Friday, January 23, 2009
sports day
But part of me can't wait! I love sports day! There's so much activity going on. It's so lively. Bazaar on teh 5th of Feb! Welcome all of you to come! =D
And believe it or not, Go GREEN HOUSE! =D
Haha.
I'm hungry... Watched Underworld 2 yesterday with Ian and Kev. I think it's quite interesting. I enjoyed it just that it was cold for me without a jacket in the cinema. I am planning to watch Underworld 1 and 3. =D Although I don't really like movies where they have loads of creatures and they all look weird and ugly and scary and distorted in some. Haha.
Fine. I'll go to bed.
Go Jessie and Janice in sports day! Sweep everyone off their feet! =D
Oh and Janice, I don't know whether it's just me, but I can't seem to post a comment in your blog. Just to let you know! =)
Gnite all! Have sweet dreams. Or dreamless nights, for some people! ;)
Family
Being the child who was taken care of and cared for and taught by her parents, I think as children we have a responsibility to our parents that we should always try our best for them. For example, we have to learn their ways and try to accomadate them as best as we can as they were the ones who gave up a huge chunk of something to bring us up. Of course there are sometimes when we get into disagreements or arguments with them and tend to feel angry and hatred, but we should understand that it's just a passing feeling and absolutely no rash decisions should be made. Being a child for as long as I have lived, I have learned that my parents are usually always right. No matter what they say and what they decide for us, it's usually always the right thing to do/decide, even if we get really mad over it. I have also learned that it hurts your parents hurt the most when they see you cry. Of course my parents have never said anything about it, but you can see it in their faces and everything that it hurts them alot. =(
To me, I think the worst thing you can ever do to your parents is to make them feel that they have not done a good job as one, that they have failed as a parent. We have absolutely no idea how or what they feel towards us. As we have learned from Underworld 2, Heroes and other movies, they sometimes show their love in very complicated ways!
I just think that we seriously need to take time to consider what they have done for us for all our lives, that we should remember that our mums went through the worst pain ever to give birth to us. Even if we don't have any memory of that period, or the times when we kept them up all night crying for no apparent reason, or the times when we kept spitting and kicking and throwing tantrums, it doesn't mean it didn't happen.
I also think that we should also not forget how hard they have to work to give us a good life. Think of how much we spend in a month. The phone bills, the electric we use even when we sleep, the water we drink and use to clean ourselves, the expensive handphones and clothes and shoes and school fees (for those in private schools). Money seriously does not fall out from the sky. DON'T forget that.
I guess I'm just abit mad. Because is just that I feel we should know our parents better in a way that if you KNOW that they are kiasu people, then just let the small matters drop. Why press it and make everyone upset by getting into a disagreement that might turn into a cold war? Especially the small, small matters that get turned into a big issue just because both sides are so stubborn. It just gets me so angry. Maybe because I'm a person who doesn't really like arguments and things that make people sad. Or maybe it's because I feel that it's not worth it, for something so small to let you sever your ties with your parents, or at least strain it.
Ooooh, and also I totally, absolutely do not think it's worth it to get into a disagreement or a cold war with your parents because of friends. Friends, chosen correctly, can be a great gift to you. But family will always be the greatest gift, it depends on how you want to treat that gift. Family will always, always be there for you no matter what, but friendship might fade. Most friends usually disappear at some point.
I feel that (yes, another 'I feel that' statement) it's worth it (yes, another 'worth it') to lose your face and say sorry or drop the issue or admit that you are wrong even when you feel that you are right just so that it will make your parents slightly happier or avoid an argument. Disagreements and stuff like that will always affect others close to you, especially siblings if you have any. It's true! I've been there.
There's so much to say, so many thoughts running through my head. But all I want to emphasize is that treat your family members well, especially your parents. Say sorry when you have made them upset, by sms or by email or by a note, I'm sure they'll accept it no matter what.
I'm grateful for what I've got. What about you?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
un-fun
It's just so rushed! Sports day in Tshung Tsin is supposed to be the best part of the year. The school compound is always filled with people after school. But now it's something stressful and not as fun. I take pity on the S3s who have to organize it all by themselves. Sigh.
It's the cake thing that is getting me so down. Anyhow, I'm going out to watch a movie. I'm off to Kuching tomorrow! It feels great to not have school!
Buahahahhahaha
Thursday, January 15, 2009
school
So, yes, just like a pendulum, I swung right back to 'not changing' with a bang on the day I asked my mum to come in to talk to my teacher. It was totally an impulse decision and I don't know whether it's the right one. I guess there really is no real right decision in this case, because I benefit in some way no matter what class I am in. I'm going to really miss joking and laughing with the Ai's but I just have to get used to being a Zhong student. Yes, a student, who is supposed to study and finish homework everyday. I feel.... better (can't think of another word) because I'm finally beginning to get the rhythm of doing homework and stuff everyday. So that's a good thing.
The SDC poster was very nicely done, if I say so myself. Thanks alot to Angela and whoever helped her for putting the finishing touches on. Apart from the constantly falling 3D title, it was perfect! I hope that it has fulfilled it's purpose and persuaded some active people to join our club. Fingers crossed! I really hope that SDC will make a turn for the better this year, it's about time it should make one.
I don't like the teaching methods of my Phy and Bio teachers. I know people say that they are good teachers and stuff, but everyone has different preferences and for me, I just find their classes uninteresting. The same thing goes for Moral, but I think it's more likely because I'm not interested with the subject and also because the teacher was talking about projects and tugasans the first day.
It's abit fast-paced, I feel, because all the teachers are talking about essays and assignments and projects and tests, most of them on their first lessons. It's 'wow' to me because we have tests next week already. I guess it's probably because I wasn't really in the studying state yet. It's a good thing I am starting to be now. =P
Volleyball. Gosh. I'm abit tired of it. Tired because I come home from training and my left shoulder is so sore, from the upper arm all the way until below my neck. Tired because I feel so exhausted from it and don't get enough rest (Yes, I know, it's partly my fault). Tired because the court is so dusty and sandy and muddy, it makes everyone more tired because the air is so dirty. Tired because sometimes I just can't do well. I actually feel kind of hopeless in a way. Everything I said last year, (if you all know what it is) eventhough I know I really meant it, I sort of don't really care anymore. Like that day during training when I was sort of playing the position of the setter but not setting the ball, Lee Dao Ming said that I had quite good control of the ball and that I might be the sub-setter. I think if he said that to me a few weeks ago or last year, I would have been upset about it because I wanted to spike. But now, I don't really mind. And yesterday during training, he didnt do or say anything about my sub-setting, and I actually was hoping he would. But now I'm kind of in the middle. I don't really mind each way I guess. Gosh, I don't know what I want!
I guess I just really feel hopeless in a way. Enough that I can say wihtout doubt (maybe just a little) that I'm quitting. But that's the thing. I can say. But I'm not saying it. Yet. !!!! I don't know what I want!
I've been watching American Idol 8! Did you guys see Jason Castro's brother? He has pink hair and his name is Micheal. He made it through. I think he might just be better than Jason but in a different way. Jason is more soft songs with guitar, Micheal is not that style I think. Hmm.. It's going to be interesting. =)
I am currently reading Meg Cabot: Size 14 is not fat either.
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College--a career that does not require her to drape her size 12 body in embarrassingly skimpy outfits. She can even cope (sort of) with her rocker ex-boyfriend's upcoming nuptials, which the press has dubbed The Celebrity Wedding of the Decade. But she's definitely having a hard time dealing with the situation in the dormitory kitchen--where a cheerleader has lost her head on the first day of the semester. (Actually, her head is accounted for--it's her torso that's AWOL.)
Surrounded by hysterical students--with her ex-con father on her doorstep and her ex-love bombarding her with unwanted phone calls--Heather welcomes the opportunity to play detective . . . again. If it gets her mind off her personal problems--and teams her up again with the gorgeous P.I. who owns the brownstone where she lives--it's all good. But the murder trail is leading the average-sized amateur investigator into a shadowy world. And if she doesn't watch her step, Heather will soon be singing her swan song!
Gnite ppl! I hope that Green House's cheerdancing will be fun, keeping in mind that it is a big hole of the unknown for me! :S
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
dilemma!!!
Now, I am currently facing the dilemma on whether or not I want to change classes or not. Oh, by the way I'm now in Senior One (form 4). I'm in S1Zhong. And I'm turning 16 this year. And I feel so, so old! Seriously. But at least I finally look my height. Haha. But it is kind of weird, I guess, because people always get my age wrong. Now, hearing them guess it correctly actually makes me feel amazed of their accurate guess. I 'wow' in my brain and then I remember that the years have all flown by. Now I'm facing SIXTEEN. How sad! =P
So, back to the topic. I landed in S1Zhong with only 5 other classamtes from last year, and none of them which I am really close to. Theng went off to Singapore, and Angela and Pauline both landed in S1Xiao, together with many other classmates from last year too. Only a few school days have gone by, but I'm already torn up by this dilemma.
On the other hand, the teachers we got in Zhong are good teachers. Compared to Xiao, our Eng, BM, Sej, P.E., Bio and Chem teachers are all really experienced and they know what they are doing. Our Add. Maths and Phy teachers are the same as Xiao. I'm a little (and I mean only a LITTLE) worried because I have no tuition for the Sci subjs, and having good teachers is abit of reassurance for me. But I know that's not really the case, because I usually don't rely on teachers, I always rely on myself, as do many other students. For the last 3 years in Tshung Tsin, I have met some teachers who are not that good, whose lessons I am unable to pay attention to (not kidding!), and for those subjs, I study it myself. So in true fact, I'm not that worried about stuff like that because I know deep down (I hope) that I'll be able to cope one way or another.
Today I had my first Bio lesson since shcool started. I have no idea why, but i feel abit stressed because of the things my teacher keeps saying. My teacher is Leng Mary Chin, a.k.a. Ms Chin. She keeps talking about how tough it will be being in the Science stream, and that there will be alot to study for tests, tests and tests and that many assignments will be given and her tests will be tough, with at least one ques from each page of the text book, meaning we'll have to study very hard. I know it may not seem like anything, but I just got that nudge at the back of my head which is the sign of stress coming along. I don't want to be stressed. No. Not after promising myself I won't be. My new years resolution, I'm going to keep it. So that's a reason to change to Xiao, but Ms. Chin is a good teacher, in a way, something to lose.
Oh, and Sej and Eng teacher! Cikgu Evelyn and Ms. Ong! I love Cikgu Evelyn. She's a great teacher with a sense of humuor! Ms. Ong is also quite down to earth and I'm starting to like her. My BM teacher is Cikgu Chin who is a great teacher who is confident and knows what she is doing. These are big things to lose for me, because I really enjoy their lessons.
But then I also remembered last year when we got our forms to choose which stream we are heading towards. Angela, Pauline, Theng and I high-fived, in a way promising that we will be in the same class next year, in the Science Stream. Sigh... I'm so confused!!!!!
But honestly, I think I have already made my decision. But seriously, I feel like a pendulum! My decisions have been swinging back and forth, back and forth, my head feels dizzy.
ANYHOW~~, I THINK I have made my decision. I don't go back on my promises if I can help it. So I'm not going back on this one. I'll overcome any obstacle I will meet by changing classes, but always remembering (I hope) that I was the one who made this decision.
So, I guess blogging about this has helped organised my thoughts (sort of), so, this should be what i really want. Of course, said with small doubts in my head. @@
Angela and Turtle came over last night to do this poster for SDC to publicize it. Usually we go into the orientation classes and talk for a couple of minutes about SDC, but we didn't have the time slot for it this year (technically, last year as that was when the orientation classes were held). So I had this idea to put this huge poster (only huge from the manila cards we used) on the school notice board. We were racing against time as the CCA forms are due latest by next week, earliest by this Sat. I actually wanted to put it up today, but as my seat in class is not strategic, I am unable to do things that I'm not supposed to do during class. Because I spent the whole night doing it even after they left. I actually had a dinner to go to in Aunty Elaine's house, but as I said, we were racing against time. I slept at 3+, exhausted especially because there was volleyb trg earlier. And because of that poster, I didn't pack my bag so I forgot to bring a few books (luckily it's only the first week. No harm done! :P) and my P.E. clothes. Just as well because I was really, really tired.
So it will be up on the board at 6/7-ish tmr. I hope, hope, hope that it will turn out good. It's definitely not perfect, but I think it's kind of great for a 1 day effort. =D Acknowledgements to Rebecca, Angela, Turtle, me (haha) and Kel, who stayed up to help and almost did not wake up to send me to school this morning. Thanks! It's all Kel. The layout was her idea! So, thanks!
Vlyb trg yesterday was okay-ish. Apart from the fact my shoulder almost came off. Haha. It's nothing, don't worry (especially Kel and mum who MIGHT read this). My shoulder is still here, where it belongs. I'm trying to get the technique back, I've lost it and it is proving hard to get it back correctly. Oh well. Go Jessie! Go for what you want, k! And text me when you go for your one-book-a-month book shopping! I love book shopping! =D
Since Karazan, I have read a few books. The Forbidden Room by Sarah Wray. Bought from the book fair in Asia City. I didn't think it was anticipating at all. Only one part in the story makes your heart beat faster. It was only near the end when only things started to unravel. It was too late in the story, I feel, when things started to get more complicated.
It takes just one tragic moment for Jenny's life to change forever. Taken to live at Oak Hall Children's Centre, Jenny begins a very different life, confined to a wheelchair and dreaming of an earlier time filled with love, family and friends. Then Helen and John Holland offer her a foster home with their adorable 5-year-old son, Stephen. The model of a perfect family, Jenny dares to hope that she will at last find some happiness. But when she discovers an old diary beneath a floorboard in her new bedroom, she begins to unravel a horrifying secret. A secret that lies within the padlocked cellar under the house. A secret with mind-blowing consequences. And suddenly Jenny's perfect new life has turned into a deadly nightmare - in which right and wrong no longer exist...
Firecracker by Ray Shannon. Bought in Vietnam for only RM6! It's a random book. I think it is quite interesting. A nice read! :D
Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom. Bought in Popular at normal price :P. I LOVE this book. It's so amazing. A great book and definitely recommended! =D
Currently reading: For Pete's Sake! by Geri Buckley. Bought in Asia City book fair. It's surprisingly quite interesting! A very nice book to read!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
2009
happy new year everyone!
i feel so unprepared! cz i havent gotten my books. not one. and i dont have a bag. was supposed to buy one in kl but didnt get to it. oh well. and i dont know what class i wanna stay in. i'm in zhong. and angela and pauline are in xiao, with alot of other j3ai's. i'm having a dilemma. i still havent decided. but oh well. gowith the flow. and i sitll cant believe that the sch uniforms have really changed. i didnt get the new one. but oh well i guess. so yep. i'm not prepared at all! i'll probably be up late the day before sch packing my stuff.
so my new year's resolution: i'm going to type properly on my blog. yes. which means using capital letters where they are supposed to be used, using proper punctuation and stuff like that. haha its about time. so yay.
and second is to make like simpler for myself. you ask my close friends and family they all say i'm a very stressed person.
but. after talking with my family and piano teacher (love them and grateful!!!!!!!), i've decided to not take my grade 8 pract this yr. since my theory exam fess have alrady been paid, i'll take it first. and then do prade 8 pract later. which means ill have to take it in aus. which is fine cz my teacher said it wont be that much more expensive cz you can 'transfer there'. then i can also get my grd 8 theory done there. so yay i'm so so so happy. i promise i wont stress myself out. =D for my mum and for myself!
me angela and pauline will work hard studying to help each other out so we wont be too stressed.
well. this is hello to 2009, and goodbye to 3 years of being in the same class with the same ppl! gonna miss you guys! and hopefully it wont be out of sight out of mind kinda thing.
for my old self with a bad memory:
UEC result: 4A 1B 2C I THINK. is it? or 2B 1C? 4A for maths sci eng bm, 1B for chi hist! =D and 2C for chi and art. i think thats correct. i'm totally ok with that. my target was 4As cz i was hopeless with chi, art and chi hist. as i think i have said before, i was out of topic for one of the sections in art. oh welllllllll. i got my results online in vietnam. my index no: oh. i forgot already. j3001 or smth like that.
PMR: on the day it came out, angela smsed me. i got ready, said we will meet at 10. but no car. all the cars were being used by my dad bro and driver i think. no sweat. i didnt really wanna bother my dad so i just asked angela to tell me.
i called angela. conv goes as below. or smth like that.
me: so how is ur result?
angela: ok i got ........
me: (asked about some othe rppl)
angela: (gave results of those other ppl)
me: ok.. so you know my results?
angela: yup. you wana hear them?
me: *deep breath* ok
angela: you got 7As
me: (whoooosh relief. thats my target). (fyi, there are 8 subjs)
angela: and 1D
me: B??
angela: D!
me: D???!?!
angela: yup
me: really???
angela: yup
me: HAHAHAHAHAHHA! i got a DEE for my chinese
yup. a D. i know its a big shocker. i knew i was going to do badly for my chi. but i'm not sad about it anyway. i'm just ok. surprisingly. i know its very lousy. a D! but hey i already sort of gave up on chi. i was thinking of going for lower chi this yr but my mum said just endure for one year before going to aus. so yep thats what i'm doing.
so PMR: 7A 1D. D for chi. D for Dum-vellous. i guess. also my target. so yay!
not that it matters. this is just for my memory. =D
my new years celebration was kinda lousy. got to see my friends. angela, elsa, fish, dudu, hk, sheng, ong, fu khai, lai went. it was at halo cafe @ city mall. not great at all the countdown was like 'what????' but okok i guess. wanted to go starbucks after but last order already ended. -.-
thats allllllll




