Many Times Before...

First of all, I'd like to wish you a BELATED Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (more or less belated also). Thank you for reading my blog even though I'm not sure if you REALLY read it because of all the colossal amount of unwanted words and other unrelated topics. I apologize if this is going to be another post filled with IQ-lowering contents. Can't blame me though, I have a low IQ too ! So without further a due.

Both images have credits in the image so I guess credit is not due from me ! LOL. I've got a bunch of treats for you readers today. I know I've been neglecting this blog (Blogs has feelings too y'know) recently (yeah right... For the last 2 years !) and now I've been chosen for my national service program (PLKN) so I'll be gone for another 3 months ! Talk about not giving me a break. I hardly had time to enjoy my holiday after SPM and now I have to go for a camp trip in Selangor (It just HAD to be that far =.=) Back to the main story, I've been busy whipping up something really awesome (in my opinion anyway) for you guys. ESPECIALLY if you're a KKHS student (especially especially for Form 5 graduates) because I've raked up quite a collection of photo albums that was given to me by the kind KKHS computer specialists Mr Charles and Miss Janice ! The links are all below so you guys can check it out later on !

Some of my friends might've known that I went to Australia for about a week after SPM to get myself into the holiday mood. But boy oh boy, I just CAN'T BELIEVE those extremely crazy prices over there. I feel even more guilty about spending money this time around compared to the time I went there when I was in Form 4 (I can't say LAST YEAR anymore because it's already 2012). Well it was better and more relaxed this time because we rented a car over there. I always sleep in the car. MUHAHAHA and this time I got WIFI ! Well I have to PAY for it. 'cuz we live in an apartment this time. 5 Australian dollars for 1GB of Internet so surf the web wisely...Me and my brother used up a total of 8GB that means 40 dollars worth of cash. 40 multipled by three-point-something equals to AT LEAST RM120 (wow I just counted this and am terrified at how much I actually spent !) I also bought a book called House Rules which is about a boy named Jacob with Asperger's Syndrome and how his family deals with a autistic boy. I'm not really in to it yet but I find it rather interesting, to see how an autistic boy would react. For example: He went crazy and blew a tantrum at the supermarket just because one of the employee there whom always gives Jacob free sample on every Saturday at 11.45am was on leave. Then later on (first person view) Jacob says that he is fully aware of every thing that happen, including him blowing a tantrum but he couldn't have helped it. It really makes me curious how their minds work. NO OFFENSE ! I'm just trying to expand my horizon !

I've read A FEW reviews of it before I started reading the book because well, it has about 600+ pages of tiny tiny words so I wanna know what I'm working with before I dive myself into a boring story ! Apparently, the author took Jacob's autistic characteristics too far ! LOL, but I guess that's what makes it interesting. Another book which I bought from Australia when I was in Form 4 is the Facebook Effect !

I think the review said this book is a bit bias because the author LOVES Facebook. Oh well, it's an interesting tale so I don't mind. It's all about how Mark Zuckerburg made Facebook from scratch. It's more or less just like the Social Network movie. I got this book when the trailer was out because I was just too lazy to watch it. This book = Social Network + More details - Crazy parties, drugs and sex ! That's about the whole summary. Haven't finished this book too ! But what I REALLY had my eyes on while in Australia was the GONE series.

It's about how one day everyone above 15 years old suddenly disappeared ! No it isn't going to rain candy. Instead, gangs start forming and bla bla bla conflict (If you've read the Hunger Games, this MIGHT be somewhat a delightful dessert to compliment your main course) I saw this book TWICE in two different book stores. I became really interested on the last day but the book store I went to was OUT OF STOCK ! NOOOOO !!! And we've already returned our rented car so OH WELL =( No mysterious teenager novel for me. I'm actually qutie ok with this because the book spanned sequelS and it's not complete yet so I'd rather wait for it to be complete first...

Enough of my bookworm-ish habits. Now I wanna talk about weird stuff I see in the streets of Australia everyday (more specifically, Perth). There are street performers (NOT HOBOs) everyday, and it's even considered a profession ! A guy playing with a crystal orb, a girl that gives free hugs, a long horn pipe blower, an asian playing his er hu etc ! More importantly sadly, there were a few beggars on the few days that I visited the place. It's always the same thing. Teenagers sitting at the kaki lima with a cardboard that has a few words written on it. I only got a quick look at one of the teen's cardboard. It went something like :

I'm 17 and homeless and hungry. If you could, please spare some money for me. Thank You + Merry Christmas.

I felt sorry for the guy since he's only like 17 ! But he seemed to have some pretty trendy clothes and an "awesome" hair style so maybe something happened between him and his family (I'm still curious about where he got the cardboard and marker though. It seems like EVERY "homeless" has no problem finding one). The REALLY Awkward part was that he was one or two shops away from the long pipe blower guy. He's been blowing that thing for about 2 hours and he hardly got any money (It's safe to leave the case on the floor for donations because Australians know better than to steal ! Lol ) but the homeless boy was getting money constantly from passers by. Me and my bro each donated our money to 1 person that we thought deserved it (it really wasn't much. Seeing the insane currency over there). He gave his money to a guitarist/vocalist who had a pretty good voice. I gave mine to 2 girls who were doing violins. They had a card that said all donations were going to charity so I guess that would be worth it.

By the way, my dad is seriously PURE EVIL ! We were walking on the streets when we noticed a girl who has walking difficulties (she using poles). I tried to avoid to sad sight (no, not because I didn't care. It's because I can't stand sad stuff) but my dad made a remark that the girl should be a zombie in Walking Dead (how offensive =.=) because of her posture when walking. Of course, the joke was ON him because he didn't say Walking Dead. He said Walking Die =.= It's still remembered till this day. Like seriously, last week my dad was asleep upstairs so me, my bro and mom went to fix up some instant spaghetti (Compliments of Abby and Nick for my Brother !) and we just couldn't help talking about Walking DIE ! We laughed, we're evil too. He also told us that he would give the poor homeless boy money if either me and my bro went to take a photo with him.... If that isn't inhuman then I don't know what is...

Travel back in time and we'll arrive at the final days of High School. About a fortnight before graduation, absence in class was already on the rise ! Everyone was thinking that it'd be much more convenient, effective and comfortable to study at home....or at least at the library. I still kept my perfect attendence (well it was already IMperfect but I had to mantain it somehow) cuz I enjoyed school ESPECIALLY when NO TEACHERS COME INTO CLASS ! I dunno why but it was free period EVERYDAY. Charies even brought her phone and earphones to school for one day. I moved to Crystel's row because EVERYDAY either Crys, Charis or Jeag Man won't come so there's always an empty seat. Now if you're asking about determination about the up-coming(ed) SPM examination, I could tell you that I was very laid back about everything. I was still falling asleep in class and chatting with Charis and Crys ! I was trying to treasure my final days in high school which was sooo ***** hard because SPM comes RIGHT after graduation... Well, at least our class was quiet. Graduation was pretty exciting. Cameras were flashing everywhere around the room and everyone was smiling (but only for the lasting impression. I don't think they'd really wanna smile on such a sentimental day)... I'll let most of the pictures do the talking this time. Since I'll be leaving very soon in a few hours. I don't really have much time to write !

SPM was really anti-stress for me. Either that, or I already unknowingly had a mental breakdown. But it was really funny (or amusing) to see everyone trying to cram for the final few minutes of the exam... While I just stood there grinning or giggling. Thanks Aud ! You've made my SPM less scrary ! But just because I'm smiling and not stressing my hair off about it doesn't mean I'm already ready (hypocrite much ?) It just means that, well, it's funny ! At least it IS better than stressing. Honestly, 1 month ago, I was thinking of scary stuff during SPM... Such as:

1. Deactivation of Facebook Account (thanks to someone else's idea)
2. 24/7 NO LAPTOP ! (Well, except for weekends I guess)
3. Tuition non-Stop !
4. No more piano lessons for the month
5. I won't have time to socialize much anymore
6. No more entertainment or FUN :(

Oh and on Sunday night I told MOm I needed my IC and she was all shocked and said "WHAT ! *heart attack* Your IC is at the safe over at the bank" *BANGS HEAD* well not really, my face was acting neutral 'cuz I was ALSO having a seizure/heart attack but I wouldn't wanna show it 'cuz PANIC IS NOT THE KEY... Thank goodness mom found it in our safe at home, she also found a note that the last time we brought it back from the bank was when we came back from our vacation last year. Apparently, thanks to my SPM excuse, we didn't really travel anywhere. Once again, this IS an excuse, I really hate traveling because years I'm already a couch potato (TV Tangerine LOL) so I just said that I'd want to concentrate on SPM. They can go without me but mom insisted that we go together as family... LOL

And guess what ? I almost lost my IC TWICE ! First time was in school after my Sejarah papers and the second time was at the library. Twice on the same week... I'm devestated and it's making me over-protective ! I usually pack on Jeag Man's table after the final paper of the day but I guess I was too drunk with despair that I left my IC on her table. Normally I would just backtrack and found it on her table later on since I stayed in school with Vyon to practice our Maths that day but it wasn't there so I had to pray for Jeag Man to say "Tam Kang, I got your IC ah" which was really what happened. Thank GOD ! Another time was on Friday (there's no SPM on Fridays) in the library. I've made sure that all of my books were WELL STACKED and ORGANIZED before heading out to the nearby restaurant for lunch. I took with me my IC (which I kept in my pencil case) because it's important ? and my "locker" card (there's really no point though, I already emptied my bag. If you wanna steal stuff from my bag, it's ALL on the table, arranged and ready for you LOL) but by the time I came back I couldn't find it anymore. I thought that the last possible place it would be with was with my mom because she told me I should give her my IC because well, I'm not trustworthy ? I slipped it in on the ride to the restaurant but I FORGOT !? When I went home at about 7, I asked my mom whether she took my IC and she was like "NOOOO.....what ? you lost your IC again ? Quickly show it to me" Gosh, I had to create multiple distractions to keep her mind off my IC until I get home where I can do a proper search (and IT WORKED !) I was like "here's the change from lunch" "oh it's not in my pocket ? Then it must be in my pencil case" "Did you know I studied Moral today ?" a lots of junk. As soon as I got home, I searched EVERYWHERE ! But searching everywhere was hard when your mom was right downstairs talking to your grandparents ! After praying and freakin' out (I swallowed my dinner in a few minutes) about this, I went back to my mom's purse. The first time I checked it, I only check the wallet in the purse but this time I went through the WHOLE thing and I FOUND IT. Then I proceeded to lecture mom for giving me the heart attack of my life. !

OK I'm just MINUTES away from leaving to the airport and obviously there ISN'T enough time for me to talk about EVERYTHING I wanna talk about. So I'll leave you guys with all the photos I've collected (and stole) this year. Hope you guys honour the gift of sharing and please credit before you use them. LOL ! I'll be back in 3 months time ! Buh Bye Peeps !

Note: The password to every photo album is tamkang


School Concert Rehersal Album 1

School Concert Rehersal Album 2

School Concert Album 1

School Concert Album 2

School Concert Album 3

KKHS Education Expo Album 1

KKHS Education Expo Album 2

Karnial Kokum Album 1

Karnival Kokum Album 2

Family Day Album

Powerpoint Competition Album

Tanglung Festival Album 1

Tanglung Festival Album 2

Wushu in 1M1S Album

Wushu Student Visit Program Album

Concert Days Album

Studying in Library Album

11.11.11 Convo Album (My Camera)

School Concert Album 1

School Concert Album 2

School Concert Album 3

Presents from my 17th Birthday Album

Official 11.11.11 Convo Album 1

Official 11.11.11 Convo Album 2

Official 11.11.11 Convo Album 3

Class and Kokum Photos Album

Back in Black

*THe following Blogpost was done on the 25th of October...Was planning to add photos but I got a really bad toothache (couldn't sleep for 2 nights) so I'll upload it some other time... Sorry for the lack of photo peeps !*

Yep ! I'm BACK ! In black !! Not intending to be racist though XD I'm just saying my skin got MUCH blacker this time around after my birthday party last week ! YES that is correct. Last Sunday was the 23rd of October. Anyone who is a fanboy/girl of me would naturally recognize the date and quickly send a gift to me ! Of course, I haven't really established much of a fanbase so I guess no MANY remembered. To those who did, THANK YOU :) I'd like to thank those who sms-ed me early in the morning to wish me as well as those who wished me on my FB Wall =D (Although perhaps some of it might be not-so-sincere, but I still appreciate you taking 30 seconds to write on my wall :)

Moving on. Last Sunday was my birthday but I had a birthday beach bash (BBB) on Saturday for convenience purposes... Normally I wouldn't organize a party but since Charis is having her birthday on the 24th, she talked me into having a joint party on Saturday. Turns out it ain't so convenient for people because SPM is only 20+ days away and everybody is rushing to "study" ! Also there was ceramahS going on in school, Sejarah and BM so people were reluctant to come. So once again, I'd like to thank those who attended, it means A LOT to me :) (and Charis)

We got REALLY busy on Friday. We went shopping together and prepared all the food and stuff XD I wrapped Spring Rolls for the first time, and when I tasted the veges it was INCREDIBLY fresh and delicious! Sadly, it didn't taste as good on Saturday because it ain't fresh anymore... But still extremely satisfying, especially when I made it myself :) I folded like 100 rolls and my hands were exhausted =.= Thanks Crystal for letting us cook at your house ! We had everything planned out, the menu, the invites (which were already sent out early on), the games and the etc...Worse care scenario: It rains ! It's been raining for the last few days so we were kinda worried about that happening...PRAYED HARD !

Woke up as early as 7 and fetched Crystel over to start cooking ! Got there at about 10 (party starts at 11) and all the booths were ALREADY reserved ! But we were lucky to find an empty booth on our second walkthough... Dilly dally throughout the whole day and the games were supposedly canceled since everyone wanted to get into the water and it looked like it was gonna rain soon... It really started to rain at 4 and everyone pitched in to help carry all the stuff to the plaza at Beach 1...Including the heavy stainless steel BBQ grill (which WAS heavy)

Stainless Steel is a type of Alloy.
Alloy is formed by adding impurities into metals

Sorry, that was soo random. But I have to keep myself well-versed in this kind of things if I'm gonna wanna pass SPM ! Back to the story, we took shelter at the plaza and had smoothies ! VERY BIG cups of smoothies. Invited Kent, Rodney, JB and Crystel to my place after the party to mess around a bit. Now here's the good part ! We stopped by at Rodney's place to PICK UP HIS XBOX ! Do you know what that means ? It means LIGHTNING ! AHHH ! I was high that night...It was the very first time I played FF13 and I found out I'm bad at it XD Had a little pizza for supper ("Little" because I didn't know NORMAL size was THAT tiny) then just goof-ed off for the rest of the night...Woke up with SUNBURN ! (YEAH BURN !)

Now for the best part, PRESENTS !

After 2 days of being EXTREMELY HIGH, it's back to school. SPM Final Trials just ended 2 weeks ago and we were all eager to look at our forecast ! (Well, I hate using forecast 'cuz school based exams are so tough !) Surprisingly I IMPROVED....Maybe it's because I actually CRAMMED this time. Last time, I'd just daydream when I "studied" but I really wanted to see how good I can be before SPM so I decided to study and stopped goofing around...Well, I STILL goofed off in the afternoon...Weird how I can only concentrate AT NIGHT ! Must be something wrong with my internal alarm clock :(

For the sake of boasting and self-satisfaction, I SHALL BOAST:
BM- Borderline B. Thank goodness my essays boosted my score !
BI-92 with bonus...OMG I was so worried, without bonus I only got like 80...
Math- 81, To Teacher:" YOU WANT GOOD GRADES, HERE TAKE IT ! AND LEAVE ME ALONE..."
PMORAL-NO changes...Kinda disappointed in myself for this one cuz I didn't write with correct format. If I did, I guess I COULD get a B
Sej- Extremely happy that I got 90/100 for Paper 2 although I know Jaggil went easy on me (I crammed 3 whole days for this). But Crys, Jeag Man and Charis got higher than me. Furthermore, I got 13/40 for Paper 1...I guess I was overconfident. 3 marks away from an A.
BIO- UNKNOWN
Physics-I alwayyysssss have a happy feeling after doing this paper, thinking it was easy. Well, I was ALWAYS wrong...This time was NO exception. Although I DID Credit, GOOD NEWS =D
Chemistry- 52. CREDITED !!! Awesome, I studied this through out the whole weekend....
Add MAths- FOr the very first time in 2 years (9 papers or so) I FINALLY passed Add MATHS !!! I was high that day too XD  I was only aiming to improve, not pass this time and I didn't do any special (or any sort of) preparations this time but I PASSED (Ooi told us that he went easy on us too, that made me uneasy).

I was pretty depressed when I got 23/80 for Paper 1 but I almost fainted when I got 50+ for paper 2. I didn't answer that many questions... I was DUMBFOUNDED !
Also, before the Physics 3 paper, a substitute teacher came in and told us there was 5 more min until the exam began. She was holding the exam paper in her hand and Crystel (well, me and Charis too) managed to see the diagram for the experiment..It has wires, light bulbs and bla bla...Something from the electronic chapter. So we quickly flipped through every experiment we could find related to it...Sadly, I went into the exam without knowing anything. The other experiment was Heat. I didn't know how to do BOTH experiments so I just picked heat ('cuz Heat is easier to me)..To my delight, I got 10/10 for that experiment...(not boasting ! Just sharing my stroke of luck) If that haven't happened, I probably wouldn't have credited !
After the exam, JB was the one who told me that the 1st essay is taken from the Seminar Skor A's list of questions. Then he examined my Skor A copy and saw I highlighted that essay so he was like "Good lah you, got study dao" and I was like "really ? o.0" I just phased through the whole list of essays on the night before the exam for like 30 min so my memory is pretty blurry. Unsurprisingly, I only got 13/30. Somebody SHOOT ME...
For English, I'm losing out to everyone pretty quickly... I think Kent got the highest in the class for 96...Shoot me...
Sejarah...I got 20+ without studying the last time on my objective so i was overconfident and came out with a 13... SHOOT ME
I relied on Tips for Paper 3 Chemistry so I dunno should I be happy. I didn't really KNOW the questions, I was just told the topics. Which is Alloy and Rate of Reaction...I didn't appreciate the time I had and GOOFED OFF ! Then when teacher told us to pack away our books...I quickly went through the experiments on Rate of Reaction...I just saw a tube being connected to another tube in a upside down fashion... So I just drew that during the exam...
bIO WAS (*^^%(*&)

Well...I won't be very active from now on 'cuz I'll be busy for November ! Maybe I'll update once or twice next month but we'll just have to wait and see :) TK OUT !

5 November UPDATE !!
Last week, I was devastated when a painful sting woke me up from my slumber...UH OH Toothache ! And IT HURTS ! I told mom as soon as possible and she got me an appointment (MIRACLE ! The doctor was busy with appointments after he just returned from his vacation) on Saturday afternoon :) The pain started on Thursday 2a.m. so I had to endure it...It felt weird, like the tooth's nerves are sending impulses to my brain... I can almost feel the transfer 'cuz my ear hurts too (my innermost molar is the rotten tooth) when the pain is going to my brain ~ On Friday morning, it got much worse :( Now, the tooth's surface itself is sensitive to touch and I can't lower my upper jaw without experiencing pain (which I kept doing in a form of ecstasy to stop the "nerve" pain) !

On Saturday morning, I went to school to attend the PSS Farewell party (I almost thought they won't make it this year) but I couldn't enjoy myself to the max (ESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYONE ATE !) because my mouth hurts. A LOT. But it was still a lot of fun :) One of the longest games (2 rounds : 1 hour !) required each team to sing a phrase of a song with a specific word in it like "Love"...

I Pray for all the things in this world, and believe in the power of our LOVE !

Taken from New World by Charice

After Team 1 sang their's. Team 2 has 5 seconds to sing another song or be disqualified... My team won 1 round (There were 3 teams)... Apparently, our team was known for Old Chinese Songs... The others were known for Malay/Foreign Language songs ! It was really interesting to see all the songs thought off. I contributed too of course XD

Fast forward to the dentist's appointment, he said the nerves in my molar are the problem and nothing is wrong with my tooth...There wasn't anything like a cavity or a hole in my tooth caused by the bacteria. But the bacteria is the one that's INSIDE my fully sealed tooth ! The dentist (Doctor Richard) deduced that it may have went in the last time I had a filling on that tooth by accident (I filled that tooth last year at April)... He said my body's immunity must have went down these few days so the bacteria got active (Yes, beach birthday party and study group when sick is REALLY torturing !) so a root canal procedure is required.... Coincidentally, I saw a video about root canal when I was in the waiting room. It said the doctor will drill out my tooth until it's hollow AND PUT SCREWS IN IT.... I thought it was really ****-ed up ! But the Richard reassured me no screws are involved ~ Much to my relief.

I had 2 options (with the appearance of my wisdom TEETH):

1. Get a root canal which means hollowing out my tooth till the pulp (the core with the nerves) and remove the nerves (THAT MUST HURT !) and fill the entire tooth back. Therefore, I wouldn't be able to feel much with that tooth anymore. In the future, if my wisdom tooth grows out, I may have to extract the Wisdom T.
2. Extract the tooth directly and let my wisdom tooth grow out (I'm not sure if it'll grow out). Then, put on braces (optional) to try to straighten it together with my other teeth..

The doctor and mom both recommended the root canal operation which costed RM800 ! Mom said it was ok so they started the operation. Firstly, NEEDLES already !!! Injected numb-stuff into my inner cheek...That STUNG ! Then the rest didn't hurt much anymore, but I still kept my hands in knuckle form in case a surge of pain suddenly arose. Well, it did... I assume that's when they removed the nerves...Then the rest was ok. I'll have to head back there in 2 weeks to REMOVE THE FILLING AGAIN... If everything inside is ok, then I'll get permanent fillings for my tooth...Dang, I didn't manage to ask (because my mouth is still numb) the doctor for my nerves ! I WANNA SEE !!!!

2 hours later, when the numbness is almost gone, IT CAME BACK ! THE PAINNNNNN.... swallowed a panadol and slept from 5pm (Saturday) until 10am (Sunday, woke up for a while at 11pm for dinner and 5am for another round of panadol)... I relied heavily on Panadol for the next few days since I acted as a painkiller after the operation (before it had no effect)... I seriously thought the doctor didn't get all the nerves out (he said he only got the major ones and it was already decomposing) but it was back to normal by Tuesday ! Reverse to Monday night, I watched Astro 180 to cheer on my friend (I guess we're friends) Valerie who was in KL for the finals of a drawing contest. She was the youngest and only female among 8 finalist and they had 30 minutes to draw 1 picture with the topic given on the spot for 2 rounds. The show REALLY dragged on, in the end, she got Most Creative Sabah art (I think, NOT SURE... But the topic was to draw a poster about a Sabah OR Sarawak legend) and the consolation prize which totaled up to RM6000 !

SPM is approaching ! ONE MORE WEEK ! And I'm also graduating next week ! I seriously don't know how I should feel now... happy ? because i'm graduating ? sad? because i'm graduating ? I've come to realize that high school really isn't a cup of tea especially when some teachers are slightly biased and some just jump to some BIG conclusions without getting the point... I understand that bad students might have affected a teacher's way of looking at us students but they didn't have to jump to conclusions. You can order me around with a stern voice because I might've unintentionally made a mistake... But you CAN'T just TELL me what my mistake was without even LOOKING, right ? And this is by far the worse year for kokum mark/involvement ratio (my marks in Form 1 were much worse but it was because I didn't get involved)... Not much to say about Wushu although JB forgot to mention to Teacher Bevina about the China Wushu Culture Exchange Program. T.Claire gave me VERY little marks even though I organized the ONLY event we had this year, attended all the meetings and became the MC/planner of our ONLY event this year... I got somewhere around 60 =.= OR WAS IT SOMEWHERE AROUND 55 ! Oh and NO MARKS FOR HARI SUKAN....WTF.... PSS went from 8 marks to 6 marks because we had to follow the rules set by the government ! Well, at least I got 500 merit marks. EXACTLY 500 ! I was so exhausted looking for it that I overlooked the dimerit part of it... Hope I won't have any problems (although I think I was late for school once or twice this year !) Well, I dunno what's gonna happen now ~

Well that's all for now, don't know if I'll bring my camera to school to record my final week in High School... Oh well, TK OUT !!

Erase It All !

OK, remember my previous blog post where I said there would be a post coming soon ? Well, that post didn't make it for it's debut.. REASON: It was way too long and I would never be able to finish it. It was a huge post regarding different stuff I did over the weekends (and some during weekdays). But it was just SOOOO much and I was so busy in school (and the activities which I was suppose to blog about) that I was creating more material than actually putting them into words ! Some examples are school concert (which I performed In), Installation Day (for the Interact Club), Green Team party (Good Bye Greenies !), Library's PSS Course (for the first time, I'm the Penceramah !), Powerpoint Competitions (from PSS and Kelab Sejarah, got 1st place in both :P), Audrey's Birthday party (MORE PARTY=HIGH) and many many more !

So my final trials just ended. That's a good thing !! Bad news : 28 more days till SPM... TWENTY FRIGGIN' EIGHT days for an exam that would determine the fate of my future...UGH it's like a bad educational chain reaction !

UPSR to see how good your High School class is gonna be ->
PMR to see whether you can take up Science Stream (which has more options than Commerce or Arts) ->
then we have SPM to see whether you're qualified to further your studies in "good" universities ->
After that you'll have to do good in Uni or else you won't be able to find a job (I'm more worried about the money I'm burning up if I need to repeat a year)

This reminds me of a really ridiculous "equation":

Lose Pen=No Pen
No Pen=No notes
No Notes=No study
No study=Fails
Fails=No diploma
No diploma=No job
No job=No money
No money=No food
No food=Skinny
Skinny=Ugly
Ugly=No love
No love=No Marriage
No Marriage=Depression
Depression=Sick
Sick=Death

DON'T LOSE YOUR PEN !

I didn't see that coming ! By the way, from now on, I'll be doing smaller more manageable posts so I won't OVER procrastinate (even procrastination has a limit !) on my posts. People who have read my blog, or even went through it would notice that my blog is very text-driven and consist of VERY little images. This is because I lack of a camera (and am noob at photography). But now Mom gave me a new camera. Actually it's an old one but she has a better one now and is giving the old one to me (even though I broke 2 previous ones, at the same time, I might add). But I'm not sure how will my new blogging habit turn out (I'm pretty sure this post is gonna become text-based again...) since there really isn't many good things to capture in life now. Except my dinner every night XD (Cameras are banned in school right ? If I'm wrong, someone please correct me so I can start capturing something worthwhile)

Now from the producers of RPB (Reckless Punk Blazers), comes Oddsey 4 (the 4 is part of the name) ! It's suppose to be a video series animated with Banned Story (that means we'll be using Maple-style avatars) and Sony Vegas (for animating them). Success rate of this project is still low because of all the time needed to animate. Simply put, 10 seconds of animation could take 1 day ! So RPB is gonna have fun tackling this challange (just for fun, NO GUARANTEES)

The story follows the life of Zack Sanbon as he ventures through his everyday life after going through an aptitude test to determine which High School he attends. NOTE: The following story takes place in another world, therefore MAGIC EXISTS ! Gosh, I hope I don't get killed for spoiling so much XD Visual novels are also interesting so I'll be looking forward to diving into that field ! Besides the difficulty of animating, our ONLY animator isn't very engaged by the story so she isn't really determined or anything. AND Youtube's uploader gives off static like in this video (only MUCH much worse). Apparently, Facebook can upload perfectly, though. SO NO PROMISES :)

Now for the New Flash of the Day, I EFF-ING STUDIED for the FIRST TIME !!! AHHHH OMG ZOMG ROFL LMAO...I finally found that instant urge to grab a book and start reading like crazy.... very much like the feeling of blogging ! When I start typing on my blog, I just can't stop, especially with the perfect combination of typing noise (*chik chik chik) and MUSIC ! It appears the same applies to STUDYING... YES I DISCOVERED THE SECRET TO MAKING MY BRAIN TICK ~ And that's music. But not just any music. It has to either be instrumentals (no vocals) or slight rap (at least to the point where I don't understand the words the singer is spouting). If they have no vocals that means my brain can enjoy the music AND not get extremely distracted by the meaning of vocals and words.

Here's 2 songs which helped me throughout my studies. Pursuing My True Self and Sky's The Limit !

Both songs belong to Persona 4, a game which involves shooting yourself in the head to summon a giant monster to attack others. It might sound violent but it's actually drunk with so much friendship speeches...1 for every character =.= They've just starting airing an anime adaption so if you're an anime fan. Don't forget to catch it !

Next, I would like to cheer for the new release of Charice's (Yep, fallen in love with her angelic voice) newest album, Infinity ! But more importantly, the 2nd track in the album, NEW WORLD which is being used as the theme song for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Charice+Lightning=Epic Win !

I hope you guys take a moment to listen to this great tune because it's ummm....AWESOME !? Yes, yes it is !
Anyways, now that I'm officially back to blogging, I'll start to try and capture something nice to show (like my exam papers XD) Way to go TK, 1 month before SPM and you decide to get back into blogging =.= Well it's a method of de-stressing ok... Am still eagerly waiting for the results of the first test which I studied for... Got a 55.5/110 for BM paper 2 which isn't looking very bright for my morale ! TK OUT !

Neww Blog Post coming Soon ?

Title ASKS everything :)

Anyway I want it !

UGHHH Finally, the midterms exam is OVEr !!! WOOHOO, I thought it'd never end ! Well, now I'm just sitting around in my room the whole day waiting to decay, which I enjoy :) It's better than SOME things that I experience in school. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see my friends everyday. But you should be able to understand that there aren't always happy moments in school. This applies to life too :) That's why I'm decaying...in my room

 

Shall I give you despair ?

So first of all, I would like to SEIZE this chance to say "YAYYYYY" because I've finally gotten my blogging motivation back on. Inspiration is now flying through my head, although I'm still trying to purge those unhappy inspirations.AHH, they're unavoidable, but it's this kinda things that make us stronger ! Now for a bit of final year reflection, I felt that things are much more fun and sensitive in my final year. I mean, this year is (and supposed to) gonna be scarred in my brain for almost forever. So everything that happens, good and bad, might as well be treasured. I mean it's not like we get to repeat everything all over again, and I'm sure SOMETHING has to happen to everyone once in a while (for me, it's almost everyday). Whether it's an incredible joke (I practically laugh at everything) or an accomplishment or just getting hyped up about something that's about to happen. I get hyped up pretty easily too :) unlike CSF :P  he's just too serious for his own good !

Anyways, Music Fes is this Saturday !!! It's a annual event hosted (most of the time) at Sutera Harbour. It's where talented people (TROLLFACE!!!) like me compete to win a piece of shiny, coloured plastic ! Sounds exciting, no ? I've participated more or less every year since Primary 3 but only won 3 times. The last time was in Form 3, a duet with Andre. We got first place ! I remember we were both like hopeless after they announced the 2nd place but DID WE get the biggest shock of our lives when they announced us as 1st place winners ! Ah yes, Form 3, my yesteryear ! I've blogged about it too ! Just click HERE !

This year, I'm doing a solo and a duet. This is my first time juggling two seperate competitions in a year. Let me explain. The whole shindig is divided into dozens of different categories (they even have a violin and band competition) About 7 seven of them takes place at once since they're making use of Sutera Harbour's multiple ballrooms. Each category has about 2 to 8 contestants. Now that you know, it's not really scary right ? It's not like there's 100 contestants at once. I remember when I was in Form 1, there were only 4-5 contestants (including me) and I didn't win :( I was kinda keeping my hopes up high 'cuz of the numbers and the odds. One of my mistakes back then was wearing sandles to a performance, mom was there, she didn't know, LOL.

Back to topic, this year, I'm doing Serenity of the Heart for my solo and Military March with ShnWei. Serenity of the Heart (SOTH) is one of my songs for my Grade 6 examination. There's another one which I think is easier called The Storm. As you can tell, SOTH is supposed to be calm while the Storm is a song filled with raging dynamics. I wanted to use The Storm as my choice for the contest but the teacher said that's more suited for Andre because I can play much more dramatically and emotionally. I was flattered back then so I accepted but now it's super hard for me to express my music in a calm and peaceful way. Most of the notes I play aren't (or doesn't even sound) even connected like it should be. I'm not sure will I be able to bag a trophy about this one or will I end up in last place. They won't tell you which place you've gotten unless you're number 1,2 or 3 ! So it's kinda a relief. Here is a little training video we did on Monday. IT'S JUST TRAINING and it's not the complete song yet...

Not really perfect, I made mistakes, she made mistakes but we're just in it for the fun :) That is if you don't count the fact that we're putting RM110 on the line just for a chance to win two pieces of plastic...I'll blog more later ! Ciao...

Seriously ?

You know what ? I actually had more than 10 drafts on this post. That's right, I kept on failing to finish what I started because of TIME ! I always start full of motivation and determination, then distractions starts flying in my window. It's really annoying and it's kinda bad 'cuz now I have TOO many things to write about. And I'm not in the mood for writing anymore. Marie can do a post for 4 hours. WOW. I'm impressed. But I suppose I should blog a bit even though exam is coming up. I still have my Moral and 3 Physics Peka to worry about. I'm already more than 1 month late for Moral and my 3 pekas are due next week. So I have to stress ! and RUSH of course...

I seriously dunno what to talk about now, because if I start a story, I'll risk leaving this SHORT post draft-ed ! Let's talk about feelings....I have feelings TOO y'KNOW ! Ugh that was horrible. Still on the rush ! Crystel's almost done with her moral projek !!! HELP !

Jump up with Glee

OMG I'm starting to get goosebumps with Glee...I "borrowed" 3 likeable episodes from my brother and now I can't stop watching it again and again AND AGAIN ! (did I mention again ?) Muhahaha Love Sue even though I think she's the biggest bit** I've ever seen ! (Big Nap Later) She's awesome that way :) I love how she goes berserk again and again ! HILARIOUS (destruction incarnate ! and ego maniac)... Anyways, holiday is almost (heck it's ALREADY over !) over ! No study is done whatsoever...

Powerpoint 95% done ^.^ and I got a copy of Life by Powerpoint which is a very long and boring guide about how to make effective presentations ! It's boring but it's perfect for a person like me. So far I have these things to cover after SPM:

• Ummm...Project X which is a secret !
• Life by Powerpoint
• The Facebook Effect
• Love over Coffee (unconfirmed)

For those of you wondering what the Facebook Effect is. It's a (also very thick) novel about how Facebook was created. It's more or less like the movie "The Social Network" only without the sex, drugs and other unhealthy things which might attract more teenage viewers :)  Love over Coffee is (what I assume) a romance novel about work and love and you know those typical stories where the make the main character choose one of them and lose the other one but in the end he manage to retain both of them because of a convenient plot twist ! Beside, coffee makes me crave for books even though I'll have to push it back until SPM is over. I saw it at Popular that day when I went shopping with Andre and Sophia. Felt interesting so I WANT IT.

While typing the above paragraph, I seem to talk as if I've overlooked or underestimated SPM as an easy obstacle...Well it isn't. Teacher even told my mom that I might fail so I'm pretty depressed and trying not to think about it :( Everyone's improving but I'm still standing at where I started at January.....LAsT YEAR....OK not gonna talk about that anymore now that I've got that thing off my chest. Agendas left this year until I can (try to) study in peace:

• Planning for Installation Night
• Planning for Inter School IU Day (if possible)
• Library ! Oh boy. Retirement August to September
• Green Team ? Not giving up until I get my PARTY !

 Oh yeah Glee likes to teach us "bad things". Getting pregnant, lying to your husband, Lots of fake cleavage, Being Gay (no offense to a certain girl) and using Slushies as a bullying tool....

She's awesome ! 

I wonder does the actor enjoy her role ? 

 The souvenir I got that day. Gonna remember it always. The heavenly hell I went true. I think I just regained (not that I had any before) my drive for Wushu :)

Teacher Lim and Yong's ping pong balls. They just let their children practice for hours !

  Ma Chi Di Di. Megan called him gay but I think a certain someone will say "He is unworthy of being gay :) !"