Leadership Camp

It was more like an Independence/ Discipline camp to me. With the way they handle things and everything. Oh well. So, yes I went to a camp in my school on Thursday and came back yesterrday. 3 days 2 nights. It's a leadership camp and it's a big thing because other private schools from around Sabah participate too, and a school from Bintulu. There were alot of talks, and some games. The games were quite good. We were all divided into small groups, 176 of us. I was in the Jasper group. The groups were all names of stones. Diamond, Jade, Ruby, and other weird ones. I don't think me an my group members will keep in touch. Sure we did exchange handphone numbers and emails, but then I just don't think so. It was more like an obligation, IN MY OPINION, because everyone else was doing it. But then I just think there will be more possibility I'll keep in touch with the group members of Angela's group, through her of course. Well, not keep in touch, but meet up occasionally. Haha.

We only had 5 minutes to bath. A real annoyance. Bathing under 10 minutes is a challenge for me. FIVE? Haha. They even timed it with stopwatches. Seriously man. From the time you stepped into the cubicle, you only get 5 minutes. They weren't counting the time only when the waters runs, but the time when you step into the cubicle, you take off your clothes, you shampoo your hair and everything, and change your clothes.

Angela went too and we slept in different classrooms, next to each other. But it was seriously so hot. So we decided to sleep outside on the corridor. The night air really was cooler. We chatted alot but I couldn't stay up for long because I was bushed! The moon was really, really bright. And there were stars! Ain't that cool! I think the best part of the camp was the end, when everyone was kind of sad to be leaving (though I wasn't, really.) and everyone was exchanging contacts and signing shirts and stuff like that. I had no sad feeling at all. Maybe only a little. But I was just glad to be leaving. I was sleep deprived and was craving for a long shower and a soft bed.

There were some pure laugh out loud moments. Like when there was this talk about communication. And there was an activity where a pair had to sit back to back and one person gets a piece of paper with alot of shapes on it making up a weird picture, and the otther person gets a blank piece of paper. The person with the blank paper has to try draw the shapes with only the verbal directions from the other person. And I could'nt hear Angela clearly or maybe I sort of lost concentration (which happens) while she was talking. The hall was getting noisier and noisier, with people speaking louder and louder and then when time was up, we compared pictures. And HAHAHA. It was so different. So LOL.

We also had to prepare for the talent time. And we didn't really get much time to prepare. The theme was modern childhood tales. The titles were given to each group and my group got Sleeping Beauty. There were Snow White, The Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and some really random ones like Pinocchio, The 4 Little Pigs, The Frog Prince (?), THe King and His Shirt (?), and Mulan. Haha. Our group's performance was really funny. It was about the Sleeping Beauty who was reincarnated into the 21st century and loved to sleep, and could sleep anywhere. So the teacher sent her (a him acting the character) to camp (haha) and one of the lecturers gave her (him?) a Jasper (?) and it did magic. Haha. There were alot of funny bits.

Pinocchio was funny. There was one part where I-don't-know-who asked him quuestions to see whether his nose would grow longer when he lied. So he was like: Is your father male? Pinocchio: Yes. The guy: LIAR! And the nose grew longer. They used a rolled up mahjong paper we used during the talk activities to be the nose. The guy then said: You see! You are a liar! Pinocchio: No. My father IS a male! The guy: Oh. Right. He is a male. Okok, shu4 hui2 qu4, shu4 hui2 qu4. And the nose went back. Haha. Three Little Pigs were really good. There was a really random mother pig and an obstetrician who helped her (also a him acting the character) give birth to the three little pigs. Then the part with the houses, when the wolf finished blowing down the 2nd house and all the pigs were at the 3rd brick house, a newspaper man delivered a newspaper at the 3rd house. When the wolf went to the 3rd house, he was like, what's this? And picked up the newspaper. He gave a shriek and shock covered his face. Then he showed the audience. Swine Flu! Hahahaha. A great change in the story! =D

Me and Angela, Elsa and Zhong Ji Yun slept outside. The first night I slept well, without any mosquito bites. But the 2nd night was not that good. Woke up a few times because of the mosquitoes. I think the moon and the stars, and the occasional cool breezes during the night, made it all worth it. =D THanks Angela, for coming with me. Though the future of our club.. is uncertain. And probably in Angela's hands! Haha.

I am definitely sleep deprived though I hope that I have caught up with sleep by now, and am worried about school reopening tomorrow. My mum reminded me and I was like, Oh... yeaaa. I totally forgot. Well, I really have to pack my bag and sort out my books. Getting my exam papers back. I don't know what to think!!!

So well, closing this camp chapter, and hoping for some meet ups with fun people. I can honestly say that I'm glad it's over and that all I hope is that I'll keep in touch with the Tshung Tsin people I met. =D

Just finished watching the Singapore Super Series. Bao Chun Lai against Boonsaak Ponsana (I think) from Thailand. The first time I have seen a Thai player play, seriously. And my heart crumbled you know, when I saw the prize money. OH MY GOSH! I know it has always been big money, but for the first time I saw the cheque change hands, and Boonsaak (lost 1-3) won 7600. SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MAN! US DOLLARS! And Bao Chun Lai won USD15000. Think of how much money that is man! Sigh.

This holiday, I spent most of my time in Kuching and my Popo's house. Oh my gosh. Almost everyday we have dropped by in Popo's house. I don't mind, really. I like my popo's house. I spend my time there reading and watching tv. But don't really get much done in the end. So yup. Holidays over!!!!

Haha. Oh well. See you all at school tomorrow! =S Fingers crossed yo! =D

Goodnight, Beautiful

Goodnight, Beautiful - Dorothy Koomson

Eight years ago, Nova Kumalisi agreed to have a baby for Mal and Stephanie Wacken. Halfway through the pregnancy, the couple changed their minds and walked away, leaving Nova pregnant, scared and alone.

Eight years ago, Stephanie was overjoyed at the thought of becoming a mother - until she found a text from Mal to Nova saying, 'Goodnight, beautiful'. Terrified of losing her husband to his closest friend, Stephanie asked him to cut all ties to Nova and their unborn child.

Now, Nova is anxiously waiting for her son, Leo, to wake up from a coma, while childless Stephanie is desperately trying to save her failing marriage. Although they live separate lives, both women have secrets that will bind them together for ever...

Incredibly moving and powerfully written, Goodnight, Beautiful is a tale of love, friendship and new beginnings.

Wow. I finished this book a few days ago and it is an amazing book! It is really, really well written! Every detail is explained very nicely and the way she lays out the story in this book is very good. Definitely a book I'll recommend you all to read! =D It's really tragically sad but so believable. And it's not easy to write a story which spans out for about 30 years, without missing anything out, with every detail fitting perfectly in place. So yea, pick this book up if you see it! It's worth while! =D A 100% 5/5 for me! =D

Worried

I don't know whether I should be worried about these things, but I am! And I think I should actually be (I know! Contradicting myself!) because I'm sixteen (OH that sounds so oldddddddddd. No offense!) and I don't know how to cook real food. I have never done the laundry before, I think my conversing skills are not good enough, I don't know anything about what is going on around the world, the politics, economics and the history of this world and things like that, only a tiny part of it. Things I want to know and need to know! I want to learn all these stuff. I'm just worried, now that I'm soon to be leaving to study. But then on the other hand I can't wait, because I'll get the chance to learn all these things when I leave. Of course my mum may be coming along because I'm not going to a boarding school, and I don't know whether that's a good thing. She's not going to be there permanently, that's what she tells me. It's going to be comforting to know that I'll go home everyday over there to see someone I'm totally comfortable with, but then maybe I won't get the chance to really grow up and learn independence. DO YOU GET WHAT I MEAN? Because I don't get it, I'm confused.

I wish I had the chance to learn history properly. I'm quite interested with it. But then as you all may know, the history we learn here is not world history. So yeap, we only know about Malaysia's history. Which is not a bad thing. I guess. Haha. And I also want to learn a language. I don't speak or understand aany dialects at all and that is kind of lousy you know. When I'm in Kuching I just smile when they smile even though I have no idea what they just said. Sigh. I want to learn a dialect, (dialects, preferably) and a language because I want to travel, history, economics and accounting? Probably. But then I think it's not possible (stupid cake. You all know what I'm talking about...... Hopefully.) because the main focus is your VCE subjects and I don't know whether there's a maximum number of subjects you can take but I know if there isn't, it'll be stupid to take so many subjects. It'll kill your scores, definitely. My options are already Phy, Chem, Maths, Eco, Hist, Eng, and another Maths if I'm not mistaken. I know I have 7 subjects on my list and people usually take 5, I think. It's crazy! I wish I could just take a few only because I'm interested, but not for VCE. I don't know. Is that possible?

Anyway, Theng is back! =D Hahaha. Going to meet up with her probably soon. And sorry everyone, for not replying your texts, I've been so lazy and always reading my book. And when I'm reading (or watching TV), I don't like to do other stuff, like talk. Haha.

So yup. EVERYONE! Pray for the sick people! Seriously! And pray for the sick people's families to be strong! <---- MUST!

Heartless

Nat is very into Twilight and Kris Allen. I think it's quite good she's into Twiling because that gets her to actually pick up a book and read. As for Kris Allen, she has downloaded some Kris Allen songs into her phone. (Aunty Ping: Nat, there's more to life than No Boundaries, you know?) Haha. And it's just so funny (to me at least). Because I got past immigration yesterday coming home and the immigration counter is just in front of the scanning machines. And when I turned to walk away to my gate from the counter, a worker at the scanning machines, his handphopne started ringing. And guess what his ring tone was? Heartless, Kris Allen version. Hahaha. I couldn't help smiling to myself as I thought how funny it would be if Nat was with me at that moment.

In the night, I hear them talk~~~~~

Random Memories

Before I start the post, my mum just asked me whether I felt like satay. That struck me as funny because Aunty Ping bought us satay when I was in Kuching. But I'm not a fan of satay so I didn't eat any. Haha.

So random memories.

Once, when I was really young and hadn't started sleeping late, I had gone to bed when suddenly, in the middle of the night or something, my dad woke me up. I was kind of dazed. He woke me up then said something like, "Do you want to come down and watch TV with me? Dragon Bruce Lee is on!". So yup, we watched Dragon Bruce Lee together, in the middle of the night. I don't remember the movie at all, and am not even sure whether it is called Dragon Bruce Lee. But all I know is that I remember this incident happening and I remember the movie name as Dragon Bruce Lee and it was totally cool, watching with my dad, two of us in the middle of night.

Randomness to the max, as Kat would say. Hahahaha.

Thanks Mum!

I forgot to say. When my mum and dad went to KL beacuse dad had work and mum wanted to tag along, she bought me a mouse beacuse she took the mouse I was using previously to the office or something and I was mouse-less. There was this one she took a picture of which is very pretty, but it was quite pricey for an ordinary one. So she settled with a plain pink mouse which has a split down the middle. I really, really like my mouse. It's very nice! Thanks mum! =D

The only thing is it is resting on a 2009 January Reader's Digest magazine, with Jet Li on the cover. Not so flattering with the mouse, I must say. The mouse pad Pauline bought for us for Christmas doesn't do it's job well. So Jet Li will do, for now (sorry Jet Li!). Go, Jet Li! Save the world, 10 cents at a time! =D

Thanks mum!

Books

My Darling, My Hamburger- Paul Zindel

Four friends. Two couples. One year that will change their lives.
Liz and Sean, both beautiful and popular, are madly in love and completely misunderstood by their parents. Their best friends, Maggie and Dennis, are shy and awkward, but willing to take the first tentative steps toward a romance of their own. Yet before either couple can enjoy true happiness, life conspires against them, threatening to destroy their friendships completely.

This is an awesome book! It really gives you things to think about, especially at the end. The plot itself is not bad and interesting. I picked this books up in a small bookstore in Vietnam (for RM6!) and read it during the first exam. I know, I know, but it was just lying there, the book with the cool title, I couldn't help it! Haha, anyway, it's realistic and funny at parts and sad at the end. So true because I think it happens to alot of people. It just presents its own perspective on life, which is what I won't forget. So, a 4.5/5 for me! =D

My Best Friend- Laura Wilson

If I'd been like those children my mother wrote about, I'd probably have been running the country by now, but there it is. I don't mind. I've got Jack.
As the country prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of VE Day, Gerald Haxton is unable to escape his tragic past. He still talks to his stillborn twin brother, Jack; still fears his domineering mother, the famous children's author for whom he was never good enough; and he remains traumatised by his discovery, in 1944, of the corpse of his sister Vera, who was beaten to death. Desperately lonely, Gerald finds solave in following twelve-year-old Mel, who bears a striking resemblance to Vera. When Mel disappears, all eyes turn accusingly on him...

This book is really good. The plot is good, very well thought out. The style of writing is quite good, suits the story and the way it is told. It is interesting to the very end, and unravels itself slowly and perfectly, not missing anything out. Got this book from the book fair in Asia City and I almost wanted to stop halfway. It's just abit long. But I'm glad I read till the very end. It really is interesting. And a 5/5 for its excellently-laid-out plot. Gosh, I never know how these authors do it. Think of a plot that is interesting yet able to span it out for a long, long period of time. Some authors can't do that, but Laura Wilson is one who can! =D Oh ya, a 4/5 for me too!

Am currently reading Dorothy Koomson's Goodnight Beautiful. Kat! Where is out My Best Friend's Girl and Breakfast with Marshmallows? I can't find it!!

BACK BACK!

I have spent 5 days in Kuching, and that is more than enough! We had Sunny Hill almost everyday! Twice a day at times. There was a tub of ice cream in the freezer and me and Nat had that too. Oh my gosh! Ice cream overload! My craving for Sunny Hill (or any ice cream, for that matter) is probably satiated. But you never know, do you?

So anyway, it was DS craziness over there! Nat, Sharon and Ryan each had one DS for themselves (poor Tim, I know!). And Keith was there and he had one too. We played Pictomage (or whatever you call it) together. It's really fun! It's like pictionary without the board. We also played Mario Party. It's kind of annoying. Because it's really slow. You take turns, it's like a board game. But it was sort of okay because you get a mini game after every round and that's fun. Best part of the game.

There was one night me, Nat and Tim (Sharon went to bed) played Mario Party and Pictomage. Oh my gosh. We slept around 4am! FOUR AM! Talk about trying to get to bed earlier after exams. We watched movies late too on other nights. But 4am that night was the latest time we got to bed while I was there. Friday, yesterday, the last day I was there, Nat had violin lessons (whoa!) and wanted to get up at 7.30am. We slept at, I don't know, 1am? 2am? But I asked her to wake me up too. It's just a thing we do, waking the other up if you get up first. I was seriously fighting sleep the WHOLE DAY! My flight back home was 10.30pm at night. I was really sleepy and I was counting the hours when I could get on the plane to sleep. I didn't want to nap because it was my last day there. We went to Iglool on my last day. It was yum! When I got to the plane I didn't sleep though, I didn't want to be groggy when I got up because it's a horrible feeling, fighting off sleep after a nap that wasn't long enough.

There was this game that is really awesome on the DS. It's called Elite Beat Agents (I think), EBA for short. And it's really, really fun. Sort of like the dancing machine. But for some reason it just couldn't connect to another DS. We took turns playing it and trying to get an O, not an X for each round, or just trying to survive. The drawings and the stories are really good. It was just really an awesome game.

I had a great time there, and certainly had too much to eat (!!!!!!!!!). There were some best parts I really enjoyed. One afternoon it was windy and dark clouds were in the sky, it was going to rain and Nat just opened the ice cream tub to eat (Magnolia ice cream, Vanilla. Really, really nice!). So I sat on the swing outside with my book and a bowl of excellent ice cream and just enjoyed the cool weather and my book AND the ice cream. But it only lasted about 5 minutes because the rain got heavier and the wind was blowing stronger. I was getting wet. So I went inside and after my ice cream, we had a round of Pictomage (I seriously am not sure about the name). Another afternoon I was reading outside on the swing because the weather was cool but not raining, but my eyes got tired (the print was quite small) and I called Nat out and we played EBA together. We were at a really hard song. 8 stars I think. Really fun! Keith enjoyed watching us play too.

On my last night, we went out to dinner at Peter's Special (normal Chinese food). The food was ok. Nothing really special. Uncle Chai had to entertain some friends from Perth. So we ate and noodles was the 2nd last dish, I think. It was the only thing Keith and Ryan really ate. So Keith was eating the noodles and NaiNai was sitting next to him. Keith is really funny, he's very shy when you ask him a question and answers you very softly. So NaiNai asked him whether he wanted anymore noodles. Then he was just eating and smiling. NaiNai asked him again and he didn't answer, then she asked him if he was full. "Ni bao ma?" He nodded yes. Then NaiNai said, "Jiang ni hai yao bu yao mimi?" He thought about it, then he nodded yes. It was really funny. Because he was sort of half smiling, dimples showing. And eating his noodles, and nodding. So ironic! Then after a while he walked over to my side and told me he finished eating four plates of noodles. Then I said, "Wow! So you like the noodles? Are you full? Look at your stomach! It's so big!" (in Mandarin of course). So then I asked him, "Do you want your stomach to be as big as your dad's stomach?" Then he said very softly, smiling (dimples!!), "Yao!"

Haha! Tell that to Uncle Nick!

So yup. Hope that all the Ng children will study hard. They are kind of lazy people, lazy but smart. So hope that they will buck up after the holidays. Their future is in their own hands. But I think t hey are still young and still unaware of how important studies are (not Tim though, he should know. But sort of doesn't know yet. It hasn't hit him I guess). It's just that no matter how you go around it, no matter how smart you are, if it doesn't show on your transcript, it doesn't count. That's just the fact of life now in this society. So I hope they will work harder after the holidays. Let them relax and have fun now, and when the holidays end, let it be a new beginning. It's going to be my new beginning. Haha.

So anyway. I am sleep deprived, but happy. Wheee! I love Kuching! And Sunny Hill, and Iglool, and everyone there! =D Ryan and Keith, I hope you like your Ben 10 stickers! (Keith told the shopkeeper not to roll his sticker to put into the plastic bag. If not it will be bent! O.o)

Thoughts Running....

Just finished watching 27 Dresses with the cousins. I know! Outdated. But it was a nice movie. Predictable but quite good! Would watch again, I think. Oh, who is the guy in the movie? The lead guy? He's so, so, so familiar (not to mention good looking! =D) but I just can't name him! Where did he act before?? Please! Enlighten me!

So anyway. On the ride from Scoops just now, (I think), I started thinking about my exams. I'm really worried I didn't do well. I really want to do well. I THINK I can do well this exam, but I'm not hoping. Then again I'm not sure whether I did well.

Ok, this is complicated, I sort of hope that I can do well, because I think that I can do well, but I don't dare to hope too much, for fear of false hope lodging itself in my heart, but I'm not entirely sure I did well. (Haha, get a taste of my over-thinking and over-analysing side). So now, I just close my eyes tight, real tight, cross my fingers, inhale deeply, and let the thoughts run quickly in my mind before I run out of breath (or brain power. Haha), "I-hope-I-can-do-well-because-I-think-I-can-do-well-but-I-don't-dare-hope-too-much-for-fear-of-false-hope-lodging-itself-in-my-heart-beacuse-even-though-I-think-I-can-do-well-I'm-not-sure-I-did-well". And then open my eyes and forget it, for fear of false hope yo! *winks!* hahahahha.

Shall I watch Bride Wars before bed? (I know! Outdated!) I'm not sure. Since I'm already sleeping late should I sleep even later? Or should I go to sleep?

Well.. Let you know on the next post!

Nat is playing Trauma Centre on her DS now, how exciting! =D

Flashback!

My favourite childhood cartoons? Powerpuff Girls and Dexter's Laboratory! I've always loved cartoons, even now. I love animated movies! Cars, Finding Nemo, Kug Fu Panda, etc, I really, really love them. But my fav cartoons from back then are PPG and Dexter's Lab! Haha. I don't get to watch Cartoon Network beacuse we don't have the channel. It's been so long and I'm not even sure they show it anymore. Well, here's a flashback for you, the theme songs for the cartoons I used to watch. Enjoy! =D

Powerpuff Girls!


Dexter's Laboratory!


Johnny Bravo!


Sometimes I want to quote Johnny Bravo- "Do the Monkey with me!" or something like that. But I don't in the end. What if they didn't watch it (highly possible!) and they have no idea what I'm talking about and think I'm weird (HMM). Well, all cartoons used to be so good! The ones now are really lousy. (Powerpuff Girls Z, The Winx Club?!?!) So anyway~~~~~~~~,

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

HAHA! =D

Geeko Screaming!

Yes! I am here in Kuching! I really want to sleep early, but I just can't say no to my cousins who want to watch a movie later after NaiNai has finished her drama. Gosh. I'm tired already! We went to Bella Italia to eat, it was kind of nice, but the tiramisu wasn't any good. Then we tried our luck with Sunny Hill but it was closed! (I know, sorry Kelly, we let you down! =P) So we went to Scoops, the gelato ice cream. Just normal gelato ice cream. So now we are here, they are all playing their DS-es (they each have one!) while I'm here. So yup.

Ok. So here it is. I've been thinking about who I am, and I still don't know. Seriously. I don't know what kind of person I really am, what I want in life and stuff like that. I have absolutely no idea what I am aiming for when I grow up, what line of work I want to be in. All I know is I am just studying hard to get into a good school in Aus. That is a short term goal. So, coming back to the topic, I have come to the conclusion I am a geek. A total geek. Geeko Outlet was something I came up with long time ago, and it didn't reall yhave any meaning. But now it does have a true meaning. It has beared the meaning, for a long time, Let Out the Geek. And now it really means that to me. Let Out the Geek in You! In me, actually. I am a total geek. I can actually safely say that one of the things I find I most enjoy doing in life is reading. I absolutely enjoy reading books, any kinds of books are ok with me. I really, really like reading books. Hah, I should stop saying that. For exams, I study alot, I study hard. I think it's probably because I want to get good grades. There's actually a reason for that, sort of. I think it's because all my siblings have good results, they all study hard, so if I don't I'll be like, the outcast. So I guess that's the reason why, the foundation of why I study hard to get good grades. Now it's because I want to do well.

But on another note, I sort of regret not getting better grades. I know that according to my friends and from the views of some of my classmates, I'm smart. But there are still loads of people who can get better grades than me. And according to education people who don't know me at all and judge me based on that one piece of report card email-ed over to them, I'm just an AVERAGE student. So, I am happy in a way because I now have a strong drive, a strong motivation to really study hard. I'm totally not there yet, not even close. But I have really improved, if I am to say so myself. I never used to pay much attention in classes (yes, it's true!) but now I force myself to. I study harder (not much really, a little bit harder, I guess?) for exams, but am still far from what I think I can achieve from myself. Sigh. But yay to the improvement so far! But whenever I think back, I still regret (I hate regretting!!!) that I didn't do all these before! Oh well..................

So yes to all. I am a geek. I like to read, I study hard, I like to learn stuff I want to learn, and I want to do well! I love inventive humour, and I'm lucky I don't need specs considering I used to read by really small lights (thank you, carrots!). From Peter and Jane, to Enid Blyton Fairy Tales, to Harry Potter, to all kinds of books. I love reading and I always will! =D =D

Sometimes I consider working in the line of work where books are involved, like editing and stuff like that. But I don't know whether I'll be good at it. Or whether I'll succeed at it. I think that is sort of the easy way out for me. Because I love reading, it is the easiest thing for me to do. I feel totally at ease when reading. So because I don't really want a stressful life where I have to study 24/7 to succeed at my course, or a stressful job, I thought of something to do with books. But then, funnily enough I actually thought of The Lotus Eater, which we did for Eng Lit (the short version). So I'm still unclear. My future and my thoughts about what I want to do for the future is like the sky. With occasional clouds (thoughts and ideas) passing by, but fading at some point. I don't really like the idea of being a doctor, which my parents and sister keep talking about. I like House because the humour is excellent and it's just interesting. But it seems like an OKAY-ISH idea, being a doctor. But I don't know. I don't really want to spend such a long time studying SO, SO hard for SO MANY years, so stressed out all the time. And it's such a huge responsibility. I don't know whether I want that laying on my shoulders. And also a big part of why I'm not really entertaining this Doctor idea is because... because I don't know if I could handle losing someone. Maybe I will be able to, but what if it's someone I love? What if I can't do anything and can't help them? I know you will say that you can't treat someone you know, or something like that. But you can sort of supervise, can't you? And what if you fail? I don't know if I can face it. *breathes*

So yup. I don't know anything. I know I am a spectacle-less geek, I know about Bernoulli's Principle and Mitosis. But me? I have no idea. I'm a nice, honest person. But to what depth? All 3 Dimensions?

HAH! That's all I have to say.

Hello Kuching! I love you! =)