them the 1999 UK Christmas number-one single.^[8]^[9] The fifth and last single from the album, "Fool Again", also peaked at #1.^[10] Then, the group went on a short UK and Asian tour in support of their debut album before releasing a second album.

Coast to Coast was released a year after and was another #1 UK album beating the Spice Girls' Forever album. It became the country's 4th biggest selling album of 2000 and is Westlife's biggest selling album to date.^[11]^[12] The album was preceded by a duet with Mariah Carey on the Phil Collins' classic "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and the original song, "My Love" (the song that bagged their second 'Record of the Year' award). Both singles reached #1 on the UK charts.^[13]^[14] With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of having their first seven singles debut at the top of the UK charts, tying with The Beatles. However, in December 2000, they failed to secure their eighth chart-topper in a row with their UK and Ireland only single "What Makes A Man" when kid's favourite, Bob The Builder's "Can We Fix It", was crowned as the Christmas number-one single of that year.^[15] Outside the UK/Ireland territories, they have released "I Lay My Love on You" and "When You're Looking Like That" and gained chart success. In 2001, the boys launched their first world tour, "Where Dreams Come True Tour", unofficially nicknamed "The No Stools Tour" due to the group's reputation of performing while perched on stools.^[7]^[16]

Westlife released World Of Our Own, their third album, in November 2001. "Uptown Girl", "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own" were released as singles, as of which all peaked at #1 in the UK.^[17]^[18]^[19] "Bop Bop Baby" was also released as a single but it peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, Westlife went on their second world tour, the World Of Our Own Tour (In The Round)^[7]

Unbreakable - Departure of Brian (2002-2004)

The group released their eleventh UK #1 single, "Unbreakable", in 2002.^[20] Amidst rumours of a split, Westlife released their first greatest hits album in November that same year entitled, Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 zoomed all the way to #1 in the UK. The release was followed by the double a side single, "Tonight/Miss You Nights", which debuted at #3 in the UK.^[21] At this era, Because Films Inspire... made a TV Documentary titled as "Wild Westlife" directed by Iain MacDonald and starred by the group itself. It reveals how was their musical life on a daily basis and when on tour.^[22] In 2003, Westlife went on to their third world tour, The Greatest Hits Tour, shrugging off rumours of a split.^[23]

In September 2003, Westlife released "Hey Whatever", which peaked at #4 on the UK Charts.^[24] Their fourth studio album, Turnaround, was then released in November, earning the group another UK #1 album. "Mandy", a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, was released in November 2003. Their version won them their third Record of the Year award in under five years.^[25] Their version of Mandy is also considered as the highest single leaper to the top (from #200 to #1) in the UK music history.^[26] "Obvious" was released as the final single from the album, charting at #3.^[27] On 9 March 2004, just three weeks prior to embarking on their fourth world tour, Bryan McFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. On that day, a press conference was held where all the group's members were present and gave emotional individual speeches. Bryan's final public performance as part of Westlife was at Newcastle Upon Tyne's Powerhouse nightclub on 27 February 2004.^[28]^[29] He subsequently began a solo career, deciding to revert the spelling of his first name back to its original 'Brian', he released his first solo single, "Real To Me" which entered the UK chart at #1 and soon after, he released his first solo album, "Irish Son" under Sony Music.^[30] He went on to release more singles with moderate success.

Quintet to quartet - 10 years (2004–2009)

Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the group kicked off their "Turnaround Tour". A live version from the said tour of "Flying Without Wings" was released as an official UK download, earning them the title of the very first UK Downloads #1. They then put out a Rat Pack-inspired album, Allow Us to Be Frank, peaking at #3. No singles were released in the UK from this album. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head", accompanied with a music video, was released as a physical single in other European countries. "Smile" and "Fly Me To The Moon", with music videos as well, were released as digital downloads only. Prior to the album release, Westlife scouted for "the perfect fan" to help promote their album from their one-season special show "She's The One", presented by Kate Thornton.^[31] After X Factor-style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley, who recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" with the group.^[7] To mark this special collaboration, a special programme was televised, showing auditions and live performances. Performers included Joanne, Westlife members' fathers and glamour model Katie Price, Il Divo and Kevin Spacey. Westlife continued to tour Europe as part of their "The Number Ones Tour", before taking a four-month break from work.^[32] On 4 May 2005, Westlife lost their battle for European trademark from the German trademark "West".^[33] In 2005, Westlife returned with their comeback single, "You Raise Me Up", which was taken from their Face To Face album. On 6 November 2005, both the album and the single were at #1 in the UK at the same time at the second week of the single. It was the first time that Westlife have held both top album and single position in the same week.^[34]^[35] "You Raise Me Up" was awarded as their fourth Record Of The Year in UK for 2005. In December that year, the group released "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet with Diana Ross, as the second single and it debuted at its peak position of #2.^[36] Westlife then released a third single, "Amazing", which debuted at #4 and marked as the group's lowest-selling single yet.^[37] After that, Westlife embarked on the "Face To Face Tour", travelling extensively to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Asia. This tour marked the first time that Westlife have travelled to mainland China for a concert.^[38]^[39]

In late 2006, Westlife signed a brand new five-album deal with Sony BMG. Their eighth album, The Love Album, was a "love" concept album which consisted of popular love song covers. The album outsold other compilation albums by Oasis, The Beatles, and U2 in its first week of release and went straight to #1. The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midler's classic, "The Rose", which became their 14th UK #1 single.^[40] This made Westlife the third act (along with Cliff Richard) in the UK to have the most #1 singles, tailing behind Elvis Presley (21) and The Beatles (17). Westlife then kicked off their eighth world tour, "The Love Tour", in Perth, Australia.^[41] The group then went on to other Australian cities before moving on to South Africa, the UK and Ireland. Westlife staged their last major concert of 2007 at Bitts Park in Carlisle, England.^[42]

On 5 November 2007, Westlife released their ninth album, Back Home, which contained nine new original songs along with three cover songs. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Music Charts and it was also 2007's fifth biggest selling album in the UK.^[43] The first single released from the album was a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home", which peaked at #3 in the UK.^[44]^[45] "I'm Already There", not released as a single, managed to chart in the UK based on downloads alone following a performance on an The X Factor episode. On 15 December 2007, they had a two-hour show called The Westlife Show where they performed 10 of their songs, some voted by the fans through online and some from Back Home. It was hosted by Holly Willoughby.^[46] This time, Westlife together with Tesco brought out "The Definitive Westlife Quiz" that asked about the whole history about the boys.^[47] It was participated by thousands of fans worldwide. Months later, "Us Against The World" was announced and released as their second single in UK and Ireland. It peaked at #8 and is the group's lowest charting single to date. Before the release of the second single, they embarked on the Back Home Tour on 2008 February 25. This tour marked the first time that the group have traveled and performed to New Zealand, performing four sold-out shows in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Christchurch. Meanwhile, "Something Right" was released as the second single and "Us Against The World" became the third single in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Both songs performed well on several music charts.

To mark their tenth year in music, Westlife staged a special 10 Years Of Westlife sold-out concert at the world's thirty-third and Europe's fourth biggest stadium,^[48] Croke Park, on 1 June 2008.^[49] With a capacity of 82 300, it was the boy's biggest show to date. Shayne Ward filled in as a support act for the concert,^[50] which Kian described to be of a "pop extravaganza".^[51] Shane confirmed that a corresponding live concert DVD will be released. The group announced that they will be on hiatus for a year after their Back Home Tour^[52] and that there would not be an album release in 2008 as they would be spending more time on the production of their tenth album.^[53] On 16 June 2008, HarperCollins UK will release Westlife's autobiography, 'Westlife - Our Story', as part of their 10th year celebration.^[54]^[55] The book was said to be written by each group member for three months. It contains the life they have for the past ten years in the business. It features also some of the private pictures from the lads. As promised, the group's official website confirmed on 27 September 2008 the release of a DVD on 24 November 2008 entitled 10 Years Of Westlife - Live at Croke Park Stadium which went straight to #1 on UK, Ireland, South African, Hong Kong and New Zealand Music DVD charts.

As the group ended their successful Back Home tour, Louis Walsh announced in the show Xpose that 1 July 2008 is the official start of the longest hiatus of the group so far. He said that it will be a one-year break, from that day up to 1 July 2009. On 13 December 2008, while on a break, Westlife made an unexpected appearance on X Factor Final Performance Night where they performed "Flying Without Wings" with JLS. After the presentation, Shane and Nicky were interviewed on Xtra Factor with Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately of Boyzone. As JLS performed also "I'm Already There", Westlife's version of the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #63 while a new entry on Ireland Singles Chart at #47 due to extensive downloads only.

On the last week of January 2009, a DVD entitled The Karaoke Collection was released. It contains some of their music video hits. In 27 February 2009 issue of Herald Ireland, Louis revealed that Simon already picked three new songs which he reckons to be instant hits. Nicky spread the word last 8 March 2009 that Westlife will come back to music charts when they start recording in June 2009 when he received his VIP Style Awards as the Most Stylish Man on X-pose, TV3. On 18 March 2009, they won the Best Irish Pop Act on 2009 Meteor Awards for the ninth consecutive time. On 28 May 2009, they re-released Westlife - Our Story autobiography, adding their Croke Park experience and first time in a paperback edition.

Where We Are (2009-present)

Walsh has revealed that after a year's break with their friends and family Westlife will return to hit the charts once more in June when they work on their tenth studio album. Walsh also said that while he met up with Cowell they jointly managed to mastermind Westlife's comeback. At the time three songs had already been chosen which he believes will be big hits when they are released. Shane told the Irish Mirror that they want to make the next album one of their best.^[56]

The new album, Where We Are, was released on 30 November 2009 in the UK and peaked at #2 on both Irish and UK Albums Chart. The new single "What About Now", was released a few weeks earlier on 23 October 2009, with digital downloads being available the day before. The said single peaked at# 2 on both Irish and UK Singles Chart. Daughtry's original version of the song gained exposure on the audition rounds of The X Factor prior to Westlife's release. The tour in support of this album is called "The Where We Are Tour". They were also part of the Haiti charity single in early 2010, "Everybody Hurts", an R.E.M. cover which was organized by Cowell.^[57]

Various reports are spreading that the band and their management have decided not to release a second single from Where We Are. According to these reports, a new album will be released at the last quarter of 2010 and the group saying they wanted it to be a sexy album.^[58] Egan already confirmed on their concert tour that there will be new album this 2010.

Discography

Main Article: Westlife discography, Westlife songlist, Westlife videography, Westlife filmography

Westlife (1999)
Coast to Coast (2000)
World of Our Own (2001)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)
Turnaround (2003)
Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)
Face to Face (2005)
The Love Album (2006)
Back Home (2007)
Where We Are (2009)
TBA (2010)

*These are copied from Wikipedia, I definitely can't write this much about them*

Members

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne (born 9 October 1978 in Dublin) is the oldest member of the popular Irish pop band, Westlife.

Before his music career he played professional football and represented Republic of Ireland at several underage levels. Since then he has had a successful international radio career. His wife is the daughter of former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and they have twin sons together.

Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980, Sligo, Ireland), is an Irish singer. He is currently a member of the Irish boyband, Westlife.

Markus Michael Patrick Feehily (born 28 May 1980 in Sligo, Ireland), better known as Mark Feehily, is a member of the popular Irish vocal pop group, Westlife.

Shane Steven Filan (born July 5, 1979) is the lead singer of Irish pop band Westlife. Filan is one of the five original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne and former member Brian McFadden.

Former member

Bryan Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish singer, who rose to fame with Irish boy band Westlife before leaving the band to forge his own solo career. He was married to former Atomic Kitten member Kerry Katona, and is now engaged to Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Brian has found considerable success in Australia since his relationship with Delta Goodrem. He is the brother of Grease actress/reality show winner Susan McFadden.

WESTLIFE ROCKS!!

GENTLE REMINDER:

2010-06-11T13:59:00.000+08:00

LYING IS BAD!!
VERY VERY BAD!!!

so please don't lie

HOLIDAYS

2010-06-06T17:05:00.000+08:00

Exam is over, and holiday has come... What good news!! Its 2 weeks of rest plus some little activities with family, and i can't be happier.

i just hope time would stop here, because i dont want to go back to school... (because i left ALL my pressures there) and if i go back, all those pressure will hop onto my back and will start to haunt me again. Then i'll go crazy, and simply.... go crazy.

I really dont know what to write here. Well, i just cant stop listening to Gaither Vocal Band's song because they are just too nice!! Everytime i hear their voices, its like very relaxing and comfortable and i just dont want to stop!!

Yeah, a lot of things happened and i just dont want to talk about them. I guess i'll stop here. Just finished my sejarah project, and am going to start PJ project. After that, all my projects will be DONE!! Why do we need to do projects anyway?? Especially for those useless subjects like Civics and PJ?? Sigh.............

2010-05-14T16:46:00.000+08:00

Hey guys...

First I'm gonna say that I am really sorry because i haven't updated my blog for a very long time... You can just blame it on all the projects rushing at me suddenly... I thought that Form 3 life is wonderful, and I guess that I'm wrong.... T.T

So.... Maybe I'll post more things up here when I have the time... Or else you'll have to wait until PMR is over!!! *actually i don't want this too* Sorry to disappoint...

Hope that I won't go crazy before PMR... HAHA

Wish me luck!! BYE!!

Cross Country Run 2010

2010-03-31T19:21:00.000+08:00

Date: March 19 2010 (i think)
Time: 8.00am - 11.00am
Venue: Penang Youth Park

Pictures....

Me and Kaven

Toh Eu Shern in purple.....

Traffic Light!! Christopher Tan in green... =P

Me and Yan Khai... =) What are we doing anyway??

Luther.... =)

Eu Shern... =)

Form 1 & 2 group winners...

Form 3 and 4 group winners... =)

Close-up...

Form 5 group winners...

Daniel Ong

Girls Group winners

Yeah... Thats all

DEBATE COMPETITION

2010-03-25T14:18:00.000+08:00

Date: 14 MARCH 2010
Time: 9.00am-2.00pm
Venue: Penang Hokkien Assosiation

Opening ceremony

Representatives from every group...

O.o"" HAHAHAHAHA

Chung Ling (A) team

Thats all

MY CNY

2010-03-15T13:47:00.000+08:00

hey guys!! finally had some time to update my blog... very BUSY since CNY... Got lots of things to SHARE!!!!

Okayy... here is a short post about MY CNY... (i just picked the interesting parts to share... because there are still a lot of posts to be written...) =S

Penang bridge... On the way to kampung in Perak...

my first breakfast there after a night... my grandma's famous mee sua!!!!

my cute cousin form Singapore -- Gerald Ding

kid playing fireworks in the MORNING!!! (there is one BIG kid in there)

My another cousin -- Samuel Ding

My aonther cousin -- Ding Zhi Yi

Playing UNO cards... thats me in yellow... =)

Joseph and Samuel playing.... *look at his butt... i wonder what they are playing...*

Cute Zhi Yi on my shoulder...

Cousin playing Blocks....

Joseph with the blocks...

me and my name...

Joseph and his name...

catching small crabs traditional style...

COOL!!

me and my cousin!!

sunset 1.....

sunset 2....

My first sunset... I've never seen a sunset before...
Now I have!!

And finally, we cooked the crabs we've caught....
This is the crabs before cooking...

And the crabs AFTER cooking!!
They tasted DELICIOUS!!! You eat them together with their shell... COOL!!

HAIRCUT

2010-01-28T22:00:00.000+08:00

TADA!!! My new haircut!! just got it last Thursday...

Went to Hydro's after tuition and everybody was quite busy... So i waited there for like 20-30 minutes...

Then a new hairstylist (female) came and gave me a haircut... It took quite long as she has very little experience... *her hands are completely cold and are trembling...* so i was quite nervous at first... Haha

I think my hairstyle looked quite okay... Normal and nothing special about it...

What do you think??

AND THE CLUBS ARE...........

2010-01-27T21:39:00.000+08:00

Good news!! Just signed up for a few clubs this year...
and some slight change of plans... =X

Okay...
Firstly, my uniform unit is...*drumroll*..... the CLHS Harmonica Band!!! Why? Cuz i wanna try something new!! YEAH!!

Then, my clubs....
a little disappointed...

1) Rukun Negara Club
2) Chinese Debating Club
3) GEOGRAPHY?!?!

I didn't want to join it at first, but was pulled in by Justin. I did not dare to decline the offer cuz obviously it's not giving him face!! But i guess I'm gonna tell him to cancel my name tomorrow because I have too many clubs and they can just keep the registration fee... RM4!!! I hope he will understand...

My Sports...

1) Athletics Club
2) Body Building Club

Yay!! Hope I can get a nice, shaped body by the end of the year!!

Okay that's all... BYE!!

LOSS TO NATURE

2010-01-18T23:31:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that just happened to our school's dragon boat team!!

They brought glory to our school and made the school proud, and what happened to them?! This is ridiculous!! They DON'T deserve this!!!

Although I don't know the victims, but just seeing others crying for them just make me feel so bad, so horrible...

Now i know that nature is unpredictable and CRUEL... It could take away our precious lives!! So my dear friends, grab hold and appreciate what is around you right now and DO NOT let them slip away, for there's no use for regretting after something bad happens...

May God Bless Those Who Lost Their Lives!!!

BACK TO NORMAL...

2010-01-13T18:52:00.000+08:00

Phheewww...

The incredibly busy 1st week in finally over... Such GOOD news... i am really starting to enjoy morning class right now...

but...

more tutions are added into my schedule... but never mind! i THINK i can go over it...

MORNING SCHOOL ROCKS!!!

and the clubs i am gonna join this year:
St. John Ambulance, Rukun Negara Club, Chinese Debating club, and Athletics Club!!! Woohhoo!!! a new start=)

STRESSED OUT !!

2010-01-06T20:00:00.000+08:00

First week of school, it should be nice... But for me, 1st week is a NIGHTMARE!! So busy doing monitors thing -- registration of new members, briefing, collect forms, circulars and monitor lists, BOOKSALES!! Still lots of books that are yet to be code... I'm not in class for the WHOLE DAY sometimes... *execpt the last few periods* so i missed some of the interesting periods... hahh... What should i do?? Hopefully that it all will turn normal after next week... Sigh~~ Do i have a choice?? Nothing but be tough and go on... and on... and on... and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on......

WHY AM I STILL BLOGGING HERE?!?!?!?! GOTTA FINISH UP MY HOMEWORK!! sorry dude... thats me on the first week -- CRAZY!!

2009 Nothern and Perak Region Junior Youth Bible Camp

2009-11-26T19:13:00.000+08:00

Let's don't talk more.... Just see the photos...
Date: 21st - 26th November 2009
Venue: Sg. Petani True Jesus Church

Here are the photos...

Terrence - student Representative to speak a few words during the Closing Ceremony... That is me interpreting... =)

Counsellors teaching us a song during Farewell Gathering...
From left: Eunice Lee, Lik Fhan, Laura Soo, Lik Hang, Kee Phang, Florence

Counsellors again...

Sorry Sis. Eunice!! Can't take your face...

Counsellors Eunice and Laura saying out the voices of students... =) They said out mine but i won't tell u which one...

That's them again... =)

Us listening attentively... =)

the brothers... =)

the sisters... =)

Bros. Joel and Yong Song

Bro. Loo Yew Sheng =)

The grand Piano... =0

From left: Counsellors Kee Phang, Lik Hang and Lik Fhan

Counsellor Lik Hang in the bus... =)

Bro. Isaac Tan Yi Heng

Oii!! Must give money if you want to take photo of me arr!!

Daniel and Yew Sheng

in the Bus~~

Joseph Ling En Feng

Ishhh... so geram... haha

Pr Hosea Hoo in the bus... =)

Joel and Yong Song again... =)

Koay Zhi Yu =)

whoaahh... big fingers dude

Joseph again...

My "ty lou" -- En Yuan

Pr. Zechariah Chin

It's him again...!! still covering his face...

Terrence Lee =)

Pr. Hosea... took it when he was not noticing...=)

From left: Lik Fhan, Yew Sheng, Daniel

From left: Gillian, Stephanie, Yong Song, Grace =)

Terrence!! =)

Cinta Sayang Stable!!

Counsellors Laura and Eunice =)

Chicken Little... or is it hen??

Grace... paisehh... =)

Grace, Gillian and Yong Song AGAIN... =)

Pr Hosea... =)

Lik Hang

Pr. Hosea

Pr. Hosea briefing... =)

owners of the stable...

teaching us how to feed the horses...

horsie.... =)

feeding the horse...

Pr. Zechariah helping Lin er... =)

This is Wilson feeding... =D

Ning Shinn =)

scraping the sand from the horse's shoe

brushing the horse...

brushing its leg

Pr. Zechariah touching the horse... =)

Wei Keong =)

Ning Shinn...

En Yuan...

Lik Fhan

Lik Hang

Florence =)

Grace Phan...

Stephanie Shee

Lin Er...

Putting on the horse's sadle...

Terrence, Me and Isaac... =)

Eunice Liew, Gillian, Grace and Stephanie

Shi En and Sze Ying

Joel and Yong Song... =)

Joseph, Yi Kai, Daniel and Yew Sheng

Ning Shinn, Li Jia, Lin Er and Sum Yin... =)

Counsellor Eunice, Azila, Aniza and counsellor Florence

Pr. Hosea and the horse

Pr. Zechariah and the horse

Counsellors lik Hang, Kee Phang, Lik Fhan and the horse

another horsie....

Counsellor Florence...

Admiring the horse...

Beautiful fountain... =)

Yong Song, Joel, Daniel, Yew Sheng

The Bouncy Thingy

Counsellor Eunice... =)

Sisters...

Ishh... very hot!

Divided into groups...

My Group -- Starlight

Games...

tying shoelaces... =)

Joseph

Lim En Hui

Action games=)

Pr. Hosea playing....

Even though lose but very happy... =)

our group's players... =)

random shot... =)

Lin Er and Ning Shinn -- our team's best players...

Still playing...

Yong Song and Joel having fun...

Shaking hands -- part of the game...

Peck Yee, Agnes/Adeline, Sarah...

Teams: Yun Zhi + Peck Yee , Agnes/Adeline + Sarah =)

Our finalists...=)

Me on the bungee jump!!

up, up and away!!!

Pr. Hosea Hoo

Pr. Zechariah Chin

Random Shot... =)

Joseph, Yew Sheng, Terrence, Daniel

admiring the photo??

Isaac posing... WooHoo!!

Heyy... My computer is so slow when downloading photos so i decided to just give up here... =) I was trying to upload these photos for weeks and got really fed up... lol... Sorry guys!! I will give all my photos to yikai and he will post them on Facebook, as his computer is REAL FAST when downloading... hahh... Sorry again...

Typical School Day

2009-11-19T19:42:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone and sorry that i haven't updated my blog for such a long time... =)
Brought my camera to school today...
Here are some pics and to those whose photos contains private or personal contents, SORRY!!
Hope you enjoy them!!

These are snapshots of the 2009/2010 Board Of Monitors Booksales...
Please do come and support us. We're open everyday except for Monday. The time is 0900-1200 and 140-1600.... We welcome You!!!

This is Nicholas Chong =)

This is Chuah Min Yi =)

Luther Foo =)

Min Yi again... pointing at Eujun

Min Yi

Chit Chat =)

Jack... =)

Whoahhh... so yeng... ;)

Liow Ying Wei the GENIUS =)

Group Photo!!! =)

Me and Min Yi... O.o

Jack ...

Sexy Kah Chung... =)

Kae Yang and his middle finger!!! Beside him is Chen Yong... =)

Me =)

Guess who is this guy with 2 pimples...?? Ans: Zhi Liang!!

and this guy's mouth..?? Ans: Joseph!!! *Shhh... don't tell him cuz i put in here without his permission...*

Lim Guo Liang... =)

this is me AGAIN... =)

mine is on the left, kah chung on the right... this is what you get from exchanging exam papers... =)

me and jack =)

From left: Luther, me Yuhang...

close-up of Ying Wei... a little scary

Begging for marks... =) hahhh

Guo Liang and Hooi Chun

Board Games

Aaahh... My Head!!

... i don't know why i do this pose... so ugly

Hsueh Chung =) handsome guy

From left: Ryan, Ying Wei, Yu Yang

Jia Shern =)

Chun Feng... cute boy =)

Kye Pinn =)

Yuhang hugging Yi Wei, believing that he'll get good results by hugging a smart person... hahhh... just kidding

and just look at our class's board... what've they done to my Daniel Radcliffe decoration?!?!

Kye Pinn at the canteen =)

Chun Feng

our class in the football match =)

another random shot...

Cherng Liang....

Tock Tock.... =)

Khaw Eu Sheng =)

Yong Loon hugging Rong Quan....

There is a lot more photos... but i am lazy to upload them... sorry!! hope you enjoy these...

MUMMY COME HOME

2009-10-17T20:21:00.000+08:00

Mummy Come Home authored by Oxana Kalemi

The true story of a mother kidnapped and torn from her children

A wonderful piece of work...
Touching storyline....
Meaningful...

Highly recommended to all of you...

It's about a woman, Oxana, with 3 children -- 2 sons, Sasha and Pasha and a daughter, Luda, tricked by a friend and was sold to a pimp. She became a prostitute. She suffered. She cried. She was raped by many men. But she told herself to live on for the sake of her children, especially her second son. Pasha, as he was deaf. At last she managed to escape after several tries. She was caught and beaten up when she tried to run. She found POPPY, a society which helps traffiked women and lived a new life with her children.

Read it if you want to know more.

QUEENSBAY WITH WINNIE, RAY, JIAYING, JOSEPH

2009-09-22T22:49:00.000+08:00

Went to Queensbay with them today...

Met winnie and jiaying at Borders... sat there and read books while waiting 4 ray...
There was complete silence..... *Shrugs* Why won't they talk??

Finally... ray came... lit up the atmosphere... went to watch TSUNAMI...

personally i think it was a quite nice movie... combinations of -- funny, sad, touching, scared, shocking and worrying scenes..... i'll give it 4 stars (out of 5) ... nearly cried at the end... but i still managed to control myself... *whew!!* my emotions can't control me!! i control THEM!!! muahaha...

then we went to Coffee Bean to have a sit... again, silence is in the air~~ super cold atmosphere.... then ray came and did her job, (broke the silence)... 1st time see ray face to face... then suddenly felt that she look a little like 'ang morr'... lols...

then we accompanied ray shopping -- bought birthday cards and drinks 4 pot luck on thursday.... *thursday, i think so...*

then winnie and ray went back with jiaying...

and i went back with joseph...

thats all...

HOLIDAYS~~

2009-09-21T18:01:00.000+08:00

Finally the holidays...

not very happy about it until now... cuz i haven't really done something FUN till now... *except 4 listening 2 Westlife and Backstreet Boys songs...* just sitting in front of the computer plurking and checking e-mails everyday... 3 days of my holidays W-A-S-T-E-D!!

Friday...
Supposed to go back to Kwang Hwa's Children's Day... but its an off day... so stayed at home doing NOTHING....

Ssturday...
Board of Monitor Exco-camp... i sacrificed my church time 4 this... the attendance SUCKS -- only 9 of us attended, and 2 went back early at 12... it rained the whole morning... so doing NOTHING at school... then played games when the rain stopped...

Monday...
attended BOM unit & booksales meeting.... can't go to GURNEY with friends... hope they had serious FUN anyway... by the way... we're having a booksales project from 29.10.2009 till 24.0.2010... u can sell your old textbooks, exercise books, and reference books to us and we can help u sell them... 4 more information, keep up with my blog!!! i will post an advertisement later on... lol...

going to QUEENSBAY tomorrow... hope that i can have a nice day!!

MY BIRTHDAY...

2009-08-26T00:31:00.000+08:00

25th of August... my birthday....
Actually, my brother's too...
And my cousin sister... whose name is ABIGAIL...

Went to Queensbay with friends in the morning...
Me, James, Zhi Xuan, Joseph, Cherng Liang, Zhi Liang, Tock Tock, Chuen Seng, Zi Zhen, Rong Hui, Stanley
Winnie, Yin Yee, Krystal, Joanne, Jia Ying, Cai ying
Met Ray... She asked me if i remember her... I didn't even met her before!!! I think she has confused me with my bro...
watched 'Aliens In The Attic"...

quite funny and interesting show.... lols...

They gave me presents... *so paiseh*

There was this Billabong T-Shirt from the gals...

And this cute teddy toy statue (whatever it is called) from Rong Hui

And this nice little bag from Stanley

And this 'Birthday Award' and cute piggy bank from the guys...

Went for a family dinner at night...
recieved 'ang pows'...

Thanks!!

Reached home at 12...
Thats all 4 today i think... very tired...

THANKS GUYS!! AND LADIES!! YOU WILL BE MY BESTEST FRIENDS FORVER!!! AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER............

THE GAITHER VOCAL BAND

2009-08-24T18:30:00.000+08:00

Surfing Youtube..... then came across THE GAITHER VOCAL BAND... Felt curious, so clicked it...

They're voices are so touching... When i first hear it, i nearly cried... I seldom cry when watching people sing u know??
Well, they made me cried... What can i say?? WONDERFUL!! TOUCHING!! AMAZING!!

Musical Career

Bill Gaither himself often says that the Gaither Vocal Band was formed in 1981, but it was actually formed in 1980 on the spur of the moment before a concert with the song, "First Day In Heaven." Not only did original bass singer, Lee Young confirm the date, one of their early performances of this song (with an explanation and introduction by Bill himself) can be found on the 1980 double record album, Live Across America. This arrangement is a little different than the one they eventually did on their debut album, the self titled The New Gaither Vocal Band in 1981. They chose this name because they didn't want to be restricted to necessarily 4 singers. Steve Green thought of the name because at the time he didn't want to be in a quartet .

Lee Young left the group in 1982, and Jon Mohr was hired as the new bass singer. They then recorded the album, Passin' The Faith Along. Later, tenor Steve Green left and Larnelle Harris was hired. This group cut the New Point Of View album before Mohr left.

At this point the New Gaither Vocal Band became new, but dropped the "new" part of their name. Due to baritone becoming high for Bill and lead becoming high for McSpadden, Bill Gaither dropped to the lowest part (although they didn't call it bass at the time), Gary McSpadden was moved down to baritone and Michael English was hired as the new lead singer. Although the previous album (New Point of View) had been more contemporary than its predecessors, the album with this version of the group (One X 1) took it even further. After this album, Larnelle left and was replaced by Lemuel Miller. The group did not record an album with Lemuel before he too left. He was replaced by Imperials alumnus, Jim Murray. They cut one album (Wings) before Gary McSpadden left to devote more time to his solo career. Comedian and singer Mark Lowry was tapped to replace him. Although Lowry admittedly didn't have the natural ear for the baritone part, or the experience, he added a great voice along with his comedy and soon made their sound more smooth. First planned to perhaps be their final album their Gospel roots project Homecoming in 1991, caused most Southern Gospel fans to welcome the Vocal Band with open arms. A follow-up recording called Southern Classics cemented their relationship with fans. Jim Murray left and was replaced by Terry Franklin whose tenor voice was heard on the aforementioned, Southern Classics. Later Michael English left to focus solely on his ever growing solo career. He was replaced by Buddy Mullins, who agreed to sing with the group while concurrently remaining with his family group, Mullins & Co., which later became Sunday Drive. Despite being only a temporary fill-in, Mullins did record the album "Testify" with the group, in place of Michael English, who had initially planned to record that album with the group. Terry Franklin soon left and was replaced by yet another Imperials alumnus, Jonathan Pierce (formerly known by his first and last name Jonathan Hildreth instead of his first and middle name as he has been known since he began recording). Strengthened by the popularity of the Homecoming video series, the Vocal Band added Guy Penrod at lead, freeing Mullins to concentrate solely on his family group. After Pierce's departure, Gaither hired David Phelps at tenor. After Lowry's departure, The Imperials alumnus Russ Taff sang baritone for a couple of years. When Taff returned to solo work, Marshall Hall was his replacement. Wes Hampton succeeded Phelps in 2005.

During the 1990s and into the first few years of the 21st century, the Gaither Vocal Band mastered the art of mixing classic Southern Gospel with Country and Inspirational styles. This gave the group a broad fan base that reached beyond the typical domain of Southern Gospel. Despite the immense popularity of the Gaither Vocal Band, they've only had two number one songs on the Singing News chart. "Yes, I Know" held the top position from July to October of 1997, as did "I Will Go On" in November of 2006. Other popular tunes by the Gaither Vocal Band include "Temporary Home," "Let Freedom Ring," "Count On Me," "The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor," and "When Jesus Says It's Enough." The group routinely performs classic Southern Gospel songs including many written by Bill Gaither and/or Gloria Gaither like "He Touched Me", "I Believe In A Hill Called Mount Calvary", and "Sinner Saved By Grace."

The GVB recorded a reunion DVD and CD at the Gaither Studios in late July 2008. All but three of the former members were there. The three who were not there were Jonathan Pierce, Terry Franklin, and Lemuel Miller.

On October 02, 2008, it was announced that long time lead, Guy Penrod, was taking a sabbatical and that former members Mark Lowry and David Phelps as well as former Crabb Family lead singer and current Spring Hill soloist, Jason Crabb would be filling in. On December 7, Reggie Smith, who normally sings duets with his wife, Ladye Love Smith, also filled in on the spur of the moment, as a concert in Hampton, Virginia, was rescheduled, and neither Lowry, Phelps, or Crabb could be there.

On, January 13, 2009. Bill Gaither released on his website that Guy Penrod and Marshall Hall would be leaving the Gaither Vocal Band. Penrod was going to focus on his solo career. Instead, the Vocal Band would bring back some members of the past including Michael English as lead vocal, Mark Lowry as baritone and David Phelps as tenor.

Members

The Gaither Vocal Band - Complete List of Group Members

Bill Gaither, Baritone (1980-85); Bass (1985-present)

*photo not available*

Lee Young, Bass (1980-1982)

Steve Green, Tenor (1980-1983)

Gary McSpadden, Lead (1980-1985); Baritone (1985-88)

Jon Mohr, Bass (1982-1985)

Larnelle Harris, Tenor (1983-1987)

Michael English, Lead (1985-1994);(2009-present)

*photo not available*

Lemuel Miller, Tenor (1987)

Jim Murray, Tenor (1987-1992)

Mark Lowry, Baritone (1988-2001);(2009-present)

Terry Franklin, Tenor (1992-1994)

Buddy Mullins, Lead (1994-1995)

Jonathan Pierce, Tenor (1994-1997)

Guy Penrod, Lead (1995-2008)

David Phelps, Tenor (1997-2005); Tenor/Baritone (2009-present)

Russ Taff, Baritone (2001-2004)

Marshall Hall, Baritone (2004-2008)

Wes Hampton, Tenor (2005-2009), Tenor/Baritone (2009 - present)

[Taken from Wikipedia]

Sry some photos are not available...

The Gaither Vocal Band Rocks!!

UNEXPECTED HAIRCUT!!

2009-08-21T23:32:00.000+08:00

Yap Hock Chai cut my precious hair today!!! I've been hating him for a long time, but this made me hate him even MORE!! I just can't control myself thinking about it...... Luckily skillful the hair designer "rescued" my hair... I am gonna hate him like HELL!! DON'T LET ME SEE HIM AGAIN!!!!! or else....

I will:

SMASH HIM
BEAT HIM
KILL HIM
COOK HIM
EAT HIM

Exam Is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-08-20T20:24:00.000+08:00

A great relief!! Haha...
Got caught copying by H'ng Mee Ang during Geography test... First time caught copying in my WHOLE LIFE!! Man, She is GOOD!! but she didn't give me 0 marks!! Thank goodness!! I thought that i am so finished... Luckily she just scolded me... This is what she said...

"Hey you the second last one in that row!! Stop turning to the back harr!! Want to copy arr?? Don't tell me u didn't, this is not the first time i saw you turning to the back!! I have been watching you for a long time you know??"

Then, everyone turned and looked at me. I was like "OMG... I am gonna be dead..."
After some time, everything turned back to normal... SCARY!!

Before collecting the papers, she said,

"You guys are A class students. You know that copying is a bad thing to do but you still do it. I am not saying that ALL of you are copying, it's just that 3 or 4 of you keep doing that..."

When she went out of class, she told me
"YOU arr... next time don't turn around again..."
I said
"OKOK..." *Phew!!*
I still have to thank her because she gave me a memorable lesson...

Now exam is over... Plus holiday for a WEEK!! I am so happy!!!

My family is going to Cameron Highlands for 3 days, but I am not going... Cuz i had to go for interview for the Asean Scholarship... Then posted me on Tuesday, they said that I am shortlisted and asked me to go for an interview on 24th of August, which is next Monday... So I had to stay at home with my dad... =X

Anyway... HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!

GRADE 8 DISTINCTION !!

2009-07-31T23:16:00.000+08:00

GRADE 8 DISTINCTION !! Yeahh !!
Seriously, I don't even think that I will have such good results... Anyway, I am so proud of myself and damn LUCKY!!

My result slip...

I gonna thank the examiner--he is such a good man... In my opinion, male examiners are mostly better than female examiners... Haha~~

If you want to know what is written n the slip, then here it is...

PROGRAMME

Piece A4--This was a graceful account with clear articulation, good balance and melodic interest well projected in both hands. Your playing had variety and a sense of direction, there were a couple of hesitations. [26/30]

Piece B3--Your playing had poise, space and good dynamic interest. The musical argument was well understood. The texture was clear and you produced a warm, clear tone. Fast bassagework was always played with a sense of direction and nearly always with technical control. [28/30]

Piece C13--You made good use of rubato here, but at times it was a little over done. Texture were clear, trills flexible in speed and 3 against 2 was related and easy. You explored a wide dynamic range with effective pp playing.The different elements were well controlled. [28/30]

Scales and Arpeggios--Scales were well known with rapid recall and very few slips. Scales 6ths were a little less secure. Arpeggios and 7ths are mostly good. [18/21]

Sight Reading--You read expressively, it was a little hesitant but almost all correct in notes and rhythm. [18/21]

Aural Tests--D was good, errors in B part error in A and C. [12/18]

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Congratulations on some really expressive and continent playing.

Total--130 marks

Maximum: 150
Total required to Pass--100
to Pass with Merit--120
to Pass with Distinction--130

*i don't know what does 'bassagework' mean... If you know pls kindly tell me...*

FATHER'S BIRTHDAY AT QUEENSBAY

2009-07-27T10:29:00.000+08:00

Father's Birthday on 26th July...
Went to KIM GARY to celebrate...
Then went to Watsons to buy some things...
Joseph bought Gatsby hair "gel".... not sure wad its called...
I bought strips to get rid of blackheads... not bad...

joseph did my hair using the pink "gel" look nice in photo nia... actually not that nice wan lahh~ trust me...

me and my strips...

A SATURDAY~~

2009-07-26T15:19:00.000+08:00

I'm gonna make this post very quick and simple...
Sorry for any unwritten details...
OK! lets start now...

Went to school for Handball Club AGM early at 7.30am.... but it started at 8.30..... waited until T.L.!! Then, it ends at 8.45.... 15 minutes AGM.... Finally, a club that is worse that Kelab Rukun Negara!! I felt so happy and encouraged.... It made me feel better... However, I don't care how long is the meeting, because I was asleep anyway... Then i was woken up by the applause when the announcing of 2009/2010 committees...

view from my place at the back of the class... Can you spot Pouranam??

After the meeting, I went to watch Shaolin competition... A liitle bit boring~~

What they are trying to do is to push their opponent out of the circle or make them fall...
push out of circle = 3 points
Fall down = 6 points

Then i went for interview... for BOM.... tried my best...

only 4 of us went... 1 already go interview when i catch this photo... the giant u see is Eu Ca...

Then, I went for a meeting 4 Kelab Rukun Negara... JPN wants us to do something to celebrate Hari Kemerdekaan.... So boring... yucks

After school, went to McD.... but we left cuz too many ppl

see?? so many ppl cuz Heng Ee finish co-curriculum activities...

Went to church at 2.30pm...

After church, went hiking at BJ 'hill' with some church friends...

HAPPY FAMILY!!

Thats me in the old-fashioned gym on the top of BJ hill... u can see a topless men exercising...

After dinner went to cousins house... vained with some cool spectacles...

nice??

Thats all...

WHAT A DAY !!

2009-07-19T19:42:00.000+08:00

Wow... finally i updated my blog... Haha~~

Went to music class today...
Then i realized that i need to PRACTICE HARDER!!!
The songs are damn difficult...
Teacher's daughter is doing Nilam... She needs help from my teacher...
When my teacher read the storybook, she LAUGHED OUT LOUD !!
Then she handed me the storybook, i looked at through the story finding the part that is funny...
The story is okay, but the moral value is totally wrong...
The moral value supposed to be = a failure will always search for excuses to cover his own mistakes...
but, this is what that is written on the book = GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND HANG HIM!!
Wahahaha~~~ Just compare the Chinese and English moral values...

"moral value : GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND HANG HIM"

and look at the publishers name...
KOKAHO PUBLISHERS!!!
They call this ko ka ho?! hahaha.....
Thicked-faced publishers...

"KOKAHO PUBLISHERS?!"

Finished piano at 10.....
Waited for parents outside....
Then, I fell into the drain!! (not fall, actually...) (Don't laugh)
My whole left leg got stuck and it stinks!!
I didn't realize that the cover of the drain was loose and mistook a step then
POP!! down the drain my leg go...
I can't take it out as it was stuck, thnx to joseph who helped me...!!
my parents initially wanted to go n makan, but they sent me home to wash my leg first...
Sorry i destroyed your plan!!
Now my knee ache like hell!!! (i think i twisted my joint...)

luckily i had plasters at home...

Then, went to British Council.... Nothing special happened...

"opening doors, creating oportunities"

After BC, went straight to Queensbay n watched HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE!!
The story is quite nice..
Personally i think that it is more on relationships...
eg: Harry n Ginny, Rn n Hermoine.....
Lack of action and spell battles...
Dumbledore got killed by Snape... (That evil man!!!)

Harry Potter and the HBP....

Bought children ticket... .lol...

After movie, went to Old Town...

Old Town White Coffee...

Wanted to eat ice cream toast... but finished alredi....
So i eat Tuna Toast...
Not Bad actually.... but very cold....
the tuna is cold, the bread is cold... can't feel the warmth when eating it...

cold Tuna Toast

Lastly, bought an ice cream sundae...

Ice cream sundae for RM 1~~

That's all for now...
WHAT A DAY !!

PLURK-ing

2009-07-10T09:58:00.000+08:00

Joined PLURK yesterday....
It ROCKS!!!!!
It's like a daily e-journal... so fun, so FANTASTIC!!
reccomend it 2 all of u....

PLURK ROCKS!!

SO LONG~ MICHAEL....

2009-06-30T22:09:00.000+08:00

25 June 2009, a memorable date for all of us... The King of Pop left us all, leaving his wonderful voice behind. His unique voice, touched hundreds of hearts, including mine... Now let the pictures bring back the beautiful memories...

His album 'BAD'

His photos...

Jackson waving....

GOODBYE JACKSON!! You will be in our hearts forever....

COUSIN'S BIRTHDAY

2009-04-30T21:58:00.000+08:00

Wassup??
It's my cousin's birthday!! He has officially turn 2 this year!!
Wanna take a look at his photo??

cute... isn't he??
His name is Andronicus... pronounced as an-dro-nee-cus... Such an unusual name.... but cute!!
We attended his steamboat-birthday party... and wait to sing the birthday song...
While waiting, we played with the kids...
Photos....

played ball... that's my cousin, by the way~~

played 'piano'... that's my cousin too~~

vaining.... haha

and have 'photo-session' with the birthday boy....

Then, we sang the song...
it sounds like this...

another version....

lets take a look at the cake...

some family photos.....

cut the cake...

pity Barney!!

Barney looking at himself being eaten...

Everybody had a wonderful time....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDRO!!

HILL CLIMB

2009-04-18T22:15:00.000+08:00

Date: 18.04.2009
Time: 7.30am-11.00am
Venue: Botanical Garden- Penang Hill

Heyy again... At last!! I have something to say.... As you can see, I will talk about my 1st experience of hill climbing... We are supposed to gather at 7.30am but I reached there at 6. Just because to take the frist aid kit 4 St. John... OK, now lets don't talk rubbish....

When the race started, everybody was rushing. But when we reached the hill, it's so steep that we can only walk. It is just a waste of energy if we run up. On the way up, I saw some plants... Mostly ferns... Because the ferns are the easiest to recognize!! Hah~~

I reached the finish line after 1 hour and 30-something minutes. Got number 39 out of 200-something.... Very satisfying results to me...

Lastly, sorry because there's no photos available...(lazy to take...)
Sorry yar~~

MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

2009-04-05T12:37:00.000+08:00

Ho ho ho~~~
The 'LOVE GURU' is here..
Since I've finished all my projects and folios, so i decided to do a thing I've never done before in my 14 years....
which is....
borrow a book from the library!!

The title of the book is....
'MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS' by John Gray (interesting title eh??)
It's 'a practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationships'....

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their difference.
Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.

Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Dr John Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and prohibit mutually fulfilling loving relationships. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, he gives advice on how to counteract these differences in communication styles, emotional needs, and modes of behaviour to promote a great understanding between individual partners.

'MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS' is an invaluable tool for developing deeper and more satisfying relationships...

To all Chung Ling students, borrow this book from the school library if you want, and for others, go to our school library!!! The code is C6/31....

You won't regret borrowing this book!!
I highly recommend this book to couple who are likely to quarrel for nothing, and for those who are going through 'puppy love'!!! (obviously i am not going through!! I borrow tis book just to increase my knowledge and for further uses...)

ASEAN SCHOLARSHIP~

2009-03-31T20:57:00.000+08:00

HEY BLOGGERS!!
I had registered for the Asean Scholarship in Singapore... My application form is already sent there... So that means that i only have to wait for the exam and interview~~ If i succeed, i can go to Singapore!! Better environment there... I know the standard is quite high, so I'll just try my best... I am really looking forward to go there... REALLY!!! So... wish me luck!!

JOSHUA'S SPOT

ISYF Day 6 (Final Day)

ISYF Day 5

ISYF Day 2 to Day 4

INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE YOUTH FORUM 2012 (Day 1)

MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

OF TABLETS, PHONES AND ANDROIDS

31.12.2011

KIDS

BETTER IN TIME

BREAKAWAY

Organic Based Water Bio-Filter

QUICK-FIRE POST

DEBATE, MY LIFE?

Confessions of a 16-year-old

FROM MY PROBLEM TO YOURS

THOUGHTS

PARENTING

FRIENDS

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L-O-S-E

THE END OF THE WORLD!!!

Since the release of the movie"2012", many rumours were spread about the end of the world.According to scientists, 2012 will be it....But according to the Bible, it will be on

FORM 4 ??

01.01.2011

31.12.2010

THE CHALLENGE

2010 NORTHEREN & PERAK REGION JUNIOR YOUTH BIBLE CAMP

Board of Monitors 2010/2011 Annual Booksales

Farewell My Friend.....

IL DIVO

MY SISTER'S BIRTHDAY

IT'S ALL OVER~~

DEBATE, MY LIFE

WESTLIFE

Formation (1998-1999)

Dreams Come True - World Of Our Own (1999-2002)

Unbreakable - Departure of Brian (2002-2004)

Quintet to quartet - 10 years (2004–2009)

Where We Are (2009-present)

Discography

Members

Former member

GENTLE REMINDER:

HOLIDAYS

Cross Country Run 2010

DEBATE COMPETITION

MY CNY

HAIRCUT

AND THE CLUBS ARE...........

LOSS TO NATURE

BACK TO NORMAL...

STRESSED OUT !!

2009 Nothern and Perak Region Junior Youth Bible Camp

Typical School Day

MUMMY COME HOME

QUEENSBAY WITH WINNIE, RAY, JIAYING, JOSEPH

HOLIDAYS~~

MY BIRTHDAY...

THE GAITHER VOCAL BAND

Musical Career

Members

UNEXPECTED HAIRCUT!!

Exam Is OVER!!!!!!!!!!!

GRADE 8 DISTINCTION !!

FATHER'S BIRTHDAY AT QUEENSBAY

A SATURDAY~~

WHAT A DAY !!

PLURK-ing

SO LONG~ MICHAEL....

COUSIN'S BIRTHDAY

HILL CLIMB

MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS

ASEAN SCHOLARSHIP~

Since the release of the movie"2012", many rumours were spread about the end of the world.
According to scientists, 2012 will be it....
But according to the Bible, it will be on