Showing posts with label school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label school. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Thursday, March 05, 2009

without you.

Guess what. I woke up at 4.30 today.

For no reason whatsoever.

It's like something in my body went "Hey, it's KDU Sport's Day. Wake up before 5!!". The reason for this being that for the past 5 years, I've always had to be at school by 5 or 5.30 for Sport's Day. So obviously, I miss cheer a lot. Been doing it so much that even my body has set an alarm for it.

Contrary to popular belief, cheerleaders are not stupid or bimbotic. Cheeleading is actually pretty tough cause can you imagine trying to synchronise 24 girls/guys in the same dance and making sure the entire routine is perfect??

I really hate it when people say that cheerleading is either very easy or stupid. I'll have you know that cheerleaders put in the most work. For that short 4 minute routine is countless of hours spent staying back at school till 7 practicing like hell. Sleepless nights worrying about the routine. And to a certain extent, suffer through bruises and various other injuries.

I miss it so.

Monday, December 22, 2008

the show.

Just when I thought I was done with BM I have to endure more of it.

Why??

Well, it's to get my licence.

I've finally registered at a driving school. Yew's Driving School. Recommended by Kimberly who got to know of it from Cedric. So yeah, going for the 5 hour Undang class thing on Sunday.

After that my dad dropped my off at Mid Valley for a 6M reunion. After 5 years of leaving Kuen Cheng we still have reunions. About 20 of us showed up with only 5 guys. Weird right? I mean, out of 40+ people at least 20 were guys but only 5 of them showed up for the reunion. It was fun. After all these years I'm going to see some of them next year cause we're going to the same college. Most of them haven't changed much physically wise.

Girls only.

I probaby should have taken more pictures. But lazy la.

Two teachers came! Chen lao shi and Huang lao shi. Standard 4/5 and 3 homeroom respectively. Chen lao shi even invited all of us to her house for CNY.

Nice to catch up with everyone. Hope this tradition continues on.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

you have stolen my heart.

Brief recap of prom.

Night started out with all of us having to move from our seats because somebody messed up the seating chart and didn't bother to check before ushering everyone to their seats. Not a good note mind you.

Luckily the first act of the night was good enough. What was the first act? Well, I'd tell you that from far in the dark it looked like a few VERY HOT WOMEN dancing in obscene clothes to Pussycat Dolls songs. Upon a closer look it's more like WOMEN without the WO. Haha. Transvestites!!!!! They were quote good and they even went up to some of the boys and danced up against them during the song. Scarred for life I tell you. And the thing is, some people only found out they were guys after the emcees announced it later in the night.

Other acts of the night were 3 bands and 2 dances. Not bad as far as I'm concerned but nothing to shout about. The mentalist wasn't that great either.

Awards given out that night:

Best Dressed Male:
Kenneth. (Only guy in a white suit. Paired with the green tie he reminded everyone of either a leprechaun or The Joker.)

Best Dressed Female:
Shu-Hui. (Her dress was so short!!! But she had the legs to pull it off.)

Best Couple:
Aleena & Greg. (Not much to say here.)

Prom King:
Greg. (Guess who's prom queen?)

Prom Queen:
Aleena. (Proving why they deserved the best couple award.)


Pictures up as soon as I'm done with Photoshop.

Friday, November 21, 2008

up and away.

For those of you who haven't seen.

Here are a couple of pictures of the prom ticket. It's more of an invitation card though.

The front.

Which opens up to reveal prom details.

What the back looks like.

Closer look at the details.


So seeing as I have a ticket. It's quite obvious that Sri KDU is having a senior prom despite what some people might say. Get your tickets quick as I've heard that many people have already bought their tickets. Yeah, and it's RM180 now cause early bird is over.

Expensive I know. But I think it'll all be worth it. Hopefully.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

baby just say yes.

Performance & Awards Night 2008.

For the first time in my secondary school life I got to sit down and watch the entire thing.

In the past years I'd perform so couldn't watch. And the one year I didn't perform(form 3), I was backstage with Min Yan helping out with the costumes.

So yeah, quite nice to be able to sit down and not worry about anything.

Prom the Musical. Performance of the night. It was very good. Despite being a complete rip off from HSM3(storyline wise) and practically every song being from Hairspray.
The cast did very well which is no surprise considering they're a talented bunch.

Wished I could have participated this year. The dances were SO nice!!! Like the contemporary dance during the song 'Tell Him' was so nice and I totally want to learn it. And the finale dance seemed so fun.

One year ago, I was at P&A collecting my PMR star award. So hopefully, one year later, I'll be able to attend P&A to collect my SPM star award?

Okay, must go study now so that I can get SPM star award next year!!

P.S Congrats to everyone who won something!!

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

it's all understood.

Less than a week.

Yet all I can think about is what's going to happen after SPM.

Prom.

Trips.

People leaving.

College.

Does time really pass so fast?

It doesn't seem so long ago that I was done with being in a Chinese school and moving forward into a private school. Everything was such a big change. Not only did I shift into my new house that year, it was also the year I made a whole new batch of friends.

And in just 2 months time, I'll be at college making another new group friends.

But that doesn't mean I'm going to forget all you Galileo/Mozart people!!!

So you had better not forget me. Even though some of you are going to the other end of the world to freeze in a place where winter gets to -40 or to a place where it always seems to be gloomy and raining or even to mini-Malaysia. You should know the places I'm talking about by the sound of it.

Friday, October 24, 2008

rubbing the whiteboard.

Last day of secondary school.

How do I feel?

Well, it hasn't quite hit me that I'll never have a class in Sri KDU again so I can't say I'm sad. I'm sure it'll sink in eventually but for now can't say it has affected me much.

Who knew 5 years could pass by so fast. It may sound like a long time but it really isn't.

So much has changed in 5 years. Whether I've changed for better or for worse depends on when you to me. Sometimes I think I'm a better person. Sometimes I think I'm not. Being in KDU has changed me quite a bit. If you told me 5 years ago that I would one day love cheerleading and want to join school performances. I would probably tell you that you're dreaming. I am way more outgoing than I ever thought I would be.

Okay, this is going to be a short post as not really in the mood to reminisce.

BUT,

Be prepared for major reminiscing after SPM.
One post for every year of my secondary school life. Haha.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

everything you gave back.

I could stand outside Your gates
And never enter in
I could let this moment pass
And go my way again
I could just keep silent
And hold from You my praise
Or I could give my heart away

I choose to worship
I choose to love You
To reach out and touch Your heart
I want to know You
Here in this moment
O I choose to worship You














Yesterday at the worship enablers workshop this was the first song to play during worship. And later on the way back my mum was telling me about how at home fellowship the pastor was saying how sometimes obedience to God requires sacrifices.

I really felt that God was trying to tell me that I made the right choice.

But now I have to work on my fill ins!!!!! More stressful than piano class I swear. At least then all I have to do is practice and follow the notes. Now I have to improvise my way through.

On school,

For English form 5 literature, we do a novel titled 'The Pearl' by John Steinbeck.

In the novel, there is a town called La Paz. And so during trials we had to write a bit about the setting of the novel so obviously we had to talk about La Paz.

Guess what the wonderful ex-HEAD PREFECT wrote instead?

La Push.



HAHA. Twilight fans should know what I'm talking about. Talk about having nothing but Twilight on your mind Jia Lik.

Monday, October 20, 2008

for the taking.

Last week of secondary school life. After this is two weeks of study leave before the day comes.

November 11. The start.

November 27. The end.

It also means all the trials results are coming back this week. No, I don't ecpect much from the results considering I didn't study. Didn't work even 1/10 of how much some people in my class have worked.

Surprised to hear that I don't study? If you are, then you obviously don't know me that well. Those who do would realize that I'm not bothered by this exam stress thing that seems to affect everyone so badly. Let's just say this 'attitude' of mine started a long long time ago.

You see, one faithful day sometime when I was in primary 3, I realized that why should I bother so much trying to do well when even if I get 90 I get yelled at. 100 is always the goal. Fail to meet the goal and well, you don't really want to know. So I decided that I might as well get the same scolding/punishment while enjoying myself before exams instead of slaving away for good marks when only perfection is suffice.

So yeah, I guess this has carried on till today. But I do intend to work hard for SPM itself. After all, I did work hard for PMR. Major exams are still worth the effort. Minor exams? Not so important. Do not intend to stress and lose sleep over these things. My brain cells do not want to die early and sleeping too little will shorten your lifespan.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

if I could only.

Trials are now over!!!

Well, not officially. Still have EST paper 2 tomorrow.

Going out to watch movies. Wow, it's been like so freaking long since I've watched a movie in a cinema.

And I've just finished watching the new episode of Gossip Girl!!! So glad that Blair and Serena have made up. I felt so sad for Blair since the beginning of the season. It was like season 2 is pick on Blair season.

On another note, I've realized that 90% of the time me and my family can't walk out of a bookshop without buying something. It's like the books are yelling 'Buy me! Buy me!'. Hence why we have so many books at home. One day I'me totally going to sit down and wrap all the books so that 10 years down the road I can still read my favourite books which should be in perfect condition.

Anyone want to recommend books to me?

Books that are similar to anything by Jeffrey Archer and Rohinton Mistry are very much welcome. Good chick lit also okay. Psychological thrillers are good too if the ending is the unexpected super twisted kind.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

I know I'm wasting my time.

You know how people say that school life is nothing compared to real life? That while you may the best in school you may not always succeed in the real world. Or just because you were a failure in school doesn't mean you can't be successful later on. After all, Michael Jordan was kicked off his high school basketball team but yet he became one of the greatest basketballers of all time.

But this I'll tell you, Sri KDU does help prepare you for one aspect of the real world. Not sure about other schools but I know I've learnt one thing in my school that is very relevent to the outside world of Malaysia.

And just what is it?

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Don't deny it. You know it. I know it. There is much biasness in our school system. I won't be particular to who I'm referring to seeing as someone could very well read this blog and I'll get reported to Mrs. Chan. But I'm sure most of you know who the few in our school are.

Why am I suddenly talking about this? I don't know, just felt like it I suppose.

There are many incidences where credit is not given where credit is due. And those who are the more well liked ones get their praises sung and nominations. I'm not saying it's always like that, but it does happen quite often.

Not only are students victims of unfairness, teachers are too. Those aren't as obvious considering that the students don't have much knowledge of what goes on between our teachers and the school management. But if you've realized, more and more teachers are leaving the school. Now doesn't that tell you something?

Sri KDU started out so well. I remember that most of our teachers were quite good. But as the years went on, everyone started leaving. Now, there are only a handful of good teachers left. No offence meant to the teachers. Biasness will be the fall of Sri KDU.

Oh well, at least this has taught us all a lesson on real life. While I'm not saying I expect everyone to be totally just and fair but I do hope that there will be a little more fairness in our school. It just isn't fair to those who are being overlooked for not being the 'favourite'.

Leaving you with a quote from Bill Gates.

"Life is unfair, get used to it."

However, I do want to be on the fairer side.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

heard it all.

The worst is over.

And I've survived. No impulses to burn my books or jump out the window yet so everything seems to be going fine.

3 more days till the end. Or rather 33 days till THE END a.k.a SPM.

Find me the button to end SPM please.


Also, is it just me or do I see people quoting Moulin Rouge a lot nowadays?

I think I've seen it quoted on MSN, blogs and books. And it's always the same line.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

Looks like I still have a lot to learn.


P.S Only 1 hour and 20 minutes till the official Twilight trailer is out.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

just anti everything.

Wanna know something I've just found out!?

That Draco Malfoy did NOT marry Pansy Parkinson as I thought.

Instead, J.K Rowling made up this completely new character who I've not read of in the 7 FREAKING books!!

Weng Yan came and asked me whether there was an Astoria Greengrass mentioned in the books because on her RP site Astoria is listed as a canon(meaning not made up but straight from the author) character who was married to Draco Malfoy.

I'm not an crazy HP fan but I have read the books a couple of times and never come across this name. But Google has proved me wrong. Apparently J.K Rowling said she didn't want Draco to marry Pansy so she made up a completely UNHEARD of character to be his wife.











Haha. This is such an out of topic post considering I have Add. Maths and Chem tomorrow but here I am blogging about Harry Potter.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

dream or nightmare?

Prom brings out the worst and best in people.

And so far, I've seen more 'worst' than 'best'. Sometimes you wonder why people are so immature about things.

Anyway,

Sri KDU Senior Prom 2008

Venue: Sime Darby Convention Centre
Date: 9th December 2008 (Tuesday)
Ticket Price: RM155 or RM150 (Can't really remember)




I wasn't planning on going. But I've changed my mind. And I ENCOURAGE everyone else to go to. Doesn't matter what the place is or how much it costs or even what kind or entertainment we get. All that matters is that we get to spend time together with friends.


Also, who cares what prom is like when we can have an even better AFTER PARTY!!!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

hope for the hopeless.

Okay, so recently, we did a couple of Chemistry experiments. My favourite part of Chemistry by far. We made some soap and composite materials.

My little piece of soap. And by little I mean little. Probably the size of a 50 sen coin.

Composite material. Borax and PVA glue and food colouring.
It was fun to play with. Very squishy. =D

And then it hardened in this shape ='(. Not squishy anymore.

Newspaper + PVA glue = Cardboard!! *I know it looks like crap from this side*

Looks much nicer on the other side no?

Thursday, August 28, 2008

never what it seems.

This is a true story that happened in Japan .

In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall.
Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.
When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was! First built..

What happened?

The lizard has srvived in such position for 10 years!!!!!!!!!!
In a dark wall partition for 10 years without moving, it is impossible and mind-boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 10 years! Without moving a single step--since its foot was

Nailed!


So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating. Later, not knowing from where it came appears another lizard, with food in its mouth. Ah! He was stunned and touched deeply.

For the lizard that was stuck by the nail; another lizard has been feeding it for the past 10 years...

Imagine? It has been doing that untiringly for 10 long years, without giving up hope on its partner.




On another note, Mr. Yow assigned lab partners today. If you've read Jia Lik's blog or are from 5 Mozart then you'll know about the funny 'events' that happened. I swear, when I head Mr. Yow say that Kok Wai's paired up with Jia, I couldn't stop laughing!!! The whole class laughed too. It was just way too funny. Waiting for us to go to the lab to see how those two communicate. They might just write down their conversation on paper cause they don't want to speak to each other. And poor Trixie has Chang Lin. Prepare for a fight or at least many arguments.

School is pretty mundane these days as only Physics, Bio and Sejarah hasn't finished syllabus. The rest we're just doing tons of revision. Can you imagine? Only a few more months to SPM and to the end of our secondary school life. Time has passed WAY too fast this year.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

son of the damned.

So for the famine, our total amount of donations raised is


RM53,280.94


Of course, RM20,000 is from the Nokia sponsorship but it means that we ourselves raise RM33,280.94 which is quite impressive.


Only 3 more days. So much to do.

And my holidays are non-existant. The crash course is eating up all my free time. But at least I don't have to study when I get back seeing as I've 'done' 6 hours worth of revision already.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

qing tian.

Yesterday had Patriotic Run and Merdeka Carnival. Blue got first for it and also Super Champion House.

Merdeka Carnival wasn't really happening as many people spent their time in the sports complex waiting for their match to start. The whole highlight of the day was the 'Funtasia' show at 6. All classes excluding Form 3 & 5 were suppose to put up this 'Impersonation' skit where they impersonate a scene from a movie or show. All of them had already had their prelims on Wednesday so we only got to watch the finalists. Some were good, some were not so good. The Adams family one was quite good as they had managed to impersonate all the charcters pretty well. I like Pink Panther cause the main actor did a REALLY good impersonation of Steve Martin in the movie. The accent was hilarious!!!!

And of course the whole reason some of us went for the show was for the teacher's performance. They put up a short skit titled 'snoring beauty' and also a couple of dances. The skit was very funny. The teachers in our school are pretty good at all these performance things. Mr. Yow was a very good 'fairy godfather' alongside Mr. Hafiz and Mr. Lam. As for the dances, let's just say we'll never look at some of our teachers the same again. Mr. Naresh?(the P.E. teacher) was totally the most enthusiastic dancer and he wasn't half bad. And Mr. Sara looked like he was really enjoying himself.

Went for the crash course today. 2 hours of Physics, Chem and Bio for 5 days. Very beneficial. This totally helps me revise as I'm quite sure if I was left at home I wouldn't touch my books. Very few people went for it though. I guess a lot of people don't want it to eat into their holidays or think it's too expensive. Despite having to pay RM200 per subject I really think it's worth the money.

On another note, my mum and sisters have gone to Ipoh for a wedding. And not just any wedding, it's my GRANDFATHER'S wedding. My grandfather is freaking 78 years old and he's re-marrying. The woman is 65 years old. *deleted due to sensitive material*


As for the 30-Hour Famine,

Me and Trixie managed to put everyone into their groups today. Money is all settled. Donation cards all back except for Ru Dee's card (she's freaking in Australia!!!!). Going on Monday to get everything from WV and give them the cash. In total, we've raised a little over

RM33,000
(not sure about the exact amount as can't seem to find the piece of paper I wrote it on)

Quite pleased. Sleeping over at Trixie's so that we can sort out the activities and whatever else that need's discussing.


Looks like it's going to be a packed holiday for me with the crash course to attend and the famine to plan.

Please pray that everything goes well for the famine.

Monday, August 04, 2008