It's time to let go...
When I saw you in kindergarten uniforms, I knew it's the time for a transition in life. That's when you're officially a student. That's when you start the journey everyone does AFTER the childhood. That's when you are going to stick to the school for a couple of years until you're as old as me.
Yet, I couldn't describe my feeling. May you never know how much I love you since the moment you're born - from the time I won't feel anything if you didn't exist to the time I appreciate your existance so much that I hardly imagine. Now you're no more baby, although I assume that you're, since the first sight on you.
We're brothers with 14 years difference in age. But I'm convinced that, there's no generation gap in our brotherhood, unlike you with other elders. I've tried my best to put myself into your life, I mean, a child or a baby world. I found out some ways to play with you, entertain you, guide you, train you and sometimes educate you on something. Of course, sometimes I fool you, at the level that can be forgiven. However, I have to say sorry for letting off negative emotions on you.
I know there's a couple of times I did bad to you, thinking that you're not big enough to judge what I was doing. Sorry again, brother. I know you will forget it when time goes on but it's undeniable my bad. Sorry, for I ever made you think I'm a bad brother. Sorry, for I ever be a bad example.
Just a few days ago, you're 5 years old. I can't forget how much you have given me, unknowingly, in these past 5 years. I like to hug you, I like you to snuggle up to me, I like to listen to you... And I like so much to see your world. You have been a pleasant part in my life. You are cute and naive enough to chase away the negative feelings of the people around you. You are obedient and seldom bring big trouble to us. You're making the world more lively and vivid. We love living with you.
Thanks so much for being here to teach me some lessons. Not only knowledge about a baby and a young being, but also some principles of living that have lost in adults' world. Through that, I know more about humanity and I believe you've taught me to be a better man.
Yes, it's the time I have to control myself to treat you as an older child. I can't hug you or treat you as a baby when the time is up. I have to do it gradually, little by little to give me and you some space to adapt it. I actually should have done it when you're 5 years old or younger, but I really miss it.
I wonder in what age you will be able to read this post. I wonder how much longer you have to take to understand my words here. I wonder how much I could do, to let you know more about our time together when you grow bigger. But there's one thing simple - I love you, and you love me.
OK, my little brother, this post is going to end. Now you're turning into a student while I may be leaving school. We both are moving to a different milestone in life. It could change our lives as well. As several years later, I will be spending my time working and you will be busy with your school life.
Arrrh, I just can't stop myself typing. It is so unfair to you, because I'm the only one having the right to keep our memories. All I can do is trying to recall them back to you, when you're interested to know. And lastly, sincerely, I wish you to live better than me. Regards.
Cheers...
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.
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~~~
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Again, I repeat, I didn't comment anything on this. You've yours. Cheers.
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.
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.
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 ^ ^
Hong Bao Na Lai
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
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.
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.
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.
Break & Couple
Don't be curious. It's about the same story again. LoL.
Here comes a good news. Before that, yesterday I was spending my time to wait for the card. Yeah, it's waiting, again. Just a few minutes before 5pm, I'd totally lost my patience and complained to their customer service.
According to them, the problem may caused by the delivery company (CitiLink?). They would make reports and find out the problem. And they said, they will contact me within 24 hours.
And something ridiculous happened. At around 6.30pm to 7pm, when the sky is turning darker and darker, the card was arrived. Too bad that I wasn't at home that time. But luckily, they allow my family to receive the letter with the condition to show my IC. Yeah, I don't usually bring IC when I go out, especially when I was going for basketball.
When I reached home, I followed the instructions given in the letter, to confirm everything with them. They told me the line will be activated within 2 days time. So the only thing I need or have to do is wait. (again?)
The good news fell on this morning. When I woke up, I saw 2 messages. 1 of them is from Digi and another one is from Umobile. In short, they was informing me that the porting have been successfully done. The new SIM card has started to work.
And I did that after getting everything done. Before removing the old card, I was gazing at my phone. I wonder if anything on the screen will change when I use a different card later.
Without spending too much of time, I removed the card from my phone. And that means my relationship with my old operator has officially ended. I looked this moment as a breaking with someone that accompanied me quite a period of time.
The only difference using the new card is, the word "3G" is no longer exist on my phone's surface. For your information, this is the second time I couple with Digi. Shall our relationship goes further, cheers.
Here comes a good news. Before that, yesterday I was spending my time to wait for the card. Yeah, it's waiting, again. Just a few minutes before 5pm, I'd totally lost my patience and complained to their customer service.
According to them, the problem may caused by the delivery company (CitiLink?). They would make reports and find out the problem. And they said, they will contact me within 24 hours.
And something ridiculous happened. At around 6.30pm to 7pm, when the sky is turning darker and darker, the card was arrived. Too bad that I wasn't at home that time. But luckily, they allow my family to receive the letter with the condition to show my IC. Yeah, I don't usually bring IC when I go out, especially when I was going for basketball.
When I reached home, I followed the instructions given in the letter, to confirm everything with them. They told me the line will be activated within 2 days time. So the only thing I need or have to do is wait. (again?)
The good news fell on this morning. When I woke up, I saw 2 messages. 1 of them is from Digi and another one is from Umobile. In short, they was informing me that the porting have been successfully done. The new SIM card has started to work.
And I did that after getting everything done. Before removing the old card, I was gazing at my phone. I wonder if anything on the screen will change when I use a different card later.
Without spending too much of time, I removed the card from my phone. And that means my relationship with my old operator has officially ended. I looked this moment as a breaking with someone that accompanied me quite a period of time.
The only difference using the new card is, the word "3G" is no longer exist on my phone's surface. For your information, this is the second time I couple with Digi. Shall our relationship goes further, cheers.
Yesterday's Story
As I mentioned in the previous post, the SIM card should arrive to me today. However, at around 11 o'clock this morning, digi phoned me again. And, they brought me a bad news.
Due to some "server flaws", the card can't be delivered today. And, according to them, tomorrow is Selangor's public holiday. Therefore they will send me the card on Saturday, hopefully everything will be running smooth.
What else to say? I've been waiting and waiting, and the result? Is still waiting. Anyway, since I have no other ideas, the only thing I can do is to maintain my patience.
OK. Let's say I get hold of the card on this Saturday, that is 13th. My current credit is valid until that day, that means I can't make any call on 14th. Holding the card, I am to call digi's line to confirm anything, before proceeding to the last process. This process takes from 1 to 2 days, according to digi's site. So, I can't sms or call in these 1 or 2 days or probably more than that.
Lastly, hopefully nothing will go wrong after this. Otherwise, I may have to pay another RM10 to top up for continue using "Umobile Prepaid". Again, wish me a good luck, cheers.
Due to some "server flaws", the card can't be delivered today. And, according to them, tomorrow is Selangor's public holiday. Therefore they will send me the card on Saturday, hopefully everything will be running smooth.
What else to say? I've been waiting and waiting, and the result? Is still waiting. Anyway, since I have no other ideas, the only thing I can do is to maintain my patience.
OK. Let's say I get hold of the card on this Saturday, that is 13th. My current credit is valid until that day, that means I can't make any call on 14th. Holding the card, I am to call digi's line to confirm anything, before proceeding to the last process. This process takes from 1 to 2 days, according to digi's site. So, I can't sms or call in these 1 or 2 days or probably more than that.
Lastly, hopefully nothing will go wrong after this. Otherwise, I may have to pay another RM10 to top up for continue using "Umobile Prepaid". Again, wish me a good luck, cheers.
018? Digi? Umobile?
After being quite passive for several days (or several weeks perhaps), I've finally decided to write a new post.
So... What happened these days? Should I say, my life is totally boring? No basketball, no outing, no dating, no kissing, no hugging and haiz, the only thing I enjoyed is, dreaming.
Yeah. Everyday I wake up late, just for dreaming. Sometimes I woke up to pee, but then I returned to bed, just to continue my sweet dream.
So, now I'm going to talk about something different. Recently, I've decided to switch operator, from Umobile to Digi. For the reason why, it's because I can't agree with Umobile move at all. For me, they are trying to trick their customers.
The trick started with an sms which informs me that there'll be a new rate plan from the first of December this year. And, I failed to get any information about that through its site, until the day the new rates applied.
OK, now, I've a question to ask you all. Is that a "must" to let customers know the price before they pay? I bet you get it right, and that's the right that every single customer should have. And company should let them know the price, clearly, to provide them confidence. Am I right?
And another thing. As what I remember, some features are permanent, and the others are promotion, which means only for temperarily. When I looked up the information, I found that some "permanent" features has become "promotion", and they've been canceled. That reason is, the promotion period is ended. OK, and the last thing. Since some significant features are abolished, then can you give me a reason to choose Umobile? Or even continue using it?
For more information, have a look at this page (tell me if it's no longer available): http://corporate.u.com.my/docs/NewRatesFAQ.pdf
The only thing I really care is, they are playing business trick, and this burned me up. So... Few days ago, I applied for MNP, to port to Digi, while maintaining my 018 prefix. And... The last news so far, Digi has phoned me this morning, saying that they will deliver the SIM card to my house tomorrow.
Haiz... Tomorrow. Still long to go. I can't wait. I have been waiting for almost 5 days. Yet receiving the "chip" doesn't mean hassle-free. There are still some steps have to be done, before I can really get rid of Umobile.
So, wish me a good luck, please. I will kindly sacrifice my lovely kiss. Haha, good night and cheers.
So... What happened these days? Should I say, my life is totally boring? No basketball, no outing, no dating, no kissing, no hugging and haiz, the only thing I enjoyed is, dreaming.
Yeah. Everyday I wake up late, just for dreaming. Sometimes I woke up to pee, but then I returned to bed, just to continue my sweet dream.
So, now I'm going to talk about something different. Recently, I've decided to switch operator, from Umobile to Digi. For the reason why, it's because I can't agree with Umobile move at all. For me, they are trying to trick their customers.
The trick started with an sms which informs me that there'll be a new rate plan from the first of December this year. And, I failed to get any information about that through its site, until the day the new rates applied.
OK, now, I've a question to ask you all. Is that a "must" to let customers know the price before they pay? I bet you get it right, and that's the right that every single customer should have. And company should let them know the price, clearly, to provide them confidence. Am I right?
And another thing. As what I remember, some features are permanent, and the others are promotion, which means only for temperarily. When I looked up the information, I found that some "permanent" features has become "promotion", and they've been canceled. That reason is, the promotion period is ended. OK, and the last thing. Since some significant features are abolished, then can you give me a reason to choose Umobile? Or even continue using it?
For more information, have a look at this page (tell me if it's no longer available): http://corporate.u.com.my/docs/NewRatesFAQ.pdf
The only thing I really care is, they are playing business trick, and this burned me up. So... Few days ago, I applied for MNP, to port to Digi, while maintaining my 018 prefix. And... The last news so far, Digi has phoned me this morning, saying that they will deliver the SIM card to my house tomorrow.
Haiz... Tomorrow. Still long to go. I can't wait. I have been waiting for almost 5 days. Yet receiving the "chip" doesn't mean hassle-free. There are still some steps have to be done, before I can really get rid of Umobile.
So, wish me a good luck, please. I will kindly sacrifice my lovely kiss. Haha, good night and cheers.
Oh Yeah!
Oh Yeah!!!
Going to tell you all something... Something that is really exciting (for me at least)... And... Never mind. Let me finish the story.
Erm, yeah, it's about basketball, again, lol. For some of you, that's quite boring, I know. Yet I can't stop myself sharing the happiness with you'll. OK, it's time to stop crapping and start my story.
I bet you know Mike (Michael Jordan) has been recognized as hall of famer not long ago. And, he delivered a long speech (around 20 minutes) while the ceremony was going on. That speech is very valuable as he revealed many things that you and I wanted to know.
For being too candid, some people may have a negative perception on him after the speech. But in fact, he just spoke out what's happening in the past years. Only by that, people will know what set him apart and finally become the best of all time.
So the story is, I've been looking for the full transcript of his speech. One of the reasons is I want to keep that for own collection, and another reason, you know, my English level is as poor as you can think of, therefore I can't get the words from Mike with just watching the video once (in NBA.com). So, another move planned by me is to download the video.
Here comes the problem, I can't found the transcript. (It happened few weeks ago so I don't know whether there's an update.) So, what I did is try to get the video. Unlike other broadcasting sites, NBA videos are not that easy to be downloaded. Yet I tried several ways and finally found something works, that's using a trial version of GetFLV.
The reason why I used that software in trial version is I don't want to find any way to crack any software like I used to do always. Having a little sense of moral, I was trying to get free softwares as I can.
So the good news is, FINALLY I GET THE VIDEO!
Oh yeah. The next thing I am going to do is watch the video over and over again, to understand what he's trying to say. And... If possible, I will try to write out the transcript of it, full. OK, cheers and good night :)
Today
Before that I thought today shall be a peaceful day, and it should be.
In this morning, during school time, my friend and I had decided to play basketball after school. As what we've planned, at around 3.30pm, we reached to a nearby basketball court. He then put his school bag on the chair near to the court.
And you know what? During the games, somehow, his bag...... has been stolen! You're right, it's a school bag, a big-sized school bag. Nobody knows why it could happen, since the bag was on the chair just in front of the court. But then noone noticed what happened.
After that, my friend and I tried to find that bag, and of course, we found nothing. Then we asked an old man who was sitting in front of his house for a long time, his answer was roughly like this, "budak india yang naik motor sudah ambil, saya ingat itu dia punya." Then only we know, the bag was really being stolen. That happened in a moment that nobody noticed it.
Sad to say that such a big bag can be stolen during a normal day, while we're doing a normal thing. Somemore his purse was still inside the bag, which means his IC, licence, money has lost. What should we blame? Moral decline or self carelessness? However the most important thing to think of is how to get back his textbooks and other lost belongings. I feel so so so sorry about that.
*ps*
As can be seen, I din't update my blog for a period of time. And I know someone is eagerly waiting, haha. Erm, actually I have few more topics to share currently, but just leave it to the next posts, cheers.
In this morning, during school time, my friend and I had decided to play basketball after school. As what we've planned, at around 3.30pm, we reached to a nearby basketball court. He then put his school bag on the chair near to the court.
And you know what? During the games, somehow, his bag...... has been stolen! You're right, it's a school bag, a big-sized school bag. Nobody knows why it could happen, since the bag was on the chair just in front of the court. But then noone noticed what happened.
After that, my friend and I tried to find that bag, and of course, we found nothing. Then we asked an old man who was sitting in front of his house for a long time, his answer was roughly like this, "budak india yang naik motor sudah ambil, saya ingat itu dia punya." Then only we know, the bag was really being stolen. That happened in a moment that nobody noticed it.
Sad to say that such a big bag can be stolen during a normal day, while we're doing a normal thing. Somemore his purse was still inside the bag, which means his IC, licence, money has lost. What should we blame? Moral decline or self carelessness? However the most important thing to think of is how to get back his textbooks and other lost belongings. I feel so so so sorry about that.
*ps*
As can be seen, I din't update my blog for a period of time. And I know someone is eagerly waiting, haha. Erm, actually I have few more topics to share currently, but just leave it to the next posts, cheers.
I'm Back
What's up babe? I've just came back from court. The good news is - overall, everything went just fine. Lol. Actually I got nothing to say, but just feel like blogging.
Remember the final match? Indeed, I have bought a pair of handbags to tie on legs just before that day. Yeah, one day is not enough to help. Yet it spoilt my performances after that.
I cannot forget how I miss all the easy baskets during those matches. I've been trusted, but I made everyone disappointed. The effects haven't end though. After that day, as long as I was in court, I've poor shooting. Just miss and miss and miss. Even when I was just in front of the basket, my field goals made won't more than 60%. That's terrible.
Perhaps this is because of the sandbags. I've tied them on my legs for few days (including days after the matches). I couldn't explain what are the causes, but I feel a bit imbalance while playing, especially when landing on ground from a jump. Is this the cause of my poor shooting after that? Well, I don't know. But this may be one of the factors.
Today is just different. I came back to the court in this morning. I started to control the ball, with some moves. Surprisingly, everything went smooth. I tried to made shots, and it was better than I expected. Yeah, the curse has finally broken.
Coincidently, a coach and some trainees were there too. They've been there for practicing. Therefore I've the chance to learn from them. Haha. At the same time, I, at the other side of the court was playing as usual. I took roles like what I used to be. However, the players there are just plain players, so I could do things slowly and carefully, as a long warm-up after the depression period.
In conclusion (writing essay?), I am back. Yeah. Maybe I still need some time to get back to normal. But I am satisfied enough. Because I still severely suck yesterday, compared to today's performance. Again, sorry for my poor English. Cheers.
Remember the final match? Indeed, I have bought a pair of handbags to tie on legs just before that day. Yeah, one day is not enough to help. Yet it spoilt my performances after that.
I cannot forget how I miss all the easy baskets during those matches. I've been trusted, but I made everyone disappointed. The effects haven't end though. After that day, as long as I was in court, I've poor shooting. Just miss and miss and miss. Even when I was just in front of the basket, my field goals made won't more than 60%. That's terrible.
Perhaps this is because of the sandbags. I've tied them on my legs for few days (including days after the matches). I couldn't explain what are the causes, but I feel a bit imbalance while playing, especially when landing on ground from a jump. Is this the cause of my poor shooting after that? Well, I don't know. But this may be one of the factors.
Today is just different. I came back to the court in this morning. I started to control the ball, with some moves. Surprisingly, everything went smooth. I tried to made shots, and it was better than I expected. Yeah, the curse has finally broken.
Coincidently, a coach and some trainees were there too. They've been there for practicing. Therefore I've the chance to learn from them. Haha. At the same time, I, at the other side of the court was playing as usual. I took roles like what I used to be. However, the players there are just plain players, so I could do things slowly and carefully, as a long warm-up after the depression period.
In conclusion (writing essay?), I am back. Yeah. Maybe I still need some time to get back to normal. But I am satisfied enough. Because I still severely suck yesterday, compared to today's performance. Again, sorry for my poor English. Cheers.
The Answer
First of all, I am not talking about Allen Iverson, haha.
As mentioned in the previous post, the match held. And the answer? I lost 2 games. Yeah, it's strange to say that after losing a game, I was still able to go to the final.
Before the match, I felt sick for 2 days, more or less. It wasn't a sick, but kind of. Sometime I was fine, but most of the time not. However, when I was in game, I din't feel sick. Haiz, too bad that I couldn't put all the blame into the sickness, haha. Perhaps the only effect is feeling a little bit tired in the game.
Ok, it is time to stop crapping. Starting from the first match, my shooting was terrible. If not mistaken, I made the first basket in the first match, and after that I don't think I made any basket. That's not enough, I missed too many easy baskets. My team almost lose the first game because of that, with the gap of only 1 point. Yeah, my team won in that game, but I lost though.
Surprisingly we went to the final. The opposing team was too strong for us, though we still stood a chance to win, if I played well. Their defence wasn't that official --- with a lot of illegal body contacts. What I can say is I contributed a lot in defence, but on the offensive side, I did nothing to help, other than a missed shot.
I got skills, but couldn't exert. When defenders defended me in a distance, I don't dare to shoot. When defenders came near to me, I didn't have the speed to cut through them. (wonder why?) There were some times that I crossed to the basket, but then I missed the baskets. Maybe because of this, one of my teamate decided to control the ball, instead of letting me to be the controler. He should take rebounds and receive the passes from me. But the positions changed, all was playing outside and there was no rebounder.
In the last minute, I was holding the ball, and decided to believe myself. I knew there's no much time left, what I could do was score as fast as I could. Before the opposing players reached their positions, I penetrated to the basket while crossing 2 players. Yeah, I was fast enough to do that. Then, I faked a shot to let another defender to jump over me.
That was the chance to score. To prevent 3 seconds violation and to avoid defence from another 2 players on my left, I took an instant shot. You know, it was right in front of the basket, but I still missed it. Damn. What the damn. I got everything right but missed the shot. Somemore it was a critical shot. I destroyed the last chance for my team to continue the game.
Just after that, one of the opposing players on my left got the rebound. Then passed. Then passed to another player. Then finally reached to a player in front of our basket to make an easy lay up. The ball went in.
Gone. Everything was gone. And it's caused by me. I cannot forgive myself. Really. The games were over but I cannot stop myself to say sorry. My teamates won 1 lost 1. I lost both. Please blame me. Thanks. Otherwise I won't feel comfortable.
As mentioned in the previous post, the match held. And the answer? I lost 2 games. Yeah, it's strange to say that after losing a game, I was still able to go to the final.
Before the match, I felt sick for 2 days, more or less. It wasn't a sick, but kind of. Sometime I was fine, but most of the time not. However, when I was in game, I din't feel sick. Haiz, too bad that I couldn't put all the blame into the sickness, haha. Perhaps the only effect is feeling a little bit tired in the game.
Ok, it is time to stop crapping. Starting from the first match, my shooting was terrible. If not mistaken, I made the first basket in the first match, and after that I don't think I made any basket. That's not enough, I missed too many easy baskets. My team almost lose the first game because of that, with the gap of only 1 point. Yeah, my team won in that game, but I lost though.
Surprisingly we went to the final. The opposing team was too strong for us, though we still stood a chance to win, if I played well. Their defence wasn't that official --- with a lot of illegal body contacts. What I can say is I contributed a lot in defence, but on the offensive side, I did nothing to help, other than a missed shot.
I got skills, but couldn't exert. When defenders defended me in a distance, I don't dare to shoot. When defenders came near to me, I didn't have the speed to cut through them. (wonder why?) There were some times that I crossed to the basket, but then I missed the baskets. Maybe because of this, one of my teamate decided to control the ball, instead of letting me to be the controler. He should take rebounds and receive the passes from me. But the positions changed, all was playing outside and there was no rebounder.
In the last minute, I was holding the ball, and decided to believe myself. I knew there's no much time left, what I could do was score as fast as I could. Before the opposing players reached their positions, I penetrated to the basket while crossing 2 players. Yeah, I was fast enough to do that. Then, I faked a shot to let another defender to jump over me.
That was the chance to score. To prevent 3 seconds violation and to avoid defence from another 2 players on my left, I took an instant shot. You know, it was right in front of the basket, but I still missed it. Damn. What the damn. I got everything right but missed the shot. Somemore it was a critical shot. I destroyed the last chance for my team to continue the game.
Just after that, one of the opposing players on my left got the rebound. Then passed. Then passed to another player. Then finally reached to a player in front of our basket to make an easy lay up. The ball went in.
Gone. Everything was gone. And it's caused by me. I cannot forgive myself. Really. The games were over but I cannot stop myself to say sorry. My teamates won 1 lost 1. I lost both. Please blame me. Thanks. Otherwise I won't feel comfortable.
Under Pressure
Tell you all something. I am feeling very worry about next Monday match. It is a small basketball contest organized by our school students.
Yeah, I know, you may think that I am kinda foolish. Sincerely and honestly, I never ever scare losing. It is just a battle, there will be winners and losers. Though I don't want to lose.
I told this to my friend, their responds are likely negative --- You are not fighting for your state, but in school only, that means winning or losing doesn't mean anything. Yeah, I admit that I took it quite serious. I don't expect to get the prizes or whatever rewards, all I want is just to win, I WANT TO WIN.
At first, I was quite confident facing the next team. I was confident on my offensive skills and my ability to stop some opponents from getting easy baskets. But a fact has been forsaken --- in our team there're only me and another guy can do things at safe level. While the opponent team included 3 players who can score and defend. I was planning to minimize my misses to leave them apart because our defence is too poor.
Yet, later I discovered that scoring is not that easy, although opponent players couldn't really stop me single-handedly. As I tried to play with people who don't know about basketball, I found that their defence is still suffocating. Without proper rules, they could do anything to stop you. While at the same time, you cannot do things that against the rules.
A simple reason, because they don't know how to play, so the referee won't call them for foul easily. So they are franchise players. Now the case is I have to face franchise players, but not rookies.
OK, stop discussing about this. Let's say if we won them, then we would go to the final. On the same day, we will be fighting for the second time, with a real team. The real team means every player inside knows about basketball. It is too difficult for us. They could do defence, we cannot. Everyone of them can score, whereas only 2 of us can score.
You know, defence is the major part of games. Without defence, it is going to be tough --- tougher than we imagined. The only thing to cure is getting a rebounder, that's all I need for now, I don't expect more. If this happened, that means the game became fairer. One of the reason is our team doesn't have a rebounder, and another reason for it is the opponent team also doesn't have a rebounder.
I don't mind if we have to make much more efforts in the fight, but what I hope is fighting with a chance to win. Even myself also couldn't explain why I want to win so much. It is not about rewards or reputation or anything, but when I am in game, I am responsible for it --- for the win. The competition is organized for competition, whereby we could enjoy and experience it.
Therefore, there's no point to devote everything into a sure-lose game. No point to let opponents absolutely own us. No point.
Hopefully everything will just be fine. We will get a suitable player for rebounding. The following games won't cost our energy that much. Well, it is just a dream, lol. Cheers.
Yeah, I know, you may think that I am kinda foolish. Sincerely and honestly, I never ever scare losing. It is just a battle, there will be winners and losers. Though I don't want to lose.
I told this to my friend, their responds are likely negative --- You are not fighting for your state, but in school only, that means winning or losing doesn't mean anything. Yeah, I admit that I took it quite serious. I don't expect to get the prizes or whatever rewards, all I want is just to win, I WANT TO WIN.
At first, I was quite confident facing the next team. I was confident on my offensive skills and my ability to stop some opponents from getting easy baskets. But a fact has been forsaken --- in our team there're only me and another guy can do things at safe level. While the opponent team included 3 players who can score and defend. I was planning to minimize my misses to leave them apart because our defence is too poor.
Yet, later I discovered that scoring is not that easy, although opponent players couldn't really stop me single-handedly. As I tried to play with people who don't know about basketball, I found that their defence is still suffocating. Without proper rules, they could do anything to stop you. While at the same time, you cannot do things that against the rules.
A simple reason, because they don't know how to play, so the referee won't call them for foul easily. So they are franchise players. Now the case is I have to face franchise players, but not rookies.
OK, stop discussing about this. Let's say if we won them, then we would go to the final. On the same day, we will be fighting for the second time, with a real team. The real team means every player inside knows about basketball. It is too difficult for us. They could do defence, we cannot. Everyone of them can score, whereas only 2 of us can score.
You know, defence is the major part of games. Without defence, it is going to be tough --- tougher than we imagined. The only thing to cure is getting a rebounder, that's all I need for now, I don't expect more. If this happened, that means the game became fairer. One of the reason is our team doesn't have a rebounder, and another reason for it is the opponent team also doesn't have a rebounder.
I don't mind if we have to make much more efforts in the fight, but what I hope is fighting with a chance to win. Even myself also couldn't explain why I want to win so much. It is not about rewards or reputation or anything, but when I am in game, I am responsible for it --- for the win. The competition is organized for competition, whereby we could enjoy and experience it.
Therefore, there's no point to devote everything into a sure-lose game. No point to let opponents absolutely own us. No point.
Hopefully everything will just be fine. We will get a suitable player for rebounding. The following games won't cost our energy that much. Well, it is just a dream, lol. Cheers.
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