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My Week!

2011-04-23T05:22:00.000-07:00

So,this is the first post on college life,eh? Haha let's get on with it then.
Last week was Taylor's A-levels holiday and this week is the first week after the holiday (duh! lol why am i crapping?) So yesterday was the music concert organized by choir and the tickets only came out on the Monday after the holidays! I was really quite worried about the concert although I'm not part of the organizing committee,being the worrywort that I am. We had to sell so many tickets in less than a week! Plus I have moral projects,essays and a few tests going on... I was SO STRESSED,lol and had insomnia-it started before the holidays even ended.

Let's see,in the holidays,all i did was do 8 sets of past year semester papers for Maths, interview someone for my moral project, wrote my moral essay, attend the Euclid maths competition and attend Lead Camp 2011. Sounds NOT hectic, but it felt kinda hectic. Haha! The insomnia started the night before the Euclid maths competition, and I have no idea why. Okay maybe i do have a hint of idea why,but...i'm not sure.

After the holidays, I found out that I have to rewrite my moral essay because apparently it has ''too many points'' so hurrah,one more work to do. Something awesome did happen this week,though,and it made me really happy =D On Wednesday after my classes,I went to the CPU building with my friends to interview a lecturer. We ended up talking to the lecturer for 1 hour! It was quite informative and the lecturer was very open-minded. He was straightforward and told us his opinion on various Malaysian matters. My friends and I really enjoyed the session. Oh and the plus point was, the lecturer was handsome! =P

Fastforward to yesterday,when the concert was held! Yesterday was really a record-breaking day. I was in college from 7am until 9.45pm!! And I didn't get the chance to take a bath lol. After classes I had to attend a meeting, then go for the concert rehearsal until 7pm when people started arriving for the concert. At first I was kinda worried that no one (or maybe just a few) will come but it turned out to be alright. Oh and the performances? They were good. Wait no,GREAT is the right word I guess. Those people can really sing well! Zameera,one of the performers, sang Forget You and Perfect and let me tell you,she sings SO DAMN WELL. Everyone thought she's at least our age but guess what? She's only sixteen! It was unbelievable.

I didn't get to meet with my high school friends during breaktime for the whole week,so hopefully I'll get to have lunch with them next week =)

Patriotism!!!

2010-08-19T05:18:00.000-07:00

So I guess it's time for us to show our more patriotic side again,since it's August,which = to the month of our INDEPENDENCE!!! And my way of showing that I love my country is blogging about patriotism here. ....Actually,partly why I'm typing this is because of our history textbooks. Yep,I believe you guys (from CHS,PJ) know what we're doing with the textbooks. Trying to gobble them up,that's what! Haha...trials are,like,LOOMING up ahead and for someone as short as me,it's REALLY HORRIFYING =P

okay,back to loving our country. I really DO love this country,though I have my fair share of grumbles. Yes,it's not perfect,it has flaws,but still,it's where I was born and where I'm living since young. Being a Chinese doesn't mean that we are less patriotic. Maybe we just don't show it enough =)

Malaysia is truly a remarkable country despite its 'jokes' and all that. I mean, Malaysians are very talented. We're not a big country,but our people are successful all over the world! Jimmy Choo,Zang Toi (is this correct?), that opera singer guy in New York that was on NanYang Siang Pao a few days ago, and famous specialists in various fields......so you see? I'm proud to be a Malaysian because the majority of us "BOLEH" in the GOOD WAY =)

This Independence Month,let's support what's right and be true to ourselves.

2010-06-15T23:00:00.000-07:00

Okay,okay,I know my blog has been ''dead'' for quite some time...I just didn't feel like updating it. Urgh,I'm so frustrated that it seems like I'm writing lesser and lesser these days. If it wasn't for my younger sister and Shi Yi telling me to update this,I'd probably be still Facebook-ing and Tweeting. haha...I'm just SO lazy,you know?

Well yesterday I went to Midvalley with my usual ''hangout'' friends-Shi Yi,Yi Leng and Vivian-and watched The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith,you know,Will Smith's son. The movie was funny-not to mention painful-but one thing i noticed,the whole cinema was full of Malays. I wonder if they prefer to watch KungFu movies compared to other types of movies. Hmm..

As you very well know,it's the World Cup season right now. I watched it for fun the first day and now I'm watching it every night. Not the 2am ones though =P And,of course I didn't miss Portugal and Ivory Coast last night! Girls out there,believe me,you won't regret watching Portugal because Cristiano Ronaldo is as handsome as always,wink ^.<

What else...? Erm I haven't started my Additional Maths project,if you're wondering. I'm absolutely clueless on how to do it! but I heard Facebook helps...=D

I guess that's enough for a while,and if you want to look at photos of my family trip to Pulau Tioman,check out my Facebook! I seldom upload photos here coz I dunno why,but it's very very slow. 'Kay then,ciao!

Early Birthday Celebration! =D

2010-04-24T07:21:00.000-07:00

My 17th birthday is on the 7th of May. However,my 3 close friends(Vivian,Shi Yi and Yi Leng) celebrated it with me today at MidValley and The Gardens! We went for karaoke and ate some Delicious food before that...haha and they gave me TWO super pretty 3D puzzle teddy bears =D my mum and younger sister bought many things for me too

......I tried to post the photos here but there seems to be a problem uploading them...anyway,i posted it up on facebook =)

A HUGE thank you to all my friends involved and my family!!! Love you all!

2010-04-23T06:09:00.000-07:00

Hi. I can't believe it's been so long since i overcame my laziness to update this blog. Haha...I've been busy with my civic project and chs idol auditions plus marching and stuff,and I really really want to write SOMETHING to submit to the editorial board to see if it gets picked,but i can't seem to find the time. As you all know,the midterm exams were brought forward. NOT COOL. It means we'll have to start studying,like,now! this instant! 'coz there's less than one month left and there're so so many things to study and revise. Actually,I'm just doing some mindless crapping right now while waiting for a video on YouTube to load.

Anyway,today was the semifinals for group C and D! I sang okay,i guess but they're picking only 5 out of 30 so it's a really slim chance. the probability is 1/6...lol. Okay,gotta continue listening to songs now,bye! =)

CHS 2010 PROM!!!

2010-03-29T02:35:00.000-07:00

Hey guys and girls, I wonder if you're aware of the CHS 2010 Le Finale Promenade Ball?? Anyway,just wanted to let all of you know that the one,the only CHS senior PROM will be held on the 20th of December at Shangri-La Hotel Ballroom Kuala Lumpur =D

I don't know about you,but I'm super excited about it. Want more information? Check out the official blog at www.chsprom2010.blogspot.com right NOW. Oh, and don't forget to be a fan of the event on Facebook! Thanks for your kind attention.

2010-03-22T06:47:00.000-07:00

So the first term exams are over...and so is the Prefects' Camp '10. I was the asst head coordinator for the camp,and needless to say,very,VERY busy. But that's all the past now. About the camp I can either write a few thousand words or just one simple word. Haha,so I chose to write the thousand-word in my diary and the ONE-WORD here---AWESOME!!!

I faced quite some of my fears there,you know...it was kinda embarrassing(okay,it was VERY embarrassing) but still,I got through it,and am forever grateful to those who helped. You know who you are! haha good karma good karma =D

Exam results are coming back these days,and my mood is somewhat affected,lol...then there's the Chemistry project due next monday and moral projects due this week. Whatever,I should be completing my moral now instead of blogging,so...Ciao! Sorry,I know this is a lame blogpost... =p

2010-02-09T05:05:00.000-08:00

Haha...okay,okay,I know it has been very long since I updated my blog,but oh well,I was busy + lazy,lol...
So here's a short update of what I've been doing with my life:
1. I passed my Undang-undang test and scored 47/50 (not bad,huh? =P )
2. I got the 111th placing and helped Green house get 1 point during the cross-country race
3. I resumed my piano class today
4. I visited Dusun Eco with friends (scouting out the place,haha...it was REALLY fun! we got around in a mini truck,sitting out in the open)
5. CELEBRATED VIVIAN'S 17th BIRTHDAY on the 23rd of JANUARY (we surprised her!!!)
6. Got over my Twitter addiction (unbelievable,haha,but that doesn't mean I don't tweet anymore,lol)
7. Called Palace of the Golden Horses (but they haven't send me the quotation as they promised! =/ )

Okay...so seeing as I have lots to do,I'll stop here. Millions of apologies for not regularly updating here...
* 5S9 classmates,have fun during the class pool party! It's my sister's birthday so I can't attend,sorry again...

I know it's a bit late,but...

2010-01-14T22:33:00.000-08:00

Here's a recap of my ''First-Times'' in 2009 =)

My first time...

Participating in Amazing Race...(it was really fun!)
Marched for Green House in costumes during Sports' Day...(awesome experience!)
Getting a post in a Society/Club...(Secretary of YE and Treasurer of Prefects!)
Celebrated my birthday with friends...(thanks for the surprise,Vivian,Shi Yi and Yi Leng!)
Got into the semifinals for CHS Idol for Solo category...(loved it!)
Gave a speech prepared by myself in front of 2000+ people...(got some praises!)
Went for interviews...(by seniors and teachers,was quite nervous,haha)
Felt ill during an exam...(it was Physics paper!!)
Sleeping in my own room...(used to share a room with my younger sister!)
Wearing contact lenses...(I don't always wear them though,except when I go for events!)
Got a phone with touch-screen...(surprised that my dad bought it for me!)
Slept in a tent...(it was raining and water seeped into the tent! unforgettable~)
Played 'flying fox'...(and I'm afraid of heights,lol)
Went through obstacle courses like crawling under wires and stuff...(I cut my hand! but I got through camp not bad)
Went to the PROM...(though just as a junior committee member,it was a blast!!)

Well I'm sure there's more 'first-times' but for now these are all I can think of. I changed quite a bit,I think,because I'd never join sports' day marching or Amazing Race a few years ago. And I won't try the 'flying fox' because I'm afraid of heights. All in all,2009 was a memorable year for me,and I'm suddenly typing all these as I was talking with my mum about last year,haha. I hope I'll make use of this last year of high school well! =) All the best,guys...

YE Interview!

2010-01-14T05:35:00.000-08:00

Had lots of fun today. Stayed back after school to interview new Young Enterprise members and was partnered with Kuen Yee. She thought of really difficult questions to ask! haha...like,how to sell an ice-cream at somewhere which is -15 degree C?
Anyway,I suddenly had a pang of sadness when the interview was over...it's like,high school life is going to be over so soon...it was just like yesterday when i went for last year's YE interview with Shi Yi. We were very very nervous. And now,we're interviewing people! Unbelievable!

Anyway,just a short post for today,gotta go complete my curriculum vitae! bye!

2010-01-10T05:04:00.000-08:00

Today I went for the 5 hour long Kurikulum Pendidikan Pemandu talk at Taman Sri Muda. The place is seriously creepy,haha,at least to me. There were so many strangers there and half of them have tattoos,smokes and stuff like that. I'm STUPID for didn't go with friends. I am SO thankful that CHS has a wide student base because thanks to that, I met a CHS-ian that just graduated last year. He's from last year's 5P2 and he went for the talk too. He recognized me and so we sat together during the talk. He said that he lives in USJ 13,right next to where I used to live-USJ 18! What a coincedence.

The talk started little past 9am and we had a lunch break at 11.40am. The cafeteria was small with limited seats,and again,LOTS of creepy-looking people. While I queued to buy food-expensive but not half as good as the food from our school-the guy bagged us seats. At 12.20pm,the talk resumed. Though the 2 speakers-yes,different ones before and after break-were kinda funny, I can't help but feel bored. As in,terribly terribly bored.AND I got a headache afterwe were dismissed. So my parents picked me up and I got my well needed half an hour nap. I'll have to study the book full of words for the theory driving test and I have an important '10 Prefect's Camp committee meeting tomorrow after school,not to mention I'll have to help interview new Young Enterprise members on Wednesday and Thursday. Ah,gotta chill...

2010-01-08T19:18:00.000-08:00

According To You by Orianthi

According to you,
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.
According to you
I'm difficult,
hard to please,
forever changing my mind.
I'm a mess in a dress,
can't show up on time,
even if it would save my life.
According to you. Accoding to you.

(Chorus)
But according to him
I'm beautiful,
incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
irresistable,
everything he ever wanted.
Everything is opposite,
I don't feel like stopping it,
so baby tell me what I got to lose.
He's into me for everything I'm not,
according to you.

According to you
I'm boring,I'm moody,
you can't take me any place.
According to you
I suck at telling jokes cause I always give it away.
I'm the girl with the worst attention span;
you're the boy who puts up with it.
According to you. According to you.

(Chorus)

I need to feel appreciated,
like I'm not hated. oh no
Why can't you see me through his eyes?
It's too bad you're making me dizz-ay

According to me
you're stupid,
you're useless,
you can't do anything right.
(Chorus)

School Reopens!

2010-01-06T06:16:00.000-08:00

What should I say here? School has resumed and I'm a SENIOR now!!! Unbelievable,haha...
So,I guess school=busy life,and as I'd expected,school life is getting busier by the SECOND. arh...can't say I didn't miss this feeling at least a bit in the holidays,=P

It's the last year of high school,so it's an important year and we should treasure it as much as we can. And then there's SPM this year. that's actually something that brings my mood down,lol...but it's understandable as everyone feels that way. Don't ya??

Anyway,shi yi and I got the seats we wanted. Better than last year coz now we're in the 2nd row,and not the 1st,like last year...all thanks to our dear ex-monitor Lai Chun Kit. haha...

That's all for now,gotta tweet and chat via msn. ^.<

Yesterday's ''Hangout''!

2009-12-18T23:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday morning,Vivian,Shi Yi,my sister and I went to Midvalley! Yi Leng was supposed to join us but due to some unexpected circumstance,she couldn't join us. Shi Yi booked the tickets for Avatar at GSC The Gardens and so we went and watched the movie. Man,it was AWESOME!!!

This movie is seriously one of my favourites of all time,haha. The movie was quite a long one,about 3 hours. After that,we went to Italiannies for lunch! Shi Yi then bought an accesory with her name on it for her handphone.

At around 4pm,my dad picked us up and we went back to my new house. It took a long,long time to reach because of the downpour and terrible traffic. At night,we fixed a Disney glittery puzzle together! I love the puzzle a lot and now it's so much more meaningful coz we did it together =) We took 2 hours,haha...I'm lazy to post pictures here as it's kinda slow so you can go sign into Facebook and see if one of us posted a photo of the puzzle!

At around 10pm Vivian's father came to fetch her home but Shi Yi stayed for the night. Well,during sleepovers,girls usually do some 'girl-talk',ya know? So that's what we did. We catched up and chattered about many things and because of that,our plan to wake up at 7am to go jogging was forgone,haha!

This morning,we woke at 8.30 and went out for breakfast with my family. Then we dropped Shi Yi at her house. It was a great 'hangout'...the only not-so-perfect part was that yi leng had transport problems. However,I'm sure we'll ALL hangout together again sometime.

2009 CHS Promenade Ball!

2009-12-16T21:04:00.000-08:00

Well,as you know(or maybe you don't) Wan Jin,Wan Li,Shi Yi,Yin Suan,Joe Yin,Zhi Cheng,Shu Min,Ee Jay,and I were part of the junior comittee of this year's PROM.
We started preparing for PROM at the Grand Ballroom in Sunway Resort Hotel at about 9.30am,though I reached at around 10am. After a few briefings on our part-I was in charge of games and lucky draws-we started busling around for the rehearsal and souvenirs and stuff.

The PROM was great,Jin from hitz.fm hosted it and everything went smoothly. Sorry for the lack of details here,coz i'm still really tired and my brain isn't running right,lol. You'll just have to go blog-surfing to see if anyone else blogged about yesterday night's prom. Now my sister is bugging me to go bake cookies with her. arhh and I keep making typing errors and have to click the Backspace key so many times....seriously.

So,go log on to Facebook! I'm sure u'll find lots of photos from PROM there. =) Bye!

Bringing my blog back from the dead,lol

2009-12-02T19:41:00.000-08:00

So...read the title of this post! haha. yes,I've finally decided to put some effort into bringing my blog back.
You see,my internet connection's been really bad these days,but I guess that doesn't explain why I hadn't updated this blog for more than a month. The other reason is simple and I bet it's understandable---> LAZiness

I've been tweeting a lot though and I just checked out the Grammy Nominations. If you want to check it out too,go to www.grammy.com/grammy_Awards/52_show/list.aspx#01
Beyonce,Black Eyed Peas and Taylor Swift got nominated a Lot. Lady Gaga too,of course.

I guess that's all for now. Gotta make telephone calls(again) and prepare a speech for a friend =) see ya ppl!

Days After Finals

2009-10-22T06:16:00.000-07:00

I just opened a new book: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown.
So now I'm putting aside all other books for the moment and starting on this one. It's highly recommended and I really love reading books by Dan Brown,haha...I'm a nerd ^^

Reading is my passion. But it's not my ONLY passion,of course. After finals,I've been spending my free time (almost every waking moment) doing things i'm passionate about...Reading-duh!-watching television-oh yes-coming online-almost every night-listening to music and radio and writing. OH,singing at the top of my lungs too! But that's only when no one else can hear me,of course. Unfortunately,my piano is spoiled....yes,it's sad..I finally have lots of time to play it and the keys are all-erm,how do you say it-not aligned when you look horizontally. I'm planning to move soon,so my parents suggested to buy a new piano when we move....so,can't play these few weeks.

Now is the time for PLANS. Yep,you heard me-read me,actually. Helping out for the seniors' PROM,and maybe planning for a year-end prefects' trip, and will also start on next year's annual camp soon.

I just LOVE days after the finals. xoxo (okaaaay,using the 'x's and 'o's are my first time)

Note*

2009-10-18T08:35:00.000-07:00

Everyone....I am now a Maxis....
I know I know,I miss my Digi 'person' too but due to some pressure...(my parents are Maxis,sister's a Hotlink) so I changed to Maxis.
But My PHONE NUMBER STAYS The SAME =)

2009-10-17T06:05:00.000-07:00

Today was the first day of 'outing' after the finals....
This morning, my family and I went to meet with our interior designer at Jalan Imbi,KL...Then we went to Pavilion...After lunch,we looked around home decorative stuff at the 6th floor and furnitures...
We went for afternoon tea then at The Loaf and I ate a Tiramisu Cream Concerto,yums... XP
Then we went to Coach ;-p and then Parkson. My sister bought a GREAT SOPHISTICATED dress...suits her very well. The fitting room there was so so big! three big mirrors and there's a table with a lamp on it...and a few chairs! Almost like a hotel room,lol....
On our way back home,we stopped at Mamma Mia,PJ for dinner.
Now I'm at home watching tv and coming online...

All in all,an AWESOME day! Felt so good not having to worry about exams and school while going out for the whole day,definitely felt like I was on cloud nine... ^^

2009-10-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night,I was so happy,so excited,practically jumping up and down...waiting for the exams to end-WANTing the exams to end. I thought that I'd be hysterical,lol...
And I WAS kinda jumping up and down this MORNING but...I don't know why,not now. Perhaps all of us feel the same way,perhaps not. Oh I dunno...just suddenly feel empty 'coz now that we don't have to study,I feel at a loss...Empty...Hollow...Freaky

But whatevs,I'm still happy..just not jumping-happy. At least I get to update this blog,watch tv without feeling guilty and play facebook. And Twitter-though I twittered a lot during exams too...

The next four days are exam free and school-free...Happy? It's the first REAL holiday,haha...So happy Deepavali!

I just love...multiracial countries...coz many races=many new years=many celebrations=many HOLIDAYS!!!

Young Enterprise Interview

2009-10-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Today, 7 directors from Xpertise Enterprise went to AMCHAM for a special interview. Hong Ken, Jia Yee, Ray Aun, Xin Yi, Weng Ming, Jin Yun and I reached the building about 10 minutes before interview time,which starts at 10am....
The interview was...fun!!! seriously,I've nver thought I'd actually say this but I think we kinda impressed them =D so happy right now...I don't regret joining YE,haha...

Why did we go for interview???
Well...
Our school's company is chosen as one of the top 4 YE companies this year! Oh yeah... =D
So,a shoutout here to all Achievers from Xpertise Enterprise:
You guys are AWESOME!!! Without all of your dedication and hardwork,we'd never succeed. Thank you so much and congratulations ^^

Happy PMR 'resting period' !

2009-10-07T01:11:00.000-07:00

Okay. First,the good news. Xpertise Enterprise,the YE company of our school got into the top 4 schools! So,there'll be an interview this coming Saturday(10/10) at 10am...lol so it's 10th of the 10th month on the 10th hour....okay,sorry,I'm cutting the crap now....

I'm really happy but I'm only half eager for this interview. Half of me thinks it's so cool and feels that our hard work paid off but the other half of me thinks that it's a holiday and with an interview stuck in the middle of the holiday,I'll probably spend the front half of the holiday worrying and have suges of anxiety.

So there I was,feeling another surge of anxiety when Vivian called me. She said that our plans to go celebrate Shi Yi's sweet 16 is on again! =D that pushed away my anxiety...

I guess that's all for now,ciao!

PS. Can someone tell me what you're doing these days? 'cause I'm not studying and I wonder if I'm being peculiar.

2009-09-21T07:12:00.000-07:00

I'm waiting here for a song to sing
Dreaming 'bout some plain old things
oh yeah, and reminscing
Skipping down paths of memories
Feeling all those feelings once again
Before

All thse crazy things started and now
I'm in touch with fairy dreams
Getting swept off my feet
and started wondering
All those times I thought that this could never be
I guess it's destiny oh baby can't you see
Wake up
And dream
Take off
And see
Maybe someday I can be
Someone that I wanna be

2009-09-17T06:27:00.000-07:00

Life's gonna be, what
Time's gonna be,oh
You look to be free,
What else could it be...

The next time you turn aroud
It's not like what you found
Nothing ever lasts
Long enough
For you to figure out

Triple doses of laughter please
Throw it all away those not worth to be
Sadness, tears, runaway fears
All these gotta disappear
Walk along the way I feel it
Different vibes radiating
All those times of saying sorry
Now I gotta face a whole new phase babe =)

2009-08-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Well...it's been a few days since i last updated this blog. Just for you information,I've been busy 'facebook-ing' especially with the upload of annual dinner photos and playing restaurant city and pet society. Oh,and I'm also busy twittering. So...nothing much to say,but I noticed today that it doesn't feel like our national day coming up because i see no jalur gemilang on cars or outside houses. A few years ago,there'd suely be at least a few flags around somewhere...well,all i'm saying is,no merdeka feel,you know...

That's all for now...kinda random,but..LOL

Happy holidays-what's left of it anyway-and happy national day!

Some of Prefect's annual dinner photos...

2009-08-24T01:37:00.000-07:00

Updates

2009-08-19T03:22:00.000-07:00

Okay,so it's been a little long since I last updated the blog.
Now,what should I update about? Let's start from last Saturday's Program Rakan Muda.

It was a school day though it was a SATURDAY...a replacement for some holiday-I forgot which,lol. And most form 4 students were out of class as they were attending the Program Rakan Muda thing which was really an...erm,unforgettable event,especially the games-those who attended,you know what I'm talking about! Well,it was a treasure hunt plus obstacle course thing and each group has 6 'handicapped' members. 2 cannot talk,2 cannot use their hands and 2 that cannot use ther legs...haha,so those who cannot use their legs had to be carried around the WHOLE school by their teammates. And dear little me,of course,is one of those who cannot use their legs...

Moving on, I attended an auditing workshop along with Hong Ken and Xin Yi on Monday,at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. The letter we received said it was from 2pm to 4.30 pm but guess what? it started at 2.30pm and ended at 5pm by which the rain has already started. so when i reached school,it was already 5.30pm and I had no choice but to wait till my sister's school was over and to come home with her. I was so so so tired that day...

There wasn't a lot of things after that until now...I was just told to get permission for a one-day trip during school hols for YE...yikes,I don't know if Miss Margaret will approve it on such short notice especially AFTER the Program Rakan Muda. Haiz...will just have to try my luck...(cross your fingers for me! Thanks =)

The event I'm most excited about now is the Prefect's Annual Dinner on Sunday!!! OMG OMG OMG...I can imagine how great it would be! This year will be different from the other years,I can tell that!

Signing off,
Miss I'm-so-excited-about-annual-dinner-=)

2009-08-10T04:14:00.000-07:00

I do NOT know why but today I just feel so weird. It's like I keep thinking about how time just flies by without us noticing-okay maybe we notice it,but not REALLY noticing it. Seems like just yesterday when we graduated from elementary school with our UPSR results,feeling oh so happy because we think that it'll be 3 more LONG years before the next big exam which is PMR. Well, now we're done with PMR and will face SPM next year. Time FLIES.

The rain here for almost the whole afternoon-it stopped a while ago,which is why I can go online-made me feel all melancholy...

By the way,I ordered pizza online and had them for dinner ^^ along with some soya bean mum bought yesterday.

Today is my cousin brother's convocation,congrats to him!
Makes me wonder if I'd wake up one day and find that it's my convocation day already...Haha...

YE Annual Sales 2009

2009-08-03T06:05:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday was our Annual Sales! My shift started at 4pm and ended at 5.30pm....however,I reached sunway pyramid at aboutr 2pm....

When I woke up that morning,I wasn't really eager or keen about the sales but once I reached our booth,I felt...happier and ready to take on the shift! haha...but before my shift, Wan Jin, Fiona, Jin Yun, Trecia, Tian Yoon and I went to the Secret Recipe nearby. I shared an iced cappuccino with tian yoon.

Anyway...I'm kinda lazy to post a lot so..i'll be stopping here.

All in all,it was a GREAT experience and I'm glad to be a part of it.

=)

2009-07-26T06:22:00.000-07:00

Went out to watch Harry Potter 6:Half Blood Prince today...I was feeling really sleepy for the whole day,don't know why...anyway,at the cinema,the screen kept going on and off...we were so worried that it might go off in an interesting part,but fortunately,it was fine when the real movie started.

Must say that I was a little disappointed...It was kinda slow and monotonous throughout the movie,except for a few hilarious parts especially those with Ron Weasley(Rupert Grint). It's amazing to see how big and grownup they are now. I still remember when they were still little kids and I was also still in elementary school...

Nontheless,I will watch the next harry potter movie because I've watched for so many years,might as well finish watching the whole series.

These days I've been watching lots of Indiana Jones films...I usually don't watch old films but I must say the Indiana Jones movies are AWESOME! Can't get enough of these movies...haha gotta love a good action film especially one about archaeology.

Okay,that's all for today,really going to Zzz now...

Best wishes,
Irene JY =)

sejarah class

2009-07-20T02:22:00.000-07:00

so we've changed a history teacher last week...not keen about that,i assure you...i mean,we liked encik ali teaching us!

well..we ccan't really do much so we just have to accept the fact. our new teacher is not a trainee,thankfully but she's not really a very experienced one either...her name is miss toh.her teaching style is WAY different from mr Ali's and i'll need time to get used to this change. Our history class used to be stressless and homework-free but now...it's just a little weird,that's all i'm saying..

haha,i'm posting this only now because i'm doing the history table thing she asked us to do...halfway done XD

Okay that's all,gotta get back to my work,ciao!

Random

2009-07-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I'm naming a title 'Random'..

-so go and tell your friends that I'm crazy and obsessive That's fine Ill tell mine you're gay...
-I can feel your touch, a slow and steady rush,baby isn't this the way that love's supposed to be...
-You mean the world to me, even though you're crazy...
-you're a trainwreck but I wouldn't love you if you changed...
-I'm about to freak, come and rescue me...
-Who said, I can't be single and have to go out and mingle, baby that's not me...

XD these are quotes from lyrics of different songs...Great quotes,lol...I like them

Note: need suggestions!

2009-07-13T05:48:00.000-07:00

Okay,today was the installation and well...it didn't go That well....

Not smooth but not 'bumpy' either. Just,you know...It just felt kinda weird,at least for me. It was
a BIT embarrassing but then it's over anyway,so I'll let the past be the past.

The seniors got their certificates today and it's a little sad thinking another year has gone by so quickly. No doubt next year will be our time to step down soon enough. So now,let's focus instead on how and WHERE we're going to hold this year's ANNUAL DINNER/LUNCH!!!

Here's where I need your help:

If you're reading this,perhaps u can give a few suggestions on
1. whether it should be a LUNCH or DINNER?
2. should it be in a RESTAURANT or HOTEL???

Haha just asking coz I'm really excited about it,dunno why...XD

Today's special things (lame title,I know)

2009-07-10T07:35:00.000-07:00

Today,we had our first ever AGM Not in Dewan Kuliah...kinda weird,but at least it wasn't stuffy at U6A...in fact,the wind was very strong...

So first of all,CONGRATssss yeh all...To all those with new posts,best wishes! To the others,you're still great!

I am really happy today,because I finally got the permission from LM teacher Pn Teh Sau Leng to borrow some stuff for next Monday's Prefects' Installation. Of course,I have to thank a few people for this. First and foremost, WONG SHI YI!!! Haha...we came out during Add Maths period-thanks Miss Ong-and were only given 10 minutes out of class...so we ran like hell...LOLlipops...this is our route: Miss Margaret's office, then ground floor staff room, then discipline room, then the staff room near koperasi, then back to discipline room. WOW,right? and we got back to class with 2 minutes to spare. Haha...we were panting and laughing coz it was like a miracle or something. Oh, and thanks Vivian and Yi Leng too...for everything. Haha...too many thanks to list out here...so if I didn't mention anyone of you,please don't be offended...

Anyway, back to the AGM. I'm so so happy because now the four of us-yi leng, vivian, shi yi and I have posts and we can work together! This is definitely a Yippee yippee yay yay moment.

I have made a decision. I will not do my homework tonight...because I'm tired and I want to-as 'someone' always says-CHILLAX

I'm advising you to do the same...yes,YOU...ALL of YOU...haha,so I won't be the last to do my homework...LOL

Oh,and congrats again!!! ^^

Sorry Thank You!

2009-07-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry Sorry Thank You Thank You...
sorry for being insensitive and thank you for helping us get back together!
haha...dunno how to write here...too public lol but you know I know...^^
besties!

Unstable times

2009-07-09T06:58:00.000-07:00

Yes,these are unstable times...in many ways. But then there are some things that SHOULD remain stable under any circumstance and the 'some things' are:
Family + Friends
Friends are forever ppl...or at least as close as you can get to forever. It's the base of everything and I learnt that some things are always priorities...so,no great harm done! yet.
Thank you...for being there and I'll be there too!
Sorry and may our friendship bloom forever! =)

After all these...

2009-07-07T07:42:00.000-07:00

So there was that speech. LOL I am still very very very (x100) embarrassed by it. People keep quoting like 'don't judge me by my size'...and stuff like that. LOL!

But I'm really happy the speech is over. I was so so so freakin' nervous at that time! To tell you the truth,I enjoyed it too. I did not care what people might think and just went up ther and blabbered. People might think it was really 'perasan',which it totally was, but then I'm not that perasan! Seriously...that was just a speech. As I said,my speech was written by myself ...alone and all,and I wasn't exactly sure what should I or shouldn't I say!

Anyway,that's over now-great experience that was =p. So coming up next is Prefects' AGM on Friday and Yi Leng and I are in charge of souvenirs for teachers. Yi Leng was the one buying the stuff though,as I couldn't go Anywhere due to some family matters... Instead, I help with the 'insides' of the souvenirs...

Then,there's the installation next Monday. Time flies by,man...I can't believe it! We're getting older day by day. Going to be a busy and hectic time from now on...I can sense that.

Okay,that's today's updates,ciao!

Jitters...but happy ones =)

2009-07-04T06:24:00.000-07:00

It has been like a dream. I've been in this weird dream-like stance and I finally woke up from it today.

I can't believe I'm really the new top 5! I am so thrilled about it. At the same time,I'm a bit nervous about the high expectations of others placed on us-ray aun, wan jin, yi leng, hong ken and me. I'm the last one...haha but I'm so grateful for being given a chance.

So next Monday is the voting of the new head prefect. We'll have to give a speech and honestly speaking,I'm a little worried. Okay, not just a little,oh you know...I mean,I'm scheduled to give my speech after Ray aun's! You get what I'm trying to say? His speech is probably going to be crowd raising* and who can be at ease speaking right after him?

Ah,I'll just try my best then and see what happens at the end. Do you think I'm too short to stand behind the podium? This is something worth worrying about too. Haha...I'm the most kiddish looking candidate of all time. It should be written as a school history thing...lol...

Anyway, that's all I wanna say. Good luck to the other candidates and to others out there,hopefully you'll vote for me! ^^

2009-07-01T07:44:00.000-07:00

I am currently working on my unfinished malay essay about influenze A (H1N1). I'm feeling super lazy right now because I'm so damn tired! Once I reached home at about 3.30pm this afternoon,I've been busy doing housework. Yes,you heard right. Housework. Don't ask,it's a long story but for these days,I'll be really really busy with washing,ironing and stuff. So,ugh,I'm so so so very tired. Plus all the excitements and challenges I'm facing in school with the 'voting season' and also exam papers!

I am so tired.
So now,I'm playing Restaurant City in Facebook.
Meanwhile searching for information on Malayan Tapir-s.
At the same time searching for H1N1 information.

Gotta go check the washing machine now,see ya!

Today's Heavy Rain

2009-07-01T03:24:00.000-07:00

Actually I'm not going to blog about today's heavy rain...because all I can think to say about the rain is heavy and loud and wet...

Instead,I shall blog about what's happening when there was the heavy downpour at around 2pm today. Duncan, Yi Leng and I were outside the Disiplin Room, waiting for our turn to go into the Gerakan room. So...I'm not gonna say why were we doing that. I'll just say that it was a time of various revelations......Ah,I dunno how I did today,hopefully well enough,bbut I'm sure the others were great too...

Weird,talking about this but then not really talking about this,because if you've noticed,I left a lot of details blank. Oh and I noticed something- I love using '...' .funny huh? Must be annoying if you're reading my posts...There I go again. Whatever,I'm just talking to myself. I'm freakish,I know,LOL

Voting Season...

2009-06-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

Tis the season to be voting,fa la la la la,la la la la...

Yep,that's right. Welcome to the Voting Season of 2009! Every club and society in the school is having voting sessions to determine the next group of people to lead the club or society. So of course, Prefectorial Board is doing the same thing!

After last week's interview for all the Form 4 prefects by Form 5 seniors, a voting session was held yesterday to vote the top 10 prefects that will be candidates for the top 5 posts in the Board. The results weren't announced yet, though.

With the voting season here, the days left for our seniors to continue dutying are slowly slipping away...We'll miss them alot...it's so hard to imagine that we'll be on our own not long later...But then,once a prefect,always a prefect,right? =)

Anyway,that's all for today. Bye!
P.S. Good luck to all Form 4's!!!

Quite A Week...

2009-06-26T05:36:00.000-07:00

This has been quite a week for me...my stresses did not end with the mid term exams...

Monday: Last Day of exams! Yay was very happy AT FIRST,but then my family was very tense that day,quarrels broke out and there were lots of tears...

Tuesday: Had Physics marks that was bad and realised that i FORGOT to PASS UP my Chemistry ESSAY ANSWERS!!!!! (phew,that was really...scary)

Wednesday: Got my first ever ENGLISH ESSAY 'C'!!!!! T.T (Chose a wrong title...That was really THE BLOW)

Thursday: Piano Exams...(I did NOT do well...I know most of u don't believe that but,whatever,I'm tired of trying to make u believe me...)

Friday(which is today): Had Prefects' interview (waited for quite some time but...never mind,it's over now anyway so it's all right...)

So as you can see,it has been quite a rough week...but here I want to thank a person for chatting with me! Though you don't know it,it has helped a lot...so,Thanks!

2009-06-25T03:43:00.000-07:00

Rules: copy,erase my answers and enter yours,and tag a min of 10 ppl (including me). Use the first letter of ur name to answer each of the questions. Have to be real...If the person before u had the same first initial,you must use different answer. Cannot use any word twice and cannot use ur name for the boy/girl name question.

1.What is ur name: Jia Ying
2. A four Letter Word: JOKE!
3. A boy's Name: Jesse McCartney (heehee)
4.A Girl's Name: Jojo
5. An occupation: Janitor...LOL!
6. A color: jungle green
7. Something you wear: Jimmy Choo's (oh yeah...)
8. food: jumping beans
9. Something found in the bathroom: Jacuzzi (I am so posh...lol)
10. A place: Japan
11. A reason for being late: juggling too many activities
12. Something you shout: Jump!
13. A movie title: Just My Luck
14. Something you drink : Juice
15. A musical group: Jonas Brothers
16. An animal: Jellyfish
17. A street name: Jalan Gasing (haha...does this count?)
18. A type of car: Jaguar
19. The title of a song: Just Go-Jesse McCartney
20. What color underwear are you wearing right now: Jeez...what kinda question is that?!
I tag:
Shiyi
Vivian
Ee Voon
Yap Wei
Stephanie
Hui Teng
Ray Aun
Hwei Hng
and...you and you!

Feelings...

2009-06-22T02:34:00.000-07:00

I am honestly torn.
It's the last day of the midterm exams,and i'm really glad about it.
But then
I'm facing some problems...serious ones and I cried for the first time just now since the problem surfaced.
I'm not going to say what the problem is but don't worry,it won't affect anyone of you.

I'm hoping that the sun will warm my heart.

Long time no 'Post'...haha

2009-06-19T03:46:00.000-07:00

Hello again...
As you all now,it has been a busy and tiring and worrisome and roller coaster-ish week. It was the '2nd Exams Part Two'.
This exam-i know all of you will agree-is very tough. Just think about yesterday's Add Maths people! Uh-huh,yesterday was like one hell of a ride. First we had Biology paper 3-which was really exciting,though not in a good way-and Then we had that ADD MATHS. My head was throbbing so so SO bad when I was going through that 2 and a half hours of PURE HORROR.

But then again,who am I to whine? My average mark is actually not going to be counted this time as I went home after Physics paper on Monday. I was suddenly feeling dizzy AND having bad stomach aches. Actually I feel a little sad about that because even though the exams were very tough and our grades are probably going to drop miserably,I think I did okay...as in I have a fair share-very big share,in fact-of mistakes and wrong answers but I think it isn't,like,the end of the world and I really studied...okay,maybe I didn't study That hard but I did study...after movie marathons in the holidays...back to topic. Okay. I mean, this is the FIRST time since high school that I missed part of an exam! It feels weird,that's all...
So anyway,we were given 2 days time to recover from these few days' shock and prepare for next monday's double attack. Mind you,it will be nerve racking because it's Chemistry Paper 3 and Physics Paper 3. Be prepared and those who are faint hearted,BEWARE. Bring medications if you need them. LOL just joking.
I am sooo pathetic, droning on and on and on and just talking crap.
Yeah,maybe I should change this blog to MyCrap-irenek.blogspot.com Whadduya think? =p

Okay,that's all for today,gotta go watch a soap opera-ish tv series with my mum ^^

Yay!!!

2009-06-08T06:54:00.000-07:00

I am so happy this school holidays. Know why? Well....hahahahahaha

actually my parents bought a new phone for me. It's Sony Ericsson Xperia (X1) but mine's in silver ^^

My old phone had problems-the screen kept flashing blue and purplish lights...so i got a new one instead.

Last week I went to Johor and Singapore. My dad had a company thing there so my whole family attended a dinner there and we went to Singapore for a day. Walked around at Takashimaya at Orchard Road. To my utter dissapointment-okay,maybe not That bad-a big Kinokuniya bookshop there was closed on that day for a stock check. Just my luck...

I watched 2 movies in a row at Sunway Pyramid last Thursday after a YE production session at school. Terminator Salvation and 17 Again. Both movies are great but in different ways. Terminator was a great action-war-movie and Christian Bale can really bring a movie back to life just like he did with Batman. As for 17 Again, it was really meaningful, about a middle-aged guy who regretted his choice in life that was given a chance at life again by becoming 17 again. Finally, he realised his choice was the correct one after all. This is highly recommended-especially for girls because Zac Efron looks so so so good in the movie...=p

All in all...a great holiday but I'll have to study hard to make up for the lost time enjoying myself now...haha

Oh btw,join Twitter people! It'll be really fun if many ppl join it...I don't know why but I'm twitter-crazy these days...haha,maybe i'm something wrong in the head O.o

Incantation (for exams!) LOL

2009-05-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

Triple hope with triple luck,
Leave the fear and leave the dark.
Study hard with calm in heart,
Exam tremors turn to dust!

Something I simply wrote..

2009-05-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

All these studying
On my heart it's weighing
Bringing down the flying feeling
High above the ground
Suddenly fell down
Grabbing for something, I'm frantic
Keep me company.

Little things in life
Now they look so good
Tripping over stones in life
Can there be none for a while?
High school's like and ocean
I'm swimming against current
And it's difficult
Drowning sometimes frowning at life

But I don't want to
Go with the flow
It may wash me away
'til I couldn't find myself
But then hey...
I guess it's just what it is...

Life against the current.

Just updating

2009-05-29T06:59:00.000-07:00

Well...I'm gonna list out a few songs I absolutely LOVE these days...
-Paranoid by Jonas Brothers (OMG Nick looks different than before...more grownup now)
-Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas
-No Boundaries by either Kris Allen or Adam Lambert (both have different styles but are great!)
-No Surprise by Daughtry
-If You Seek Amy by Britney Spears
-Battlefield by Jordin Sparks
-The Climb by Miley Cyrus

What are you waiting for? Go check them out!

American Idol...season Finale

2009-05-22T07:23:00.000-07:00

Okay...so yesterday was the final of Idol...with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. Whose side are you on, people??? Kris? or Adam?
Personally, I think their both talented...very very very talented. They are so different,though. Kris,the humble guy-next-door and then there's Adam, the oh-so-theatrical(during performances) and such a rockstar...I mean,have you heard him SING???!!! it's so OH-MY-GOD.
So. I like both of them. And they are both winners...I know this sounds so corny...and PLEASE-I AM NOT SITTING ON THE FENCE- I just love them both...so congrats to Kris for being 'crowned' the new IDOL but for Adam, YOU'RE ALREADY A ROCK STAR
So Yeah...that's all i want to say...
P.S. Can you ppl STOP fighting over who should win and who should not???
P.P.S. And STOP fighting over who's more talented.
That's unfair. It really is.
to the ppl who are fighting over these: Please do not come and kill me. I am merely expressing my thoughts. this is not Wrong, it's kebebasan bersuara.
Oh Yeah. Moral nilai.

New Moon's Poster's OUT!!!

2009-05-19T07:13:00.000-07:00

People, check THIS out!!! (trying to stiffle a scream...) LOVE THEM!!!

omgomgomgOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!

Busy Busy Happy...

2009-05-11T06:23:00.000-07:00

Please. Don't get me wrong. It's not that I'm busy busy busy and happy because of it...I'm not really feeling blue and low because of my busy schedule,but that doesn't mean I'm happy because of it...
I'm happy because I see a spark of hope for me...
HOPE!!!
Nope I'm not telling you hope for what...haha...that's my little secret...
But don't worry my hope has nothing to do with anyone of you so don't worry, I'm not going to conquer the world or something like that...

Gosh I'm pathetic.

Sports Day Marching!!!

2009-05-08T02:15:00.000-07:00

Oh Yeah! Green House were AWESOME! We got the 2nd place for marching & performance! And for decorations, we got the third! Overall for Sports Day also the third place...
We may not be the champion, but we sure have the spirit of one! We're a spirited and happy lot, oh you bet...We were so full of "semangat..." today that I still feel giddy with it ^^. Yeah, sounds crazy and it actually was a hell of a craziness today! haha...
Actually we were told to reach school at 4.30am but I reached only at 5am...so after putting on our Durian Army costumes,we practiced marching around the school field and the performance in fron of the VIP tents. Then, after having somebreakfast, we went for make-ups, face-painting and hair painting! It was seriously fun. So,I didn't go for prefect duties today.
What can I say?
We've got the Boom Boom BOOM people!!!

More Presents?!

2009-05-08T02:04:00.000-07:00

The Bloop Accessories are really cute,don't you think? My sister told me she and mum bought it when I was at the Amazing Race. Wow...haha do you know what the cute little dessert-like things are? Well...not gonna tell you,LOL...Don't you just love mysteries? (I know,I'm like,so totally lame..=p) And the next photo is the puzzle! Beautiful right?

So happy now. ^^

Celebration!!!

2009-05-03T04:42:00.000-07:00

May the 1st was AWESOME!!! My great friends-vivian,yileng and shiyi-celebrated my sweet sixteen with me even though it's Not My Birthday yet...^^ We went to midvalley...and I fell into their trap...haha

Well,it went this way:

1. met vivian at MPH..she said she wanted to buy a present for a friend and wants me to help her look. So I said okay and she said it'd be faster if i went to the Chinese books section and she the stationeries.

2. I suddenly saw yileng there after walking at the chinese section for a while! She asked me why was i here so i said vivian and i are hanging out..then she asked us why she was not invited..and i kinda panicked coz i dunno why she wasn't invited so i called vivian. And my Dear Vivian acted so innocent and told me to ask her to join us for lunch. SO yileng called her mum and asked for permission.

3. Walked to KimGary but was so terribly packed! So we walked back to Secret Recipe...We got a place and was looking at the menus when suddenlt Shiyi jumped out of nowhere and shouted 'happy birthday' and she was carrying three big plastic bags-my presents! (Actually I forgot they would give me presents on that day..it was so unexpected!)

4. We walked around and bought a few things and shiyi had to go already because she was going back to her hometown in melaka with her family. So Me, vivian and yileng went on walking around until 5 something pm. Then yileng went home and me and vivian went our separate ways with own families.

My family gave me presents too! Anyway..the presents from friends and family are:

1. 'Age 16' Precious Thoughts doll!(Always wanted that one...!!!=)-from mum

2. Little Japanese doll(orange and purple!)-from sister

3. Tales of Beadle the Bard and Night World Vol. 2(love this book...supernatural love stories!!!)-from dad

4. A jar of stars and a star bracelet with a note(wow..she put the note and the bracelet in the jar too...I appreciate the stars so much!)-from Shiyi

5. Bear! (I named it B-Bear..coz I had a feeling that's the name of the bear,dunno why,haha...very cute!)-from Yileng

6. White colour bag(beautiful design!)-from Vivian

Oh...and my mum bought me a BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL jigsaw puzzle today...I'll post the picture here when i have time...(I've wanted that puzzle for many years! Thanks Soooo much!)

All in all,these few days I've been showered with presents...Thank you guys so much and thanks for planning the surprises for me...^^

Love you ALL!!! (I used a lot of !s in this post right? sorry,couldn't help it,too happy!)

Was ill...

2009-04-29T06:46:00.000-07:00

Hey people,
Well,I was ill on Monday and was absent from school on Tuesday...was a miracle I was able to stay in school until school was dismissed on Monday...though I did mess up the class(*wince~sorry and thanks so much for helping me out and tolerating me...)
I think it was food poisoning...ate some bad seafood...ugh..but then it wasn't typical food poisoning..it was kinda serious-with serious diarrhoea and feeling faint and all.. at least I'm all better now,even went for sports day rehearsal for marching today!
Anyway,thanks to those who helped me out and those who cared ^^
And Remember: GO GREEN!!!
by going green I meant in both ways, save the earth and support GREEN HOUSE!
Oh Yeah~~~

A Day Off?

2009-04-26T06:59:00.000-07:00

Haha...well I guess today's my day off! Finally! Actually I haven't finished my homeworks yet,but I decided to take a time-out and so, this afternoon,I went to Shangri-La for buffet lunch with my family! Wow...it was great! The place was beautiful-not to mention packed in the cafe-and the desserts there were so...full of varieties! I've never been there before and now that I realise how Great the place is, you bet I'm going there again...haha. I ate so much chocolate today! And also fresh oysters,salmons and ice-cream. There were 2 chocolate fountains there: Chocolate and Milk Chocolate. Chocolate fondue with honeydew is so yummy!!! I love it!!!

My favourite type of desserts ALWAYS include CHOCOLATE!!!

AppleCiation Day!!!

2009-04-23T07:42:00.000-07:00

Gosh...I'm all worn out...It's tiring,what with all the activities these days. Well, Besides team-building day on 16th of April, the was the apple-packing day on 21st and Apple-Ciation Day Sales 22nd of April. However, I know that I'm not the busiest...some other Directors really sacrificed so much of their time for the sales. Let me say something here to all Directors and YE Achievers:
You Guys Rock!!!
Yep,without everyone's help we coulddn't have pulled the sales thing off! ^^

Anyway..now that this is over,it's time for me to catch up with the schoolwork I have left aside! Oh and time to help out for Teacher's Day Preparation, Prefects! =)

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2009-04-07T08:10:00.001-07:00

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Greenpeace: Greener Electronics

2009-04-07T08:01:00.000-07:00

Light Pollution

2009-04-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

Our Vanishing Night
Most city skies have become virtually empty of stars.
By Verlyn Klinkenborg
Photograph by Jim Richardson

If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars, we would go in darkness happily, the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal species on this planet. Instead, we are diurnal creatures, with eyes adapted to living in the sun's light. This is a basic evolutionary fact, even though most of us don't think of ourselves as diurnal beings any more than we think of ourselves as primates or mammals or Earthlings. Yet it's the only way to explain what we've done to the night: We've engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.
This kind of engineering is no different than damming a river. Its benefits come with consequences—called light pollution—whose effects scientists are only now beginning to study. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky, where it's not wanted, instead of focusing it downward, where it is. Ill-designed lighting washes out the darkness of night and radically alters the light levels—and light rhythms—to which many forms of life, including ourselves, have adapted. Wherever human light spills into the natural world, some aspect of life—migration, reproduction, feeding—is affected.
For most of human history, the phrase "light pollution" would have made no sense. Imagine walking toward London on a moonlit night around 1800, when it was Earth's most populous city. Nearly a million people lived there, making do, as they always had, with candles and rushlights and torches and lanterns. Only a few houses were lit by gas, and there would be no public gaslights in the streets or squares for another seven years. From a few miles away, you would have been as likely to smell London as to see its dim collective glow.
Now most of humanity lives under intersecting domes of reflected, refracted light, of scattering rays from overlit cities and suburbs, from light-flooded highways and factories. Nearly all of nighttime Europe is a nebula of light, as is most of the United States and all of Japan. In the south Atlantic the glow from a single fishing fleet—squid fishermen luring their prey with metal halide lamps—can be seen from space, burning brighter, in fact, than Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro.

In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze that mirrors our fear of the dark and resembles the urban glow of dystopian science fiction. We've grown so used to this pervasive orange haze that the original glory of an unlit night—dark enough for the planet Venus to throw shadows on Earth—is wholly beyond our experience, beyond memory almost. And yet above the city's pale ceiling lies the rest of the universe, utterly undiminished by the light we waste—a bright shoal of stars and planets and galaxies, shining in seemingly infinite darkness.
We've lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country, when nothing could be further from the truth. Among mammals alone, the number of nocturnal species is astonishing. Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet, a process being studied by researchers such as Travis Longcore and Catherine Rich, co-founders of the Los Angeles-based Urban Wildlands Group. The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being "captured" by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms, circling and circling in the thousands until they drop. Migrating at night, birds are apt to collide with brightly lit tall buildings; immature birds on their first journey suffer disproportionately.
Insects, of course, cluster around streetlights, and feeding at those insect clusters is now ingrained in the lives of many bat species. In some Swiss valleys the European lesser horseshoe bat began to vanish after streetlights were installed, perhaps because those valleys were suddenly filled with light-feeding pipistrelle bats. Other nocturnal mammals—including desert rodents, fruit bats, opossums, and badgers—forage more cautiously under the permanent full moon of light pollution because they've become easier targets for predators.
Some birds—blackbirds and nightingales, among others—sing at unnatural hours in the presence of artificial light. Scientists have determined that long artificial days—and artificially short nights—induce early breeding in a wide range of birds. And because a longer day allows for longer feeding, it can also affect migration schedules. One population of Bewick's swans wintering in England put on fat more rapidly than usual, priming them to begin their Siberian migration early. The problem, of course, is that migration, like most other aspects of bird behavior, is a precisely timed biological behavior. Leaving early may mean arriving too soon for nesting conditions to be right.

Nesting sea turtles, which show a natural predisposition for dark beaches, find fewer and fewer of them to nest on. Their hatchlings, which gravitate toward the brighter, more reflective sea horizon, find themselves confused by artificial lighting behind the beach. In Florida alone, hatchling losses number in the hundreds of thousands every year. Frogs and toads living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses.
Of all the pollutions we face, light pollution is perhaps the most easily remedied. Simple changes in lighting design and installation yield immediate changes in the amount of light spilled into the atmosphere and, often, immediate energy savings.
It was once thought that light pollution only affected astronomers, who need to see the night sky in all its glorious clarity. And, in fact, some of the earliest civic efforts to control light pollution—in Flagstaff, Arizona, half a century ago—were made to protect the view from Lowell Observatory, which sits high above that city. Flagstaff has tightened its regulations since then, and in 2001 it was declared the first International Dark Sky City. By now the effort to control light pollution has spread around the globe. More and more cities and even entire countries, such as the Czech Republic, have committed themselves to reducing unwanted glare.
Unlike astronomers, most of us may not need an undiminished view of the night sky for our work, but like most other creatures we do need darkness. Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself. The regular oscillation of waking and sleep in our lives—one of our circadian rhythms—is nothing less than a biological expression of the regular oscillation of light on Earth. So fundamental are these rhythms to our being that altering them is like altering gravity.
For the past century or so, we've been performing an open-ended experiment on ourselves, extending the day, shortening the night, and short-circuiting the human body's sensitive response to light. The consequences of our bright new world are more readily perceptible in less adaptable creatures living in the peripheral glow of our prosperity. But for humans, too, light pollution may take a biological toll. At least one new study has suggested a direct correlation between higher rates of breast cancer in women and the nighttime brightness of their neighborhoods.
In the end, humans are no less trapped by light pollution than the frogs in a pond near a brightly lit highway. Living in a glare of our own making, we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural patrimony—the light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night. In a very real sense, light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way—the edge of our galaxy—arching overhead.

CHS Idol + Amazing Race!

2009-03-28T03:39:00.000-07:00

Oh my god...it was a great great week! Seriously,even though i stayed up until past midnight every weekday of this week-except Friday-for YE stuff, the good things this week still covers the not-so-good things. ^^
Gosh, I am so happy...don't ask me why, I don't even know why myself,haha. Yesterday was the auditions for CHS Idol form4-6 solo. It was a fun experience but of course,a nerve-racking one too. Everyone was practicing their songs everywhere-especially around block E and D! It made me and my friends really nervous...I hope we did well...
And then there's the Amazing Race today. I must admit, it was a totally great experience! As there were too many teams, teams were grouped into 6 different groups. My group-Me,Vivian,Shi Yi,Kai Lun-were in Green. Our group number was 46. Here's the summary of what happened:
1) At School: Collect letters from all over the school to form 'Amazing Race'.
2) Took taxi to SS2: got 2 customers and helped them wash their cars.
3)Went to 'Wai Sek Kai' nearby and found person in blue for next clue.
4)Took taxi back to Taman Jaya: had to open coconuts.
5)Took taxi to MPPJ building: waited for a while-ate lunch while we waited-and counted Sugus.
6)walked to LRT station(met Jia Yee's group there): took LRT and got off at Hukum Abdullah stop. Drank some 'juice' made from onions and......dunno what was in there. Then chased around to catch 3 QM (they ran so fast!!!)
7)took LRT to Bangsar station: took photos of us and signposts(Jalan Kemaju,Lengkuk Abdullah,No Parking-Private only)
8)walked back to LRT station: took next clue: took LRT to Amcorp Mall
9)ran back to school's canteen: Made twenty 'tang yuans' and ate them all.
10) The End for Amazing Race but not the end of fun! My group and another group-Duncan,Yin Suan, Jia Yee and Ray Aun- went to Dominos and had a 'picnic' while gossiping! Our two teams helped each other along the way and thanks for borrowing us the map,guys!
All in all, it was very good an experience and made our form 4 lives much more interesting!!!

!st term Exams!

2009-03-13T05:23:00.000-07:00

Yikes! Exams...something I dread-something most people dread...Well,we're in the middle of our first-term exams but we're nearing the end,guys! This past week has been tiring, stressful and full of worries. Oh, and late nights for some of us too. I am very thankful for this one week holiday because I can finally breathe and find some peace and serenity...haha..I bet everyone feels thankful for holidays ^^
I will be going for Prefect Annual Camp at Nur Lembah Pangsun,Hulu Langat. I hope it'll be fun-I think it Will be fun.. We'll be going for jungle trekking at night,sounds great,right? I love this kind of activities but I'm a bit worried about the flying-fox. I'd love to try it but there's one little tiny problem-I'm afraid of heights. My legs would go all wobbly when I'm too far above ground and if it's really serious, I can't stand up! Urgh...but I'll just wait and see...maybe I'll go for that,maybe not,depends on the situation...My fear for heights nowadays is already much less compared to a few years ago. I remembered once when I was 11,I went to Sunrise Peak in Korea and at the peak,I didn't dare to stand up!! Embarassing,way embarassing but I'm not really affected that much by embarassment anymore,since it is closely knitted with my everyday life...haha
Okay well I'll stop here now. Gotta go enjoy my free time...Good luck in your exams! =)

Tagged by Vivian

2009-02-15T05:53:00.000-08:00

100 truths

1. Real name: Khor Jia Ying (Irene)
2. Nickname(s): vava...LoL
4. Zodiac Sign: Taurus
5. M/F: Female
6. Elementary: Puay Chai,Lick Hung and Tun Tan Cheng Lock(Wawasan)
7. Middle School: CHS
8. High school: CHS
9. College: -
10. Hair colour: black
11. Long or short: long
12. Loud/Quiet: haha...ask vivian and shi yi ^^
13. Sweats or jeans: Jeans
14. Phone/ Camera: Phone...brings it with me everywhere
15. Health freak: Nope
16. Drink or smoke: Neither
17. Do you have a crush on someone: I'm not sure myself =p
18. Eat or drink: both!
19. Piercings: Nope
20. Tattoos: Scares me..

Firsts
23. First piercing: 6 years old but something went wrong...yikes
24. First best friend: Kindergarten
25. First Award: Not sure...
26. First pet: nope
27. First big vacation: to Perth,Australia
30. First big birthday: Never had a party before...

Currently
49. Eating: -
50. Drinking: -
52. I'm about to: get scolded XD
53. Listening to: the humming of the computer
54. plans for today: Study a bit before I sleep
55. waiting for: someone to confess his love for me...LOL just kidding(I'm not that lucky)

Future
58. Want kids? Yes
59. Want to get married? I guess.
60. careers in mind? not sure yet...

Which is better in the boy/girl you like
68. Lips/ eyes? Dunno...
70. Shorter/Taller? Taller
72. Romantic/Spontaneous? Both
73. Nice stomach/arms? both.
74. Sensitive/ Loud? Sensitive enough and loud enough. ^^
75. Hook-up/relationship? Relationship.
76. Trouble maker/hesitant? Neither.

Have you ever
80. Lost glasses/contacts : glasses
81. ran away from home: nope...i'm a good kid
82. Held a gun/knife in self-defence: No
83. Killed somebody: no
84. Broken someone's heart: I don't think so...I'm not sure
85. been arrested: No
87. cried when someone died: Yes

Do you believe in
89. Yourself: Mostly
90. Miracles: Absolutely...have faith,people!
91. Love at first sight: Yes..but with some doubts
92. Heaven: Yes
93. Santa Claus: yes
94. Tooth fairy: Maybe
95. Kiss on first date: Er...depends on the situation..haha

Answer truthfully
97. Is there 1 person you want to be with right now? Yes...
98. Are you seriously happy with where you are right now? Yes
99. Do you believe in God? Yes

100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people:

*I don't really know who to tag as most of my friends were tagged already...Just do this tag if you have nothing to blog about...^^

Flooded with Work

2009-02-15T05:12:00.000-08:00

Life is busy. Really busy. I am practically flooded with presentations of every kind and homework and problems to solve every day. Give me a break, wouldya?
I finished my bm syarahan and BI group argument thing already,which leaves me with a chinese ming2 ju4 presentation this coming tuesday and a BI book report oral presentation sometime in March.
I'm very worried about my Chemistry. I don't think the teacher had a good impression of me and she teaches wrongly sometimes. I know,she's probably a little nervous as she's new in CHS but...I really hope she teaches us my class correctly...I went to the library with a few friends to take a look at past year questions and man,they're tough. Maybe it's just because I haven't started to study for the exams yet(shrug). The questions were like some kind of alien language to me!
Of course, some happy things happened to me too. =) Like YE! I went for the interview and passed......I'm really happy about that because I wasn't sure I'd make it.
Well,that's all for now...

Books Read since PMRs! ^_^

2009-01-21T06:31:00.000-08:00

This is what I've read after the PMRs ended last year. Check out how freaky I am =p

1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
3. Shadowplay by Tad Williams
4. Wit'ch Gate by James Clemens
5. The Shakespeare Secret by Jennifer Lee Carrell
6. Twilight byStephenie Meyer
7. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
8. It Must Be Love by Rachel Gibson
9. The Girlfriend Curse by Valerie Frankel
10. The Great Tree of Avalon:Child of the Dark Prophecy by T.A.Barron
11. The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by (3 authors)
12. Wit'ch Star by James Clemens
13. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
14. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
15. The Tomb of Hercules by Andy McDermott
16. Bukit Kepong (yea,yea,laugh all u want...)

I even summed up the number of pages I've read......(drumrolls)......8573!
Okay,maybe it's not That much,but...it's still quite a feat,right? Haha..(just ignore me...I do that sometimes...) =p

2nd week of school

2009-01-15T06:23:00.000-08:00

My,there sure is much to do...I'm so tired these days 'coz there are,like,tons of group work to be done...and so much to cope with!
I think my class is fine,but by seat is NOT. Why? Let me see...
1. Chalk dust ALL over my things
2. Chalk dust All over me
3. Have to turn my head to the back very often...(my neck hurts)
4. Weird (The last time I ever had a front seat was back at Form 1...haha,i know it sounds unlikely but it's true,though i'm short,I had a fourth row seat in Form 2 and a third row seat in Form 3)

House practices have begun and I know that I'm going to have a tough year ahead...but I'm sure I'll have my fair share of fun too(hopefully)!

School Reopens!

2009-01-06T05:11:00.000-08:00

Hey there again,guys...
Well,how are u feeling about school so far? In my case,it was not entirely great but not that bad either. I can already sense that this is going to be a crazy year!
I'm in 4S9 with Shi Yi and a bunch of other friends. However,most of my friends are in different classes this year like Vivian in S6, Stephanie in S2, Ee Voon and Huey Wen in S7, Yap Wei S3 and Hui Teng S10 and so on......gosh!
My class teacher is a new teacher-new as in just graduated. I don't know if she'll know how to handle our class and other stuff...Oh yea,every teacher keeps saying how hard these two years' gonna be and seriously I am worried enough as it is...I know the teachers are absolutely right and are trying to help prepare us mentally for what's going to happen next but...haiz...i hope they teach us well...
I went to my first tuition class today-actually I went for 2. Add Maths at 3.30 and bm at 5.00p.m. Tuition was all right...I really hope I can cope with it,haha...
Anyway,that's all for now! Best wishes for all of you out there!

A few photos I took in Australia

2009-01-01T02:09:00.000-08:00

2008 Memories

2009-01-01T01:13:00.000-08:00

a) Think of 10 incidents that happened in year 2008.
b) Give a reason

Meaningful Events

1. 3A4 class gathering at Boulevard Hotel (near Midvalley and The Gardens)
~Me and my friends worked hard organizing it and it was a successful event =)

2. Annual Prefects' Dinner at Royal Bintang Hotel (The Curve)
~It was so...Grand,I guess...it was great.

3. Prefects' Camp at INTI University College, Nilai
~I was so tired after that but it was definitely fun-filled and educational

4. Making chicken pie during KH
~The pie smelt great and was delicious,haha...

5. Getting PMR results
~What can I say! I was so happy because all my hard work paid off.

6. Auditioning for CHS Idol
~Ah...although I didn't make the final cut,I enjoyed myself and that's the important thing. I'll try again next year!

7. Trip to Austalia with family
~My mum lost her luggage at the Sydney domestic Airport,but luckily she got it back that night. Phew!

8. Having slipped on my grades during the 2nd school exam
~A slightly painful memory but I learnt a lot of valuable lessons and realised more than ever that it is Not the end of the world.

9. School trip to Taman Botani, Putrajaya
~I remember that Vivian,Zhi Cheng and I were playing Bingo at the back of the bus...the Taman Botani was so beautiful! We saw the Mickey Mouse flower too~!!!

10. Being a part of 3A4 and making it through the year together
~Thank you so much,classmates,I love this class and cherished every moment of being a 3A4 student ^^

My Austalian Trip

2008-12-31T21:20:00.000-08:00

My family and I went to Melbourne and Sydney in mid-December 2008. It was a free and easy trip and we all had our fair share of adventure and excitements =] I wrote in my journal about the first few days of the trip but I stopped after I bought Breaking Dawn from a Borders bookstore there..Anyway,I'll be posting about the parts I've written down first,hope you can put up with my babbling! ^^

Part One
Friday, 19th December 2008
10:04
As I'm writing this,I'm on board an aircraft and waiting for it to take off. I wonder what Melbourne looks like. This flight is going to take 8 hours so thank God I brought this book with me to write in. Oh,and there's a small TV screen in front of me so I'm probably going to play chess...
10:14
This aircraft was supposed to take off at 09:55 but was delayed by some unexpected circumstances. Some guy checked in with his luggage but did not board the plane. So now the crew members are getting his bag out of the plane in case it's all some part of a brewing plot...oh,the plane's taking off now.
21:01(Australian time)
Well,we've landed-but not on the right lane. Haha...and now our aircraft's being towed to bay. Anyway,Australian time is 3 hours ahead of Malaysian time,it seems.

Saturday,21st December 2008
00:45
Just finished eating late dinner-notice the word LATE-in Melbourne's Chinatown. Believe it or not, the hotel I'm staying in-which is Mercure hotel-is right in the centre of everything,including Chinatown. Well, there'll be a half-day tour to Phillip Island to watch the Penguin Parade later in the afternoon. The tour includes a visit to the Warrook Farm(meet and feed friendly kangaroos and other native Australian animals),the Koala Conservation Center and finally to Summerland Beach where we can observe groups of little penguins waddle onto the beach in the evening.
23:59
Haiz,it's so late again...and I have to wake up at 6a.m. tomorrow morning. Anyway,this is what happened:
After breakfast,my family and I headed out to explore Melbourne city and our first destination was The Block-a historical building with special mosaic floor tiles over a hundred years old. I checked the map before we left so I was pretty sure of how to get there.I was leading my family but halfway down th street,my dad was convinced that I'm going the opposite direction so I just shrugged and let him lead. After a few blocks,I was fairly certain he was wrong so we followed our original course again. I am proud to say I lead them right to our destination without further ado.
At about 1p.m., we gathered opposite our hotel and got up a big tour bus along with many other tourists. We went to Warook Farm(it was fun but a little scary getting so close to the sheeps and kangaroos and wombats) and Koala conservation center before stopping to eat at a small town. At last,we went to watch the Penguin Parade. The Summerland Beachside is full of little burrows everywhere! They are the little penguins' homes. We watched the penguins for about an hour...it was so cold out there! The temperature dropped from 22C to 8C...we were freezing cold by then...
On our way back,I saw so many bright stars sparkling in the sky! I even saw the Orion constellation,do u believe that?

PMR results!

2008-12-31T20:09:00.000-08:00

On the 30th of December 2008,the results for the PMR finally came out! I reached school at 9.30 in the morning,thinking the results will be given to us by 10 a.m. However,that was not the case. Me and my fellow form 3 students gathered in the hall at approximately 11a.m. and waited for half an hour before the teachers came in holding our results. Our principal happily announced that our results are better than the results of last year's PMR candidates. Everyone cheered and clapped..honestly,I was only a tad bit relieved after hearing that,I mean,it still doesn't mean I get straight As for sure...So,I waited-very impatiently,I should say-for it to be my turn to get my results. Thud,thud,thud,I only heard my own heartbeat at the moment it was my turn-

Yeah right. I didn't hear my heartbeat,I heard cries of glee from everywhere and wondered if I would have a reason to be that happy about my results.

Finally,I got my results. I felt numb as I stared down at it...I couldn't feel Anything,like there's a void inside me...
Oh,don't get me wrong,I got my sought-after 8As. I felt happy after a moment of shock and emptiness...I think the emptiness came from the disappearance of my worries...I was so Relieved! I was so very glad the waiting and worrying is all over,but I wasn't exactly ecstatic because I know that I'll have to face something worse than PMR 2 years later,which is the dreaded SPM. I know,I'm such a worrisome person..but only sometimes...Anyway,I'll face this whole new year with an extra boost of optimism and confidence...Let's write down our New Year resolutions and make our dreams come true!

Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Twilight-Love It!

2008-12-16T23:50:00.000-08:00

Twilight was great. Haha...at least for girls...For teen girls out there who haven't watched Twilight,go ahead and watch it! ^^ Go Twilight!!!

Joe Jonas & Taylor Swift BREAKUP

2008-11-16T05:59:00.000-08:00

oh my god. I was watching tv the other day and saw an entertainment news saying taylor and joe broke up. I was hysterics-well,not really,but close enough-and let me tell you why:
1-Joe broke up with taylor on the phone
2-the phone call was only 27 SECONDS long
3-he was in europe at that time..not even in the same country as her...
Okay. Come on...breaking up via phone???
And taylor also said that he had problems with getting seen in public with her. Haiz...I love the Jonas Brothers but how can Joe be so...urgh?
Taylor disses at him. There's a video showing taylor holding up a joe jonas doll and pointing to the little phone together with the doll. She says: see,this one comes with a phone so he can break up with other dolls. Then,she picks up a taylor doll and tells her doll to stay away from the other doll. Poor Taylor,she must be hurt so badly...
So,what do you think about all this?

Yesterday's class gathering and karaoke-ing with friends!

2008-11-08T20:26:00.000-08:00

Yesterday,23 students of 3A4 turned up at the buffet high-tea gathering in Boulevard hotel next to MidValley. I was really excited and a tad bit nervous because Vivian and I were the main ppl organizing this gathering and I was the one who made reservations for the hight tea and I was worrying whether everything would go as planned. In the end,everything went great! We had a lucky draw thing-which was vivian's idea and kuen yee bought the presents-and the lucky winners were: our pkt Stephanie, lek ye shen, hui teng, teng yi and last but not least,out kt chun kit!

Later,me,vivian and kuen yee went to meet shi yi and yi leng to go for karaoke at the new RedBox at the Gardens. We waited for quite a long time coz the ppl at the counter wanted one of us to register for a redbox member card for discount when kuen yee already made reservations a few days ago with her mum's membercard...haix...but of course,that didn't ruin our mood...=]

Everyone had a great time singing. But when we ordered drinks, they brought us a cup of lemon coke-mine's-and a jug of erm..hehe i forgot the name of that drink with no cups! After waiting for a while-a very Long while-one of us went to ask for cups..but they didn't come..this repeated for three or four times until Finally they brought 4 glasses to our room. Urgh..what was the meaning of this???

Then,yapwei and stephanie suddenly came to our room to surprise us..haha,we didn't know they were here too. So I asked for their room number and me and vivian sneaked to their room too. There, me,vivian,eevoon,huiteng,steph and yapwei had a group photo using ee voon's pro camera set to a timer...

At 5 something in the afternoon, everyone said goodbye and went home. I went to the baskin robbins at the Gardens to meet with my family and after walking around a little bit,we ate our dinner there at the Jade restaurant and went home after that.

All in all,it was a happy and fun-filled day...I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for your coorperation and attendance to make the gathering successful!

Trip to Petroscience!

2008-11-06T02:50:00.000-08:00

Today, my friends and I went to the petroscience! It was tons of fun...especially the hurricane thing and the slide,XD. Although our group was the first to reach the petroscience, there was already a big group of primary school students inside,weird...and i almost tripped over one of the little kids there who put her foot out while reading something..hmph!
Everyone was having a great time and after coming out from petroscience,me,vivian,yileng,shiyi,jiayee,yinsuan and shu min went searching for food. We were so hungry by the time we bought bagels..a few of us bought sandwiches too. However,the bus was late and 40-something of usincluding the teachers had to wait by the road for more than 20 minutes,so..everyone was grumbling,haha. Anyway,I will post the pictures some other day, =]

Yven of Shaemon's Keep

2008-10-25T02:52:00.000-07:00

I stared at the rubble all around me and felt a pang of grief. I tried without success to keep my tears in check as I scanned the remnants of a once towering castle.

There used to be a castle here so great that it awed even the greatest kings and queens of the lands of Mageic,I thought,but now...
I sniffed.
I have never knew of my father or my mother. I was the daughter of none and since young,I lived with Merone, who claimed she was my aunt. All those years,she never spoke to me of my heritage,all she did was hide me from the world and she treated my like a lowly servant. That's why I remained ignorant of the outside world until the day Merone left the house hurriedly and never came back.

Deciding to explore, I packed a few things and set off towards an unknown destination. However, I encountered a few mysterious men garbed in black and was kidnapped. Thank the stars because I was rescued by a stranger by the name of Ellid-which was a spellcaster,I soon found out-and brought to the Grand Keep of Shaemon. I was 16 at that time and became a novice there after my powers surfaced. Suddenly, I was able to do things I never thought possible before. I never noticed that I completed tasks effortlessly compared to the other novices,though. The strength of one's spellcasting abilities were defined by the levels one can pass and a few years later, I found that I was the only novice that passed the tenth level.

The time of the wars had arrived by then, and I was taught how to brandish a sword. I was placed under Ellid Elda-yes,the person that rescued me-and he refined my skills at swordplay and spellcasting. Because of my outstanding abilities, I was deemed important and was specially trained to seek out enemies who called themselves the Dark Warriors. The dark Warriors worked for the Lord of Darkness and they have always tried to reign the magical lands of Mageic.

For 10 years, I have been assassinating Dark Warriors, no longer was I Yven,the ignorant girl but Lady Yven, one of the youngest guardians of Mageic and never aged. It was true, I never aged a day since I passed the tenth level.

Lately, the Dark side has changed their targets and instead of overthrowing rulers, they aimed every attack at the forces of Shaemon. I rushed back here to the Keep once I was contacted. According to reliable resources, the Keep won't be attacked for at least another week so why is the Keep in ruins? Where were the spellcasters of the Keep? How can the Keep fall so easily when it was warded by the most ancient spells?
I was truly at a loss and pondered this event at a length. Frustrated with the way things turned out, I set off again, determined to get to the bottom of this.

Tagged by Ee Voon

2008-10-20T03:11:00.000-07:00

1. What's your ambition?
Not sure...lawyer,perhaps?

2. Who is more important to you, friends or boy/girlfriend?
Friends

3. How often do you think of committing suicide?
Erm...none,now that i think about it...life's too precious

4. Do you think you have enough confidence?
Sometimes not.

5. How many babies do you want?
Er...I'm in HIGHSCHOOL

6. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
Yep.

7. What is your goal for this year?
Overcome my fears...Some of them..haha

8. Do you believe that magic exists in this world?
Most definitely...

9. What's a perfect boyfriend like to you?
First and foremost,Taller than me..haha
Smart
Understanding
Caring and kind
Not over-possessive
Trusting
Loyal
Optimistic
Not pushy
Have his own identity

10. What feeling do you love the most?
Happy! =)

11. What are the requirements you wish for from the other half?
.......I dunno......

12. Is there anything you want to tell the people you hate?
No.

13. Do you cherish every single friendship of yours?
Yes...

14. What does 'flying' mean to you?
It means flying...

15. What do you crave for most currently?
Inspiration...

16. Who's hotter,CHance Crawfors or Kevin Peake?
I don't who they are,sorry.

17. Describe the person who tagged you in 5 words:
Crazy
Friendly
Fun
Playful
Emo(sometimes)

18. What have you done to yourself to make youself happy?
Read 'Brisingr', the third book of Inheritance series...haha

19. What will you become in another 10 years to come?
I don't know...

20. Who is the person you'll throw temper at?
Hmm...no one specifically...

Instructions: Remove one question from the above and add in your personal question. Make a total 20 questions and tag 8 ppl. List them out at the end of your post. Notify them in their cbox. Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all. =) Good luck.
I tag: any 8 ppl who wants to do this tag.

Tagged by yapwei...

2008-10-20T02:37:00.000-07:00

Rules & Regulations:
do not copy answers
the tag questions must be 100% the same
tag ppl after doing tag

1. vivian lee
2. lim hui teng
3. choon yap wei
4. teh ee voon
5. stephanie loo
6. chee kit yee
7. oh huey wen
8. wong shi yi
9. yong yi leng
10. alicia chung
11. chong sze ning
12. ng hui yee
13. kwan zhi cheng
14. fan ray aun
15. foo duncan
16. leong kai lun
17. lai chun kit
18. catherine yap
19. tang mei jie
20. tan hui xuan

How do you know 14? (ray aun)
through sms..seriously

What would you do if you had never met 1? (vivian lee)
Haha..then i'd probably still be an ignorant little kid

What would you do if 9 and 20 dated you? (yi leng & hui xuan)
I would run and hide because their secret admirers will kill me lo...XD

Would 6 and 17 make a good couple? (kit yee & chun kit)
Woah...i dunno,but i know some ppl will get jealous..lol

Do you think 8 is attractive? (shi yi)
Of course la..sure got lots of admirers de...

Do you know anything about 12's family? (hui yee)
Many younger brothers..3,in fact

Tell me something about 7? (huey wen)
'Married' to leehom!! haha

What is 18's favourite pastime? (catherine)
Reading when I first knew her...

What language does 15 speak? (duncan)
A language we understand...

Who is 19 going out with? (mei jie)
I'm not sure...gotta ask her

How old is 16? (kai lun)
15 lo..

When was the last time you talked to 13? (zhi cheng)
Just this morning at school.

Who is 2's favourite singer? (hui teng)
Is it rihanna..?

Would you date 4? (ee voon)
No..I know of 3 people who will kill me if I do that..haha

Would you date 17? (chun kit)
No lah..

Is 15 single? (duncan)
Dunno wor..ask him don't ask me..

What is 10's last name? (alicia)
Chung.

Would you consider being in a relationship with 11? (sze ning)
Friendship's fine...

Which school does 3 go to? (yap wei)
CHS..very popular too..^^

What do you like about 5? (stephanie)
she's bad at telling lies so will not be tricked by her..yay! =p

I tag: ......

PMR over!

2008-10-18T01:39:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, I'm so happy to be posting here again...With the PMRs done with,I can finally have some free time...It seems kinda surreal,now that it's over..just like some over vivid dream...haha
Anyway best wishes and may everyone get straight As! =)

More Jonas Brothers!

2008-09-29T06:25:00.000-07:00

Something I wrote..(Lyrics)...wince

2008-09-29T03:26:00.000-07:00

There were times I thought it was my time
Moments I thought were mine
But it never was.

I saw lights in the night sky and I closed my eyes
Thinking it must be this time.
But it was not my sky,
Only looked like from the outside.

Have you ever heard a word spoke true
Straight from the heart without any lies,
I'm not sure at all,what you're telling me
Is it just a dream?

Then I found,what I thought,was lost all this time
I recall,all i've known,was shredded away & I couldn't see
Turned around,just to find, that no one was there by my side
I was trapped, so alone, thought that I was lost...again...

Now that the wind has started to blow,
I think the thunderstorm is finally clearing
I believe,
There's something worth treasuring
Beyond the rainbow...

It was not my problem...

2008-09-26T06:06:00.000-07:00

Well...okay,so this morning,I saw that no one raised the Selangor flag at school so I thought to help out by raising it. The flag was quite old already,its colour already started to fade,plus, there was no strings attached to the flag. I had to tie 2 corners of the flag to raise it. After I successfully raised the flag and was about to walk away with vivian(who helped raise the national flag), a senior came and told us not to tie the flag that way. We tried to explain that it was the only way to do it since there was no strings there,but I think he didn't really understand us...another senior who walked by even said something like, "Nice way to tie the flag!" which was totally sarcastic. After the first senior saw the flag, he just tugged a bit at one or the knots and told vivian to raise it back up. Huh? what was that about? The flag was being tied like this for about a month-or maybe even more-but the seniors never noticed? Actually, I'm kinda upset,I mean, I was trying to help,for goodness sake,and I got a sarcastic remark as return. I'm not angry or anything but seniors,please check before you say something that may hurt other's feelings,okay? But maybe I'm just too sensitive or whiny or whatever...i'm just saying what I feel. I do not mean any disrespect for the seniors or anything...
All in all,I was kinda upset today because these few days,a few things happened which wasn't really that good...
But still, I'll turn that frown upset down! Have a nice day,y'all...

Tagged by Stephanie

2008-09-19T01:08:00.000-07:00

Rules:1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged and to ask them to play and read your blog.
Starting time: 4.10pm
Name: Irene Khor
Sister: Alice Khor
Brother: None
Shoe size: 4
Height: 150cm
Favourite drink: Coke or ice lemon tea
Favourite breakfast: Croissants

Have you ever...
been on a plane : Yep.
swam in the ocean : Actually,no...
fallen asleep in school : 'course
broken someone's heart : I'm not sure but probably no..
fell off your chair : uh-huh
sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call : Well,I fell asleep waiting once...
saved e-mails : Yes.
What is your room like : filled with books that will probably squash me if they fall on me..haha
what's right beside you : my cellphone..it's so important to me
what is the last thing you ate : expresso cheese cake,haha...=]
Ever had...
chicken pox : yes but i forgot exactly when
sore throat : ...duh?
got stitches : depends which type..if it's stitches for wounds,then no, but if its stitches we get by laughing like hell,then yes.
broken nose : Thankfully no.

Do you...
believe in love at first sight : I believe in almost everything...open minded..haha
like picnics : yes!!! I was having a picnic once at new zealand and I saw a very beautiful peacock!

Who was the last person...
you danced with : My friends back in primary school..long ago...haiz
who made you smile : Vivian..I think..or maybe zhi cheng
you last yelled at : Yelled? not sure...

Today did you...
talk to someone you like? Sadly no.
kiss anyone? Haha..nah
get sick? I was a bit giddy earlier...
talk to an ex? don't have one.
miss someone? Yea...?I think so.
Best feeling in the world? Worryless...XD
Who do you really hate? I try to keep myself 'hate-free',so I think there's no one
What time is it now? 4.25pm

5 things i was doing 10 years ago
-watching tv
-reading peter and jane
-playing with my sister
-walking around aimlessly in the house
-having a nap

5 things on my to-do list today
-go online
-practice my piano
-eat cheese cake!
-watch tv
-wishing I can read a fantasy novel...haha

5 snacks I enjoy
-Chocolates
-Cookies
-Ice cream
-Cake
-Chips

5 things I'd do if I were a billionaire
-adopt a dolphin
-donate money to help greenpeace
-charity
-own an island
-own a private jet

5 of my bad habits
-sometimes rude
-kinda lazy
-gets too sensitive when someone says bad things about books I love or the Jonas brothers or the way I study
-too shy to make new friends
-There's still lots...

5 jobs I've had
Er hello???I'm just a high school student.

I tag:
Anyone who wants to do this...haha..do you?

I'm a big fan of the JoBros!

2008-09-08T02:06:00.000-07:00

^from left: Nick Jonas[16], Joe Jonas(my favourite!)[19],Kevin Jonas[21]

Yesterday was the premiere of Camp Rock in Malaysia featuring them and Demi Lovato. Of course, I didn't miss it because I'm such a huge fan of the Jonas Brothers...haha..dunno why...

A little rest time...

2008-09-04T02:23:00.000-07:00

Phew..that was tiring and so stressful! The trials,I mean. I missed using the computer so Much!! And I missed my english novels even more! But then,I still can't read them..not now..I have to wait 'til after my PmR exams. My dad will go ballistic if he saw me reading them. I don't know why,but he thinks that i'm supposed to be studying Every Single Minute..he doesn't know I'm online XD. My mum is more considerate,and let's me use the computer sometimes,like now,heehee...
I can imagine how happy I'd be when the PMR is over..I'd go hang out with my friends and play bowling or watch movies or whatever..it's been so long since I went out with my friends.
Okay..I'll have to stop daydreaming about those days until I'm actually there,haha..^^

Lee Chong Wei,you're the man!!!

2008-08-15T06:09:00.000-07:00

I am so happy right now! Ah,as a malaysian,that's only natural because our very own lee chong wei got into the olympics final for men's single badminton!!! I was so nervous watching the match between him and korean's lee hyunin..oh my god is all i can say besides screaming with glee when malaysia is leading...so now,let's wait for the finals,oh yeah, 'jia you' chong wei! You can do it! We have faith in you!!! Best wishes to you. =]

piano exam..

2008-07-30T06:12:00.000-07:00

Today was my piano exam. Phew..now I can finally let out a deep breath...
Well,I had my exam this morning at grand blue wave hotel,shah alam. I had a lady examiner and she was really friendly-every examiner is friendly,i think.
My scales were stumbly..(I was really cold that time and I don't know why my fingers won't work!)
My pieces were alright..(better than I thought I would be able to play under nervousness)
my sight reading was...okay,i guess..and my aural was...half-half...

Okay,okay,I admit it..my piano-playing skills aren't good. In fact,kinda bad...haiz..but still,I'll hope for the best! =)

Good luck to all you music exam candidates out there!

Report Card Day(sorry..a bit late posting this. It was the 23rd of July)

2008-07-25T02:46:00.000-07:00

It was kinda fun,actually. And by that,I meant the taking-parents-to-their-children's-classes part.
The actual taking-report-card part wasn't so great. Haha...I was kinda worried before it was my mum's turn because my exam results wasn't quite the same as my last exam...when I said 'wasn't quite the same',it meant it wansn't the same in a bad way,not a good way..lolx
When my mum's turn came,my dear teacher told me not to spend so much time sms-ing, msn-ing,and using the internet. I was all smiling and nodding when inside,i'm actually thinking: Oh my god..what am i going to do if my mum keeps my handphone away-like she did with my books-or ban my use of computer???
Then,guess what? My mum told my teacher that I listen to too much music. Erm..how can there be 'Too Much Music'??? My teacher replied that she doesn't understand how young ppl nowadays can stand listening to music while studying...*Note: I do Not listen to music when I'm really really stuffing myself before an exam.
Haiz...When my mum and I were on our way home..she joked with me and said maybe she won't let me reload my prepaid phone. I was shocked...finally,she told me she was just kidding but would really restrict my use of the computer and my phone if I don't improve in my next exam.

So,I guess there is only one way to make things go back to how it used to be. That is...(oh,how much i hate saying this...)Study hard! Which is what I'll Try to do...I'm just feeling kinda lazy you know..=p

My Trip to Japan 2008

2008-07-23T03:17:00.000-07:00

It was snowing so heavily at the Universal Studios Japan. I'm the one in black..=)

Tokyo Disneyland XD Cinderella's Castle

...Posting pictures here takes quite a long time so...i'll continue next time! Ciao..

If you have any idea of how to help me...Pls let me know

2008-07-22T02:20:00.000-07:00

This is agony! How can I bear it for another few months?
My parents have decided to hide my science fiction and fantasy books so now, I'm left here without an english storybook to read. This is hoRrible. Terrifying. Insanity.
Okay,deep breaths. I'll be fine. I'll be perfectly fine. It's just a few Months without an English book. I can do this. I mean,I Can get through this,right??? But then why can I feel out-of-order?

Actually, my parents kept my books a few weeks ago. I've been doing well enough without the books-surprisingly-but now,I can feel it tugging at the edge of my mind. Again. Urgh! I know that I should be studying instead of reading stories but hello, storybooks are an all-too-important part of my life. I know I should have self discipline so I'm here writing about it instead of rummaging through all the shelves and all the drawers,not to mention all the places where my family and I store our junk. Have I ever mentioned that my house is like a warehouse? My mum always goes on about how we should throw our old stuff out and Not buy so many things,but in the end, the stuff in my house still keeps getting more and more.

Haiz...I guess I'll have to be content with what I have for now...if I cannot read stories,I'll just...find something else to do...huh,pray the agony will stop...

Totally Ecstatic!

2008-07-21T02:34:00.000-07:00

Seriously,I've never felt this great since...I dunno when. Okay the reason I feel this ecstatic is because my group's oral presentation was quite a success. I must say, I was a bit worried at first because I have no idea whether my english teacher would like our topic. She seemed to like serious stuff more-oh,by the way,my group's topic was 'The Differences Between Guys and Girl'.

It had been quite some time since I last spoke in front of people and even longer since I last stood on a stage. I know anyone reading this may not fully comprehend why I feel this way, but I so missed the feeling! Today,I got to give a presentation. Today,I gave my presentation on stage. I'm ecstatic because of that. Haha...wait, don't get me wrong, I'm not being arrogant or anything...I'm just saying what I feel. If you're wondering how can we give a presentation in class on a stage,it's because we didn't give our presentation in class. We went to the ABM room.

Anyway,I'm just so happy! ^_^ =p =] XD
*Hope you guys had a great day too.

A Joke

2008-07-17T03:52:00.000-07:00

This was sent to me in an email and I found it quite interesting so I posted it here so you may have a few laughs too. Please note that this is purely for laughs and no offense was intended.

A woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap.
The frog said to her, 'If you release me from this trap, I will grantyou three wishes.'The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, 'Thank you, but I failedto mention that there was a condition to your wishes.Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!'The woman said, 'That's okay.'

For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world.The frog warned her, 'You do realize that this wish will also makeyour husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom womenwill flock to'.The woman replied, 'That's okay, because I will be the most beautifulWoman and he will have eyes only for me.'So, KAZAM-she's the most beautiful Woman in the world!

For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world.The frog said, 'That will make your husband the richest man in theworld. And he will be ten times richer than you.'The woman said, 'That's okay, because what's mine is his and what'shis is mine.'So, KAZAM-she's the richest woman in the world!

The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, '! I'dlike a mild heart attack.'

Moral of the story: Women are clever. Don't mess with them.

Attention female readers : This is the end of the joke for you. Stop here and continue feeling good.

Male readers :Please scroll down.............The man had a heart attack ten times milder than his wife.

Moral of the story: Women are really dumb but think they're really smart..Let them continue to think that way and just enjoy the show.

PS: If you are a woman and are still reading this; it only goes to show that women never listen!!!

Funny but True Differences Between Guys and Girls

2008-07-17T01:37:00.000-07:00

This is something I read on the internet and I totally agreed with it...It's actually quite funny. =]

Say the prom dance is coming up, if you're a GIRL that hangs out with a group of 5 other girls, and one of the girls doesn't have a date, the other four will gather up as a team to find that one girl a date for the prom. But if you're a GUY that hangs out with a group of 5 dudes and one of them doesn't have a date, the other four will make fun of him and tell him “MAN I can't believe you don't have a date yet!! Haha!! What's wrong with you?!”

If you are a GIRL and you are sitting with all your “girlfriends” and one of them needs to use the bathroom, everyone else will go to the bathroom to keep her company. If you're a GUY and you're hanging out with your bros and one of them says they have to go to the bathroom, no one acknowledges it. And if a GUY dares to ask if someone wants to come, the next thing coming to him will be a punch to the neck and him getting yelled at for being called gay.

If you're a GIRL and your groups of friend's names are Catherine, Jenny, Mary, and Amy, you refer to them as Catherine, Jenny, Mary, and Amy. If you're a GUY and your friends names are John, Bill, Ted, and Brian, you refer to them ass, Monkeybutt, Looser, Godzilla, and Douche.

If you're a GIRL and you get lost while driving, you will stop at the next gas station or ask the next “decently” looking person walking on the street. If you're a GUY and you get lost, you keep driving until you find your way, and you never admit that you're lost.

And finally, if you're a GIRL, you will sometimes admit your mistakes. The last GUY to admit his mistakes was George Washington cutting down his tree.

What Your Music Taste Says About You

2008-07-16T05:19:00.001-07:00

Your musical tastes are upbeat and conventional.You are an easy going, optimistic person.Family and friends are very important to you.You enjoy caring for and helping other people.You thrive in a tranquil environment, and you do your best to keep things peaceful.You enjoy your life. You have your priorities straight.

2008-07-16T03:13:00.001-07:00

What Your Favorite Color Orange Says About You:

Joyful --- Enthusiastic --- Optimistic

Outgoing --- Accepting --- Confident

Loud --- Unruly --- Impulsive

What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?

2008-07-16T03:06:00.001-07:00

What Irene Khor Jia Ying Means

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.

You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.

You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.

You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.

You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.

You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.

At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.

You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.

People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.

Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.

Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.

You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.

At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.

You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.

You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.

You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.

You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.

You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life.

You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone.

Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Thoughts of a Book

2008-07-15T06:21:00.000-07:00

I believe that almost everyone wrote essays about a book's life before. When we're in primary school,we always write 'A biography of a book/dictionary' and stuff like that,remember? But...none of us ever really think about what really goes on in the book's mind-well,let's assume it has one-so now, I will attempt to write out what MAY be books thinking about us,the humans.

I am a book. I am perfectly aware that the reason I am here in this wonderful but slowly destroyed world is to provide some entertainment and also useful information for humans. My friends and I have always been there for humans without any grumblings-don't worry,we ain't going to start now.

However, please allow me to point out some things here.
Well,for us books,being bought by a rich person or a poor person doesn't really matter. What matters is how we're read and taken care of. Thus, we usually prefer to be bought by people who love us and would treat us well. Let me list out a few things that we like and don't really like:

No.1
Do not fold the edges of our pages as bookmarks. Just use a name card or a receipt or any piece of paper as your bookmarks if you don't have a real bookmark. Please...the folds on our pages look like small ears and hello,we are not your pets. We do not have ears, don't need ears, and don't want ears.

No.2
Please try not to strain us too much when reading. When you open our pages too widely, it actually hurts our spine..imagine hurting your own spine..trust me, you don't want to know what that's like. Some of my friends told me that they've met booklovers which only open us as little as possible so our shape when read is a deep 'V' shape. I hope that I can have an owner like that next time.

No. 3
When you're eating, concentrate on eating! Don't read us while eating because we may get permanent stains...We have our egos too and it's so embarassing if our friends see us with stains all over us..

No.4
If you're drowsy and you know you'll be nodding off any second,please close us and put us aside. We don't like being drooled with your saliva..yuck!

No.5
Please close us when you're not reading us because while you rest your eyes, we want to rest our body too. If you just put us face-down on a table without closing us, it'll be hard for us to close nicely next time...

So..these are only 5 of the things I'd like to say for now. I hope anyone reading this won't get offended because I'm just letting you guys know what we think..perhaps after reading this, some of you might even decide to treat us better...^^ No matter what happens,though, we'd always be ready to serve mankind...

Your passionate smiling book lover,
GirlNextDoor =)

Exams...

2008-07-14T07:20:00.000-07:00

I didn't do well in my last exam. But don't ask why, I'm not entirely sure myself...weird,huh? It's like,all of a sudden,my mind went blank.
This year,I experienced many things for the first time. This is the very First time I ever lost to so many people...not that I'm a sore loser,but..I just feel...I don't know how to describe it. I know that exam results aren't everything,so I try not to be affected by it but I failed. I failed thoroughly. There. I know I'm being silly fretting over things I can't change but I still can't stop all these dissapointment from affecting me.
I'm much better now...And I'm determined to get better results and move on. Who knows? Perhaps this outcome was meant to happen so that I can motivate myself to do even better than before. yeah,maybe that's it.
I'm actually quite happy right now. My carelessness frustrated me just now-I forgot to save my seni folio stuff,ugh-but now I'm smiling again. It's because of the BookFest at school tomorrow. I'm just so addicted to books! Mind you,not textbooks but novels. MPH bookstore is willing to give students 10% discounts for books tomorrow at my school!God, I can hardly contain my happiness...=p
Hey..This topic turned from an unhappy one into a happy one...haha..guess I'm not a pessimistic person after all!

Prefectorial Board's AGM 2008

2008-07-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

The Annual General Meeting of 2008.
Sounds important. It IS important. For prefects,at least.
This is the first time I ever took part in this kind of event and I was really very excited. I could easily tell that most of the form 3 prefects were excited too.However, it wasn't exactly fun, unless you count looking at dissapointed faces as 'fun',but it was definitely a new experience. During the meeting,I realised that the form 3s,which is my form, is controlling the outcoming of the results...maybe it's because there is a bigger number of prefects in my form. I hope everyone made the right choice so that the Board will get better. I'm not sure how much I can say here so it'd be best if I don't go around expressing opinions which were meant to be kept secret...So I guess I'll have to shut my mouth before anything important gets spilled from my big mouth.
Anyway, best of luck to the new commitee members and also to the rest of the form 4 seniors!

My Online Writing Space

My Week!

Patriotism!!!

Early Birthday Celebration! =D

CHS 2010 PROM!!!

I know it's a bit late,but...

YE Interview!

School Reopens!

Yesterday's ''Hangout''!

2009 CHS Promenade Ball!

Bringing my blog back from the dead,lol

Days After Finals

Note*

Young Enterprise Interview

Happy PMR 'resting period' !

Some of Prefect's annual dinner photos...

Updates

YE Annual Sales 2009

sejarah class

Random

Note: need suggestions!

Today's special things (lame title,I know)

Sorry Thank You!

Unstable times

After all these...

Jitters...but happy ones =)

Today's Heavy Rain

Voting Season...

Quite A Week...

Feelings...

Long time no 'Post'...haha

Yay!!!

Incantation (for exams!) LOL

Something I simply wrote..

Just updating

American Idol...season Finale

New Moon's Poster's OUT!!!

Busy Busy Happy...

Sports Day Marching!!!

More Presents?!

Celebration!!!

Was ill...

A Day Off?

AppleCiation Day!!!

New SpringWidget

Greenpeace: Greener Electronics

Light Pollution

CHS Idol + Amazing Race!

!st term Exams!

Tagged by Vivian

Flooded with Work

Books Read since PMRs! ^_^

2nd week of school

School Reopens!

A few photos I took in Australia

2008 Memories

My Austalian Trip

PMR results!

Twilight-Love It!

Joe Jonas & Taylor Swift *BREAKUP*

Yesterday's class gathering and karaoke-ing with friends!

Trip to Petroscience!

Yven of Shaemon's Keep

Tagged by Ee Voon

Tagged by yapwei...

PMR over!

More Jonas Brothers!

Something I wrote..(Lyrics)...*wince*

It was not my problem...

Tagged by Stephanie

I'm a big fan of the JoBros!

A little rest time...

Lee Chong Wei,you're the man!!!

piano exam..

Report Card Day(sorry..a bit late posting this. It was the 23rd of July)

My Trip to Japan 2008

If you have any idea of how to help me...Pls let me know

Totally Ecstatic!

A Joke

Funny but True Differences Between Guys and Girls

Joe Jonas & Taylor Swift BREAKUP

Something I wrote..(Lyrics)...wince