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35th INTIMA Council Camp

2011-03-06T23:04:00.005+08:00

Venue : Awana Genting
Date : 25-27 February 2011

Why do we go to schools, colleges, universities or learning institutions? Is it to study and get good results? Learn a trade? Meet people? My ex-principal once said, “Boys, you come to school to learn how to be human. We don’t want students who just know how to solve difficult problems, or know every formula in the text book, for then you’ll just be robots, processing what we feed you. No, you come to school to learn how to be humans.” By being humans he meant honing the social and personality aspect of a person, making them humans that are not socially awkward. The 35th INTIMA Council Camp did just that.

When I first stepped on that bus that was to take us to the camp venue, Awana Genting, I only knew about a handful of people on that bus. Everybody was still sticking to their comfort zones, not mingling around much. However, as soon as we reached Awana Genting and were separated into groups, it began, 3 days and 2 nights of laughter, joy and mindless fun.

The participants were separated into 6 groups, with 2 groups sharing a villa. Well I can’t speak for the other villas, but the people in my villa, crazy! After a round of what’s your name, programme and crap, it was like we knew each other for years. We were singing together, sharing dumb stories, and poking fun at each other. Talk about super glue bonding!!

Soon we were called out for some games the INTIMA committee had prepared for us. So we all headed out to the field for a game of Pass the Poison Parcel. Basically the game involved us passing a big paper ball to the music. When the music stopped the person holding it at the time had to tear out the top layer where there will be either a task (usually humiliating) or a reward (probably something they bought at the dollar store XD). Some of the tasks were, Dance like Michael Jackson, Propose to a guy/girl, Act like a bodybuilder and Act like Justin Bieber(Oh the HORROR!) The other game they prepared didn’t actually have a name, but involved a lot of running, chasing ALEX TAN, more running and tackling random guys.

Being a low budget camp, the INTIMA council cooked for us. So for the 1st night we had spaghetti which tasted strangely like porridge. After dinner, each team was told to come up with a team name, cheer and performances. My team choose the name Neon Beams due to the yellow neon lanyards that we had. Then after a lot of brainstorming and nonsense talking, we finally came up with a yell at 12.30am. What happened next was phenomenal. Imagine a bunch a people suddenly storming into your room in the middle of the night and shouting some incomprehensible gibberish straight to your face, for that was exactly what we did. Epic times.

The next day was filled with activities. The day started off with a serving of a very flavorful Maggie mee by the committees. We then proceeded to First World Hotel and Resort by cable car for a game of Genting Bingo. Basically we were handed a piece of paper with 9 pictures on it and had to find each one of them. Simple enough except that halfway through the game we were told that “A new challenge had arrived!” We now also had to find Mr. Asnol and Aaron from INTIMA who were hidden somewhere in the wide expanse of First World. It was then that our evil minds started to work and we hatched a devious plan to lure Mr. Asnol and Aaron out. Well after a lot of phone calls, gunfights and a few hostages later, we managed to get Mr. Asnol to meet us at McD. Sadly we were told that the other teams had already beaten us to it and we were one of the last to find him. So much for our great plan….. L After lunch at the restaurants around there we headed back to Awana Genting to prepare for the group performances and barbeque later.

The group performances were very entertaining. All the groups did something musically based, which songs involved throwing teams off mountains, catching grenades, jumping in front of trains and low hanging boobs??

After a round of laughter we started the barbeque. The barbeque produced it’s fill of smoke, fire and carbonated sausages. Overall we had fun time barbequing fishballs, sausages and wings. At one point there were so much leftover fishballs that someone actually suggested that we spray the balls white and dump them at the golf course.

The night then passed with a lot of talking, singing and dancing. There was this time when the song “Tong Hua” came up on the mp3 and everybody in the room suddenly started to sing along! Wow!

All good things have to come to and end and soon it was time to start packing and leave. Overall it was a wonderful camp, I made a lot of new friends and bonded really well with them. As one of my roommates said, “We came as strangers and now we’re leaving as family”. This year’s INTIMA camp really met it’s mark of bringing the members of the various clubs of INTI together. Kudos to the committees for a job well done. I will always remember this camp.

Sunset

2011-02-02T01:41:00.003+08:00

After 3 to 4 days of rain and gloomy weather, finally the sun is up.
Since it is up, it must also go down. Here are some pictures I took of the sunset from the Malacca Jetty.
Pictures are non-edited.

Rainy Days

2011-01-30T17:58:00.001+08:00

Puddle, puddle everywhere...

Recently it has not stopped raining. Malacca and the rest of east Malaysia has been hit by downpours that are not supposed to be there and with it a lot of water. It's gonna be a damp CNY this year.

On days like this, all you want to get on a lazy chair or bed, and sleep....z Z Z Z

I need a camera!!

2011-01-22T14:50:00.000+08:00

I REALLY NEED A CAMERA!

I can't keep on missing a chance to document all those epic moments.

: (

Alright it's decided, by this time next month, I will get a camera!!! BANKAI!

Whoa! It's 2011 already?

2011-01-09T19:44:00.001+08:00

Was I that immersed in gaming and slacking that I was ignorant of the change of years? Although I do remember going to Jonker's on a Friday night and counting down to something while watching drunken people dancing on tables...

Like the title suggests, it's 2011 already. In just a snap of a finger, 2010 has passed and with it a year's worth of memories.

Last year was a big year for me. It was the year when I officially graduated from secondary school boy to college nerd. Now as I think back upon all what happened for the past few month, I'm gripped by a sudden urge to write about the events that have made a great impact on me and also about the other things that made 2010 such a wonderful year. Starting with...

College

I attended 2 colleges last year. Fourseas Bible College, Singapore and Inti College, Subang. Starting with Fourseas Bible College, I would say that those 6 weeks that I spent in Singapore was one of the highlights of the year. Singapore blew my mind away. Everything about it, the infrastructure, the cleanliness, the people, the education system, the non-hawker food, amazing! It was during those 6 weeks that I decided that I would do all that was in my power to get a place at NUS or NTU. Other than that, studying at Fourseas opened my eyes and further enriched my knowledge of the Bible. Without Fourseas I would never have known about the anthropological argument or the cosmological argument or have a clearer understanding of Pre-Millennialism. Furthermore the fellowship that we had with the brethren there, priceless. I would never forget that time when we went cycling at ECP or all those trips we had from The church building to the Lakeside MRT station or the lectures, lecturers and students at Fourseas. The Fourseas Singapore Experience was truly one that I'll always keep close to my heart.

Inti College. I enrolled myself at Inti Subang for the July Cambrige A-Level intake and have studied there since. A-Levels came with its share of stress, laughter, dissapointments and achievements. Throughtout the 6 months that I have studies, I have made plenty of new friends, all unique in their own ways. Friends who have made an impact on my life. I was blessed with the opportunity to be part of the craziest class of the July A-lvl intake, JUS 1. As a class that never had a dull moment, we just charged through those 6 months with laughter, joy and a perpetual sugar rush. As I think back, I'm filled with fond memories of the time after our Chemistry presentation, Halloween Night, The Bill Clinton Talk, the Scholarship Awards Ceremony and the events that took place after our final semester exams. Now as we step into a new semester, I hope that this sem will continue to be as awesome.

Friends

It's moments like these that I'll always keep in my heart

Movies

Toy Story 3

Family Movie of the YEAR. A 5 star plot and a fitting ending to the Toy Story Series.

Inception

A movie that was beyond awesome. It blew my mind away. Hope to see more movies like this this year.

Games that I played

Plants vs. Zombies

Devil May Cry 4

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy X-2

Assassin's Creed

Crysis

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

9 games when I was supposed to be studying. I've been a bad, bad boy. XD

Technology

Alienware

What to expect this year

You know what, I have a feeling that this year is gonna be a stressful one.

What I was up to these past few days

2010-12-16T01:37:00.002+08:00

Friday, 10th December 2010

The day exams ended. Went to Yuen steamboat to eat. This marked to start of the eating spree.

Saturday, 11th December 2010

Went to the KL Motor Show and saw beautiful cars and girls.
Took the 6.30pm bus back to Malacca.
Joined my primary schoolmates and form teacher, Ms. Lee in karaoke. Missed the steamboat dinner where most of primary schoolmates attended. Aww Shucks!

Sunday, 12th December

My friends from Subang came down for a trip to Malacca. 10 of them came in total. 1st thing to do was to bring them for Chicken Rice Balls! Then for dinner we had Pak Putra's naan. After that we left for Jonker Street for the weekend flea market. Spent at least 2 and a half hours shopping and posing there.

Monday, 13th December

Woke up at 11am. All of us did, so we had a baba nyonya brunch at The Peranakan House. Then we proceded to the Stadhuys for some more posing and exploring. I then took them to Dataran Pahlawan, where we split. Some went for a movie, whilst some shopped. For dinner, it was the famous Capitol Satay Celup. They all loved it! My table personally finished 116 sticks! After that some of us cycled to the nearby "beach" where various incidents happened. Sadly i cannot disclose what happen since i'm sworn to secrecy to a puppy. XD had supper at Restoran Asam Pedas TKL, where my friends realized exactly how cheap Malaccan food is...

Tuesday, 14th December

My friends left back for Subang on the 3pm bus. But not before they ate at the Wan Tan Mee store near my house. Not exactly the best WTM in town, but good all the same. The rest of the day passed like normal. Eating, sleeping, playing Transformers : War for Cybertron...

Wednesday, 15th December

Woke up at 12noon. AWESOME! Drank a cup of milo and got on my bike and rushed to DP where we me and Vincent was supposed to meet up with the SFI gang. Had lunch at US Pizza and the proceeded to watch The Social Network. Seriously, after that movie, logging on to Facebook never seemed the same again. After that, Goh wanted to try out the newly opened ChicKing, so we had our pre-dinner there. Err, nothing can be said about the quality of the food. It was decided that we go for satay celup for dinner. Since I alrd had satay celup, Vincent and I cycled under the rain back home where we had dinner. Then we drove to McQueks Satay Celup and join them again! After that it was jetty and pool!!!

The past few days have been intense!!! and this is just the warm up, its just gonna get better and better! WOOHOO!! IT"S GREAT TO BE HOME!!!

Tomorrow, its dim sum for breakfast! (If we wake up early), then Tron, then whatever else!! Oh yeah!

Let's Dance

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A thousand mile journey begins with a single step. If you want something, fight for it. Just sitting down and lazying about is not going to get you anywhere. Have the confidence to take that first step, and you'll find that life is more worth the living after that.

Now,

The 1st step has been taken, the dice thrown, the stage set.

LET'S DANCE.

C) Of Gluttony and Chicken Wings

2010-11-24T15:19:00.005+08:00

3 weeks overdue.

It was on the 30th of October at around 2pm that I received a sms from Kin Mun asking whether I would like to join some of them for dinner at Yuen Steamboat. I agreed. So at about 6 something i left to sunway pyramid where i was picked up by Donovan and headed to Yuen's. Yuen Steamboat is one of the more popular steamboat restaurants in Subang. With 3 floors and a wide array of food to choose from, its any food lovers dream. Not to forget the much sort after chicken wings, but more about that later.

It turned out that Jason had brought the whole matriculation gang together with their friends from Penang to Sunway for a holiday break, so we occupied 2 tables. We in our Franciscan spirit occupied one table while the other occupied the other. And thus the feast began.

As the minutes turned to hours, the number of plates increased steadily. Everyone let out their inner glutton on that day as we devourer plate after plate of seafood and meat. However the only drawback to steamboats is that we have to wait for the food to cook, which brings me to the topic of the chicken wings.

The chicken wings was the only ready-to-eat food available. So naturally it was in high demand. If you don't move fast, you don't eat. We then realised that if we wanted to get the wings we had to fight, to participate in the great Battle for the Chicken Wings. It was war.

5 things to do to win in the Battle for Chicken Wings
1) Keep track of the status of the tray containing the wings at all times.
2) When the lady takes the tray into the kitchen, you know that the time has come. Get ready.
3) Send a contender from your table, armed with plates and a tong.
4) Patiently wait for the tray(now filled with chicken wings) to arrive.
5) Use your tong to ward away enemy tongs while you use your plate to scoop up the chicken wings.

And you have just successfully participated in the Battle for Chicken Wings and emerged victorious!

Our contender Kin Mun fighting a winning battle

We stayed on eating until 11pm until we finally left with a full tummy, content.

B) A Night of Horrors and Wonders

2010-11-03T01:20:00.005+08:00

Life can take us by surprise in many different ways. Sometimes it's pleasant, sometimes it shocking and sometimes it's just downright nasty. However, there are times when the unexpected happens, when all three types of surprises happen together in rapid succession. Now this phenomenon is very rare and can only happen if all the pieces align themselves on a particular day. And that day was 27 October 2010.

Now before we can talk about that day, we have to understand and know the pieces that were involved in the alignment. Let's rewind to about a month and a half before 27 October 2010.

It was a hot, sweaty afternoon. A group of men and women were waiting in a classroom on the 8th floor of the Inti Tower. Each one of them, men or women alike dressed to kill. The sound of satin ties against cotton shirts and the tap of heels against the floor signified one thing : These people were here for a purpose, a mission. A mission to prove themselves worthy to be called "The Committee". Even though the air-con was on full blast on that day, the tension in the atmosphere made it seem that we were all standing under the hot sun outside. Each one of them resorting to their own ways to calm the storm of anxiety quelling in them. Finally it was time. One by one they entered the Chamber of Trials to be tested. What happened after that shall remain a mystery. We have no idea what happened in that Chamber, all we know is that 1 week after it was over, 20 of us were summoned. Summoned to become "The Committee".

Ever since then The Committee have worked on several projects. Projects that demanded our full attention and energy. And one of those projects was "Halloween Night".

Planning for Halloween Night came under the administration of the Drama and Musical Division of The Committee. With Eugene Tan and Tracy Wong as the leaders of the division, a task force was formed. A task force dedicated to make sure that the event was carried out with perfection. A group of people tasked with making the pieces and finally aligning them.

As the day for the event approached, each piece was slowly beginning to take form. Like all projects, some pieces began to fall apart, some pieces taking to long to complete. However, we pushed on, overcoming every obstacle, all to ensure the prefect alignment of each piece on that day.

Finally the day came. 27 October 2010. The Night of Horrors and Wonders. Halloween Night 2010. The time had come to finally align the pieces and see the whole picture. And the end result...

WAS AWESOME!!!!!

All the pieces fitted perfectly! The emcees, the performances, the DJs, THE DRAMA, the background music, the costumes, The Joker, the blood, the sword, the fake hand, the pumpkins, the worms and crickets... PERFECT FIT!

Everyone had a pleasant surprise watching the well synchronized and directed drama, got shocked by the amazing acting skills and make up our actors had, and finally nastily surprised by all the disgusting costumes that the students came in. (especially that gay mask that Avinash wore... and not to mention a sword XD) Jason even came as The Joker! And he looked just like the original Joker! How cool is that?

That Night was really a night to remember. Kudos to all the committee members who worked so hard to make all the pieces fit! You all rock!

Some pictures of the night

Pumpkin carving with the Hand

You dare steel my prey?

Survival of the fittest, only the strong shall prevail

After all are killed, we are one big scary family

Dance Performances

The Drama : The Curse of Bloody Mary

A) The Conquest

2010-10-31T20:41:00.006+08:00

This blog has been dead for sometime now since i was kinda busy with assignments, homework and all that crap. (Actually I was just lazy, but saying assignments and homework makes me sound more hardworking.)

So now I will post 3 short posts throughout the duration of this week.

A) The Conquest of The Grandfather and The Tabor.
B) A Night Of Horrors and Wonders
C) Of Gluttony and Chicken Wings

Starting with

THE CONQUEST OF THE GRANDFATHER AND THE TABOR

THE GRANDFATHER

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Let's turn back the clock two months ago, on the merry day of August the 24th.

4 men set out at 7am in the morning. Their goal, to conquer the Grandfather of Mountains, Gunung Dato. Standing at 870m, it was Men versus Mountain. The journey to the peak was arduous, with slopes and pitfalls scattered along our path. However, we surged on, overcoming ever obstacle and finally reaching our goal, the peak of the mountain. What a sight to behold as we gazed towards the horizon, breathing in the magnificent scenery that was before us. Lush forests as far as the eye can see, green hilly ranges spanning from the north to the south, and the endless blue sky that stretched before us. We could not help but to feel insignificant to the glory of God's creation, tiny ants when compared to the evergreen giant before us. All the money, statuses and material things of the world were nothing as we stood upon that pinnacle, away from civilization, realizing that no amount of wealth could have bought us that few moments of ethereal bliss.

However, as much as we wanted to stay upon that peak and suck up the picturesque scene before us, our need to fill our stomachs overruled. So we embarked upon the long journey down the mountain and back to civilization. 1st thing we did when we reached the bottom, drove to the nearest 7-11 and slurped down a Slurpee. And it tasted like heaven.

THE TABOR

Fast forward to 3 weeks ago, October 16th.

This time 3 men and 2 women set out at 7am in the morning. Their goal, to climb the 4 peaks of the quartz rich mountain range of Gunung Tabor. Now Tabor wasn't like Dato. While Dato was relatively simple with no hard slopes, Tabor was an amusement park of steep slopes. From the begining to the end, it was slopes and rocks that needed to be climbed. Situated just adjacent to the Klang gates, the scenery was truly wonderful. Being a mountain range, the path required up to climb up and down in order to reach the final peak. There were 4 peaks in total, with the final one being a deathtrap. The danger was real. One slip, one misstep, and it's sayonara my friend. The path was in such a way that we were walking right at the middle, where either sides were a long drop down, but we persevered. All of us managed to make it to the 3rd peak but only 3 decided to take the challenge and continue on to the final and highest peak.

Now the last peak, as mentioned earlier, was a deathtrap. Why? Simply because we had to climb a 85 degree incline to get there. With only an unreliable aged rope as a support. The journey up was one of the scariest things i have ever done. It was you versus nature. Pure concentration was needed as I slowly made my way up, looking for footholds and handholds. Finally after much huffing, the peak was reached. The Tabor was conquered. Since it was getting hot we just rested for a while, took some pictures and then started the real scary part, the decent. Now just take whatever fear you had for the accent and double it for the decent. It was that scary. By the grace of God, we made it to the bottom of the peak without harm and then continued with out decent down to the starting point. Suddenly after that crazy slope, going down the mountain was very easy. It seems that after we overcame our fears and traveled down that 85 degree incline, we were suddenly fearless men and women of the mountain. (RAWR!!) All in all, we reached the bottom safely.

It was Legen-

Dary!!

Nothing's better than...

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HSB UniFi!!!

and maybe a knife. :)

Ramadan Bazaar

2010-09-07T14:38:00.001+08:00

A few days ago, I went with some of my friends to the Ramadan Bazaar near my college. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, where we were all hanging around after our Malaysian Studies class dismissed at 5.45pm when one of my friends asked be whether we wanted to follow her to the Ramadam Bazaar. Since we had no other plans for the day and were all staying alone, we agreed. So 4 of us, Avinash, Nurul, Christy and myself hailed a cab and went to the Bazaar.

I in my vision that the Subang Bazaar should be bigger than the Melaka one was imagining a 1km stretch of stalls.

Upon arrival, disappointment. It was only half of the Melaka ones. But still, it was stalls of food, and that about all i care about. Murtabak.

Jacket Potatoes Malay Style

Are those 6 packs??!!

Walked up and down looking at all the food on sale and ended up queuing for MURTABAK. Apparently it was quite famous, i had to wait 20 minutes in line.

It was kinda boring waiting in line

Altogether, i bought Roti John, Murtabak and a bottle of mata kucing juice.

Now going back from the bazaar was the part we didn't account for. Casue, as we soon realised, there were no taxis at that area. So the only choice, walk to the main road, which was actually kinda near. In fact very near. But there were girls with us, so very near turned out to be exhaustingly far. At the main road we hailed a cab and the 3 of them who all stayed at Subang Avenue got on and i proceeded to walk back to my room which was only 10 minutes away.

Conclusion, I spent 8 bucks to go to a Bazaar which was about 15 minutes away from my room by walk and bought some awesome Murtabak there. Well spent i would say, cause in the end it was all about 1 Malaysia.

(And interaction with candidate 2. XD )

Faces of ICSJ

2010-07-24T00:01:00.003+08:00

1. Joshua Fernandez

The gentleman on the far left. A Klang-ite and Bryant Lee's ex-classmate from La Salle Klang A crazy dude. Joshua is the kind of guy that you just can't help liking. The life of our little group and has a joke for every situation. He also does very good impersonations of our teachers which always leaves us laughing hard. However, through a sad turn of timetables we were allocated different classes. I'm in JUS1 where else he, in JUS2.

2. Tur Chin Hua

Also a Klang-ite and Bryant Lee's ex-classmate from La Salle Klang. On 1st impression he looks like a typical Chinese guy eating noodles. When you look closer, you find out that, he is still a typical Chinese guy eating noodles. Excellent at maths and memorizing, and is also rumored to be a pro at Chemistry.

3. Avinash Jey

A guy from Pahang. Met him during orientation and kinda kicked off from there. Stays at Subang Avenue and is currently in the same class as I am.

4. Andrea Lau

A girl from Kuching, Sarawak. She is in A-Levels Arts doing Law. Met her during orientation. According to her a lot of people from Sarawak come to the Subang area to further their studies. Apparently, the colleges and universities in Sarawak are lousy..... A sweet girl who hangs out with us during lunch, cause according to her, quote unquote "All the fun people are in Science". I have no reason not to disagree. XD

5. Arhwin

Arhvin joined the May intake so he has finished his Malaysian Studies and Moral. An avid reader and a fellow Lassalian from La Salle PJ. But the thing that makes Arvin unique is....

6. Ashwin

.....that he has a clone named Ashwin. I don't know what it is, but there something about parents and twins and name that sound so similar that can't be avoided. Don't they ever think that it will be harder for other people to decipher who's who? Also an avid reader and like his brother, a very outspoken person. Well, that is a trait of Lassalian students..... The only way to tell them apart is their hairstyle, and then they had to go cut it. Great.

7. Kar Yan

The woman on the right. A native Subang person and maths queen. Was trained in the ancient art of mathematical dominance since the age of 3. Not much is know about her yet, but time shall tell.

8. Calvin Ng

As hard to believe as it may seem, this macho, terminator looking guy is the class joker. He is the guy who makes JUS1, JUS1. Seriously the class would be boring without him. Together with Dennis, he can make any boring class fun. Also has an ongoing feud with Eugene.

More faces of ICSJ on the next post!

At the varsity

2010-07-10T13:40:00.002+08:00

Being true to my incomplete name and nature, the post on June Camp shall forever remain incomplete. Contrary to what people may thing, being incomplete is not something that is easy to become. It actually requires SKILL. XD

All that aside, it has already been a week since I furled in my sails and dropped anchor at Subang Jaya, Selangor. 7 days since I left the comfort of my Malacca home and the good food that resides there. 168 hours since I started my journey through college and 10080 minutes of living alone in my own room. And i have to say that until now I have no complaints about my new way of living.

Now 10 facts about me and my new college :

1. My college is situated right bang in the middle of a food hub. You'll never go hungry again.
2. My lecturers are all Indian.
3. My physics lecturer brought a projectile launcher that shoots apples and potatoes to my class on the second day. It uses a valve and a canister of compressed air to work. Gonna try it out next week, YEAH!
4. I found out that nothing can move faster than light, even if your traveling at the speed of light, you still cannot go faster than light.
5. My maths lecturer recommends a book to us every class without fail.
6. My chemistry lecturer sounds like he's from India.
7. I was psyco-ed to buy original textbooks.
8. I currently hate Paul the octopus. But I'm going to be a hypocrite and wait till the finals to decide whether Paul is suited for the fire pot or for the aquarium.
9. It only takes 20 minutes for me to walk from my house to Sunway College. (And I didn't even sweat)
10. I still have no internet at home. (Infiltrated Sunway College and am blogging from the library there)

Next Post : My new Dudes and Dudettes!

June Camp 2010 Part One

2010-06-13T00:16:00.002+08:00

1st things 1st, I know I said that I would be blogging about Final Fantasy 7 in my next post, but due to circumstances when I suddenly found myself in Singapore the day after I finished the game and June Camp I cannot fulfill that promise. However something even better than ALL THE COMPUTER GAMES in the world has presented itself to me, and I couldn't help myself blogging about it. That right folks, its the Annual Lim Ah Pin COC June Camp!

For your information, I intentionally pang sei-ed (fang fei ji-ed) the Inter-congregational Camp held by Klang because as David Chua said, Luke 10:42. XD

So I left for Singapore last Saturday by bus and stayed at Ernest's home for two nights before the camp. Little did I expect that Ernest had a FULL HD 1080 TV at his house with a FULL 5.1 Surround Sound System plus a BlueRay Disc Player!!! Whoa! Shock! Enjoyed Die Hard 3 at his house, was totally and LITERALLY blown away by the explosions and crisp audio.

On Sunday we all met at the petrol kiosk near the Church Building and started our journey towards Tanjong Puteri Golf Resort, Johor. Upon arrival, I finally realized why I paid $190 for the camp. The place was beautiful, magnificent, AWESOME! Something like A'Famosa resort except more well maintained. We had our 1st session immediately after arrival, which was a briefing on the camp's theme - Building a Stronger and Closer Family, by Uncle Tian Seng, Elder of LAP. Then a briefing on the rules of the camp by the Camp IC, The Awesome Isaac Chua. YEAH MAN! By that time, everybody was already getting hungry, esp Jon Yang, who kept complaining that he can't think when he was hungry.... so we proceeded to the Makan Area, where we were greeted by a awesome array of food! Chicken, Beef, Fish, Soup, Dessert, everything was delicious! Especially the beef. Yum Yum! And it was 4 days of delicious food everyday! $190 was seriously worth it.

After lunch we had our ice-breaker games, which were Human Bingo and Deserted Island. Both were very fun games, especially the last game, where we proved that being nice to others never ends up in disappointment. =D

After the games we proceeded to our villas. I found that I would be sharing a villa with Jon Yang, Amos, Alvin Chan, Kenneth, Darren Li, Benjamin and his wife and Uncle something. The villas were as predicted, SUPER BIG AND AWESOME! Oh yeah!

After everything, we headed for dinner and the 2nd session. Based on the theme, we were targeting the negative attitudes in the church, mainly Envy, Gossip, Partiality, Personalities, Complaints, Jealousy, Bitterness and Comparing. Each session was very enlightening and informative. After listening to the lessons and through the discussions I realized that the negative attitudes pose a serious threat to the Family of God, and can potentially cause divisions. The theme of the camp was certainly well thought of and related to the present problems people are facing in this new generation. Kudos to the organisers at managing to pinpoint the main problem faced by Churches in this generation.

The next day, everything went according to schedule except that the games were canceled due to rain. A huge disappointment there. So my group took that opportunity to prepare of our skit. Note: we were separated to 4 groups, Alpha, Beta, Charlie and Delta. I was in Delta, together with Justin Kwan, Alvin and Jeshua Lin, Reuben's parents, Amerlyn, Melissa and a couple of adults who i can't remember their names. We decided to make a skit based on the session topics.

Well, it's already 12.15am and Hai is getting impatient that I'm on his comp for this long. So till later.

TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2......

The world in 1080

2010-05-25T17:11:00.003+08:00

1080. Nowadays it has to by 1080 or 720. Anything less than that will be deemed as low quality. Even 720 is being outsourced right now. Recently, just 1080 is not enough, it had to be 1080 3D.

Note : For anybody who has no idea what these numbers mean, they're screen resolution for HD displays. (I wanted to say go read the 2010 newspapers oh ye who lives in a cave, but that would be a tad harsh...)

Technology has advanced in such a fast rate that almost everyday we hear of new advancements. Especially in the 3D and HD department. Gone are the times where people had to use red/blue glasses to view pictures or movies in 3 Dimensions and not to mention the splitting headache that came after that... I still remember that when I was still about 5 years old that cereal boxes used to come with a pair of red/blue glasses and a 3D-fied image behind the boxes. Oh I used to enjoy watching the pictures come out of the box, even though the projection was barely 5mm.

And then came the polarization glasses, which are commonly used in todays Digital 3D cinemas. This works when two images of different wavelengths are transmitted to the viewers. The glasses has two different Polaroids on the left and right lens, causing each eye to see a specific image, thus tricking the eyes to believe that the image is in 3D, minus the splitting headache. Use of this concept requires special projectors and is widely used in todays cinemas.

There is also the more advanced version of 3D glasses, the LCD shutter glasses. These glasses are used for home 3D systems. Where the glasses and the display must be in sync in order to view a 3D image. In this case the glasses does most of the work by shutting the left and right eyes respectively while the 3D HD TV flashes different images at around 240 to 680fps, causing each eye to see a different image.

Pretty soon even the game consoles will be taking up 3D and we will be able to enjoy games in HD 3D. Even now game graphics have already done what was thought impossible just 20 years back. With games such as Assassins Creed 2 , Bioshock 2, Modern Warfare 2, Devil May Cry 4 where the graphics are so advanced that a graphics card bought last year would not be able to run it at maximum fps.

As good as graphics get, sometimes it seems good to give them a rest and go back to classics such as....

Colours

2010-05-10T19:40:00.001+08:00

Let the pictures do the talking.

And there you have it, the M15x.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

2010-04-26T00:45:00.000+08:00

Just something I wrote. And By the way, its internationally exhibited.

XD

Mirrors. They’re everywhere. In the toilet, the bedroom, the car, in shopping malls, in schools, everywhere. Mirrors have become such a big part of our lives that we can’t get away from them. Whether it is to comb our hair, brush out teeth, check our appearance or even practicing speeches, it’s always a mirror that’s before us. Our lives have become such that we can’t leave home without a quick glance at the mirror. What was once a luxury in ancient times has now become a bare necessity for each one of us.

As Christians we too have a mirror that can reflect our spiritual being. The Spiritual Mirror, The Bible.

In many ways, mirrors serve as a confidence booster, to re-affirm one’s overall appearance. A quick look in the mirror, followed by a few adjustments to one’s clothing allows a person to feel more confident about himself. In the same way, the Spiritual Mirror should also serve as a confidence booster for us. As Jesus said in John 16:33,“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

This verse alone should give us the confidence we need to face the world, to go out there and preach the word. For our Lord said that He has overcome the world! That means that there is nothing in this world that is not under his subjection! Or as it is said in Deuteronomy 3 :18, “And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.”

By looking into our Spiritual Mirror, we should be able to throw away all our fears and to go out there and fulfill the Great Commission. For the Lord is our Savior and our guide in this world, with Him by our side we can anything, for as Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)

Have you ever seen convex mirrors by the side of sharp corners on roads? These mirrors help drivers to see oncoming cars and thus prevent accidents. In the same way, our spiritual mirror should help prevent us from sinning. For “Here hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” (1 Cor 10:13)

As Christians, we too are a mirror, the mirrors of Jesus. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the light, no one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) We should be mirrors that reflect the light of Jesus to the world. By our actions and conduct, our friends and family should be able to see the light of Jesus shining through us. For Jesus said in Matthew 5:14 that we are the light of the world.

However the thing is most of us are not reflecting the Word well. It’s like our mirrors have become dull and tarnished, unable to fully reflect Jesus’ light to the world. Our fear of being belittled have coated layers of dust upon our mirrors. As Christians, we should not be afraid, we should clean off those layers of dust and polish our mirrors, lest we become as James says,

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. (James 1 : 23,24)

Therefore, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)

Tales of a sick boy.

2010-04-19T20:04:00.000+08:00

A not so long, long time ago, there was a boy. A boy who fell sick on the day of his JPA interview.

It was on the morning of the JPA interview. The boy woke up feeling that something was not right. He was feeling kind of hot but yet he had no fever. Brushing it aside he decided to being preparing himself to face the JPA interview which was at 2pm.So he proceeded to get his clothes out, when he started feeling queasy. A certain feeling sent impulses from his lower abdomen to his brain, screaming for the toilet. He rushed to the toilet to relieve himself, and thankfully felt better.

Soon, it was time to leave for the interview. The boy decided that tie's were hot and uncomfortable and didn't wear one for the interview. At the interview lounge, he met some of his friends, a dog and a gay. Looking around he noticed that many of the interviewees were wearing ties. "What a bunch of fakers", he thought to himself, "Some of them look like they've never worn a tie before." Sure enough, some of their ties were all crooked and not even pulled up. Well that didn't bother him, since the thing going through his mind was, "Why should I look good for a bunch of racist idiots? Might as well wear what I feel comfortable in."

Taking a glance at the bulletin board, he discovered that he was under the same panel as the dog. Panel 1. Thus started a long wait for his turn. The hours ticked by, and the number of interviewees gradually reduced, all of them slowly being called in groups of 4 or 5 to meet their panel of racist interviewers. Finally it was just 4 of them left waiting in the lounge and we were called up to the second floor where they waited some more.

The 4 of them were, dog, a guy from Catholic High and a girl from Muar. Coincidently, it was discovered that they all had a common birthday month, June and were all Chinese. Among them the dog applied for Engineering(Germany), the guy law and the girl Accounting. As for the boy, he had opted for Engineering. It was about 4.30pm when finally the door opened and they were asked to step through that cloudy glass door to meet those racist interviewers. There was 2 M's and 1 Indian behind that door, sitting behind their table, looking all high and mighty. So it started.

The beginning introductions were required to be done in Malay. The boy, already detesting the Malay language, crapped something about himself in broken BM. Then was the 1st question, which was, "Apakah pandangan anda jika murid university melibatkan diri dalam politik?" His answer was, "Tak wajar" Politik di Malaysia tak matang. Masih ada pelbagai konflik antara parti. He wanted to add cause M's are stupid, but he refrained himself. Next was the question in English. The question was, "There is a notion of baring the number of SPM subjects to 8, what are views on that?" Well his view was why 8? Let's make it 10. Let's abolish Moral (cause it's a stupid subject), and offer religious studies instead. This allows the freedom of choosing another extra subject, and bla bla bla bla....... After another round of career related questions, they were dismissed. Well bye bye to you, racist interviewers.

When he reached home, he began to feel very tired and went to bed. 1 hour later, he woke up with fever. High fever. Thus started his one week sickness of dengue. Oooh it felt good. He felt so hot it was cold, so cold that it was hot. Hungry with no appetite and sleepy all the time. It lasted until Saturday, when it started to subside a little. However with a Panadol, he was able to make it for the Franciscan Night Dinner. After the dinner he went back and slept some more until he finally fully recovered on Tuesday. Thus ended the one week sickness for the boy. The End

Treasures

2010-03-31T14:32:00.000+08:00

Last Saturday, I went back to by grandparents place. Not for Cheng Beng mind you, since my whole family are believers of Christ. But cause i was a long time since i've been back, since CNY actually, and my dad needed to drip my grandma. On the way we stopped by at Inti Nilai to check out the the place and the school fees for Pre-U studies. A very large and beautiful campus it was, with the front veranda looking like an entrance to a hotel, together with automatic glass sliding doors. Inquiring bout'the A-Level fees we found out that since i scored 10A's, the tuition fees for 3 subs will be free. Nice! But sadly, the campus was situated right smack in the middle of nowhere, with no close Church of Christ, so its definantly a cross next to that name. However, there's still Inti Subang, so to early to decide yet.

Oh well, left Inti and headed to my grandparents home. When we reached, I found out that my relatives were cleaning out grandpa's room. Since he left to be with God last year. Well, and I found treasures!

No not a bag full of ancient coins worth millions or a sack full of banana money or a chest full of gold.

But the treasures were barely worth more than RM20 in total. And if I hadn't come along, they would probably be sold to 'chui gu po chua". For these were not treasures of monetary value, but treasures of academic value. 4 of my dad's old science books back from the days he was studing in India, 2 physics and 2 chemistry.

As i was reading through the black "test books of physics", 1st chapter Optics, which is taught to us a light, I came across, 2 formulas which i have never seen before in our form 4 or 5 books. However, as I analyzed them deeper, I realized that, at some point in my upper sec school life, Puan Goh Chee Peng had already hinted upon these formulas. mainly during that time when we were solving physics competition questions. Amazing!

The thing is books like these are hard to find these days. Ancient they may be but content wise, they're still rich.

Treasures indeed!

Oh and when I was at my grandparents house, I also participated in the "Once in a lifetime Squirrel Hunt".

D-day

2010-03-13T12:57:00.014+08:00

It felt like it was just yesterday that we stepped out of that hall on the top floor with shouts of gladness and relief, free of those chains that held us for the past 11 years. Now, 3 months later, we were all back again, gathered together in that place that during that final month of school was the hub for food, revision and complains, the ultimate rally point : Dataran Pahlawan's 2nd McD outlet.

That time 3 months ago, no student would be in McD without a book in hand. This time, everybody came empty handed, with only anticipation on their minds. Well there was an exception in the case of the Poh, but then again Poh doesn't fit the typical stereotype of "normal". That day, McD was packed with SFI students. Everywhere you turn, you see Franciscans. We were dominating the place.

Everybody is waiting

At about 10.10am, we left the place and headed to our school. The results were supposed to be out by 10.30, so thus started the long wait. At about 10.20, Puan Chong Chew Yong came to school with the results in hand. She stepped out of her car, gave us all a big smile, pointed her thumb skywards, and proceeded to the office. Thus started the suspense. The results were only a few metres away from us, yet we couldn't see it. We waited for about 20 minutes in the veranda in suspense, as each minute passed we were all getting more and more anxious, with a nervous tension in the air.

Everybody is still waiting

Soon after that, a teacher came and told us that our school had 25 straight A students, with 3 out of that achieving straight A+, the highest rank. The 3 were Lee Kin Mun, Donovan Tay, and Chong Wen Hao who had already left for the Chief Ministers Office to receive their results from him. At that moment, everyone was wondering whether they were included in that 25. And the suspense grew.

At about 11, we finally stepped into the hall to receive our results. The wait was over. Everything happened in a blur of emotions, people were shouting for joy, some just walked away disappointed, while others were unsatisfied. To my joy and delight I had achieved straight A's! So i too joined in the joyful throng, together with my other friends who had also obtained straight A's.

No photographs of the celebration as i was also part of it. XD

After all the photographs had been taken, and the excitement died down few of us decided to go for a movie, Alice in Wonderland in 3D. Not half bad. i would say, though without the 3D effects it would be not worth watching.

So after that we met up with 2 of our straight A+ scorers, Kin Mun and Wen Hao. After exchanging a few words with them I left as i was not felling too well.

Well, thus the 1st chapter of my life has ended. After 11 years bound under the education ministry, I am finally free to choose my own academic path. However the path is still murky and filled with fog, for,

We are living our lives

Abound with so much information

Come on, let go of the remote

Don't you know you're letting all the junk flood in?

I try to stop the flow, double-clicking on the go

But it's no use; hey, I'm being consumed

Loading... Loading... Loading...

Quickly reaching maximum capacity

Warning... Warning... Warning!

Gonna short-circuit my identity

Get up on your feet, tear down the walls

Catch a glimpse of the hollow world

Snooping 'round town will get you nowhere

You're locked up in your mind...

We're all trapped in a maze of relationships

Life goes on with or without you

I swim in the sea of the unconscious

I search for your heart, pursuing my true self

So what happens after this? Only God knows. All i can do for now is apply for scholarships and see how things go from there. JPA, NSL, Shell, Petronas, Star..... the possibilities are endless. Well, whatever happens happens.

God knows.

Apples

2010-02-16T20:58:00.002+08:00

Okay, I have gotten lazy and decided that typing 21 days of Singapore would be quite mendokusai, so in a nutshell, we had a SUPERB time in Singapore, The Science Centre was AWESOME, Sakura was DELICIOUS, ECP was EXHILARATING, the youths of Jurong and LAP were GREAT people, we were treated to meals 40% of the time, the MRT system ROCKED, and last and by all means the least least, the hawker food SUCKED.

At the Science Centre

A picture of the DELICIOUS food at Sakura and cycling at ECP

Jurong Youths

Lim Ah Pin Youths

Oh and the apples there are nice. Yep, definantly much better than Malaysian apples.

That aside, it's Chinese New Year again! Yeah! Firecrackers!

Well, I spent my 1st and 2nd day of CNY in my grandparents house in a remote place called Bukit Pelanduk, in the already small district of Port Dickson in the State of Nine.

Since the 1st day of CNY fell on a Sunday, my family and I worshiped at the Seremban COC. The had quite a large youth group going there, with a 2:3 ratio of boys to girls. Met Chye Leng there, not that I could miss her, since she was wearing a very beautiful cheongsam, and looked equally stunning in it. Well, it is Chinese New Year and everybody wants to look pretty. Met quite a few of the youths there who I attended children's class with when i was still a midget about 7 years old..... Honestly, I have almost zero remembrance of my Sunday school days in Seremban. There was this girl my age who said that she was in Sunday School with me last time. Well, couldn't recognize her, couldn't remember her name, asked her name, still can't remember her name. Well, hopefully the current drug of most people's lives, Facebook, can provide an answer.

Speaking of Facebook, I see that Facebook has now taken over the world. In just the span of 2 years or so, Facebook has boomed. Almost everybody has Facebook. It's so popular, that TV advertisements are now promoting viewer to view their Facebook page and become a fan. take for example Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut commercials nowadays usually end by asking viewers to visit their Facebook page. This is the 1st time that I saw something of that sort. No social site so far have made it to the big screen by being officially named. Facebook is like the connector of all connections, the one place were people gather and share a common joy. Socializing. But then again, as stated in "The Big Bang Theory" having 312 friends on My Space does not make Shelldon anymore sociable. Facebook still can''t beat the joy of going out there and seeing, talking, hearing, touching and tasting people. Okay, maybe not so much on the touching and tasting. Facebook is good to reconnect and keep in touch, but forming and building relationships are still more effectively formed away from a computer screen.

Take for example today, me and my Form 5 buddies went out for makan and movie. We spent our time eating, laughing and talking . A Face-to-Face is always superior to a Wall-to-Wall. The main reason of the usage of Facebook is that is allows people to share their joy with other people, instantly. And i my case, my pictures instantly. Not just so that they can post some attention seeking status on their profiles. Which is most probably why Twitter did not get as much fame as Facebook.

With that all said and done, let's talk about apples.

Apples are red,

Apples are white,

Apples look good,

That apple of his eye.

Over the mountain,

Beyond the line,

There in that mansion,

The apple of his eye.

But alas!

The distance great,

The dangers rise,

Will he ever meet,

That apple of his eye?

Should he face the danger,

Should he go that distance,

The answer is a wager,

On that apple of his eye.

~Author Unknown~

Singapore! Day 2

2010-02-10T23:59:00.004+08:00

Monday, 18 January 2010 : First Day of School

Got up at around 0700 hours. Left for the Jurong COC Building after breakfast. Aunty Moi Chee fetched us there in her car. We reached the building at around 0815 and was greeted by the low voice of Bro. Eddy Ee when we rang the bell to the building. We then heaved our luggage up two flights of stairs to the 3^rd floor where the Fourseas Bible Collage was situated. There we met Uncle Peter Chin (love his accent) the dean of academics of Fourseas and his wife, Aunty Pooi Fun, the librarian. Uncle Peter gave is usual, “I’m so glad that you decided to use your free time a useful way for the Lord” and stuff like that, which he would be stressing on a lot during our stay in Singapore. Or as I call it, Trying to brainwash us to become full time preachers speeches.

Suddenly we heard footsteps coming up the stairs, and after a while, there stood before us, the (suspected) nerd, Ernest Lau Sze Ngee. Or so we thought…. For as we found out later, Ernest was in fact a pro Dota and L4D player! Yeah!! No man can be a nerd if he plays Dota and L4D! Awesome!

After that we headed for our very first class which was on the The New Testemant Church, by Bro. Eddy. Basically we had 7 classes : Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we had courses on The New Testament Church, A Preacher and His Work, Church History, and 1 Corinthians. Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Gosple According to John, Christian Evidences and The Book of Hebrews. Excluding us there were already 6 other students in Fourseas, Ernest(part-time student), Paul & Hope(full time students from China), Hai and Phuk(Full-time students from Vietnam) and aunty Molly from Kuantan. More on them in Alvin’s Blog

So we started our 1^st class of The NT Church. Err… basically it was Bro. Eddy with a low voice droning on about the New Covenant. Okay… at least it is only for an hour… Otherwise I think I would be half dead by the end of the class….. After that we had chapel, and on Mondays everybody had to recite a memory verse that they memorized. Lucky for me, my mom had already made memorize plenty of verses when I was a kid, so all I had to do was flip through my Bible and look for coloured verses. After chapel was Bro. Peter’s class. Bro. Peter’s classes was probably the most interesting classes of all the other classes. They way he presented his lessons and the visuals can keep anyone glued to his words. Well, he DID graduate from Memphis School of Preaching, so he ought to be better than the rest…

After his class was over, we dismissed for lunch. Conveniently there was a food court behind the building so we headed over there for lunch. As we were about to exit the building, we met Bro. Goh Leong Chuan was also heading out for lunch. Well when he said, “Come lets go for lunch together” only one thing was going through my mind, “FREE FOOD!!! YEAH!” I sound so cruel right now. So he treated us to the local chicken rice, which was by any means or ways NOT COMPARABLE AT ALL TO MALACCAN FOOD! Seriously, If you’re a Singaporean and you’re reading this, you have no idea what your missing. Cause (Ernest has probably heard this a million times since we got there), MALACCAN FOOD ROCKS!!

{Evil smirk}

After having lunch which was quite filling we proceeded to our next class, 1 Corinthians by Bro. David Chew which in the days to come, would be more popularly known as the Cloister of Trials. Reason? Because Bro. David talks to himself most of the time, making it hard for us to hear what he says and thus sets the mood of sleepiness. And the thing is its after lunch and we’re all full. Imagine this, you’re full, it’s a hot afternoon and you in a nice air conditioned room, the next thing you know, you’re nodding. His class seriously tests your will to stay awake and alert. My mind wanders around 75% of his class. The 1^st ten minutes are ok, but after that…. “Did he say something? What’s he talking about?”

{Sighs}

Well after His class, school was dismissed, so we were free to do what we wanted. We then found out that Sis. Meow Ching, Eliza’s mom had passed on to be with our Lord, so we decided to follow Ernest to pay our respects. Took the SUPER EFFICIENT MRT from Lakeside to Braddle where the wake was. At the wake we met up with Jon Yang, Lucas, Isaac, Benjamin, Justin, Bernice and Yin Yin who were all super surprised to see us in Singapore. Well after having a jolly good time chatting with them, we left for dinner at one of the stores nearby. And guess what? FREE FOOD AGAIN!! This time is was Jon Yang. Dang It! Life is good! Well during dinner we found out that some of the LAP youths were bikers so we shared our tales of perilous mountain biking with death hazards and ended up being called crazy by them.

{tone of disgust}Gah! Road Bikers! XD

We left back to the college after dinner. Oh we were staying at the college dorms which was in the Jurong COC building itself. Reached at about 2100 something, and after stealing wireless connections and using the internet, we slept.

Thus was the evening and the morning of the second day. And Jonah saw that it was good.

Singapore! Day 1

2010-02-09T23:42:00.003+08:00

3 weeks have come and gone. I can't believe that it passed so fast. My 3 weeks in glorious Singapore.

Like I mentioned in my earlier post, which i posted in Singapore, I would be further blogging about my stay in Singapore when I'm in Malaysia. Well, I'm back, so it's time to get my virtual pen flowing again.

Lets go back when it all began, 17 January 2010 : Day of Departure

We left after church. It was a hectic afternoon on that day. Getting packed, making sure that we didn't leave anything behind, going to the bus station, having lunch...all in the span of an hour before our departure. We departed from Melaka Sentral at 1400 hours and thus began the 1st step to our 3 week stay in Singapore.

Arrived at the Johore Bahru checkpoint at about 1800 hours and crossed the causeway without any problems. It was at the Singapore checkpoint where we got held up. It seamed that we forgot to fill in our white cards while we were in the bus, so we wasted 5 minutes or so filling them up at the counter. BUMMER! Now, we were supposed to board our bus to Lavander, but because we were held up, the bus left. So we were now stranded at Woodlands. But all hope was not lost, we connected to the Aunty Moi Chee hotline and were told to proceed by bus to the nearest MRT station and hed to Tiong Bahru where we would receive further instruction.

After boarding a bus and alighting at Kranji MRT station, we took the Green Line to the checkpoint, Tiong Bahru where we met Commander CK. Commander CK brought us to his hum wee where we loaded our luggage and proceeded to have dinner with Aunty Moi Chee and her relatives. We ate dinner at some Chinese Restaurant in Tiong Bahru, where the food was very nice. Especially the chincau drink.

The cincau drink

After dinner, we went to the CK Hotel to stay the night. Anuty Moi Chee and Commander CK was kind enough to open their home for us to stay. Truly a very beautiful house, fit for the Director of Maple Tree and Chairman of Jurong Port. We went to sleep at 0000 hours, in order to prepare ourselves for the day ahead. The 1^st day of Fourseas Bible Collage.

Thus was the beginning and the end of the 1^st day in Singapore. And Jonah saw that it was good.

By Law

2010-01-29T00:26:00.005+08:00

By law I'm not supposed to be doing this.
By law I'm not supposed to be up so late.
By law I can't use the computer.
By law I'm not a full time student.

Being a partial full time student at Foursea's Bible College, Singapore has it advantages. Eventhough I am bound by certain rules, I am not required to follow them fully. So that gives me a decent amount of freedom.

By law, you can't drink water in the MRT.
Being in Singapore for about 2 weeks now, I noticed a lot of things about Singapore and its citizens.
First, the Mass Rapid Transits(MRT), these things are seriously MASIVE. It is like 3 times longer than the KL LRT's, 100 times more efficient than the LRT and 1000 times more organised. Looking at the Singapore map which showed the rail tracks and through travel experience, I discovered that I can like cross from the south of Spore to the north in like 45 minutes. It's that efficient. and it travels a lot faster than the LRT's of Malaysia. Comparing the KTM to the MRT would be like comparing a slug to a cheetah. I remember waiting for o whole hour for a KTM commuter, and here i only need to wait 3 to 4 minutes for a MRT to arrive at the stations. Awesome!

By law, you can't own a house unless your friggin rich.
Next, the housing development. Due to the lack of land in singapore, developers can't build single unit houses. Therefore, they have to build up. Singapore is full of flats and condominiums. Everywhere I turn i see flats, esp in the housing areas, its just like spores, scattered by the wind to every part of the island. There are also houses around, but these are usually located at the central area and can cost up to 10 millions dollars and more. As compared to Malaysia where almost everyone lives in houses.

By law, food in Singapore is no match to Malaysia.
The food. Nothing to talk about there, Malaysian food is still the best. The worst thing is Sinapore does not have any mamak stores. The essential part of every Malaysian's life. I am like dying for roti cannai and teh o ais right now. It's not like S'pore does not have any roti cannais, but they call it by a different name, roti prata. Intuituion tells me that roti prata will be no where near Malaysian roti cannai. And to singaporeans, a mamak store is a convinence store run by a mamak. *rolls eyes* Well eventhough Spore is like a channel away from us, I see that the cultural differences are vast.

Other than that, let's talk about the people in Singapore. i can't really say much since i don't really live here and i have only interacted with the Church breathen. So i can only speak of those whom i've talked with, which are mainly youths. Fact : Girls in Singapore can play L4D and DOTA. (thought they are not all that good) The youths in singapore, or should i say the Christian youths in singapore are very friendly. Maybe thats because I've met most of them in YDP already. YEAH most probally. But anyway, i would like to thank Jon Yang ( The coolest youth "adult" around), Ernest, Benjamin, Alan, Justin, err..i forgot his name again, Sharyl(i now know this is the right spelling), Ser Ern (super pro chef at Sakuraa! Hopefully XD) and Eliza(one of the 'best' L4D2 players i hv ever met) for sacrificing their time to take us around last Saturday. Will blog about that later.

This is just a short post on my life in Singapore. Will post a more detailed version after I (regretfully) return to Malaysia next month.

Education Fair

2010-01-10T22:37:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, Yee Chang, my mom and myself took a bus up to KL for the Star Education Fair held at KLCC. We took the 7.00am bus and reached Puduraya at 9.20am. Puduraya was dirty, smelly and polluted as usual. We then walked to the Masjid Jamek LRT station and took a LRT to KL Central. And from there we went to The Loft and the 19th floor. Sound familiar to you Andre and Kin Mun?

Yep, its the very same place we stayed when we went to do dealings where "ta jia dou shi hua ren". The house, where the only entertainment was watching the clock. This time when we went, the owners of the house Ir. Dr. Ong Chin Chai, his wife Irene Ong and daughter Debbie were staying there. And I'm sad to say that the clock is no more.

The famous clock

But now, the clock is no more. and in its place A FULL HD LG TV together with A HOME THEATER SYSTEM!!!

And now instead of the Stress-O-Releaser that Andre wore on his head,

We now have, Kekule and the Benzene Ring!

After chilling at his house for a while, We and Debbie headed for KLCC. Where we found out how Australians call people.

Fact : Debbie has been studing in Australia for about 8 years or so.

Malaysian way of calling a person : Oii!

Australian way of calling a person : (whisper) err...emm...emm...

Conclusion : When you want to call a person, the Malaysian way is still the best. Oii!

We then headed to the fair to check out the booths, Debbie wanted to shop, so she left us. The fair was huge! The booths were very creatively designed and very colourful. And the place was full. Alvin went there intending to ask about accounting and me to find out more about the Taylor's Engineering Course. After walking around and talking to the various colleges i find that Engineering is still the best option for me, wherelse Alvin after listing to the counsellors decided that accounting is not the route for him and decided that buisness management was the path for him.

We then went to listen to the talk on resession proff jobs. And believe it or not, the tree resession proof jobs that were presented that day was, the policeforce, hairdressing and DJ-ing. However out of these 3, the guy that gave the talk on Hairdressing, Mr Charles something, was the most convincing. He actually talked sense. "Everybody needs a haircut, who ever you are boy or girl. Even the one with no hair take care of their hair, in fact they spend more time on their no hair than people with hair! so i would say that yes, hairdressing is a resession proof job" From the way he talked I could see that he really had passion for his job. For finally at the end of the day, it all boils down to passion. Working with no passion will earn you the money but not the satisfication. And without that one cannot rise. One must have a true passion for his job, then no challenge will be a challenge cause no challege will seem impossible to you.

After that we went to eat lunch at manhatten fish market where i ate dory fish in garlic butter. then we went back to hall where this time Sunny Yee was giving a talk for Physic and Add maths. Very good. Then later was was the talk on engineering. All the speakers were doctrates, on in Chemical, one in Electrical and Electronic and the other in Mechanical engineering. And all chinese. Yeah Chinamen rock!

The talks were very informative, esp the last one. He talked about how engineers make the world spin and that we would all be living in the stone age if not for engineers. He said that engineering is a very stressful but very rewarding profession. Statistics show that an 30 year old engineer earns about 250K a year. And according to him once you reach 50 years of age, you will be earning MILLIONS a year. He ended with a satement :

The antelope wakes up every morning knowing it has to out run the fastest lion to survive.

The lion wakes up every morning knowing it has to outrun the slowest antelop to survive.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether your an antelop or a lion.

When the sun is up, You better start running!

antelope = you

lion = competitor

I learnt a lot during the Edu fair, and am now more focused in my future career path. Now all i can do is submit my plans to the Lord and continue living my life.

1st post of 2010

2010-01-07T19:41:00.002+08:00

Well the title says it all, the 1st post of 2010.

Last year was stressful, not as stressful as i anticipated, but still stressful. Studying for SPM was by far the exam i studied for the most. Before the SPM fever kicked in, studying for Sejarah was a far off dream, but when the fever started it was Sejarah everyday. I think that on the day of the Sejarah exam, it was the only time I and a few other classmates actually had a discussion about Sejarah. We actually sat there and shot each other with Sej facts for an whole hour. A rare phenomenon that will only happen once in a lifetime. Because now as I step into 2010, a single fact resounds loudly in my mind. Sejarah is no more.

A new year, a new begining. New choices, new people, new surrounding and new pain.

This year will be a turning point in my life. It's time to leave the nest and face the world. Cause this year, I start college.

The thing is I will be enrolling in 2 colleges this year. Sounds impossible huh? But its true. 1st i will be going to Fourseas Bible College in Jurong, Singapore to learn the wise ways of the Bible, the best selling, ultimate life book in the whole wide world. Then, after my SPM results are out, and if I get a PSD(JPA) scholarship, i go to whichever college they send me to. Otherwise, its Taylors Lakeside Campus for me.

So I'll be heading over to Singapore, if God wills, on the 17th and stay till 7th February when I'll come back for CNY. After if all goes well, I will be going back to Fourseas until the SPM results are out and see how the road twists after that.

In an unassociated event, I now have bling on my teeth. Metal in my mouth, and it ain't comfortable. Just had it installed today and surprisingly I am not in pain. It had always been a mystery to me how they install those studded metal pices on one's teeth, and now I have firsthand knowledge on the matter. The metal pieces are actually "glued" using some special adhesive to the teeth, then a thin metal wire is inserted between the spaces on the metal to pull the teeth together. The whole process does not involve and injections or anestetic as there will be no contact with the gums. Therefore, the whole procedure was painless. They even let you chose the colour of the pads holding the wire in place. As a true orange fan, I chose orange. So now i have orangey metal studs on my teeth. The upper row at least. The lower row will be done after a month.

I don't noe how true it is but some of my friends said that they can't eat after they had their braces done. i don't noe whether the can't or they're not supposed to, but for me, I feel no pain. Only a slight uncomfortableness due to the extra mass in my mouth. Furthermore, it crab for dinner today. So it's bon appetit for me!!

YEAH!

Event 2 : 5H Poolside Party and the events that led to it

2009-12-31T21:01:00.011+08:00

Instructions : At the end of this post is a video. Press Play to let it buffer so that you can watch it after reading this post

Time truly flies. I look back and realise that it had already been 5 years since I first stepped through Gate 2 of St. Francis Institution, the greatest school in Malacca. 5 years since 1 first saw a tall, bald and ugly robed man walking the corridors with his head held high. 5 years since I first doned the white prefect's uniform. And 5 years since 1 first met the bunch of crazy people studying in SFI.

I remember thinking to myself when I was still an innocent Form 1 boy, " When will From 5 come and go?" and now, I'm sitting here in front of my comp, at 17 years of age, blogging about how the 5 years have just passed so fast. And sitting here, i begin to remise about those years........

Form 1H 2005

It all began when I first entered the class of 1H. I was a foriegner in a strange land. A chinese school student entering the class of students from SFI primary, but i was not alone. There were about 15 of us from Chinese Schools who chose to enroll ourselves in the great school of SFI. As the Chinese speaking,(but equally pro at English) crowd, we took the back seats. I sat next to Shimri who sat next to Joel Chua. Behind me was Ivan, Siong Wai, and Kenny. In front, Mohvilan, Hariharran, and Devnath.

It was that very year that we began to mix around with all 3 races of Malaysia. There is nothing much to say about Form 1 cause we were still raw freshmen, but here are some interesting facts.
1) The pharse "Jo Ray arr!!" began in 1H
2) The total disipline cases recorded by 1H that year was 7. The highest recorded by any Form 1 class.
3) Lim Shimri broke 4 chairs.
4) We found out that Teo had a very BIG head. Called him "tua tao" ever since.
5) My nickname "Big Bird" was founded by Cirel when I was doing my probationary prefect duty.
6) Someone whacked Jo Ray

Form 2H 2006

The most memorable thing about Form 2 was definantly Kedongdong. It was that year that we 1st met 3 of the most interesting teachers of SFI. Mr. Ngor Tee Boon, Bro. Micheal Kum, and Mr. Wong Leon Kit. Each has his own story, Mr. Ngor and his Kedongdongs, BMK and his "I graduated from the University of Manchester" and Mr. Wong and his non-existant eyebrows. The drama between BMK and Mr. Ngor was so intense that it was so hystericaly funny. And there was also the story of the trainee teacher......

Form 2 was also the 1st time we joined an event as a class. The class of 2H was chosen to represent SFI in the coral speaking competition. We were trained by BMK and the trainne teacher and with Augustin as our conductor, went to compete in the competition held at Dog.... High School. Well we may have lost, but it was one of the 1st memories we had as a class. It was also when we started appreciating SFI's toilet....

Other facts of 2H 2006 :
1) Adair "fart machine" Teow joined us.
2) Gan Chong Yee was class monitor and left us at the end of the year.
3) Lim Shimri broke 2 chairs. (An improvement?)
4) "Jo Ray arr!!" was shouted the most.
5) We produced 3 very obseen and creative essays that were sadly confisticated by BMK.
6) Someone whacked Jo Ray

Form 3H 2007

PMR year.... So sien...Study study study... Not much that can be said, except that me and a few friends attended the 6th Melaka Jamboree that year. It was at the Jamboree that I discovered that Goh can drink around 5 cups of juice in 30 minutes, where we had a competion to see who can get the most contact information from other scouts, and also when two people apparently bathed naked in front of each other....
Oh yeah, Transformers came out in 07 and for some time all we were taking about was how Bumblebee was so cool... and for some reason or another one of the invigilators of our PMR was so fat that it was amusing for us watching him climbimg up the stairs to our exam hall....

The fun started after PMR. After PMR it was all outings and movie-ing and ponteng-ing and cs-ing and dota-ing and battlefield-ing and movie-ing and eating and playing and............tahts about it...

Other interesting facts :
1) The term "Majinbuu" was founded in 3H
2) The letters MJB was sprayed on the back wall of 3H with clear laquer.
3) Stacey Geoffery Tay Jun Wei left us for Singapore.
4) Someone whacked Jo Ray.

Form 4P 2008

We were streamed to 2 science classes equally. So half of 3H went to 4H and another half to 4P. However, 4P rocked!! the amount of nonsense things we did were unthinkable.

1) Insulted our Add Maths teacher so much until she quit teaching our class.
2) The whole class got sent to the principal's office for playing with matches.
3) Played with the ethanoic acid bottles in the Chemistry lab until the whole lab was filled with fumes.
4) Burnt people's backsides with bunsen burners.
5) Witnessed a death.
6) Andre destroyed the Chemistry Lab tap.
7) Turned the Class Magazine plans into a failure
8) Gay earless Heng Kuang Yang joined us.
9) Someone whacked Jo Ray

Then there are also the other things that was done during 2007
1) Team V-Thrust and Team The Nitrates of the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge came from 4P. During the duration of the Competition there was plenty of friction between the two teams.
2) The form 4 scouts of 4H and 4P organised the Scout Orintation Camp 2008, where we made the Form 1's pee in their pants, thanks to the Oscar winning performance by our troop leader.

3) Me, Goh, Joel and Daniel went for our 1st cycling expedition to Hutan Rekreasi.

4) Leroy Yeow was made Head Prefect and Head Editor.

5) I puncured my left lung.

6) Kin Mun, Adair, Gin Shen, Daniel Chia, Eric and me joined the National Robotics Competition.

7) The Form 4 scouts organised the Scout Troop Camp 2009.

8) Someone whacked Jo Ray again.

Form 5H 2009

Many many many things happened in 5H. For starters, there was the debate between 5H and 5P, which turned out to be a stand up comedy show.

Then there was Sports Day,

5H very own sunglasses wearing flag bearers

getting ready for the march pass

And Teachers Day,

5H group pic in honour of Joel (our dynamic monitor)'s birthday

And Prefect's Farewell Dinner,

This is AFTER we entered the pool

And Prefect's Installation,

And Canteen Day,

Something is not right with this pic.... I think its a certain white robed man..

And bald people (refering to both top and bottom pics),

And gay people,

And Mr. Ong's Retierment Ceremony,

And SPM.

Well SPM came and went and we didn't see each other for quite a long time. Until I recieved a message "The 5H Farewell Class Party will be held on 28th December 2009" What can i say? I grabbed my camera and headed to the party!!

It was a BBQ party. We had spent the whole day getting the stuff ready, but it was worth it. And since it was a poolside party, we all ended up getting wet.

The juicy wings which took forever to cook....

Chilling and waiting for the forever chicken wings to cook

The Men In Black

Donovan, Eric, Jia Sheen, Jason, Ah Poh

Chong and Poh

And its Joel being.........Joel

The party ended with a splash. This party will probally be the last time I will see all of my clasmates together for maybe a year or so. Most of us will be going to KL to further our studies, some KTJ, some taylors, Sunway, INTI, some will be staying for Form 6. We will all be going our our seperate ways, but I will always cherish the memories that we had together. 5H!!!

WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!

And now as 2009 comes to end, I hope that we will all stay in touch and always remember all the times we had together.

Oh, and someone whacked Jo Ray.

2 Great Events : Event 1 YDP 2009

2009-12-29T03:05:00.001+08:00

Oh boy! I just came back from the 5H Poolside Party and it rocked!!

But wait! I can't blog about the party if I don't 1st blog about the greatest event that could ever happen. An event that defines the term awesomeness and an event where phares like "Disgusting! Pui!", "I failed in life but became awesome" and "1 girl, 1 place, 1 time" originated.
That's right folks, I'm taking about none other that the YDP 2009!! (sfx : grand opening theme)

The Youth Development Programme (YDP) is a youth camp organised by the Churches of Christ of Malaysia and Singapore to build and maintain bonds between the youth. For the past 20 years or so, the Klang COC has been organising this camp but this year the youth of Lim Ah Pin COC, Singapore decided to take on the challenge of organising the camp. The special thing was tthat this time the was no adults involved in organising and upholding the statutes of the camp programme. It was 100% powered by youth force. I would like to congratulate the LAP youths on a job well done in making this years YDP a huge success! Esp to Jonathan Yang, my sifu, who was a great Camp Commander and who also instructed me in the way of the "How to tease Clara" art.

This year's YDP took a different route with the sessions. Instead of a inviting a speaker to drone on and on and bore us with his lessons, each group was assigned a debate topic. There were 3 topics which were
Motion 1 : Social Drinking is wrong
Motion 2 : Clubbing is wrong
Motion 3 : marrying a non-Christian is wrong

There were 6 teams alltogether, 3 proposition and 3 opposition. My team was team 6 which were the proposition team of Motion 2.

Since YDP is such a awesome camp, words cannot describe it. Therefore, I shall now resort to pictures.

Preparing for the debate

The dark side

A game called blind worm

Super Bowl!!!

Always remember to wear your safety googles or you might just lose an eye....

The awesome game committees

Team 6's very own dog. woof woof

The debate in session

Some just concentrate too much

The members of Malacca COC! Minus the sam ben

Finally, I have only one thing to say,

YDP ROCKED!!!

Comic Fiesta 2009

2009-12-25T19:07:00.006+08:00

Lights! Camera! Cosplay!!!!!

and that was what Comic Fiesta was all about.

When my friend 1st asked me to go Comic Fiesta, I was not expecting such a enormous event. When I stepped into the Sunway Piramid Convention Centre that Saturday, my mind was blown away.

It was 5 months ago, way before the SPM fever hit, directly after GACC, that some friends and I decided to make plans to invade the biggest anime convention in Malaysia, the Comic Fiesta 2009. No, we didn't decide to cosplay (though we regreted not cosplaying when we went there), but just went to have a good time.

We left for KL from Melaka Central at 7.00 in the morning and reached Pudu at about 9. Then with Kenny Ang, the 6th Fort Scout Troop Leader as our guide, we got lost in KL.After some references to a map, (which Kenny kept hidden in is bag) we managed to take a bus to Sunway Piramid.

We reached Sunway, rushed up to the top most floor, bought our tickets (which cost RM15), and then stepped into the biggest anime convention in Malaysia. The 1st thing that we saw was cosplayers. There were cosplayers everywhere! Left, right, up, down, in out, everywhere!

It is very hard to describe the magnitude of cosplay awesomeness there so i'll just post some pictures.

The event was coordinated by two emcees who took charge of the programme. Alferd and erm.....(I forgot). Well they were the bomb! I have never seen people as spontaneous as them! Even Issac would have lost to them! They made Comic Fiesta alive. Seriously there isn't a dull moment with them. There was this time when they found a phone and instead of just announcing that they found a phone they did this.

Emcee 1 : Okay we found a phone a black Nokia. whoever it belongs to please proceed to the DJ area.
Alferd : Hey why don't we call the last person who call this phone and ask who called him. Cause here
at comic fiesta we make everything into a joke.
Emcee 1 : Why not?

They then called the person on the phone. After that they did the very same thing for every phone they found. They called it "Stage Call". Seriuosly, the amount of nonsense they did on the stage was so idiotic you have to see it to appreciate it.

There were also plenty of performances that were going on at the event. Cosplay competitions, art competitions, doujin booth competitions and others. The amount of cosplayer were staggering. But the coolest cosplayer was Alex Bursa of Prototype. He was so damn cool!!! With his lage blade attached to his hand, he looked ready to kill.

The event itself lasted 2 days. I can't think of anythig else to blog cause I can't describe the awsomeness in words. Its too hard. More pictures are in my facebook page.

Comic Fiesta was truly wonderful. Not only did i take pictures with many cute girls,

I am now also the proud owner of Hyourinmaru.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Reunion!!!

2009-12-15T02:05:00.002+08:00

After 5 years, and we're still going strong. The Yok Bin Primary, 6B students of 2004. 5 years have passed since we left our school, and eventhough we went to different secondary schools, we still can't forget our roots.

This time around, Good Ol' Yu Yang who left us in Standard 4 and migrated to Australia joined us. Well, I don't really remember who he was, and i couldn't even reconise his face, nor could he remember me. So it was mutual. But anyhow, he was da bomb! He was like the noisiest guy around, going around and talking crap in his aussie accent. According to him, Australia makes people crazy, which makes sense since my two other friends from Australia who also have a few screws lose here and there. XD

Well we met at DP's MCD, the one closer to Taming Sari. Vincent Lim who was down from KL was able to join as he was staying at my house. We cycled there and 1st met Sarah, (who is as short as ever) and Yu Yang. After staring at him for a few moments, i concluded that i couldn't remember him. But who cares, the more the merrier.

The others came in time, Adrian, Joanna, Hse Khai, Kuang Chern, Edmund, Yi Ting, Chiew Fang, Agnes, Zhen Khai, Wei Cheng and Silk. So it was the 14 of us who actually heeded the call and turned up for the reunion. To be honest, they didn't look all that different. Some of them gained more weight, like Edmund but that was all there was.

Just as we were about to leave for the cinema, Vincent received a call.

Mom : Vincent, i'm coming to Jonah's house to pick you.
Vincent : When?
Mom : Now.
Vincent : Har........!!!

So I and Vincent had to rush back home. I had to follow Vincent cause he was not sure of the way home. So his reunion ended there. But not for me. After sending him back, i cycled back to DP under the hot sun.
This was probally the last reunion we were going to have and i'm definantly not going to miss it!

I arrived and met them at the DP cineplex, and we went to play at the arcade.

Then we went to the DP field and spent ONE WHOLE HOUR taking photos. This were some of the results. Damn we're crazy!

From left : Wei Cheng, Adrian, Tse Khai, Jonah, Sarah,

Kuang Chern, Silk, Zhen Khai, Edmund, Yu Yang

The cross leg-ed pose

Edmund carrying Yu Yang LOL

From Left : Sarah, Joanna, Yi Ting, Agnes, Chiew Fang

Paparazzi in the house!

Guess who...??

The Malaysian Dreamer

Silk looks gay

Cheorography courtousy of Sarah

JUMP! But we all ain't sporting.

I had to leave early since I had something on at church. So it was sayonara for me at 5.30pm. They went for a movie later.

To see old classmates once again after so long is indeed fun. I will definantly never forget this time's reunion.

Old friends, New memories.

After 1530 8 December 2009

2009-12-09T22:06:00.002+08:00

We shouted. And shouted, and shouted.
Then we went to return our borrowed books.
Then we shouted somemore.

Then few of us decided to go for a movie, 2012. The logic was since we couldn't destroy any thing to show our gladness of SPM ending, the next best thing was to watch a movie on destruction itself. Mass destruction.

So, Leroy, Gin Shen, Alvin Lau, Jackson, Andre, Prophet of Doom, and me went. Goh and Alvin left home 1st cause they wanted to. Then began the great desicion of where to eat. We literally walk through the whole of DP and MP just cause we couldn't decide where to eat out dunch or luncniner. Seoul garden, No. Sibarakku, No. MCD, don't even think about it. KFC, bluek. Pizza Hut, jelak. So we just walked and walk and walked and out steps brought us to Seoul Garden. We were 50% in when some people decided that it was too expensive...... So we ate at Pizza Hut.

Note about Mp Pizza Hut, it has the most waiters and the worst service ever. We had to wait, 10 minutes just to get seated and the place was so damn empty, 30 mins for our food and 20 mins to get a refill. What nonsense! The food came eventually, and we ate eventually, and we went for our movie eventually.

2012 was one of the best movies i watched, in terns of CGI. About 90% of the movie was CGI. All those destruction, everything computer generated. If Transformers was a movie that made CGI of robots not of this world look real, 2012 made CGI of a fake real world look so damn real. Beautiful, just beautiful. The 3D designers must have had plenty sleepless nghts just to create the perfect "world", and here I was struggling to use CAD tools to design a small car.

After the movie, which ended at about 9pm, we lepaked somemore and went home. But that was not before some of decided to waqke up at 5am the next day and go cycling. Yes, 5am.

Next day, 5am

I was brushing my teeth. Therefore i was late to reach the meeting place. But no matter, Alvin Lee Yee Chang was 30 minutes later than me. So the 4 of us who actually turned up, Goh, Eric, Yee Chang and Me set of from the Ong Kim Wee Lerun store and headed towards Tanjung Bidara. It was at about 6am at that time. Since we were passing Klebang, we decided to give somebody a wake up call. Literally. The victim : Joel Chua. Called him at 6.20 something when we reached his house. He woke up, came to his house gate, and shouted : " You people very free is it! Go home lah!"

Nah, I lied.

He came to his house gate, and asked us where we were going, then he went back to sleep. We then continued cycling.

We cycled pass condos, everlyn hotel, a tree, a stone, cars, motorbikes, The Melaka Club until we finally reached Pantai Puteri, which is in Tanjung Bidara. I think. There we paid a visit to brother's bungalow, where we were warmly welcomed by the Elite Canine Squad. "Warmly". They chased us and we fled. They ran and we ran. Looks like the Canine Squad was still faithfully doing their duty since the last time i saw them, 7 months ago.

We then went to the beach and chilled.

After a lot of nonsense by the beach, we went back to Joel's house where we had breakfast.

We later left for home.

That concludes the 1st episode of madness after SPM.

Stay tuned for more!

I have been set free.

2009-12-08T22:31:00.000+08:00

I was lost, but now I am found,

I was blind but now I see,

I was deaf but now I hear,

I am alive again.

I have been set free.

The chains broken,

The straps removed,

The shakles unlocked,

The cell can contain me no longer.

I have been set free.

The day as night,

The night as day,

The clock stopped,

Time means nothing to me.

I have been set free.

With great freedom comes great madness.

This is a warning to anybody reading this post.
Any post after this will seem unbeliveable.
That's cause it is.

The Rubik's 360

2009-10-31T19:35:00.002+08:00

The Rubik's 360

I just found out about it. It was actually released on the 5th of February 2009. Looks cool.

This will be one of my after SPM conquests. YEAH!

Yummy!!

2009-10-25T17:24:00.003+08:00

This picture showing a disc was taken from a disc.

Overdue

2009-10-15T23:12:00.017+08:00

Looking at my watch, i realised that my blog was outdated. So to prevent it from becoming ancient, I'm posting this post.

The day after the trial were over, i went for my driving exam, Well i failed bahagian 3(on the road) and passed bahagian 2(circuit). So i was stressed, and was not feeling all that confident. The problem with the driving exam is that even though ur sure you didn't make any mistakes, the final decision in not in your hands. It all depends on that guy holding the clipboard next to you. Its not like an exam where you prepare or study like crazy and then go for the exam knowing that if you fail it is very well you own fault. That is not the case for driving. For driving it depends on the examiner.

Taking about examiners, we can categorise them into two. The ones that look for mistakes and the ones that gives chances. The ones that look for mistakes basically fails you for every small mistake you make. The latter are the ones who understand that it is normal for people to make mistakes and gives chances with wisdom. These are the people who fail you only if you have clearly crossed the line.

Then, there is also the question about the under counter transactions. I find it intriguing that the package is passed to your driving instructor but then magically reaches the examiners pocket. Most people say that if you don't go through this little process, you are doomed to fail. The truth is, that's a myth. I can vouch for that. I personally didn't go through that rite of passage. Yes i failed my 1st attempt, but that was because of my own wrong and i take full responsibility for it. Well i took it again today and i passed. WITHOUT ANY DOUGH INVOLVED. Then there is also the saying that IF you GO THROUGH that rite, you will SURELY pass. Again a myth. I personally know a friend who when through with it and FAILED. In my opinion, going through with that rite is just to give you a boost of confidence. Usually increasing it by 80%, to making passing easier. Since there is no chance for the dough to be passed during the exam and you yourself do not handle it, I find myself wondering how it happens. You cannot choose your examiner, and unless your driving instructor has the gift of foresight(which does not exist in this age nor in the ages to come), there is no way to predict who will be testing you.

So being a man of God and science, I did not go through that rite because it went against my beliefs and also after reaching this hypothesis :
If there is apparently no way to choose your driving examiner, and since you instructor does not have the gift of foresight, the packet of dough that you give does not in fact reach the examiner.
Therefore, there can only be one explanation.

That packet of dough that was given out of nervousness, entered your instructors pocket.

I am further convinced that my hypothesis is true, when my friends uncle who works at the official driving school, told us that it was not necessary to 'go through with it'. And true enough my friend passed. However, i have my reservations on that matter.

In conclusion, as long as you have confidence and do not give the examiner reason to mark you wrong, you will pass. However i will admit that there are 2 parts where they will mark you wrong at the slightest indication, (the mirror and the signal lights). Well, you will just have to be extra careful not to make anymore mistakes. My advice, don't give the dough, trust yourself, have confidence in yourself and you will be able to go through this ordeal.

In an unassociated event, I got a new watch. A K-Swiss Classic 507.

And I love it. Simply because it has orange hands on a black dial.
And nothing is more beautiful than orange and black together with white.

This picture should win an award.

2009-09-24T23:29:00.003+08:00

Beautiful. If u don't laugh your heads off when you see this, go watch or read bleach. Then you'll find out why it is so hilarious!!!

BAHAHAHAHAH!

One Piece ROCKS!!!!

2009-09-18T23:01:00.003+08:00

Only if you read the Manga will you understand what happened, but one thing is for sure One Piece is still the best manga I have ever read. Yes, even better than Naruto and Bleach!

What happened after school on Friday

2009-09-12T11:22:00.007+08:00

A very interesting conversation occurred.

People involved :

Me
Wee Jin
Jason Yeo
Chong Wen Hao
Deon Cham - Form 1 child prodigy

We're all prefects except for Deon.

Note : There is a 3 second pause between every answer that Deon gave.

We were all standing near the guard house after school when Deon came.

Deon : Just now got someone give a cigarette to a student. How?

Wee Jin : Where?

Deon : There outside. That guy with the yellow hair give cigarette to the boy.

Me : Okay.. which boy?

Deon : There the one with the green colour shirt. Just now outside there. How?

Wee Jin : Since he took the cigarette outside the school and he's not smoking we cannot do anything.

Deon : But why he want to smoke? Smoking is bad for health...

Jason : How I know? U ask him lah....

Deon : But why? smoking is bad for health. Must tell teacher....

Wee Jin : Okay so you know he smokes, what are you going to do? Do you know who he is? U tell teacher also useless.

Deon : I tell teacher to ask all the green shirt people to line up, then i point lah.... But why he
want to smoke?

Since no one could answer him Jason changed the subject.

Jason : Deon, how you come to school? By car, motor, bicycle, aeroplane, helicopter?

(after 3 seconds)

Deon : There the vehicle got four wheels one. Green colour and got rust in front.

Me : Okay.... What is the name of this four wheel vehicle?

Deon : Look like that one. (points to a Proton Wira)

Wen Hao : Ask him where he live. Deon where you live?

Deon : (recites his address, complete with house number, taman, postcode and state)

Me : Deon, you are very unique lah.

Deon : Why am i unique?

Me : err... beacause you have a very interesting personality.

Deon : If i unique why rich people never buy me?

All : HARR??!!!

Wee Jin : Why should rich people buy you?

Deon : Because i unique.

Jason : Ur unique, not antique. Rich people buy ANTIQUES.

Deon : har? why they never buy me?

Wen Hao : Okay you want people to buy you. How much do u want to be sold for?

Deon : (thinks for 5 seconds) 13 ringgit.

All : Why so cheap? You want to sell yourself for 13 ringgit?

Deon : Because I 13 years old .... why i unique?

Wee Jin : I think this guy has some problem lah. Sure one. Otherwise why he like that.

Jason : Deon you very funny lah you.

Wen Hao : You human and you want to sell yourself for 13 ringgit...

Deon : Har? What you talking about? Ehh... how i going home arr? (walks away)

Wee Jin : I think he suffers from short-term memory loss lah......

Wen Hao : But the fella quite smart leh, top 20 in form.

Jason : Ya loh, he from SFI Primary one leh...

Me : Donno the fella lah. Got some problem somewhere lah.

End of conversation

A silver lining

2009-09-10T23:40:00.003+08:00

5 days grace. Now thats a silver lining.

Prefect's Farewell Dinner

2009-09-06T19:40:00.004+08:00

With the exams going on, I had no time to blog. This is just a summary of what i should have blogged about long ago.

Prefects Farewell can be summerised into

1. Eat
2. Talk
3. Take Pictures
4. Sing
and
5. Get wet.

A Golden Opportunity Seized

2009-08-22T23:38:00.022+08:00

Like I said in the earlier post, I will be going to the zoo. The reason it being so great is that I went with the Exchange Student's from Japan and Indonesia. WOOHOO!

So we were to meet at the zoo at 9am. I together with Yee Chang had no transport so we had to follow Wee Jin. Wee in told me to be ready by 8, but he only came at 8.30. no matter, as long as we made it to the zoo I'm happy.

We reached the zoo and met up with the last year's KAYAF troupe, together with some form 4's and of coarse the Japanese and Indonesian students. Very Nice!

After paying the ticket fee, which was RM5 (I'm a Malaysian student, don't i get a discount?) we proceeded to conquer the zoo.

The 1st animal we saw was an small alligator. I don't think the jap's have gone to a zoo before cause that together with every animal they saw were 'ka-wa-i'. Everything! The birds, the monkeys....LOL

After walking around looking at animals, watching zebra's fight and rhino's rampage, not to mention Jackson's hand being licked "clean" by a pony we proceeded to the performance area.

Jackson's friend the pony

Someone got bored and decided to give a pre-performance...

Anyway, the performance was quite decent, but since i watched it before it was not that exciting.

But for the Jap's everything was "su-geh!". They were watching the whole show with their mouths open. Especially when the orang utan came out.....

After that we continued our tour of the zoo. Saw animals,

more animals,

and even more animals.

Eventually we got bored and started taking photos. Ahem....

From left : Mina, Yuri, Yukiko

Wee Jin, Koyo, Me

Me & Hiro

Back : Kin Mun. Kurumi, Bok, Yee Chang

Front: Risa, Yuri, Kaho, Me

The exchange students then wanted to go for the elephant ride. Probally never seen a live elephant in their lives, with the exception of the Indonesian students....

The fun was at the tiger and lion pens. The area was seperated by electric fences. Some of us got couragous and decided to......

Ever gone on a tram ride? It boring and bumby and people hardy talk. Anyway Koyo was sitting next to me so i striked up a conversation by asking him about anime. Seemed that he was a fan of naruto.(i have a feeling that all japanese are...) So i whipped out my hp and played some of the opening theme songs. To my suprise he got so excited that he started singing along! He even nudged Kurumi who was sitting in front and then she joined in too! Damn! Anime connects! They were singing to all the songs that i was playing. WOW! But they seemed suprised that I had anime songs in my hp. Kurumi was like "sugeh!" ever time i switched a song. Is it so suprising that a Malaysian listens to anime songs? I mean they listen to English songs......

Then it started to rain. So sad. So we took refuge under the shelter near the entrance. There we started talking with the other Jap's mainly Kaho and Hiroe. Found out that Hiro was a player of Final Fantasy 12. She even asked me what was my fav character which was most definantly Baltheir. When i told her that I had played for 120 hours and still not yet finished the game she just giggled. (no idea what that means) Also found out the Kaho was a fan of gundam and her fav anime was Reborn. Oh yeah! Anime AND rpg's connect!

Sheltering from the rain

One thing i noticed, there was a clear line between the Jap's and Indon's. It was like we were giving the most attention to the Jap's. (Which is true). Well, the Bible said that man cannot serve to masters. Either he loves one and hate's the other, or hates one and loves the other. Once again the words of the Bible are proven to be consistent and true.

Well it was tiring walking around for 3 hours in the zoo, and our tummies were starting to rumble. It was decided that we(the form 5's) take the Jap's out for lunch. The Indonesian's had their own agenda. So we decided to take them to a restorant in Dataran Pahlawan. Where i found out the Yukiko was a big fan of Michael Jackson. Anime, Rpg's AND music connect.

From left : Kin Mun, Koyo Ulema, Yee Chang, Kye Sheng, Bok Chek Wai, Hiro, Jin Yoong, Mina Nishinohara, Sang Huat, Yukiko Hayami

From left : Wee Kem, Jackson, Yuri, Risa Kawabata, Kaho Horikiri, Kurumi Maezono, Joel Yong, Wen Hao, Alvin Poh, Wee Jin

After lunch they wanted to but some souviners. So we took them to the Heritage Bazaar. Yukiko wanted to buy some shirts for her sisters and some of then wanted batik handkerchiefs. Well they shopped and shopped till they dropped. And we tagged along and helped to haggle.

Then came the hard part. The goodbye. For Yee Chang, Wee Jin and Me. The KAYAF had special privillages. They were still going for the farewell dinner. I'm not jealous. (DAMN YOU KAYAF troupe!!!) But for me it would be last time seeing them. Haiz.... So sad, so sad, so sad.

Now the inner flame within me is burning brighter. My will to go to Japan is stronger. I will and i must go to Japan!

But first I have to make sure that I know people there when i go. So what should I say when i email them...HMM....

(pictures can be clicked to be enlarged)

For once I'm glad I didn't ponteng school

2009-08-21T23:36:00.004+08:00

Oh yeah! One cannot be more happy. I'm actually glad that I didn't ponteng school today. And do you know why?

But before I can tell you, let me give you a brief introduction.

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

A group of Japanese and Indonesian students came to our school for a student exchange programme. It's a yearly event between my school, SFI and the schools from Kagoshima, Japan. So this year they came again, but this time the Idon's from Palembang decided to come too. So we had two countries having an exchange programme with us.

They arrived at 3.00pm that day. I had already gone home but my brother was part of the welcoming committee. He had the privilege of following them on the river cruise cause he was part of the videography team of the school.

But anyhow, Japanese Girls! WooHoo!

The next day, Thursday. The school had a welcoming ceremony for the exchange students. The great thing was, the Japs and Indons were siting right beside me throughout the whole assembly. WooHoo! Lucky! The SFI students put up some performances for them. Pretty lame.... Then it was their turn. The japs did a traditional rice festival dance (which was the same song they danced to last year) But who cares? As long as their Japs, I like. LOL.

The Indons were next, their dance was more synchronised and nice. And I have to say that they're not bad.....

So just like all the years, I watch the performance, go back to class and discard any hopes for meeting them.

NOT!

This year was different, I vowed to myself to get the exchange students contacts before Friday was over, or my name was not Jonah See Siou-Qing.

So started my mission.

The next day, Friday, today i went to school earlier than usual to catch the students before classes started. I went to the canteen but the Japs were not there. Only the Indons were at sight. So i fixed my cross hairs on them, took my trusty notebook and went to talk to them. It started i bit bumpy but eventually I managed to get then to write their contacts in my notebook and got to know more about then too. LUCKY!

It was nearing the time for the school bell to ring and still no sight of the Japs. So i regretfully went to line up at my class. That's when i found out that the exchange students including the japs will be coming to my class. DOUBLE LUCKY!!

But my happiness was broken by the voice of the Head Prefect asking the form 5 prefect to gather in front pf the prefect room. Nooooooooo!!!!!!! Do not take my golden opportunity from me!!! I even got my camera ready!

Thankfully, all he wanted was to check our bags. Orders from Mr. Lim and the Black Dog. Well they couldn't resist giving us a 10 min lecture although it felt like half an hour.... After that we rushed back to class. Seriously, all Form 5 prefects ran up the stairs back to class. With the exception of the ex-Head Prefect....

Oh ya did i mention that i got scolded for keeping long hair and my brother rampased my rubik's cube which was actually his in the first place?

At class, it was interaction time. i don't know how i did it but i managed to get the students contacts and a decent amount of pics. Maybe it was because I was talking about Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece which Kurumi Maezono(One of the Jap gals) was a huge fan of....... Yeah man.. Anime connects...

But the best is yet to come.

Tomorrow I will be going to the Zoo. Why is that so good you ask? Well stay tuned for my next blog post and you shall receive enlightenment....

It's Cheap. I Know

2009-08-14T18:58:00.003+08:00

Just playing around with photoshop.
Ended up with this.
(click to enlarge)

When you have nothing better to do

2009-08-05T18:36:00.007+08:00

You decide to blog about something,
But then you realise that you have nothing to blog about,
So you stare into the empty nothing-ness of your new post screen,
Seeking for inspiration that doesn't come.

Now you wonder to yourself,
Should I blog about something or nothing at all?
And you spend time pondering about something,
That wasn't even anything in the first place.

Therefore you decide to blog about something,
But at the same time nothing at all,
People ask "Is that even possible?",
You answer "If it isn't, what am I doing right now?."

Thus you have a blog post which is about something,
But at the same time nothing,
And when you have finished blogging,
You find that this is what happens (Read the title of this post)

(loop)

The BK Quiz

2009-08-01T23:24:00.006+08:00

Today I went for a Burger King quiz. We were blindfolded and given burgers to eat. Then we had to guess what was the name of that burger. Winners get free burgers for LIFE.

NOT!!

Today I went for a BK quiz. As in Bible Knowledge Quiz. It was held in SMK Assunta, Petaling Jaya which is a all girls school. The quiz was called the 13th National SPM Bible Knowledge Inter-School Quiz 2009.

PICTURES ARE IN THE POST BELOW

We were supposed to be at the venue at 7.00. So I stayed over at Daniel Chia's house on Friday cause we had to leave Melaka by 5. We picked up Yee Chang and Francisco and left for PJ.

Obviously, we slept in the car. By the time we woke up we had already reached PJ.

Upon arrival we met up with the other BK students from Melaka who had followed Mrs. Isabella(our Bk teacher) in taxis. We registered and proceeded to see girls, i mean line up. We were assigned classes and went to take the 1st part of the quiz. The objective questions. There were 3 teams from Melaka

Team GB1 - Tze Shaun & Kae Lyn

Team SF1 - Yee Chang & Me

Team SF2 - Daniel Chia & Francisco

The objective question was a "breeze". GB1 got the highest of 71 points out of 80. SF1 - 60 points & SF2 - 54 points.

So we managed to qualify to next round.

And that were SF1 and 2 died, while GB1 soared. After lots of making fun of GB1 and almost making Kae Lyn cry, (XD Sorry..) GB1 continued to the next round.

They managed to make it to the finals, where they got 3rd for the whole competition.

But we didn't come back empty handed all of us got state trophies. My team got bronze, daniel's - silver, and Tze Shaun gold.

This is the 1st time Melaka has won so many awards for the national bible quiz. Not to mention that Johannan got 6th place for the individual category and Sarah Jane Ho from St. Davids got 1st.

SO... its time for celebration!

YEAH MAN!!

PIctures of the BK quiz

2009-08-01T21:10:00.007+08:00

The theme for the quiz

Shaun's gay face

The quiz masters

Just chilling

The participants chilling out

The contestants

No idea who she is but I love people like this. So sporting.
Anybody have any idea who she is? XD

Our beautiful marks

Shaun and Kae Lyn's marks. (Curses!) XD

The shortlisted preparing themselves

Getting ready for the semi-finals

Our very own knight in shinning armour

The trophies!!

The final round in progress

Winners! 3rd place

The champion school team celebrating

Our champion team

Lunch at Ipoh Chicken Rice shop

Music to my Ears

2009-07-30T22:58:00.003+08:00

I was sitting around in my computer room when i noticed a pair of new speakers that i had never used before. Rather than letting lie there and collect dust, i decided to give my study table a new accessory. This is the new look of my table.

Pretty Cool huh?

Now, together with my Sony Erriccson handphone, I can enjoy the beautiful sound of music when I am studying.

(that is until my mom yells at me to turn the music down XD)

Down and Dirty

2009-07-13T19:49:00.013+08:00

Boys will be boys. We can't help it and we won't stop being it.

11 July 2009

We have done it again. A 50km bike ride around Melaka, and another bike expedition under my belt. This trip makes the number of my long distance bike trips to a 7. But this time it was bigger, better and longer.

8 of us gathered that morning at the Ujong Pasir Petronas which marked the start of our eventful trip. Though there were dark clouds in the air and rain pelting down, our spirits were not dampened. We took off at approx. 9am and began cycling towards the unknown. 6 mountains, 1 road and 1 'ah soh'. 5 Rock Bike helmets, 1 turtle shell helmet and 2 caps.

We cycled forward in the rain, 'drinking' the water from the bike in front of us and spraying the ones behind us. The rain continued to fall and we cycled for 45 mins until we reached the Ozana residential district. There, we took a break to regain our stamina and carbs.

By 10am we reached the Ayer Keroh Petronas and met up with the the other mountain. Increasing our number to 9.

We then headed towards the real challenge for that day, THE JUNGLE OFF ROAD TRAIL.

As we neared the entrance of the trail, shouts of protest could be heard from the back and 2 left us. The 7 of us then mustered our courage and entred the dark depths of the jungle. [One of us decided that he wanted to seduce the wild hogs(female) in the jungle with his body]

We cycled through the rubber estate,

pass the banana plantation

and through the vegetable farm

until we finally reached the end of the road.

Not few of us had taken countless falls and had the wounds to prove it by the time we came out. These mighty men of valor and 1 'ah soh' did not give up but continued on. By the time we came out, we were smelly, dirty and tired.

Random butterfly
(Love this pic. I think the butterfly purposely sat there for me to take a pic. LOL)

We then cycled towards the meeting place to meet up with the 2 who left us. On the way, the road had a puncture. With the help of our leader, a spare tube and a bicycle pump from a nearby house, we managed to fix it.

Upon reaching the meeting place, we found that the road had punctured yet again. This time we used a repair kit to fix it. Some of us got impatient and decided to .......

Food is essential for survial, so the we left to find a place to eat. The road and the 2K mountain decided to leave us, so it was just the 7 of us. we then cycled all the way to Jusco and ate at Shakeys.

We finished our meal at about 2.30pm and then went our respective ways home.

From that day, we were known as......

From Left : Jonah, Eric, Kin Mun, Daniel, Kingsley, Xianyi, Alvin, Leroy

Terrorist ATTACK!

2009-07-10T22:42:00.008+08:00

Smoke everywhere! Help! It's a terrorist attack!

The lone terrorist makes his appearence! Armed with his smoke gun.

Leaving behind a trail of destruction.

Jonah rushes to take down the terrorist!

(Due to extream blood and gore the following pictures have been removed)

The sky was painted red as a symbol of the horrific incidents that happened that day.

TRANSFORMERS ROCKS!!!!

2009-06-25T20:11:00.008+08:00

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen. Words escape me as i try to describe the awsomeness of this movie. The action, the effects, the explosions, the laughter, the tears, the cars, and best of all the Transformers, all came together and BANG! the best movie this year is produced. Kudos to you Michael Bay! You're a true genius!!

I will say that this is RM10 well spent. All there is to do now is to wait for Transformers 3, and there better BE a Transformers 3...

New Autobots SPOILER AHEAD!

Optimus Prime : Leader of the Autobots

Bumblebee : The Yellow Guardian

Ironhide : Weapons Master

Rachet : First Aider

Sideswipe : Damn he has the moves!

Skids & Mudflap : The bloody idiotic joker twin Autobots

Arcee : Female Autobot who controlls 3 motorcycle-bots

The Best Things In Life

2009-06-03T10:21:00.002+08:00

“Why me? Why me? How could this happen to me? I worked so hard and got so far. But what did it amount to? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. All because of that two faced Justine. Now I’ve lost my job, my salary, my source of income. A family of four is waiting for me at home. How am I to sustain their needs?”

Those were the only words that were going through Luke’s mind as he walked along the deserted street towards the unfinished construction site of the new 23 storey loft style condominiums.

“I might as well end my miserable life right here, right now”

Suddenly, he felt the back end his shirt being tugged. He turned around and a small face came into view. “Excuse me sir, but I think you dropped this.” said that young boy while holding up a folded piece of paper to his face and waving it earnestly. Subconsciously, Luke reached out and took hold of that piece of paper. There was a flash of light, and then his world went black.

Luke was just barely regaining consciousness when he heard a faint voice. It sounded vaguely familiar, but he couldn’t place it. As his vision cleared, to his astonishment, he discovered that he was in his very own living room. And the voice that he heard was none other than the voice of his own beautiful wife, who was at that moment reading a book. Unable to comprehend what was going on, Luke motioned to his wife and said,

“What’s going on? How did I come here?”

No response. He tried again, this time louder.

“Honey, WHAT”S GOING ON??”

She glanced at her watch and continued reading. Puzzled, he started walking towards her. Luke had taken no more than three steps when he heard the voice.

“Excuse me sir, but I believe she can’t hear you.”

Slowly, Luke turned his head, praying that what he just heard was not true. But as the area behind his back came into view, so did the figure of a small boy. The very same boy that held that paper to him. He opened his mouth to scream, but no sound came out. The boy then gestured with his hand for Luke to turn around.

“Mom, did you get the cake ready? What time is Dad coming home?

“Don’t worry dear, everything is ready for your dad’s surprise birthday party. He should be due home anytime soon. Make sure you hide when he comes in, or it won’t be a surprise. Now go help grandma in the kitchen.” was the reply given to the 2 boys of nine and twelve standing by the door.

Luke suddenly remembered that today was his birthday. He was too caught up with his deadlines and projects that he completely forgot about it.

The doorbell rang. His wife left to open the door. Larry, his best friend and his family were standing at the doorstep.

“ Hi Alice, see what I made for Luke’s birthday”, he said while holding up a strip of cloth with the words “HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE SKYWALKER” written on it.

“You know how much he loves the Star Wars series.”

“Good one Larry”, she replied. Glancing at her watch, “He seems to be running a bit late, can’t seem to get him on the phone either.”

Luke guiltily remembered that he had switched of his phone. Larry opened his mouth to say something, but before he could do so, the small boy grabbed hold of Luke’s hand and his vision blurred.

“….company…..offer…..new job opening….” Were the last words he heard before it all went blank.

At first all Luke saw was black. Then without warning, as if it was waiting for that very moment, a few rays of light appeared on the far horizon. As the sun slowly rose, the area before him was lit up in a beautiful spectrum of light. He saw acres of lush greenery, unending mountain ranges, valleys, rushing rivers, flowers, all stretched before him. As he stood there, the sound of rustling leaves, birds singing in the air, and the melody of rushing waterfalls in the distance filled his ears. Surrounded by the splendor and grandeur of nature, all Luke could do was to stand there with his mouth wide open. Suddenly Luke noticed a tiny movement to his left. He turned and then for the first time, witnessed the live performance of a butterfly’s struggle out of its cocoon. Luke was filled with awe as he beheld the wonders of creation.

And then from behind him, drifted that o so familiar voice,

“Beautiful isn’t it? Pity if one couldn’t live long enough to see it.”

Then without warning, two small hands pushed him from the back.

Luke found himself falling. The next thing he knew, he was sitting in the hold of a bumpy truck full of cartons and people. The truck gradually came to a stop. Luke could hear the sound of running footsteps approaching the truck. Someone banged the door of the truck shut and moments later light filled the hold. A crowd of small black faces looked earnestly at him as he blinked his eyes in the sudden light.

‘Well, what are you waiting for? Open the crates and start distributing.’

came the voice of one of the person in the truck. Luke noticed for the first time that everyone in the truck was wearing a shirt with the words “Volunteer” written on it. A packet of food was shoved into his hands. Unsure of what to do, Luke held that packet out to the nearest boy. The reaction was immediate, as soon as he received it, the boy broke in to a big toothy smile. At that very moment, Luke felt something he never felt before. A warm glow originating from his heart. As he distributed more and more of those little wonder packets, that tingling feeling spread to his whole body. An unexplainable sensation that was taking control of his senses until all he felt was joy and love. As he looked at the sea of little joyful faces before him, Luke’s realized what it felt to be able to place a smile on another’s face.

He felt a hand pulling him, and the next thing Luke knew was that he was once again standing on that deserted road. He looked up and saw that small boy. He pointed to his pocket and then as mysteriously as he came, he left.

Curious, Luke reached into his pocket. He drew out a piece of folder paper. The paper that started it all. He unfolded it, slowly, as if he was afraid that it would suddenly disappear. On it was written these few words, “P.S – Its FREE”

No one knows what happened to Luke or the small boy after that. But one thing we DO know. What was shown to Luke that day, the love of a caring family and friends, the wonders of creation, and the ability to place a smile on another’s face, was undoubtedly the BEST THINGS IN LIFE.

The Trip

2009-05-31T17:52:00.012+08:00

Friday was supposed to be the last day of the 1st school term, but me and my 2 friends decided to skip school on that day.

Why?

Because we were on a mission. A mission of upmost secreacy. A top profile assignment. Black Ops sort of thing. All Hush-Hush.

Since the mission is over, I can now disclose the details of the location of where the mission was carried out, but nothing more.

Mission Start!

We gathered at Melaka central at 0845 hours. The team consisted of CH3 toxic, Munnik, and The Incomplete Name. We boarded the bus to our destination, the site of our mission, Kuala Lumpur.

We arrived at Puduraya at 1200 hours. we then took the train from Plaza Rakyat to Masjid Jamek where we transited to the Kelana Jaya line and from there to Kl Central.

Keys to our residence was collected from a trusted source as planned. The directions to the residence given and followed. We arrived at a condominium lot just 5 minutes from the KL Central building.

But before we could enter we were blocked by a high security door system.

Using the magnetic key provided with the keys we opened the door and make our way to the 19th floor.

The loft that was to be our temproary residence was given the number A 19-07.

We opened the door. And this is what we saw.

Chilling on the sofa

The wierd thing was that where the tv was supposed to be, was the clock. So the only form of entertainment we had was to watch the clock. After setting down and stuff, we left the place at 1400 hours and went to KL Central for some lunch. Ended up eating at Subway. A worthwile meal. Haven't eaten Subway for about 4 years now.

After that we went back to the condo, and prepared ourselves for the start of the mission. We left at 1515 hours. Due to the secreacy, i cannot disclose the details of our mission, but i can say that the mission was a success and we completed it in 5 hours. We returned to KL Central had our dinner and went back to the condo to chill out and celebrate our success.

The Stress-O-Releaser

Wear it and this is what you will see

The next day we woke up at 0900 hours

Since the mission was now over and our return bus was only at 1830 hours, we had the whole day to waste. We had breakfast at a mamak down the road, and then left for KLCC. We hanged around there until 1400 hours, had lunch and returned to KL Central.

A funny thing happened while we returned though. From KLCC we bought a ticket to KL Central, as we were going to the platform, a train just arived. A certain person in his hurry and rush just ran straight into the train pulling the other guy along. But somebody had the sense to check the destination board and realise that it was the wrong train. But before he could tell them, the doors closed. He then boarded the RIGHT train to KL Central, and waited for certain "Smart People" to show their faces.

We then proceeded back to the condo, changed and jumped from the 19th floor straight down to the swimming pool on the 7th floor. We barely survived.

XD

You know, that swimming pool has music? Stick your head in the water and you will be able to hear beautiful music. And I mean real music not some nonsense crap.

We went back after a 1 and a half hour swim. Returned to the condo, took a bath and after watching the clock for one last time, we left for home.

Boarded the bus at puduraya, and reached Malacca at 8.30.

Mission Accomplished!!!

My 1st attempt at photoshop

2009-05-08T23:14:00.003+08:00

Okay, the exams are coming and I have been studying like mad.

So today i decided to de-stress a bit by trying out photoshop.

This is what i produced after 1 hour of editing.

Looks a bit like The Nitrates layout, since I used the same background.....

What to do, that background is nice....

Rules

2009-04-30T22:52:00.009+08:00

Today our English teacher, Bro. Michael Kum Kok Weng stormed into class, flipped a few tables and forced us to pen down a set of rules, or should i say his personal philosophy. These are the set of rules which he named

'Things For Me To Remember'

1. Do not joke with the teachers because lessons are formal and they are not party-time.

2. Teachers are to be respected and not to be friendly with.

3. Always be consious of the things that I do which irritate my teachers and friends.

4. Because I am a 5H student, I must be aware that I am a role model towards the students in the school.

5. I must remember that everyone has rights, especially the right of teachers to be informed where I go and what I do and the rights of my friends not to be influenced by my occasional thoughtless acts of unbecoming behavior.

6. Always do my corrections, update my homework, leave nothing undone and I must be responsible for my own academic and and cocurricular achievements and performance.

7. when I am absent, the monitors must be given my medical certificate or a photocopy of an official letter of invitation the very next day when I come back.

8. During ENGLISH lessons, I must not be doing the work of other subjects.

9. Every subject is connected to one another. For example, If I want to excel, I need to study towards my future life and my career.

Since the bell rang at that moment, he stopped at rule 9. The first 9 rules of a 100.

(Or so he says)

Frankly, I don't see how these rules are going to help us in any way. He might as well go talk to a wall since his ranting fell on deaf ears.

And the best thing was he scolded us on something that wasn't even our fault. But then again, we were already immune to his crap.

Haiz, well thats Bro. Michael for you.

A tribute to the emcees of Franciscan Night

2009-04-24T22:33:00.003+08:00

Okay. This is a post that is 3 weeks overdue.
In my 1st post of Franciscan's Night, i somehow managed to forget to include the emcees.
So this post is specially for you 3 who made this event a tremendous sucess.

Jameson and Eugene, YOU TWO WERE THE BEST!! The night would not be complete without you. Andre you tried your best, but sadly the you were completly overshadowed by those two. Well better luck next time.

But to Jameson and Eugene, you two complemented each other like bread and butter. Because of you two Franciscan Night is worth remembering.

Thank you for making the night a magnificient point of SFI history. The stories of how Jameson and Eugene conducted the night will be told for generations to come. XD

(Okay maybe i was being a bit far fetched at the last statement...)

LOL

But still,

YOU PEOPLE (Including Andre) ROCK!!!!

No reason

2009-04-24T22:28:00.002+08:00

There is absolutly no reason to blog about that.
I mean what's the use of blogging about it?
Its probally in a pile of old newspapers by now.

But still,

It's not everyday that it happens.
XD

Delicious!

2009-04-16T16:18:00.006+08:00

This was the chicken chop I ate at Lot 523 TKL.

Looks Delicious doesn't it?

My Dad, the Genius.

2009-04-14T23:58:00.004+08:00

My dad's a genius. He has a found a foolproof way to get me downstairs from the computer room upstairs.

You see for the past few weekdays I have been staying up until over 12am surfing the net. There are classes the next day so my dad usually calls me down to sleep at 12am. This is what usually happens :

12.00am
Dad : Jonah... Come down and sleep.
Jonah : Ya. A while more.

12.15am
Dad : Jonah!! Come down!! 12.15 already
Jonah : Ya. Ya. Coming.

12.30am
Now this is the best part.
(Dad walks towards main powerbox controlling current to upstairs. Reaches out hand and switches off main switch)

Jonah : WHAT THE!!!!

GG!! No current, no pentium.

Jonah is forced to come down and go to bed.

Brilliant isn't he? Well that's my Dad.

Full of new "wonderful" ideas.

A Night To Remember

2009-04-04T20:43:00.005+08:00

Yesterday, April 3rd 2009, a date that will live in splendor. The St. Francis Institution of Malacca held the Franciscan's night 2009. Mouths were open, and laughter unstopable as the students 'blew' the minds of the audience right out of their heads with their performances.

Sound Familiar?

If you attended the Franciscan's Night you would have probally heard a somewhat familiar reading during the drama put up by us. And i have to say this, THE DRAMA ROCKED!!!! People were literaly falling off their seats in laughter.

Whew! What a day. What a day. April 3rd was a long day for me and the rest of the performers.
We started out the day by going to school. Then we left for a final rehersal at EQ from 9.30am to 1.30pm. Luckily, our school was just 30 seconds away from EQ, othewise we would have neverhad pulled it off. Then I left with some of my friends to MP to celebrate Joshua's birthday.
Ended up eating a Nando's. We finished eating at 4pm. (Don't ask why)

I then left for home to prepare myself for the show. At 6.15pm i was back at EQ. I was in 2 performances, taekwondo and drama.

The night started of with a picture presentation of our schools achivements. Then at 8 sharp, the band began their opening entrance. Followed by the kompang and the 24 seasons drums. The choir performed next, and i must say that in my 5 years in SFI, that days performance by them was the best I've heard. Congrats Joshua and all the choir members on a job well done!!

THe band made their 2nd performance after that. They played 3 songs. the 1st was quick and catchy but the next two........ not that good. After that we had our very own Bollywood dancers take the stage. Truly entertaining, a lot of 'shaking'. At that time, the pressure was building up on me an my fellow taekwondoist as our performance was right after that. We manged to pull ourselves together and gave it our best. We recieved quite a loud aplaude after our act, no standing oviation thought, HAIZ........ Personally i thought that we were cheered for the loudest in the 4 martial arts performances........... Xp. (no offence) LOL

After that we had the rythemic gymnastics performances by the beautiful ladies of SFI and a show by our very own Elvis Presly. Then was the shuffling. I don't really get shuffling, don't find it entertaining at all. Prefer breaking. =D.

And then was the highlight of the Night. The drama. Not just any drama but THE drama. When you have a cast of jokeists', you get a damn funny performance. The crowd roared with laughter as every scene....well almost every scene was full of funny moments. We started the drama with a serious tone, just to give people a false impression that it will be serious. Then after that, BANG! the jokes came full force! People even came and told me that they laughed so much that they have to go for an operation to sew back the holes at their sides. Serious, I'm not lying. Good job people!! We made Mr. Yong proud!!
And if anybody says that it was boring.........

WAH!! PUI!!!!

After that we had our KAYAF troop perform. Very coordinated. Good Job Guys! I guess after performing in front of an international crowd this was nothing ehh.... LOL

Then was the presentation that recieved as much aplause aand cheering as the drama. Our very own principal, Mr Ong Chong Wee together with the ex-headmaster of SFI primary and a few other teachers, danced to the music of a thailand Cha-cha. People litarally left their seats and rushed to the front to take photos. Hey! Its not everyday that you get to see your very own principal dance do you?? Beautifully cheorographed and magnificiently carried out. Mr. Ong, YOU ROCK!!

Finally we ended the night with the sign language performance of the song "You Raised Me Up".
Truly a wonderful ending to a great event. The concert ended at about 10.30pm.

But my day was not yet over. The night was still young and adrenaline was flowing. Me and my friends, Wee Jin, Leroy, Goh, Yip, Goat, Sebastian, Daniel Chia, Jack, Francisco and Eugene decided to go out for supper. Damion and Yip's cousin Jeramy also tagged along. We didn't want to go anyway near MP or DP for supper since we were so bored of them, so we decided to go Melaka Raya. The initial plan was to walk all the way to Amigo's and eat there. But as we were walking there we were afraid that it would be closed by the time we reached. So we ate at Uncle John's, somewhere in the middle of Melaka Raya.

After that we went home at about 12.30am.

Whew! Truly a night to remember!!!!

P.S - Anybody who has the pictures of FN, please pass them to me.

Franciscans' Night 2moro!!

2009-04-02T22:05:00.002+08:00

FN is tomorrow!!
And boy do we have a wonderful performance ready for u.
If ur reading this post and haven't bought ur ticket, i seriously think that u are missing out on one of the most exciting events of the year.

For those who bought it, just a bit of inside info.
Make sure to stay for the drama we are putting up and u'll see an oscar winning performance by our actors .
(And yes its funny)

So see ya there!!!

This is what happens.....

2009-03-25T16:46:00.005+08:00

....when you have nothing to do.

WARNING!!!
The stunt in the following footage was performed by a professional retard.
Please do not attempt this unless you wish to become one.

LOL!

Gratitude goes to Jameson Liu for taking this video. YEAH MAN!!!!

13th Franciscan Prefectorial Board Leadership Convention 2009

2009-03-19T00:25:00.006+08:00

Prefect Camp rocked!!!

After 3 years of being a participant, I finally get to be a committee!!! YEAH MAN!!

We seriously had a good time. All that hard work paid off. Just organising the camp took us 2 months. Settling the accomadation, the shirts, the program books, the schedules, the videos......

The video was kinda last minute. For those who are wondering what video i'm talking about, we the commitees of the prefects camp decidd to make a video on the rules of the camp.... just in case the participants were too busy to read the rules in the book....

Here's a link to the video.

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

And here is a picture of this years camp shirt. In my 5 years as a prefect, this is the best shirt I've ever seen. Thanks goes to Lee Kin Mun for designing this AWSOME shirt!!!

THe camp started with us presenting the video to the participants. The conference hall was filled with laughter as the video was played. We then proceded to the 1st base games. I was not in charge of any base so i walked around and took pictures. At least until i got bored and jumped into the pool........ Tried to do some backflips but it didn't go so well.....=)

After dinner we had two sessions, one was by Mdm. Vivienne Chong and the other by Mr. Ong.

The next day we had more base games and more sessions. But the highlight of day 2 was the night hike or should i say night climb. You see, we went to a resort that had a history. (no need to explain further) So we freaked the juniors out with creepy stories regarding the resort and made the climb up the stair to the unused floors of the hotel. And the best part was , most of those rooms were either barred with double locks and grils or were half open. We the committes had a wonderful time scaring the juniors. LOL

The 3rd day we had sessions again and the group photo.

I won't post pics in this post (just the group ones)., cause i hv more than 300 pics of the camp in my possesion and am lazy to sort through them.

Im the freak with the tie

Evaluation of Territory (6 March 2009)

2009-03-07T02:59:00.004+08:00

Okay so today was the day the commitees were going to check out the location of the 13th Prefects Convention 2009. One thing is for sure, for me it was just not just checking out the site but also a crazily tiring maraton. Let me break down what happend on that day.

Went to school. Everybody was still unsure about how to go to the site. We had 3 cars going. Hui Jies car, Wee Kem's car, and Hui Sin's car. After a lot of discussions and contemplations, we finnaly managed to fit in everybody into the 3 cars. Well, almost everybody. Some didn't want to go and 2 jokers had to stay back for their campfire meeting. All the same everybody managed to find transport to the campsite.

Now the convention chairman, Wee Jin, and me decided to be a little bit different. We decided that since we are going to the campsite and have no transport, we were going to undergo some endurance training. We decided to cycle to the campsite. And where is the campsite? Tanjung Kling, Pantai Puteri, Klebang Besar. The exact name of the site is Bidara Puteri Beach Resort.

So these 2 iron men here left for the resort at 1.00pm. We started our adventure from Wee Jin's house in Tengkera. So we cycled. Me in full cycling gear and Wee Jin in prefects uniform. Complete with tie, nametag and tie pin. So there we cycled, past klebang beach, past everly resort, past the melaka club and finally after 1 hour and 15 minutes we reached Bidara Puteri Resort.

YEAH MAN!!!

So everyone was already there and was waiting for us. (Obviously). we then proceded to check out the site. The rooms was okay. Quite satisfactory. Bottomline is, Its habitable.

Spotted two lovebirds having a date while we were upstairs checking out the rooms. Check this out. =D

Okay after that we went to check out brother's bungalow which was a stone's throw away from the site. Hers's just a few pictures i took as we were going there.

Going up to Brother's Bungalow

Eugene carrying Sebastian LOL!

Found out that the Brother's Bungalow was being guarded by the Elite Canine Squad. So no hope for using that area.

We then proceded to other stuff like stare at the ocean while emo-ing.....

Sorry Alvin!!

.....and other stuff that i cannot disclose at this moment.

We left the camp site at about 4.30pm. But i hanged around for a while and took some of these pictures.

It speaks for itself.

When the sea howls its rage, even the strongest cannot stand in its way.

So after doing some nonsence, i started the long journey back. Wee Jin had left earlier, so it was just me and my lowly bike.

Here's a pic i took while cycling.

The Road Not Taken

Since it was still bright, i decided to do some visitation. 1st i went to Joel Chua's house. Found a shopping cart outside his house. (Not his doing).

Typical Malaysian Mentality

Then i went to Daniel Tan's house. His house is opposite where klebang beach used to be. Then he showed me Alvin Lau's house which was diagionaly behind his. Didn't kacau Alvin though. Was scared that he would eat me...(LOL)

After that i went (with Daniel's guidance) to Gavin Yeo's house. I think his dog loves me. As soon as it saw me it stared barking. Yup, a definite sign of Love, don't you think?? =P Well anway, I went to his house to extort something he owes me from him. Sadly he was not there, so I made his brother give it to me.

Then i went home. And the 1st thing i did was buy a slurpee to chill out at home. I tell u that slurpee felt like heaven. This was around 6.30pm.

Had pizza for dinner that night. YEAH MAN!! Delivery. Then i made an interesting discovery while i was eating. I happened to glance at my arms. (I took out my shirt at that time) My arms had 2 colours. the part that was exposed to the sun during my journey to the site was a dark brown, while the covered part was a light yellow. THAT WAS SO COOL MAN!! Here's a pic of my arm, the others were too obseen. LOL

Note : This picture has not been photoshoped. It is 100% tulen.

So thats it. A eventful and exicting day indeed!!!

Blunder !!

2009-02-28T22:32:00.000+08:00

Today i made a terrible blunder. And i'm ashamed of myself. Haiz

It all started with one phone call. But before i go on i would like to inform you about a 2 facts.

Fact #1 : I'm doing the prefect convention T-shirt and have asked the T-shirt shop for a sample.

So i recieved a phone call from an 06 number. This was around 12pm. I picked of the phone and the guy on the other end said this : " Your the prefect right? Your sample is ready." Then without another word he hanged up. Okay, so i was thinking that my prefect shirt sample was ready and i called my dad to fetch me there after lunch.

1.30pm
I went to the T-shirt shop. I opened the door. I walked to the guy at the counter and asked about the shirt. He was unsure about it so he called his brother. (Its a family buisness) His brother was equaly mistified when i told him that someone had called me and told me told me that a sample was ready. He told me that the T-shirt was not ready yet and that they were still at the printers. But since i insisted that someone had called me, he called the boss of the shop. He too said that he had not aclled me. To prove my point i showed him the number that called me.
Imagine my surprize when i found out that their shop had no such number. I was dumbfounded. Could it have been a prank?

Then suddenly the gears in my head started spinning. That when i realised something.

Fact #2 : I am also helping to do the prefect convention keychain and the keychain guy has promised me a sample.

OH CRAP!!

I was so humiliated. I didn't know where to put my face. Unnecessary troubling the T-shirt shop guy and my dad. I quickly took my leave and left the shop. True enough when i got home and checked the keychain shop phone number, it matched with the number with the number in my phone.

I was so ashamed of myself. CRAP. How could i make such a blunder. But still this experience has taught me a valuble lesson. Never, i mean never assume to much. Because u never know when it will turn and hit you in the face.

After that i went and collected the keychains. Its quite nice, but i'm not really satisfied with them. Well, we'll see, we'll see.

One things for sure, This year's prefect camp is gonna ROCK!!
YEAH MAN!!!

LOVE

2009-02-12T20:35:00.000+08:00

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not LOVE, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not LOVE, I am nothing.

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not LOVE, it profiteth me nothing.

LOVE suffers long, and is kind;
LOVE envys not;
LOVE vaunteth not itself,
is not puffed up,
doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not its own, is not provoked,
taketh not account of evil;
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness,
but rejoiceth with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

LOVE never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease;
whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is LOVE.

CNY BBQ

2009-02-01T18:45:00.000+08:00

Yeah man!! Perfect timing Leroy!! Two BBQ's in a day!! That seriously rocked!!

Thursday was an eventful day. Morning we all headed out to Leroy's hse for a BBQ. We had loads of fun there, starting the fire, playing with lighters, discovering things that we shouldn't know about........(ahem). All was going well before the invasion of the ex-head prefects and ex-franciscans...Oh CRAP!!

Luckily, my dad came at the exact moment to fetch us to my hse for my BBQ. So all 8 of us squeezed into my Dad's avanza. Imagine that all 8 of us, Me, Leroy, Goh, Alvin Lau, Alvin Lee, Joel Yip, Sebastian and Yeow all in my dad's 7 seater Avanza. And my mom was alrd in the front seat. Can Die. 8 of us squeezing into seats designed for 3. Four in the front passanger seat and 4 at the back. Crazy!! Luckily we made it to my house without being caught by the police.. Phew...

Well at my house they all went to play my PS and i went to get the fire going. The BBQ was held at my neighbours house as it was bigger. Soon the fire was up and the BBQ started.

After eryone was full, my friends from Australia started to conduct some ice breaker games. everybody had to introduce themselves and state an item that represents them the most. And then we were split into groups and asked to make a story on how we could survive on an island the longest using just those items...The results was crazy.......

After that, David(my friend from Australia) lead us in a short devotion about Jesus. I am Christian so what's a BBQ if we don't take that oportunity to evangelize? Well anyway he gave us a 15 min devo and we continued with the games.

We played cherades (don't noe how to spell) and quiz. Very crazy and mad.....lazy to write bout them......want to noe what we played come ask me...LOL

Afterwards we all wen't to Pak Putra for a drink and food. If u haven't been to Pak Putra i tell u ur missing out a lot. it serves the best naan i ever tasted!! That place seriouly rocks. After that we all headed back to our respective homes.

Truly a fun filled day!! YEAH MAN!!

Chinese New Year is here!!!

2009-02-01T18:25:00.000+08:00

Its that time of the year again. The time when people will be seeing red all the time, the time when the children will be gleaming with joy, and the time when people get together after a year of hard work. Surprisingly, it is also the hottest and most humid time of the year and ironicaly also the time where all the heaty foods hit the market. The all time favourite ba kua and mandrine oranges seem to have no end. But all together, Chinese New Year is one of the most enjoyable times of the year. For most anyway......

For me i spend the 1st 3 days of my CNY rotting at my grandparents place in PD. And the worst part is its right smack in the middle of no where. Haiz... so sien.... Luckily I thought of a fool proof way of leaving early, that is to organize a BBQ at my place!! Yeah Man!!!!

Persona 4!! Yeah Man

2009-01-20T23:29:00.001+08:00

Just some pictures of Persona 4

The PS2 front game cover

Some of the characters in the game.

The main character's persona, Izanagi

One of the better looking persona's.

Persona 4

2009-01-16T00:37:00.000+08:00

But luckily for me, i have Persoan 4 to forget all my troubles.
For all of you out there who are wondering what is Persona 4, allow me to enlighten you. Persona 4 is a turned based RPG game for the PS2. its is probally one of the best PS2 games that came out last year. Regarding the introduction of the PS3 where PS2 games are not in much production. Persoan 4 revolves around the main character, you and his band of friends as they go around solving seemingly unexplainable mysteries. A wonderful game with a equaly dynamic soundtrack. This is definantly the best way to relax after a hard and tiring week at school.

PERSONA 4 ROCKS!!!! Go Yukiko!!!
YEAH MAN!!!

2 weeks nearer to destruction

2009-01-16T00:34:00.000+08:00

ARGH!!! Pek Chek arr!!! 2 weeks into school and i'm already stressed. haiz.... so sad....

A Normal Life (Part 2)

2008-12-27T01:34:00.000+08:00

Well 1 week passed. All was going well. I was back to my daily routine. Then on Friday (29/8/2008) i went to back to the hospital for a follow up. By the way, i was discharged on Saturday (23/8/2008).

At the hospital the doctor went throught the usual check up's and then asked me to take another x-ray. Well i took the x-ray and went home. At bout 6.00 pm that day, my dad's took me the news. My lungs had punchered yet again. And this time i had to undergo a major operation. Well i did say God had other plans for me. Just when i thought my hospital days were over. Haiz...

So anyway the next day i was admited into the hospital, again. This time it was no small matter. I was to be taken to a operating theather and be fully sedated. The operation was sheduled to start at 1pm. Well the wait was just as painfull as the experience itself. Those hr's literally crawled by. By 12 the nurses had already come with a wheelchair to wheel me to the op theater. So there i sat, waiting for my impending doom......

Before they sent me to the op theater, they put me on a IV drip. The thing is tat they poked me 3 times before finding my vein. Louzy nurses.... After that i was taken to the op theater and given general anethesia. Before the operation the doctor had already explanied to me about the whole process. This time he will be making 3 holes in my body... 3 HOLES!!!! Argh!!! He had already made one and now he wants to add 3 more......Die lah....Halelujah.

Well anyway, after the GA i couldn't remember anything until the op finished. I was transported back to my ward. At that time i was in intense pain. The pain was unbearable, so painfull i could shout..... That was when they gave me the ulti pain killer. Morphine. Yeah Morphine ROCKS!! Only when used medically mind u..... The morphine was a lifesaver, with it i was able to bear with my pain... And thus began my 3 day stay at the hospital....

Those 3 days passed so slowly it seemed like the earth stopped spinning. Well anyway throught the help of my mom, dad, bro and my friends i was able to go through it. I was discharged on the 1st of september 2008. After 1 week i went back to check and all was fine. Thank God. Well after that i didn't go school for 1 week and when the 1 week was over lived a normal life again.....

And Jonah lived happily ever after. The End....................................
NOT!!!! That was just the beginning of a series of unfortunate events to impact my life. Just the start of my pain.But luckily that hospital visit was my last. At least i won't be going back to the hospital anymore....

A Normal Life (Part 1)

2008-12-22T00:36:00.000+08:00

A Normal life. That was what I thought in was living. A normal teenage life. Taking part in races, joining competitions, eating more than i should, sleeping long hours, suddenly realizing that girls looked more interesting than they were before, going to church, hanging out with friends, and stuff along that lines. Yeah my life was like any other kid down the block. Was.

Do you know when people take morphin? It's when they want to have an extra boost of energy or when they are undergoing intense pain that painkillers can’t relieve. Well mine was the latter. It all started one day when I was cycling to school……

I woke up late that day. Usual. I always wake up late. I rushed through all my morning businesses like every other day, ate breakfast and left for school. But on that day I decided to cycle faster than normal. I sped like a maniac and still managed to get to school late. By the time I parked my bike I was panting like mad. That was usual, u can’t expect to not pant after cycling so fast. So I didn’t pay much attention to it. But by the time I started my prefect duty I noticed a sharp, throbbing pain at my chest when I breathed deeply. I took a few more deep breaths and it gradually faded away. I didn’t pay much attention and forgot all about it.

It started again after school. I was cycling back home when it came back. But now there was a sharp, pulling pain toward the left side of my back. That day, the normal 15 minute cycle home seemed like hours. By the time I reached home, it was unbearable. When I told my mom she thought it was muscle pain and asked me to wait until my dad came back. My dad’s a doctor if you wanted to know. He also thought that it was muscle pain and gave me panadol. This happened no a Tuesday. I couldn’t cycle to school the next day.

By Friday, the pain was still there, hitting me on and off. My dad then decided to take me to the hospital. So I went. To most people the hospital seams like a place of gloom and death, but I was actually excited going to the hospital. It was something out of my boring routine of life. So I went there with my mom. We registered a went to the doctors clinic to wait my turn. I was under a Dr. Ashoke, an old friend of my dads. When my turn came I went in not expecting anything. He went through the normal prosedure, taking my weight, height and blood pressure. After examining my chest, he sent me for an chest x ray.

The x ray was fun. It was the 1st time I had an x-ray taken and I was curious how it was done. Its very simple actually. Thay just ask you to stand in front of this box and shine a light on you. Then the attendant leaves the room and the x-ray is intensified. The part of your body that is in the direct line of the x-ray will be projected onto a special film and its done. The whole procedure took no less than 2 minutes. But it took some time for time for the x-ray film to be produced so I decided to grab something to eat and left for lunch.

When I came back to the hospital, the doctor had some shocking news for me. My x-ray showed that my left lung had collapsed 30%. I had a condition called Spontaneous Pneumothorax. It’s a condition where a part of the lung punctures and air escaped into the thoracic cavity. This air then compresses the lung. For more info, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax. I was then informed that I needed to be immediately warded and undergo a minor operation.

That I never expected.

After checking in at the ward, I had to wait about an hour or so before the op. Ironically, I was quite excited. No idea why, but I was. Then the moment arrived. The doctor came and wheeled me to a room. It was not an operating theater, just a normal room. The doctor started taking out an array of ‘weapons’, and I was starting to freak out. Then he told me that he was going to insert a tube in my lung. A tube! He was going to insert a freakin’ tube! The tube was like 30 cm long! ARGH!!! Anyway 1st he numbed the area by injecting local anesthesia. Then he literally cut my body up.. I Don’t mean like into little pieces but a small portion of my skin. After he had made a hole big enough he inserted bout half of the tube. After securing the tube he stitched the place up so that the tube will not fall. I was then wheeled back to my ward to suffer and wait.

When i was about to go to sleep, along comes this nurse and tell me that i have to take yet another x-ray. So sien. Well anyway the x-ray was taken and then it was found out that bout 85% of my lung was bak to normal. So i still had to stay that night. That night was one of the worst nights ever in my life. Imagine what it feel like to be stabbed in the back with a knife but not be able to do anything about it. That's how i felt. Pain, torment, anguish. Hell seemed to be a better option at that time. But thanks to my caring mom who stayed by my side, i makde it to the next day.

The next day all was well and i was able to go home. I was time to put the past aside and move on. But God had other plans for me.........(to be continued)

Just a few facts about myself

2008-12-22T00:28:00.000+08:00

Looking back through time

I think to myself

Why didn't i start this earlier?

Why did i wait till now?

The answers i have not

But experiences is what i have.

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A blog about nothing but at the same time something.