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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Post-CNY-iac

CNY again has ended with blasting fireworks and smoke from people burning offerings during midnight on Chap Goh Mei. Oh yeah I do miss the fun, the food, and most importantly the LONG HOLIDAYS.

Somehow every CNY shows a trend.
A list what I have found out every CNY.

Clothes Problem
Buying new clothes on the verge before CNY is really stressful. Yeah no joke!! It's not enjoying AT ALL if you're buying clothes with my MUM and my BRO.. That guy is darn noisy and kept persuading everyone to go home while mum kept telling me not to spend too much. And another major problem is....my OWN problem. It's quite hard to find suitable clothes for me considering my size. And I am WAY TOO CHOOSY. I just want clothes EXCLUDING colour pink, yellow, orange, sleeveless, longsleeves, 3/4 sleeves, long waisted, short waisted, v-collared, low collar....Yeah I guess that's all. And it's difficult to search for shirts or tops with those particullars. We shopped at Mid Valley, Sunway Pyramid, One Utama and even Selayang Mall but I JUST CANT FIND ANYTHING I WANT. Oh, and considering the price...another problem. Mum don't even wanted to look at Levi's. One T-shirt in GAP was damn nice but after looking at the price tag....erm....maybe no. So finally settled every shirt at Padini Concept at Ikano on the last day of school. Spent 300 something on a bunch of shirts which are just normal.....haiz...

Everyone hates Spring Cleaning
My sis even made an excuse to go for piano lessons early, leaving me scrubbing off those icky grimes from pots. I spent 1 week cleaning only my room, using the principle 'man man lai' (slowly). Mum got pissed and told me to hurry. As usual my roher laze around the house, saying 'hen lei' (tired). Mum always says that she did most of the work and stuff like:"if it wasn't for me, would this house be so clean?" To my grandma: "I did all the work. They did not help me AT ALL." Eh please la....I helped a lot man!

Havoc in calling my Paternal Grandma
Previously we used to balik kampung to Johor but that's 5 years ago. So mum said, for MORAL reasons, me, as the ELDEST of all, have to call her and asked her lots of crap questions like: "popo...Gong Xi Fa Cai, Happy CNY. How are you? Waht did you guys ate for reunion dinner? I missed the roast duck. We will be back one day ok. Everyone is fine. bye bye." It's the same old script I have been reading for the past 5 years and telling mum, I am TIRED!! And some more I always misplaced the damn number, so I am forced to ask mum for it, where she will nag nag and nag about responsibilities....haiz!!

Adults gossip
The same old story about who hating who and who cheated who and whose daughter-in-law is not good looking. Lazy...Guess that it's their only entertainment during this long CNY break.

Alcohol Prohibiting Factor
Mum does not allow me to drink. Dunno why. I am already 18. Legally adult. So I had to take some wine in some place quiet,where my uncles will frantically empty the wine bottles to my glass, without mum noticing. This year, I only took 4 glasses, haha...11% alcohol australian wine...DUH cheap ones. My uncle took one glass and his face immediatedly turned tomato. And they SAID that I am BOOZE KING!! haha!!

Excessive CNY products
Where no one wants to eat anymore. A few tins of biscuits, packets of crisps, peanuts and a whole box of mandarin oranges. Maybe I should take to school and treat the security guard.

That's a brief trend of what had happened during CNY in the past few years. Next CNY, it has a 99% probability to remain the same....Haha!! Look that's a 'kong ming deng' (confucician lantern)!!

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

After Reading

I just finished the book I borrowed from Shin Peih. It's entitled '第八号当铺', directly translating english, 'pawnshop no.8'. I know, this book has already been on the racks since ages ago, but since I have already 'disconnected' from the world of chinese novels, I decided to give it a try.

Not bad after all.

It's a story about dealings. In pawnshop no.8, one can exchange anyhting for anything.......meaning, you can exchange your body oragns, love, luck and anyhting else for success, glory, fame, money, prosperity...... Basically it is just like this. The part gets interesting when you see how they suffer under their own choices, sacrifices.......

I learnt something....appreciation.

But after reading, I kept thinking about the pawnshop. If, if, if and only if these were true, then would I baragin something for another? Maybe success, maybe wealth, maybe fame......then I would like to sacrifice something, but what would it be? Everyhting is precious to me. Success, wealth and fame can be earned over time, unnecessary to bargain them over my life.

Would you do so if given a chance to change your life? Fast and guaranteed. But at your own risk.

Enjoy.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Farewell Party - A Success

The Farewell Party I organised ended successfully on 2nd November. A month later, I wrote this blog to express my feelings...a bit late, but better than never.

Roll of Honour
I would like to express my heartiest thanks to


Yoong Sin and Yoong Ling

a.k.a the twins,
my secretary and treasurer
my best friends......
Without them, there will be no farewell.
There will be no compliments, no success.
From the very first day I was elected the president, they have been greatly supporting me. They gave me advices when I firstly had some communication and misunderstanding problems with my members. They helped me make wise decisions, giving me honest opinions and thoughts. They helped me control and conduct my members, and also helped me solve serious problems.
Without them, I can never be a good leader.
They have been my eyes and ears. They worked hard and played their role with full responsibility. For the farewell, they did most of the work. They strained themselves physically and mentally for the success of the event. From financial planning to presents, they played an important role. They did not even had much food during the event. They helped me back up and adapt to changes during that day. They worked hard, never complaining.
How could I ever ask for more?


Eng Yap
President of Library Board 06/07
He is not easy to please, and it was no easy job being his succesor. Although he is very arrogant, proud and confident, he has a valid reason to do so. He hs been a very good example to follow. I learned loads from him. Thinking skills, courage, confidence, spontanousity...... When I faced problems (mostly concerning my members and teachers), I turned to him for advice and help. He provided me with guidelines and directions. He indirectly built my directing skills, job attitude and time management. Although I can never be as good as he is, I am still very good in my job, and the best among all on my year.
That's why I am President.


Suat Teng
for collecting money

Azman and Kalai
for being MCs. You both were the best I have ever seen.

Aik Cheong and Suresh
for being receptionists.

Shih Wei
for performing on the clarinet and flute.

Michelle, Suganthi, Mahendran and Charis
for the performance, although it didnt worked....sorry for the PA.

Cherry
for helping me on the survey and invitations. You are one of the most effective people I have ever seen.

Boon Fei
for borrowing me the player when I cannot find a laptop last minute. I knew you had a lot in mind and not in a great mood, but I still disturbed you a lot.......so sorry. And for calming me down when I was fustrated and not in an excellent mood during class.

Jun Bin
for entertaining all teachers when all the guests arrived late.

All of you who attended
who made the event a cheerful one.
who made my plan worked smoothly.
who made me so proud of my librarians.
who made me appreciate all of you.
who made me deserve the post as president.


Fantastic 4!! That's Eng Yap and the twins.


Such a complete photo, too bad I wasn't focusing.....hmmmm..... Committee 06/07 and 07/08.

TOLD YOU, I AM THE BEST ON MY YEAR, AND THAT'S WHY I GOT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT.
AND IT WAS PROVEN, OKAY?
ONE PROVERB FOR YOU, 'DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER'.
I MAY LOOK NOT SUITABLE BUT IF I AM NOT, NO ONE ELSE IS.
I MADE MISTAKES, BUT WHO DON'T? I NEED TIME TO LEARN.
NOW I HAVE PICKED UP SPEED, AND I HAVE PLAYED MY PART WELL.
IN FACT, AFTER THE FAREWELL, YOU WERE IMPRESSED. DON'T DENY IT. THAT'S MOST PROBABLY WHY YOU KEPT QUIET.
TOLD YOU, I CAN.
I CAN NEVER FORGET HOW YOU HUMILIATED ME BEFORE.
HOW YOU TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT HOW YOU FELT TOWARDS THE WAY I DID THINGS.
HOW YOU THREW YOUR TEMPER TOWARDS ME IN PUBLIC.
HOW YOU EMBARRASED ME AND MY COMMITTEE IN FRONT OF ALL.
HOW COULD I EVER FORGET?
HOW COULD I EVER FORGIVE?
I WANT YOU TO SWALLOW BACK THOSE WORDS.
AND DON'T YOU DARE TO THREATHEN ME WITH THOSE WORDS THAT YOU WANT TO FIRE ME.
I AM NOT SCARED.
BECAUSE IF YOU DO SO, WHO DARES TO SUCCEED MY PLACE.
WHO FITS?
THINK. NOT EVEN A SINGLE SOUL.

Saturday, December 1, 2007

In The Name of My Father

In fondest memories of
HEE CHEU KUAN
Father,
Loyal civil servant,
Great tutor, engineer,
Role model,
Best friend.

人家说, 失去爸爸的孩子, 一定比别人更坚强,更有志气.
是的, 不见得我比任何人来得脆弱.
但人类是富有感情的动物.
有时候, 不外表的感触, 只是收藏在心底的伤痕累累.
不哽咽的哭泣, 是默默的把眼泪, 往肚里吞.
思念本是一种很自私自利的感觉.
我独吞的怀念, 是我一个人的感触.
但我的感触,始终挽不回一个人的存在.
唯有爸爸在我脑海里不朽的回忆, 才能留着他永恒的生命.
我不寂寞.
死去的只不过是一副躯体
活着的是一个曾经存在的力量.
他的精神死不去, 而将永远伴我而行.

As far as I could remember, dad was a great guy.
He loves golf a lot. Still remembering him playing every Sunday morning. I used to make noise from preventing him going so that he can take me to the park. But obviously failed. Dad bought a plastic toy golf set for me once. He taught me how to hold the club, how to swing, how to poise. When he was free, he would empty his golf bag, telling me the numbers on those clubs and what particular situation is suitable for which club. Dad only uses white golf balls. He promised me to teach me the proper way of playing golf when I turn 16. I was 6 that year.
The promise was meant to be broke.

Dad used to take me to the park near our house. I always wished for sunny evenings when he cannot find any excuse not bringing me there. Every time before leaving, we would look up the orange sky. I would then face the brighter part of the sky and try to guess whether it is west or east. When dusk falls, the road back home was lighted by orange street lights, accompanied by the rolling of the wheels of a bike, footsteps of an adult, and an unmistakable laughter.

Dad simply loves classical music. He got us a well enough surround system just for the purpose. He loves Chopin the most above all. I still can remember Vivaldi’s Spring ringing in my ears when I woke up. Sometimes, just to spice up the atmosphere during cooling nights, we would turn on the bulb lights, which emits a dim, romantic glow. I always hated that light. Then we would talk about Debussy and his songs written especially for children, Mozart and his early discovered talent……
When we drove back to Johor for Chinese new year, I would always fight to sit on the passenger seat in front. Then Dad will give me a map, and I will spend my time on the car matching mountains with symbols on the map. Dad always receives projects in Cameron Highlands so we went there often enough. He will tell me different town names as we mount the hill. I can still remember, Lata Iskandar Waterfalls on the foot, then Tanah Rata, then Brinchang……

Dad loves astronomy very much. I was 10 when the government first introduced online services in the government sector. Dad used the company’s computer to get his hands on the news about NASA and astronomy. He reads Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Issac Assimov. At night, he will bring me to the garden and we will gaze up to the stars. Then, Dad will start pointing and telling me about names of stars, constellations. I rarely pay attention during those days. I just knew about Orion’s belt, the Great Dipper, Sirius and sometimes, by luck, I can spot Mars.

30 November 2000, I knew I would never see him again. On that day, I lost my father, my mentor, my best friend. The world is never fair. They took away a great guy but let thousands of useless people live.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Bye bye lower six, Hello (goddamn it) upper six...

It's the last day being a LOWER SIX FORMER. But according to Cekap Tuition Centre, we are already considered UPPER SIX FORMERS, because the current batch had already gone for their STPM. Okay, say whatever you want. I realised that time files.

So, I am going to briefly say what had happened to my school life being a lower six former so far....

JUNE
Start of school. Have a damn hard time debating over issues about transfering school. Finally settled down in SMK Maxwell, the 'school behind Dynasty Hotel'. Felt damn grateful to go to school everyday, despite the 1 hour ride. The canteen food sucked. Represented the school for chess. Lost. Been forced to dance. Thank god rejected the 'generous offer'. Made new friends, but not much. First friend to know in Maxwell is See Bee.

JULY
Became the President of Resource Centre Board. Damn happy and honoured. Had social issues with members. Hated by art class people. School was flooded. Reported loss of RM1 million. Hishamuddin visited together with a whole damn lot of reporters. Appeared on TV3 prime news. Hated by Chemistry teacher. Overslept in the bus on the way to school. Walked from Chow Kit to school. Witnessed the first couple in school, a guy from my class with a girl from next door. Made more friends. Yen yuen is a good friend.

AUGUST
Monthly test, did not prepare much, but scored CGPA 3.33 out of luck. Best grade in Chemistry in class. Made friends with art class people. Overcame some social skill problems. Mahendran said: 'At first I thought Azman was going to be the President, but you became, I doubted your abilities. Now I knew I am wrong because you are better, and you are the only upper AJK I respected.' damn touched and happy. Had issues with Liza, but I always knew she was wrong.

SEPTEMBER
Started to plan for farewell event. Faced obstacles. Came for extra classes in school and slept three quarter of the class. Went for squash practices in Titiwangsa
Stadium, by Zi Qin's car. Managed to 'squeeze' into the semi finals. Started to hang out with koperasi people. Michelle kissed a guy during truth or dare. Attracted atention from the next class.

OCTOBER
Finals approached. Damn unprepared. Nearly flunked maths. Can't hear a word during MUET listening test. Started to skip class, but managed to escape some teachers's eyes. Went Bukit Tinggi to do the insect project. Had fun. Again had issues with Liza. Library's fund was not enough to support a lot of events. Planned for cross country under last minute time range. Potentially nominee for house captain next year, but I will reject the offer. Hung out in Sungai Way for yhe first time in my life with friends. Hated it.

SEPTEMBER
Successfully ran farewell. Releived. The first couple in school broke up. The guy was devastated. Liza started to show some respect towards me. Skipped school for one whole day because did not feel like going. Went to Suresh's home during Deepavali open house. Went back to school during holidays for soil sampling projects. Went to FRIM with classmates for quadrat sampling and line transect. Ate beehoon in library and got caught by Anita. Boon Fei followed music classses with me and paid me cheap enough.

It's almost the end of 2007.........

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
help me because I have done nothing for myself......