The Last Day of 2010

Ah, I'm so 'detached' from my blog lately. I haven't been around to fix it, update it, decorate it or whatsoever. Now that I have time, ought to tidy up a bit. =)


Ah, smile at how time flies. I'm walking at the speed of human limits while time is travelling at the speed of light. I can't chase it, just end up like a boat, adrift in its flow. 


Nothing seems to bother me now. I was too relaxed dy. Gotta learn driving soon. Tonnes of stuff waiting for me, I think. 


A lot had happened in 2010. So I gotta miss it and those years before it too. Look at how time takes a toll on someone, how time shifts the world, how time shapes a person. It's part of the history soon.


So now it's time to enjoy the last day of 2010 and embrace the coming of 2011. Wish that 2011 will be better than 2010, even though 2010 was good enough. Anticipation uh. 

Nice trip

I had a nice trip with great experience. Awesome people with fantastic views lighten up the trip. I felt relaxed.


After the tensed up exam month, it was really a nice timing for the trip. It loosened me up for the end of the year. Gotta miss it though. Blog about it when I'm free.


So my holiday is a few months long till the day that results will be out. What to do? 


Guys, plan some stuffs. Haa. Thinking...

Long Live by Taylor Swift

I said remember this moment 
In the back of my mind 
The time we stood with our shaking hands 
The crowds and stands went wild 
We were the Kings and the Queens 
And they read off our names 
The night you danced like you knew our lives 
Would never be the same 
You held your head like a hero 
On a history book page 
It was the end of a decade 
But the start of an age 

Long live the walls we crashed through 
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you 
I was screaming long live all the magic we made 
And bring on all the pretenders 
One day we will be remembered 

I said remember this feeling 
I passed the pictures around 
Of all the years that we stood there 
On the side-lines wishing for right now 
We are the Kings and the Queens 
You traded your baseball cap for a crown 
When they gave us our trophies 
And we help them up for our town 
And the cynics were outraged 
Screaming this is absurd 
Cause for a moment a band of thieves 
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world 

Long live the walls we crashed through 
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you 
I was screaming long live all the magic we made 
And bring on all the pretenders 

I'm not afraid 
Long live all the mountains we moved 
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you 
I was screaming long live the look on your face 
And bring on all the pretenders 
One day we will be remembered 

Hold on 
Just spinning around 
Confetti falls to the ground 
May these memories break our fall 
Can you take a moment, promise me this 
That you'll stand by me forever 
But if God forbid fate should step in 
And force us into a goodbye 
If you have children some day 
When they point to the pictures 
Please tell them my name 
Tell them how the crowds went wild 
Tell them how I hope they shine 

Long live the walls we crashed through 
I had the time of my life with you 
Long, long live the walls we crashed through 
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you 
I was screaming long live all the magic we made 
And bring on all the pretenders 
I'm not afraid 
Singing long live all the mountains we moved 
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you 
Long, long live the look on your face 
And bring on all the pretenders 
One day we will be remembered


Oh yea, Long live is simply magical. Everyone should listen to this! =)  Fairytale feel!

The Track

Back on track, the right track.


After a few days of relaxation, it's time to go back on track.


Enough of fun, it's time to tense up a bit.


We're half-way there. So be cool and face the challenges ahead with wit and perseverance. Nothing can stop us if we move on.


Gotta make this short. =)

American Music Awards - Taylor Swift Performance

'Back To December' remixed with 'Apologize' a bit. Nice. ♥

Taylor Swift New Look - Hot as always!

Hair Highlights | Gallery | Glo


Oh yes! Taylor Swift decided to change her look as went for the straight hair and bangs. Great. She is looking hot and pretty as always. Nice.


That's pretty nice, even better when she sang at the AMA. She won the Country Female award and performed a fantastic 'Back To December' remixed a bit with 'Apologize'. How creative and nice!


Her newest album 'Speak Now' is one of the fastest selling album in these few years dy. Oh man, I want to get my hands on it. Haa


Go girl. 

Weirdo' Time

Before the arrival of SPM, I'd decided to blog. Wasn't I supposed to be studying hard like the others now? Well, maybe I'm not the others. Just different, perhaps.


Ah, I groaned at how time flies. I watched my buddy Dickson graduated in the photos uploaded to the internet. My buddy, how cool-looking. And I'm sitting here like a fool waiting for time to pass. Now, I moaned at how time crawls. I want to hit 'fast-forward' and get it all over now. I'm so eager to take the papers on now. 


Hey weirdo' time.


Can you be any faster? What I thought was time had mixed up with space just like what Einstein said. Gash, I feel like warping space-time. 


Hey weirdo' time.


Can you be any slower? I miss school and my friends altogether. I miss the time we shared and precious moments of friendship. I want to relive it. 


Whatever time is, you will be my friend. I want time to be on my side, even down the nanoseconds. 

High school

High school uh. Yesterday was the last day of Form 5 in Sam Tet, technically. So this is it uh?


Winding the clock fast-reverse, I flashed back all those memories in high school. Sweet, bitter, awkward moments flooded my mind yesterday. While I enjoyed myself in the graduation ceremony, I nearly cried. Tears of joy and reluctance nearly dropped. I was over-excited. 


Looking back my own 'history book', I was just a little kid back in my first year here. I was just wandering around the school with my friends and thought it will never end. And I still think so. Friendship will never die, even if we are separated. Those who had been in the same class with me or whatever events with me will be my friends. Even though I just had a few talks with some of them, not much, still you are a part of my life, a part of my own 'history book'. I etched those memories in my head, and there is not a button to delete them. 


Do you all still remember the days when we smiled and laughed? When we faced challenges together? High school was ever vibrant. I watched my friends come and go, including those who went to Australia and Singapore. Honestly, I enjoyed the moments even though it was just five years or less. Knowing everyone of you is one of the best things that ever occurred in my life. You made my high school lively and wonderful. We laugh, we joke, we fight, we argue, in the end, we are still friends. Don't you agree?


Friends are part of my high school life. They motivated and helped me much. They kept me away from boredom all the time. When we had classes until it was too much, we had joke session or so-called 'blow water meeting'. During the fifth year, I had a fantastic family of 5S1. We had joke sessions, SAW trailers, 5S1 mini-olympic games (ping pong, tennis, soccer) and boys talk in class. We study smart rather than study 'dead' meaninglessly. We study hard, play hard, joke hard, laugh hard till our stomach hurt. Ah, how I enjoy walking along the corridor back in school, bumping into friends from some of the classes in Form Five and chatting with lots of them. 


Too much to say, anyways all the best in the coming SPM. Lets study smart.


Lets keep in touch.


Nice knowing you all. =)

Taylor Swift spills the secret of her success - Entertainment - DNA

Taylor Swift spills the secret of her success - Entertainment - DNA


Oh yea. I found this article in the Internet. Nice written article on Taylor Swift. That's the way to go for the young country pop princess!


The driving forces of her songs are one of a kind. No wonder her songs can move me much and create tornado in my mind. It's amazing that she can turn hardships and hurdles into motivation, then write such beautiful songs. She has the glowing aura and energizes me.Yeah!


I'm gonna learn from her, but not writing songs. I'm going to chase my dreams regardless of the hardships and challenges thrown at me. I'm haunted, but now scared away. Go!

Billionaire?

People are going on facebook more than often nowadays. My friends, you guys should tweet, blog, and do other stuffs. Most of them are in facebook rather than twitter and bloggie.


Out of random, I clicked 'The Social Network' and watched it. I was amazed by Mark's IT skills. He is the founder along with his friends. All of the wonders started from Harvard. Facebook is such a huge success and global hit since then. Now, he is the youngest billionaire in the world. How nice. I wonder, 'can I be one?'


Believe. I'm trying real hard for that day to come.


So social networks are like trending nowadays. People check on their facebook page more than clicking on wikipedia dy. Right?


I'm just out of stuffs to write. My blog is kinda 'dead'. Tryin' hard to revive it. =)


T.Swift songs are still creating tornado in my mind. =)


By JM

Dear John

Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you 
Counting my footsteps, 
praying the floor won't fall through, again 
My mother accused me of losing my mind, 
but I swore I was fine 
You paint me a blue sky 
and go back and turn it to rain 
And I lived in your chess game, 
but you changed the rules every day 
Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone 
tonight 
Well I stopped picking up, and this song is to let you know why 

Dear John, 
I see it all now that you're gone 
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? 
The girl in the dress, 
cried the whole way home. 
I should've known 

Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame 
Maybe it's you and your sick need to give love then take it away 
And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors who don't understand 
And I'll look back and regret how I ignored when they said "run as fast as you can" 

Dear John, 
I see it all now that you're gone 
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? 
The girl in the dress, 
cried the whole way home 

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/dear-john-lyrics-taylor-swift.html ]

Dear John, 
I see it all, now it was wrong 
Don't you think 19 is too young to be played by your dark twisted games, when I loved you so? 
I should've known 

You are an expert at sorry, 
and keeping lines blurry 
Never impressed by me acing your tests 
All the girls that you run dry 
with tired, lifeless eyes 
cause you burned them out 
But I took your matches before fire could catch me, 
so don't look now: 
I'm shining like fireworks over your sad, empty town 

Dear John, 
I see it all now that you're gone 
Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? 
The girl in the dress, 
cried the whole way home. 
I see it all now that you're gone 

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with? 
The girl in the dress wrote you a song 
You should've known 
You should've known 
Don't you think I was too young? 
You should've known


Taylor Swift is back with a brand new album 'Speak Now'. Plus there's a deluxe edition. Haa. I'm going on a T.Swift songs' marathon. =)


I felt something while listening to this song then checked out the lyric. Sad feel, but nice written song. I wonder who is the 'John' written by her. Ponders. Go listen!


By JM

5S1 Awesome Class Party

Looks like high school is going to come to the end eventually. Maybe it's not the end for all of us, but it's certain that we will go our separate ways and embark on a new journey. This is the crossroad of our life, another turning point, which we will look back after years and say, 'Ah, look back at that time. We were crazy etc.'


Time flies. There goes another year in planet Earth. Earth is like 4.5 billion years old. We were only here for a billionth fraction of that life-span. Life's short, too short to waste time. Although it's just a short period of time, we build strong bond of friendship. 


5S1 had its awesome class party. It was awesome in a sense that the support and devotion everybody gave to make it a blast. We are a team and we will always be a team. It was a nice poolside barbecue party. It was raining intermittently but we still had some problems at first. We started the fire and lit the charcoal up with Henry's cool torch. Nice. I called it, 'The Flamethrower'. The music was rocking the place too as we waited the others.


BBQ was nice as we chatted or barbecued the chicken wings and bacons. Flames and steam warmed up the place and grilled the food. Domino pizza was tasty.  We chatted and joked around all the time. I wanted to jump into the pool so badly. Ah. Champagnes were popped open and smiles, or rather shouts everywhere. Friends for life. The atmosphere was joyous and wonderful. Letting our faces warmed up by the grill's heat, we smiled and laughed. 


5S1 buddies, you guys are awesome. Thanks for the joined birthday celebration for me and Guan You. I was touched by you guys. Sweet. Haa. The blueberry cake was delicious. Thanks again! I will remember that for life. 


Friendship is one of the greatest lessons I learnt in high school. My friends, be brave to chase your dreams.


By JM

Clock's tickin'

Buddies of Form 5, it's exactly 23 days to the first day of SPM. Don't panic. 


We should start working hard and fight for what we want. Don't give up easily. Don't be lazy too.


Everything comes to an end eventually. For some of us, high school is near its end. Cherish the days left. We will live through it and might as well enjoy the days. SPM isn't that bad. Have fun folks. Don't forget each other.


Clock's tickin'. But hey, who's gonna stop us?


By JM

Thoughts

I want scholarships so badly!!!

Okay, I will try my best to ace my SPM first then fight for it. I'm fired up dy. Go go go!


School had been fun these days. Games and chats were the main activities all the time. Most of us seemed to lose some momentum in revision. In fact, I think we should learn something new. At least it won't bore me and send me under Morpheus' spell. I noticed that some of my friends are really diligent and hardworking. They just can't stop studying and reading books. I salute them. I wonder why I can't seem to improve my language much. People can score that high and write that lengthy. I think I should start to give my best dy. No more taking it easy. I'm gonna shine, might as well let it be from now on. I want to outshine everything else and take this world by storm. Well, this is just a thinking.


I had some crazy ideas recently. I'm thinking of writing stories in my blog during my free time. Should I?


Stories will be random and weird, or mysterious and dark. Just a thought. I'm still pondering and thinking plots. This idea is purely for fun and exploring something new. But if someone spots me, I wouldn't mind at all. 


Future, I see it. What the future holds? It doesn't really clear to me yet. It can't be predicted that accurately. I'm not Nostradamus or his apprentice capable of making prophecy. I don't want the world to end in 2012. I want that year to be a new beginning, but not the end. Don't worry. God save those who save themselves. Be positive. I'm sure something will happen and turn things around.


Class party possible next week. Birthday is on next week. XD


By JM

It's Monday and the start of another week.


Fresh start. I'm feeling better. Thanks for all the support.


I'm thinking of trying something new. Maybe trying something random such as photography or some new sports. There's still time to think and ponder my future. But time flies and slips away. Appreciate time while it lasts.


This second trial is really meaningless. I'm taking it as exercise. If you want to discuss, please try not to be too obvious.


Star Movies is showing tonnes of thrillers this month as it's Halloween soon. Nice.


By JM

Dream on

Finally the letter came last Friday. It wasn't the way I dreamed it to be. Merit Award in ASEAN scholarship. Not the full one. But I said to myself, 'It wasn't that bad, at least I made that far'.


People got the forecast results, but I haven't. Still need to wait for Second Trial to over. It's a waste of time. I am tired of exercises. Now, I'm gonna walk my own way. Still not sure which way. I'm hoping for the best and expecting the worst. I wish that I were somehow rich and have a billion k dollars in my hands. How nice would it be. Thanks to my friends who congratulated me and wish me luck. I promise I won't let you all down in the future. I will try my best always!

Dream on, don't let your dreams die.

This is my quote from now onwards.


By JM

Life, Learning, Future.

Three weeks of Gerak Gempur and Second Trial are waiting me. But I am aiming for SPM and my future. I put my sight further than just a few months or years. I ain't that short-sighted. 


Gerak Gempur was just crap, or rather exercises for us to prepare for SPM. It wasn't that formal and difficult. I finished it and then went on with my own business. After the trial, school life really bored me as teachers finished the supposed syllabus. Now it's down to intense exercises and the so-called Gerak Gempur and Second Trial to further improve our performance. Will the aim be achieved? Wait and see. I just want to learn new things from this point on. I feel like finishing SPM in near time and move on afterwards. 


Life, we gotta move on. We can't stop at this point and say 'now I'm studying for SPM only.' Then, you got your study purpose wrongly set. It should be for the knowledge and our future, more than just SPM. Out of the syllabus stuffs are useful too. You can't say people not smart enough when they didn't score excellent grades in school exam papers or SPM. Maybe people has their own unique talents that can't be valued by merely a school exam. Learning is a life-long process. It doesn't stop here or there. It survives through centuries since creation. The only problem is that its meaning is kinda distorted nowadays. I can see students learning for the sake of high grades and rankings. In my opinion, we should learn for the sake of learning and self-improvements. Sad it is. 


Recently, during some conversations among friends, the topic of our future after SPM circles endlessly. Some of them are so wealthy that they can go on to further studies without the worries of money. For some of us, money is a big problem. We are fighting for scholarships, just for that golden opportunity to get better education for a brighter future. We talked about each other ambitions and the pros and cons. It was nice to have a talk like that. 


Friends, we have to move on and go our separate ways after this year, probably yes. We should fight for our dreams and ambitions. Nobody can stop you. Believe and thrive. 


Nice line from one of my favourite physicist,

 It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

- Albert Einstein -

By JM 

Honestly, I'd been wasting much time after the trial. I wish SPM to come sooner. The date is set so late in the year. I don't feel like waiting for a few months. I want to settle it once and for all.


Geez, the school is having second trial, but this doesn't bother me. I will just prepare well and do some papers. There is a programme by the JPN to improve our standards, which is Gerak Gempur. This means we should be having exercises provided by the JPN in the following few weeks. However, why can I see a timetable for it? I thought it should be exercises. Well, so be it.


September is near its end. It's October soon. I really want to get the scholarship. Letter, please come to me faster. Pray hard. =)


Come on, study hard. Don't waste time. Let me learn new stuffs. I don't want to read the same thing over and over again. Gosh.


By JM

After Trial

I'm back on bloggie. This post title didn't explain everything in it, but it will do. Anyway, SPM trial was over. From now on, SPM awaits me. I ain't gonna go through results here. I did pretty well (I reckon'), but did some mistakes here and there. Well, there always some spaces for improvements. Keep learning man. 

School started and I was kinda busy taking back marked exam papers this week. I was frustrated at the marking scheme at times. It was freaking weird. The marking scheme was supposed to be a reference, right? Gosh. I looked at my teacher and a thought popped out in my mind - 'you can do that?'. Thank goodness I scored A for Chinese in this trial. I was excited. Whoops, need to buckle up a bit in the forthcoming 'exam'. I'm not sure what do they call it, but I'm sure I need to do papers. That's for sure. 

Ah, why people can score so high for history subjects - 90+? I just made the A+'s mark. They improved a lot. That's good man, if you did it yourself. Sorry man, didn't keep the first place. I ain't a bookworm. 

My friends were saying, 'my result dropped, his result improved.', comparing whatsoever. I was kinda satisfied with mine. Buddies, even though we ain't that good now, doesn't mean we can't be better, get it? We can improve over time, or vice versa. 

First basketball session after holiday wasn't that nice. Too crowded. I prefer holiday's.

By JM

Penang's Cruise

Lazy me to update this blog now. I was so enjoyed in the holiday that I didn't spend time here. Well, I think I'm going to update it once per week, I supposed. 


It was a crazy weekend. My uncle family took me all the way to Penang for cruising. Star Cruise Pisces. Well, it'd been awhile. My cousin bro drove us all along the highway to Penang. We reached there quite early. So I ended up strolling around Queensbay Mall with my cousin bro while the others do shopping. Shopping can be quite boring when you can't find pretty girls around. Gah. But the mall was kinda huge and my legs were kinda tired. Shopping does not do me good. Later, we had lunch for the day, some shop selling mama's food.


In the afternoon, my cousin bro drove us round the island to Rasa Sayang and Hard Rock area. I went into Hard Rock for the first time, just for sight-seeing, and not staying for the night. Maybe the next trip. Ah, I took some photos for the trip, but ain't uploading them yet. Boarded up the cruise, was waiting for the departure while having my dinner. No international buffet, ah.


Honestly, I can't find much to do on the ship rather than strolling around and enjoying the strong wind. Salty feel of the air, I can barely stand still. I sat on the bench and found myself alone. I was like, 'where's everyone?'. Oh, busy spending money and in casino. Ah, I still can't get in. I found myself in another place - theater with pictures but no sound. How funny. There are many things in the ship, but none suits me plus it's damn expensive. I slept for the night in my cabin with cousin bro. Woke up for breakfast then bye bye shippie. It was fun, at least I went on a cruise and Penang. Holiday seemed to pass quickly this time. I had basketball sessions with my friends. Love it, the basketball gang is growing larger and larger. HAA


By JM