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

Holiday startin'

Yes, trial is over. SPM is not. I might as well pick up my books now.


Well, nothing feels better than total relaxation and fun with friends. I had been away from my blog so much that I don't even know where to start. So lets start randomly.


I had a terrific paintball game with bunch of buddies. I was excited on the concept that I will be shooting and being shot at a few minutes later. How awesome will that be. We had a briefing then it was game on. We geared up and entered the field. I was at a lost of mind. Okay, here's the trigger, there's the bunker. It can't be that hard. So I played and survived the first round. Other rounds later, I wasn't that lucky. Pellets came from the other side, and coincidentally hit my neck and hand, nothing else but there. Ah. Can't they just take a headshot? I had neckshots, less headshots. Haa. It was total fun and excitement. It was a whole new experience and activity to venture into. I should try it more often. 


Later, they hang over and played for the rest of the day, well almost. Another blast. PS3 was so cool and the graphic was amazingly clear. I can almost feel it off the screen. The game was such nice and thrilling. I want to play the game again. Ah.


Basketball is another thing that never fail to excite me. I enjoyed the game again with friends back there. Come on. Shoot the hoop.


Time flies, especially we are having fun. Right?


By JM