SPM

After those months of preparation and hardwork, we did our best in the SPM last year. We put our hearts and souls into it. Undeniably, everyone tried their very best.


I felt proud of myself. I did great. OMG, I can't believe it, especially the subject that had been haunting me. My friend, we tried our best. We should be proud of ourselves no matter what. :) Guys, lets fly into the future. Keep in touch btw. 


That's me. LOL

Gambateh!

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. =)

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

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

Phase One - Languages

Ah. The SPM trial was started with such a nice way that I was happy and actually enjoyed it. I found out what kept me high. Nice. 


Phase One - Languages


Well, mostly are languages papers only. Yet there are Bio and Maths papers too. But they were okay. I think I did pretty well, but I don't think that will get me far in the future. I need to buckle up more. I took the trial with an easy-going feel. That was nice and relaxing. I don't want to be stressed like some of my friends did. Yet I want to do well in it. Okay. I hope my trial was so far so good. There are two weeks left in the long trial. I wonder why they want to make it such a long period. Other schools are ending their trial next week. Ah. I am having a weird 'relationship' with examinations. I like it when it is on, don't want to stop when it is on, hate the waiting for the clock to strike the end in some papers. Haa. Overall, examinations was nice in some ways.


The examination hall was long and spacious again. I had a lot of space for myself during examinations. Ah, I had the feeling of saying 'thank you' to the table, chair and everything else again. Thanks for the help. The fan was windy and nice too. It provided me a comfortable atmosphere. That's it. The teachers were nice too. For instance, I didn't see Mr.Bala that often before the trial, but I can see him in the examination hall almost everyday now. How nice. Haa. I like  when all my friends are in the same hall and we can chat right after the papers were collected. I don't care where are they from. I just want to mix around and have fun.


There are still two weeks left. All the best my friends!


By JM

Beyond school

Honestly, I don't like it when some teachers ignored me on some questions or enquiries. They replied my questions by saying those are not in the syllabus. Bah!


I thought of it for a moment. What's wrong then? I should learn whatever I can, not follow every part of the syllabus without any second thought. Come on, there are always some thinking going on in everyone's mind. No matter who you are, you must be thinking what's outside, what's beyond school, the syllabus. If the syllabus is done, what's next? 


The system should be set for learning purposes, not examination based assessment. Do you think the syllabus is enough? I say not. Think again. People from the olden days treat learning as a life-long process. They learn from the surroundings, think as they go on, use their gifted minds for good. Did Leonardo Da Vinci follow syllabus? Did Thomas Edison and Einstein, other great figures follow syllabus that much? They don't, but they think and try something new. Did you?


Syllabus is important, but it's just basic or somehow a preparation. If students ask for more, teachers should try to answer them, regardless whether it's in the syllabus or not. When students learn more, they understand more. I want to understand more and learn beyond school. For instance, History lessons should be a platform for students to express their views on those events, in the mean time look at other historians' views. Viewpoints are important. They represent our identity, unique in its own way. Maybe the class will find history even more interesting when they exchange views.


By JM

Soap !

Experiments are just nice, nicer when you did it with a bunch of friends. 


Our Chemistry teacher instructed us to conduct an experiment to produce soap. By following the apparatus and material list, we picked and took the required items. Ah, there they were. I like Chemistry very much, after Physics. I just like to mix this and that, then BOOM - another 'that' came out. How miraculous. I'm always fascinated by the work of science and its application. To be honest, I'm tired of theories taught without any practical work. That will be just like reading a book about flying an airplane without actually flying one. I like practical work or experiments very much as they are quite rare in my school. Teachers just don't let us do that much. So I was excited whenever there will be one.


I enjoyed every part of the experiment, including the chat with my friends to pass the waiting time. It was total fun. I enjoyed stirring, mixing the solutions, heating, cooling, filtration, crystallization, etc. Time flies, an hour of Chemistry just passed when the bell rang. Oh my, but I ain't going to recess until I made my soap, from olive oil and palm oil. We made soaps from both oils. Great. At last, we finished it. It smelled, soap-like. The touch was soap-like too. Okay, it was soap. Haa. Nice. 


I took part in a Physics quiz too. Don't think I did great. Hope for the best!


More experiments, please!


By JM

My Last Duty Shift

im lost. Lost track of time. Bla bla bla.

Cheers. It's near the trial of my Form Five life. Gonna take the papers next month and then the final test - SPM at year's end. What a life! Half of the year passed and what I did was already uncountable. I can't really recall everything and pick up all those pieces of life-images to complete my life-drawing. What I can do, is only remember as much as I can, those memorable ones, important ones, unforgettable ones, amazing ones... wonders...

Oh yea. It was my last duty shift for the year. I'm gonna miss everybody, including my duty librarians, friends, buddies and companions. Honestly, those duty librarians can be aloud and chatterbox-like. They were cool and nice. They did their work nicely and happily. I don't think they like me much, especially my nagging. Hope you all won't mind. I appreciate the cooperation and joy with you all during the time, even though it was just 3 hours. The duty was relatively short but meaningful. Don't you all think so?

The first and last treat by me! Haa. Well, I bought boxes of pizza to treat all my duty librarians and my friends. I'm glad it was enough to fill everyone's appetite. The pizza was finished in a flash by a handful of hands once the box was opened. Oh my, the rate of 'reaction' was superb. Was it nice and fun? 

Tomorrow's AGM. Annual dinner's around the corner too. Looking forward to it. XD

By JM

Teacher's Day

It was a long pause again since last time. Feelin' the teacher's day celebration? Well, it was not that much of a celebration. When the vid was played, I laughed like hell taking in those moments captured naturally, and there was me wishing the teachers in the vid too. Haa, but I had fun too, with Henry's sleek cool DSLR. Snap Snap*...

I hate to put this into my post. But I feel like to - 'exam'. Oh man, it's near and I am still that easygoing and relaxed. Looking at the others all tensed up, some even took study leaves just to finish revision or revise more. I shouldn't be surprised since this happened last year with more significant number of absentees. I wonder when will last year record can be broken. Haa. If this keeps up, I think the record is gotta be changed by Trial. Figures.

Lower Six is here. Well, that adds to a whole new row of classes, meaning neighbours finally! Haa. It had been quiet for the past months with only a class in the 3rd floor. Haa. Well, the Form 3 classes were far away. We were typically isolated. But nice and joyful too. 

Heyhey, anyone in lower six is interested to be a librarian? Come on, it's fun. Haa. 

By JM

2 in 1

I had one of the funniest day in this year. The 2 in 1 calligraphy competition and Chinese culture gathering took place in my school. I was dropped by the school early for the competition, for some coco marks. Haa. Didn't know it was 2 in 1 until then. 


Indeed, I had one thing for sure - there were a lot of people from many schools came by. And I don't know any of them. Yikes. Haa. I stood there waiting for my fellow friends who were too punctual. I registered and wandered around a bit with boredom began to envelope me. Then, I entered the hall - one thing was good, the air-conditioner was ON at last. Speeches were in the agenda again. Well, listen people...


About time when I left the hall to the class. I simply finished my piece of work with little effort as I weren't that skillful. As I said, ok? haa. Fun indeed. Laughters even my principal said our works were beyond 'mark'. Haa. 


Bang bang, I entered back into the hall again. The cool air embraced me again. How kind. I sat and watched the show went on. With Chinese orchestra performance from schools including our school, wushu, Taichi performance, the show was a hit. Although there was a number of technical errors, I still give them a 9 out of 10. Good work. Keep it up! Eh, can teach me some of those great skills sometime? HAAHAA!!!


By JM

Essays

Last weekend was the weekend of essays. Cuz I did BM essay, EST essay, Chinese essay and even a English essay today. Haa. So much fun but my hand was tired. Geez.


Justin Bieber was hot recently. I like his songs. Nice. Too bad he was so young at his success, but I'm just a nobody here. Oh man. This world. In fact, I'm listening to his songs while blogging this post. Cool. 
Eenie Meenie Minie Mo Lova! Haaaaa..
Exam's coming. I have limited time to finish my revision. Rush man. Pure rush and fun. Haa. 
The lower sixes are enrolling in next Monday. Haa. Wonders huh. 
PL lessons for them? Uncertainty 
One question, 'Why there are so many concerts this year? and every concert has a ticket of RM10?' xD
I'm broke and friends are selling tickets. Oh man.
Mathematics month.
I'm going to Singapore soon. SIMC, I can't wait. 33 schools must be lots of fun! Hell yeah!
Training? You tell me, I go. Luck.


Good luck tomorrow ya. Hee...


By JM

A long assembly

Yo. That was a long assembly to start my day. In fact, that was the longest assembly recorded this year. About an hour with my butt on the floor, looking at the stage with people up and down it. Haa.

Just nice. Mostly b'coz of the launching of Program NILAM, which I kinda involved in. The gong and the two students who presented their books' synopsis nicely. They were entertaining. Haa. I was surprised that they were so 'into'' their parts. By the way, the prize-giving just can't seem to stop during the assembly. I thought our principal will be quite contented with all those achievements as he gave away the prizes. Haa. At least he and our Coco PK were smiling happily. Haa. BSMM, the chinese debate team, ping pong, chess, bowling....etc.

Then, our principal finally had the chance to deliver his long-awaited speech. He gave some reminders and introduced a international student from Germany to us. Luca, I think. He was, cool. I wondered when will there be one in our class. Haa.

Well, the rest of the day was highlighted by Henry. Haa. I felt it as funny as described by them. Just weird. 

By JM

Telematch

Geez. Craps. The world had turned upside down and back again. So fun and exciting.


To start off, there was the telematch where other schools came for the first time - Poi Lam and Ave Maria Convent. So, I went there early and played like there was no tomorrow until lunch time. I resumed my playing with the station game after lunch. I was exhausted but contented with what I played and experienced. Simply memorable. For once, I had my first basketball match competition style in my life. HAHAHA!!! Although we lost, somehow badly, I had fun just for playing. I don't care much about the scores back then. Haa. I played almost everything, except for soccer. Haa. Sweat all over my shirt and I was relaxed. Wind blew and I welcomed it. Yeah!


Station Game - Fun! My team played each station with so much laughters and joy. We smiled and ran. In the treasure hunt, I was excited to be involved. Ran, ran, ran! Found it! End the hunt when we hunted down the last man OC. Haa. He was even charged down by Shiuh Jye in the end when Shiuh Jye found him. Haa. Too bad, we played with the OCs only at each station. No other teams to compete with. Haa. Anyway, just nice. 


I was maths freaked today. I just knew half of the papers' questions. Haa. 


By JM

Yesterday, it supposed to be a double treat with two cakes - moist chocolate and blueberry cheese cake. Boon didn't show up so it ended up as a single treat with Chea had the cakes to himself. Haa. But then we 'savaged' the cakes like we haven't been eating for days. Typical S1 students. Eating the cake with my hand tasted better. Moist chocolate cake was nice. This time, it took place in the canteen. Before all that, there was a short and interesting story.


Bio Lab. We walked slow? I don't think so. Maybe we just started late. Nah. Anyway, our principal dropped by unexpectedly and gave us quite a 'lecture'. He stood by and monitored our lesson. Haa. Ironically, he took the mic from the hands of our Bio teacher halfway through the lesson. Haa. He got all that adrenaline and passion for the teaching of Bio back 10 years ago, when he wasn't a principal yet. I gotta gave it, he was a pro in Bio. He taught us well, for me to understand clearly enough. He made my love for Bio burns once more. Mr.Phang was dedicated, gonna fight for free periods to teach us. Haa. I wonder how will that end up. Waitin...

'I love Bio'
'I'm very happy to hear that.'

Haa...

By JM

I'm broke. 

Here's the 'why'. Last Saturday, we had a celebration for Sin Cyin's b'day. Another night of fun and laughters. It was Earth Hour's night. I was in the library waiting for the start. It took awhile and some chit-chatting - anything. I even watched a video with Yi Xuan about a philosopher somehow saddening story. Ironic. 

Then, the lights went out - time for Earth Hour(even though the air-con was still ON) and Sin Cyin's ghastly welcome scene. Actually, it was just dark. Nothing much but with her long hair, she can be quite a nice one. Haa. Everything went well, from the welcome scene to the cream fight, from the cake-eating to the the present-giving. The present was so nice, handmade with pictures of all the committees together - handwritten signed with wishes. My part was the shortest and that got her complaint. Hee. I ate the cake with blueberry tops with cheese. Nice. What happened after that was just photo-snapping and chit-chatting. Some continued the cream-fight which I blocked, somehow. Kuan Fei and gang were so concentrated in their work, even a cake can't move them. I really salute their spirit. I wish I had that kind of spirit in me that will keep me moving for a long time, but not in this standstill. 

Sin Cyin, happy birthday again! If you are reading my blog now, I heard you want to be a doctor. Good luck, you will make a fine doctor that will save lives. Then, I hope I won't be visiting you frequently(and you know why). Haa..Don't give up! As those who give up often end up lost. As those who continue no matter what often end up with a road to success and freedom. Haa. Enough long?

They celebrated another b'day today. And there's class fee to pay again. Gosh, don't buy cake every month for the class anymore. Just buy one for the whole year. Not everyone can afford the payment. Okay?


By JM

End of first term

Exam was over. But I still have a lot to do. I didn't do so well in it.


I will surely do better next time and in the SPM. No more Bs or lower.


Geez. Homeworks. Library. Back to original working state. Resonance occurred.


By JM

Before the CNY break

The end of the week. The start of the Chinese New Year's break. Fun and thrills are waiting for me, as well as delicacies and carbonated drinks. I'm craving for food even now, anything crunchy or chilling...

I was reading this book, or rather the entire collection which I found it tempting and amazing. Percy Jackson. Just finish the fifth book, The Last Olympian. Terrific. It made me kinda attracted to Greek mythology, stuffs like that are cool. The movie was out in the cinemas, which will be a blast(I guess). Almost everyone is reading the first book now. Some even finished the fifth. Percy sure did create much of a buzz around the 'sea'. Hah!

won't it be so cool if I am him?

Fascinated when I watched the Night Glowed's Dragon Dance back today. Creative and nicely done. Even the drums performance was outstanding. The entire celebration was okay except for some parts(you know). And actually I'm rolling back my memory now, which means you're reading everything in my day backwards. So, I had my first-in-my-lifetime experience of caligraphy competition at school, which I hardly even win. But it was fun and 'experiencing'. School was in a washing machine. Students were here and there, mostly throwing things here and there(including dustbin). Some just laid down by a corner while some were trying MJ's tricks in the class(video-cam-ed). Other than those, all seemed in order. School is a playground, though I forgot who quoted that. Hah!

By JM