After a Thousand Years

Hi everyone, I thought I won't be updating my blog until STPM is over. But here I found a translation of a chinese song's lyrics, and it's so beautiful in English, unexpectedly. It pretty looks like an original one. 

After a Thousand Years

My heart pounds wildly, 

My dreams are in shackles, 

Love is total commitment, 

I won't say the word in 1000 years. 

When there's nothing but dust, 

In the ruin I'll keep you company, 

My tears, too fragile, 

To realize the love you wanted. 

Because after 1000 years, 

I'll be long gone from this world, 

No longer able to hold your hand, 

Or kiss your forehead tenderly. 

So don't wait for me for 1000 years, 

Until no one remembers me, 

In the desert when the red dusk falls, 

My millennium of loneliness will go unnoticed. 

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnKXYZEXOPQ
Regarding the video link above, the singer was unhealthy while  he sang for Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration. Yet he was able to perform this song with no flaw (just the voice wasn't beautiful as usual). If you wish to listen to the official one, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkzRnjfX_-Q
And, I still prefer his live performance, there are some in youtube. 


























Oh no, nearly forgot to say, cheers~~~ 

Why Not The First Chapter

My little advice... 


Let's say you are studying a subject in school, for example accounting. You do attend classes, but you're totally not interested in that subject. And that makes you never ever got serious while teacher's teaching, which means so far you learnt nothing. Now you feel there's no enough time left. For whatever sake you have to study that subject, starting from zero. All you have now are some familiar terms and a blur picture of some topics. 


I'm sure you have tried to study that subject, at least once, before one of the exams. Most of us would start from the first chapter, planning to go through every chapter until the last one. But studying without teacher's guidance would cost so much effort. You may have given up before the first chapter, or totally exhausted right after the first chapter. Therefore you gave yourself a rest, before proceeding. 


OK, the second time studying should be just fine, or as successful as the first time.  But before that, we are too happy to have successfully finished the first chapter, so we would start from the first chapter, as a revision maybe. Then we ended up studying the whole chapter one again, because we found that we left out many important contents. This does not only happen for the second time, but for all the times we try to read. 


Do you realize that? We are stuck to the first chapter. That's what I concluded, after doing self-revision for accounting, a couple of times. That's why everytime when I see my friends reading the first chapter, I would tell them by doing this they will never proceed. 


To me, the second / third chapter and the popular ones are most advisable. First chapters are generally introduction, with the terms that we have already heard during normal lessons. So just jump to another chapter. But don't jump too far, when those chapters are related to the previous chapters. So why don't we try to read the second one and come back to the first one after that? I tried. It works all the time. 

I wonder if the same theory applies to you, but I assume that as a common psycological phenomena. It sounds so scientific huh? Haha... Not funny, I know. But don't tease. This country currently needs harmony. Cheers. 

Stupid Senior Page!

  Honestly, I really don't understand how they handle the senior page problem.

  Last year, we had decided not to buy extra pages, by majority vote. Some people who like to take photos were quite disappointed. I wonder if what happens now shows their revenge.

  Few days ago, someone came in and offered us 2 choices - RM260 for one Black & White Page and RM500 for one Color Page plus one Black and White Page. AS IF IT'S COMPULSORY. I did contact that guy and he said it's compulsory. But in fact it's not.

  OK, some friends and I were looking forward to the further discussion of this, however those people in charge showed a very passive attitude and didn't take this to discussion. Fine. But guess what happened today?

  Our class monitor suddenly announced that EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY RM10 for the senior page, THE RM500 PLAN WAS CHOSEN. What the heck? Discussion was never made but the decision had come out. I asked him personally after that, what he told me was, he thought there would be no problem making that decision. But I emphasized, have you even discussed with us?

  I am quite sure his friends and he were trying to avoid the discussion, for not failing to make the senior page, again. My friends and I were really upset. They take a group's decision as the class decision? The like-to-take-photo group says it all, we just need to listen. They make the decision, and we just be ready to pay for the decision. So they're the class member, we're not. We're totally irrelevant to the discussion.

  This burned us up but we didn't have enough time to deal with them. The peak was after recess, when everyone's in class. But teacher came in early, and those who're not resiting MUET had to move to the other class. However, after that period, the class monitor told us that the decision had been made through votes, during the MUET period. We're not needed to vote because majority voted for RM500, with 2 classes sharing the pages. What the heck again? You all voted and made decision when we're not around? We're not involved in the discussion again?

  I tell you, I am extremely unsatisfied with what they've done. They're saying that we're not a part of the class. They say, they do, they decide. We just listen and support them financially. Just like how a dog treats its master. You like to take photos, but that doesn't mean we like too. You're willing to pay even if it costs RM20++, but we don't! Do you think we have a lot of money, to spend on such a lame thing? Do you realize, in average we pay more than RM10, or perhaps RM20 for school stuff each month? If it's for academic use, we're OK to sacrifice. But for things we really don't care, it's a poke.

  You have so much to spend. But I don't have any extra to pay for your fun. I teach tuition at home, obtaining a salary of RM100++ a month. That's all I use to spend on transport (RM4 for each tuition class), food (to not be too hungry in school), mobile phone, stupid school "fees", saving and the others. For food, I try not to eat if the lessons end earlier. If there are some co-curricular activities, I would go back home to eat and come back to school again, in roughly 30 minutes. For mobile phone, I rarely use it when I don't need to use. And saving is essential, because I don't have much cash, and I have to prepare the money for the time I stop teaching tuition 1 or 2 months later, to give myself more time for STPM.

  Talking about school "fees", that's what irritates me the most. The class fund should be RM1 (or RM2) per month. But every time when the treasurer sees me (more than once in a month), the debt has accumulated to a few bucks, but some are not for academic use. And more and more are coming, as teachers said STPM is near, we have to spend on stuff like past year questions.

  Some people just don't have the sensory nerves. They're always thinking these are one-time payments. But do they see the real trend? How much do we pay every month, in average? There are too many one-time payments which are unnecessary. They appeared to be a few bucks, and those people just don't realize the money actually flows. Just like a leach sucking your blood, little by little, but you don't know you are losing your blood at such a rate. Please, be clear that this has to stop, not for the sake of stingy or selfishness.

  I know you like to take photo, even at RM25 you would be willing to pay. But you still feel pain when you take out RM10, right? Or even after being subsidized, RM6. Could you all please think for us, who have zero interest in such thing? Don't we feel even more pain? Photos can be taken in so many ways, if you like that way so much, then share the price among yourselves, don't involve us.

  Oh yeah, almost forgotten. You all don't want to involve us in discussions, but we're involved in paying. Clever. Thanks so much for your weightless respect. Now I know we're not a part of this class. So I don't have to pay for this class members' joy. See you in the low-price senior pages - 40++ faces fitting into a single page would be interesting and meaningful enough. Regards.

  I just speak my mind. Offenses are toward the acts, not the persons. Cheers.

The MUET Result

Yesterday was a pleasant day, overall.

If you have read my previous posts, I bet you already knew the reason why I care so much about my MUET result. I was high Band 2 when I came Form 6, and I wish to go out with at least Band 4.

I was supposed to get the result on Thursday, but what happened was, I couldn't find my uniform in the morning, so I didn't go to school for class. After that I switched on the washing machine to get my cloths clean but my mother somehow found the red shirt that I should wear on Thursdays. It couldn't make any changes anyway, because the lessons had already started.

So I went to school after the class, to get the result and attend a meeting and a co-curricular activity. When I saw the teacher, she refused to give me, instead, she asked me to see another teacher and explain to her why I was not in school. I tried, but unfortunately the teacher was not there, so I came back to attend the meeting. Right after that I went for the co-curricular activity mentioned.

When everyone was ready to leave, I met the teacher again, and what she told me was "It's inside there, I'm not going to take out. I remember yours is a BAND 3. Erm, yeah, BAND 3." Haiz, what to do? Have to wait until Friday (yesterday).

However, I still tried to check via internet to get the result. After a couple of times trying, finally the page loaded. It showed some simple information, that are my IC number, name, index number and my band, of course. What it showed was different than what teacher told, which was a Band 4. Not much surprised however, because somehow I felt teacher might be correct.

On the following day, the first thing I did when I reached school was... Yeah, you're right. Finally I got my result officially. And here came a glad news, I was lucky enough to get Band 4, here's the detail.

Test Component	Maximum Score	Obtained Score
LISTENING	45	32
SPEAKING	45	30
READING	120	88
WRITING	90	55
AGGREGATED SCORE	300	205
BAND ACHIEVED		4

Why I said I'm lucky, it's because the test was so much harder than expected. According to my friend, there were a total of 12 students who got Band 2. 1 of the students even got Band 1. Another proof is, two students who should have got Band 6 only got Band 5, and they're the only two who got higher than Band 4. The rest are mostly Band 3.

Another lucky thing is, my score is slightly higher than my friend's. Guess how much higher? He got 204. Haha, there's a 1 mark difference, considered win? I told him I WILL retake if I can't beat him. By the way, I was not the only lucky person. There were some students who just crossed the border to get Band 4, congratulation, you're not going to resit the test anymore.

However, on the other side, some people were extremely unlucky. They got Band 2, with just 2-5 marks more to reach Band 3, which is the primary requirement to get into university. I heard that one of them broke down badly. It could be understood, since he could get a 4.0 CGPA but his MUET is crucial. It's just like everything is well prepared, but you can't get the key to open the door.

So, the next question will be whether to resit the paper. Band 4 is probably enough, but it's just slightly higher than the primary requirement. Could I get a higher Band? I need to get 15 marks more. I can, only if I am able to maintain the marks, with some improvement in speaking and writing, especially for writing. How hard it is, don't know, but probably the second test will be easier than this one. Should I spend another RM60? My decision is still processing, I'm going to think until my brain juice comes out.

Erm, there's nothing more to say. Cheers. Have a nice day.

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In case you don't know anything about MUET...

It's basically an English test which is ONLY recognized in Malaysia and Singapore, and it comes with an EXPIRY DATE as well. (Don't laugh!) The best thing about MUET is the price. The "Band" description is as follow:

AGGREGATED SCORE	BAND
260 – 300	6
220 – 259	5
180 – 219	4
140 – 179	3
100 – 139	2
< 100	1

Are They Really Stars?

   If you ask, what is the most romantic thing to do. I would definitely answer, "Watching stars." Yeah, I do love stars, but sometimes I get confused. Anyway, stars are not just about blinking, they also lie in the blue blue sky, at night, which makes them even more romantic.

   Imagine. You're laying on a land of grass. And you're looking at the sky. That's the time you hug the whole beautiful atmosphere. The stars are yours. They're so beautiful, lovely, but also very far away.

   But I get confused when I try to reach the stars. Impossible, right? That's not the point. The truth is, they're actually enormous fireballs, just like the sun. That's nothing romantic, just an extremely high temperature, and some blast that's ready for you. It's similar to friendship and love. They aren't the same as can be seen, in fact, they're so much uglier. What I want to say, I'm just a fool, just realized.

How I Make My Phone Water-Resistant

Ready to reveal the secret?

KGMMB

Just to share something "interesting" that I saw on teacher's table today. For not being caught by ISA, I had better stay silent and just highlight some main points. You guess the meaning.

KGMMB

  

FALSAFAH

Kesatuan Guru-Guru Melayu Malaysia Barat (KGMMB) sebagai kesatuan profesional dalam bidang pendidikan mendukung dan memperjuangkan pembinaan "Negara Bangsa" berasaskan Rukun Negara dan Falsafah Pendidikan Negara melalui perencanaan dan perlaksanaan peningkatan profesionalisme, kebajikan serta maruah guru Melayu dan bangsa Melayu.

WAWASAN

Menjadikan KGMMB sebagai kesatuan yang berwibawa meningkat mertabat dan kecemerlanagan guru Melayu serta bengsa Melayu ke arah pembinaan "Negara Bangsa" yang Maju dan Dinamik.

MISI

Komited terhadap kepentingan guru Melayu dan bangsa Melayu.
Gigih bergerak dan berjuang secara global.
Mengekalkan ketuanan Melayu.
Meningkatkan daya saing guru Melayu dan bangsa Melayu dalam segala bidang.
Berupaya, bebas dan berani mengembleng sepenuhnya guna tenaga guru Melayu di semua peringkat institusi pengajian. 

Again, I repeat, I didn't comment anything on this. You've yours. Cheers. 

MUET and Me

Let me start with the normal opening - It's been a long time since I last updated my blog (both), haha. Not really busy or running out of idea, but just not in mood to write. But previously I was really annoyed by R&D.

After getting rid of R&D, I thought I was going to blog about it very soon. But then I realized I was not the right mood. I need more time. And until now, I still want to relax more, release more.

Coming right after the R&D project, it's MUET test, including reading (comprehension), writing (essay) and listening. Or maybe this made me a little bit more nervous, because by now, out of Form 6 subjects, what I really care is MUET.

So why do I care about it so much? Maybe it has something to do with my first ambition. Erm, since it's a bit sensitive, so I am not to tell out this moment. Overall, I don't like English, but I have to learn English, with no interest.

The will of studying English came into my mind during my Form 5 time, if not mistaken. That's the time I started to make an effort to improve my English, but not really much. What I did that time was try to make proper sentences, with lesser grammar mistakes. In term of vocabulary, I was left so far behind the train, so I didn't have the heart to memorize English words yet.

However, that didn't make much difference. But I did get some praise from teacher. Until the time I entered Form 6, I knew I needed to make a change. A little grammar may be impressing in essay, but lack of vocabulary just makes the article meaningless. Therefore I started to approach English medias. I read some IT news in English, watch some NBA videos, in English. LoL.

OK, be serious. The time when I joined Form 6, I was in high band 2. All I knew were present tense, past tense, present continuous and other simple grammar rules which we already learned in primary school. However, I was lucky enough to get high band 2 because compared to many of the students who don't know about tenses, I still have something left.

And I still remember, I have one friend who can't understand chinese. Due to my poor English command, I used to talk with him in Malay, from Form 1 to Form 5. But after I reach Form 6, I saw everyone talked to him in English, regardless how well they can speak. So I was thinking, it's time to change. And from that day on, until now, I never speak Malay with those who can understand English (excluding Malays).

Now it's been nearly 1 year. My past exam result in MUET was high band 3, with 4 marks left to get band 4. Yeah, only 4 marks. I can't say I am really commited, but I see the result. What I have been doing works.

To sort out briefly, that's the reason why I do care about MUET result. I came here with high band 2, I hope to get out of here with at least band 4. I know I've got no much time to waste - After this year I will be 20, English would be essential.

Hopefully you can see my improvement in this passage. Sometimes when I was looking back, I even felt surprised because I couldn't understand such a common word, or I did very idiotic mistakes. And before I end, I tell you what I've prepared for this exam. Watching James Bond trailer (for listening) and Michael Jordan (for fun), reading a few interviews of Lee Kuan Yew and John's blog (writing and reading) and the last moment, I did revision on graphs and charts. They do help, but how was the exam, I will explain next time, which is considered quite negative.

Oh yeah, before I forget, for those who are taking MUET, good luck. The exam is not over yet, let's strive together to get what we should get, or what we could get. Lastly, the classic single word ending - Cheers.

Happy Belated New Year!

Lol, sorry I'm late again.

Just to wish you all a Happy New Year. And never forget those who are suffering at another corner of the world. Yeah, we are having fun through the festival, but there're just too many who are suffering.

A new year has come. All I wish is the world to be peace. To achive that, please respect each other's religion and love the earth. It's just that simple. Whoever thinks other religions are evil or try to slander any other religion, he/her is heading to hell. Same thing happens on those who intentially tranlate their religions wrongly or promote their own religions in immoral ways.

While saying about religions, I'm always serious. I am not to discuss with zero knowledge. I hope you all understand I never meant to offend or to do something bad. I always make sure all information given to be constructive and flawless (as I can). When I heard about people burn church or throw wild boar's head to mosque, I was really really sad. The sin is bigger than what we can think of.

The fact is there're too many offenders, some are even haters, I wonder why. Believe what they believe is more than enough, why attack others' to promote their owns'? If they just do orally, then they're idiot. But if they do it in action, that means they are evil. For me, they should be punished by law. Not because I dislike them, it's because they destroy world's peace and bring disasters.

An example, destroying Buddha's figure, which happens in this civilized country. Another example, claiming Einstein and Darwin are pro-Christianity, while the facts are Einstein didn't belong to any religion and they both doubt Christianity. Besides, there's over 90% of monks and buddhists provide misleading or totally wrong information about Buddhism, no wonder people saying Buddhism is superstitious?

The world needs peace. Don't cause trouble. Every religion wants harmony, love, but not to destroy other religions. If you think hating on races is idiotic, the same logic falls on religious issues. Isn't it?

And, together we live, together we take care of each other's survival. So treat the earth well. I really wish to see the earth to be healthy, fresh and beautiful. Let the greenness maintains as it was.

Again, sorry for my poor English. Those are my new year wishes, how about yours? Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers and Happy New Year ^ ^

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Hong Bao Na Lai

Chasing Game Is Now On The Roads

Nothing to be surprise if you're from my school. We are having a long-distance running contest on next Wednesday. Our school used to name it "Merentas Desa", which refers to something like steeplechase. But then they found it isn't suitable, because we're actually running on the roads, around housing areas. And finally they decided to call it a "Road Run", weird, isn't it?

It sounds like we are having fun on the roads, lol. Yet in actual fact, we do chase each other along the roads. I wonder who was doing the calculation, the school claims that the total distance for guys is 7.5km, while girls' is 5km. Nobody knows how far this is true, haha. That would mean guys have to run 50% of distance more than the girls do. That's fun anyway.

Talking about the contest, we just had our first and the last practice on this Tuesday. According to normal schedule, we would be playing basketball at that time, but then the activity had been replaced with road run training.

The weather was just fine. Just before the training started, the rain had stopped. And while we're running, the temperature wasn't as high as usual, yet some people still felt dizzy after that, haha.

Let's talk about how it went. Without wasting much time, the game just started. I speed up to hold the first position, not only because I want to know my condition, but also to figure out who would be the rugged competitors.

Just after the main road in front of my school, Mr.D crossed me. Lol, that's a little too fast, as I was'nt jogging at a low speed. Then I took that as a challenge. We kept running but he was still running in front me.

Before we reached the next junction, my stomach started to pain. Erm, it's actually not at the stomach, it's somewhere near the heart and ribs and stomach. So can I call it a stomach ache? I wonder how it could happen, and that's not the first time. Therefore, I was thinking, is that because I didn't run long distance for a long time or I didn't warm up before the game?

The story had to be continued though, haha. So I tried to jog or run slowly, as much as I can. However it didn't work, all I saw was people crossing me 1 by 1, while I have no chance to catch up. Whenever I want things to go smooth, I felt more pain. I knew I couldn't continue if I don't calm down mentally. I've no idea but stopped more and rest more, by this at least I stand a better chance to recover.

And I really really wonder why, my pain hadn't ended as I went further, until the time when I was going to finish the second housing area (3 totally, both guys and girls run the 2nd). I walked slowly and somehow caught up 2 girls in front of me. Then I greeted them and chat something for fun. You know, I like to play. Then I said, I am going to runaway from your sight. Then I just ran.

While I was running "gracefully" with a bit pain, someone, who's nearby, speed up and crossed me. While he passed by another 2 Indian girls, one of them told him, "You're the 11th!" That sound was so loud that I can't miss any words. Then I say, "Number 11th is here!" Then I just speed up as if I was crazy. Yeah, there's something wrong with my nerves, lol. But then miracle happened.

When I ran at a high speed, I felt no more pain. Weird right? Finally, the "curse" had ended, yeah. Then I crossed 2 guys in a row. However, happy thing wasn't totally happy, that time I realized I didn't have much air left to breath smoothly. Haha, I know, that's my bad. Then I turned to the last housing area, and saw something strange - 4 people including Mr.D were there in front!

Well, Mr.D ran the wrong way, then only turned back to the right one, so it took time and energy. But he's still number one, like no contest. The other 3 guys continued to run with me, and after that, the 2nd guy disappeard with Mr.D.

Left only Mr.A, Mr.X and me. Mr.X challenged me mentally and I lost. Sad, lol. He even crossed Mr.A and become number 3rd. Then I felt like giving up because Mr.A never stopped and I was gaspping for breath.

Here comes the interesting part! I was being crazy for the second time. When I reached the junction and met the girls, Mr.X was already running on the last road. May all because of girls, lol, I told myself, I want to have my last try.

In my guess, Mr.X had never stopped, so he won't have enough energy to accelerate to the ending point. Immediately, I started to accelerate steadily to approach him. When I was a few steps behind, he accelerated too. And I was left behind. I can't continue on chasing anymore because I would be the one to get tired before him. So I stopped. Walked and observed what he did.

Just awhile after, he stopped accelerating and continue jogging slowly. That time, I saw the chance, a big chance. While walking, I reserved my energy and breath. I wanted to cross him using my speed. And I know possibly he couldn't accelerate longer than I did because he would have run out of energy. When everything's well prepared, I accelerate as much as I can, and he did the same thing.

As expected, he was unable to defend. He wasn't able to run faster than I did and had to stop due to lack of energy. That was the final minute. Eventually I crossed him. Haha. I was shouting crazily to celebrate (but don't ever think I lc).

That was so excited. Not only because I made what I planned, but also mostly because that was the first time I did such thing. Yeah, the first time. The first time I cross people by speeding up and made it around 10 meters away from the finish line, in final minutes. I made another record for myself, although that's nothing great. Yet it's actually more fun than what we think.

The practice was so beautiful (of course the weather, too). And hopefully everything becomes better when it comes to the real competition. Wish me good luck, ok? There will be no more pain, no more gasping but more girls. Hahaha, cheers.

Cute Girls

LoL. Yeah, I'm going to talk about cute girls in this post, no kidding, haha. So, don't be surprise, please. XD

Erm... Before that, don't ever think that my reason disappear from blog is observing girls. Lol. In fact, Form 6 life has become busier than I can think of. Especially when R&D those kinds of stuff intrudes into a timetable.

Back to the topic. My idea of writing this comes on the day I went to tuition last Saturday. At one of the break time, I saw a nigger (not racist, but I really don't know what's the better word), which is an around father-aged man, standing outside of my classroom. The distance was not far that I can see him clearly. I then attracted by the little girl playing alone, just beside him.

The black little one is probrably his daughter. And heck, she looks so freakingly cute! With the hair of Iverson's style (lol), big black eyes with deep double eyelids and everything that how a nigger does look like, she gains so much attention from me - not only me though, there're many other than me. I don't know how to describe more about her, but she's just almost everything positive, in term of cuteness.

You know, the outlook of a nigger is like a rhythm of art. The way they act, the way they speak (American English), the way they make their music... I like their muscles, especially Michael Jordan's, haha, sorry Tracy and Kobe. And, I like the way the girls groom themselves, you know, with some kinds of ear rings, handbags or other classic adornments.

Erm, besides, the little girl had remind me of another black girl I saw during one of the car lessons. She was the only nigger and the only one who doesn't know Malay, I think. However, she didn't look like not listening. At another corner, I can't take my eyes off her, hahaha. Funny? But that's what happened. I watched her from the very top to very bottom, I just didn't want to miss any inch of her.

Hey, don't interpret it another way, I'm not that kind of person, ok? What I was saying is, niggers are really cute and attractive (to me, of course), regardless of gender. Oh, before I forget, she asked me something while I was walking pass her. I don't remember what she asked, but that's definitely not the reason I looked at her regularly. And I bet she didn't and won't even know, haha...

Well, I know not everyone shares the same view. Talking about cute girls, China's are not bad, too. Yeah, I meant cute, haha. Maybe their faces are not as pretty as others, but they're cute in term of... Errr... Funny. Haha.

Please don't get me wrong, what I meant is they look funny, just that simple, haha. Most of the time I msn with them, I got excited with a smile on face. It sounds pervert, right? Haha. Keep the word for yourself. I did react that way because I like the way they express themself, no matter in term of words, tones or facial expressions.

They are really fun to contact with. That may because they maintain the conservative living style. It happens like we are back to our parent's time, when the guys and girls didn't express their love like we do. Lol, I can't help smiling now. I miss the time she told me about her live, especially while saying about relationship. Her expressions are kind of funny and interesting, especially when she's shy, haha.

What other types of girls that are cute? Could it be Malaysian? Yeah, I do think so, but mostly not Klang Valley people, haha. Anyway, these may be the only girls I think (based on area or races) are cute and it will never be any blue-eye girl, which I myself wonder why.

So, the conclusion? Girls are cute in many different ways. To judge, it's all depends on personal taste. So which types of girls are delicious to you? Don't be parsimonious to share opinions of yours, cheers.