Sem 1 result

I got my result finally!!!
It is not that bad, I’m satisfied with my result because I know that at least I had tried my very best during the exam. Hope that my fellow classmates can get the result they desire. ^^ The long holiday is gonna end soon, enjoy~

Only Love - Trademark

A nice song~~


Two a.m. and the rain is falling
Here we are at the cross roads once again
You're telling me you're so confused
You can't make up your mind
This is meant to be you're asking me

But only love can say
Try again or walk away
But I believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So I'll just play me part
And pray you'll have a change of heart
But I can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do

In your arm as the dawn is breaking
Face to face and a thousand mines apart
I've tried my best to make you see
There's hope beyond the pain
If we give enough if we learn to trust

But only love can say
Try again or walk away
But I believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So I'll just play me part
And pray you'll have a change of heart
But I can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do

I know if I could find the words
To touch you deep inside
You'd give our dream just one more chance
Don't let this be our goodbye

But only love can say
Try again or walk away
But I believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So I'll just play me part
And pray you'll have a change of heart
But I can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do
That's something only love can do

Holiday here I come~~~

Yay!! Finally, the final exam past already, and I got to enjoy my holiday at home now. Well, I have to say that the feeling of getting home is so different after leaving home for more than one month. I am so glad that my twins’ nephews still could recognize me and ‘stick’ to me.XD
I reached home yesterday afternoon. Actually I planned to go Genting yesterday with my SAM classmates, but last week my sister called me and told me that my mum was sick, and she hoped that I could go back earlier so that to bring her to clinic for a medical check-up. That’s why I’m here today in my home but not Genting, because I know there is nothing more important than family. My mum had her blood test this morning, and will be getting her report next month, hope that everything will be all right.
Anyway, I had a good time with my classmates on Monday. Right after finished our last Spec Math paper, we went Seremban in the afternoon. We did nothing except singing ‘karaoke’ in Green Box, inside the Jusco shopping mall. While having our singing session, only I realized that actually my classmates could be that crazy. We all sang as mad as we could, and I almost lost my voice, as I had a sore throat before this. We went back INTI at around 9pm, some by KTM, and some by Lawrence’s car. And you know what, we all had not taken our dinner yet during that time. Haha, we all sang until forgot about our dinner.
After going back INTI, I was getting a cold and a severe clogged nose. So I chose not to eat out, instead, cooked instant noodle and ate in room, together with my roommate Siewlin and Joanne, kinda pity~ At around 12am, I went to bed, as I was seriously tired and sick. Anyway, thanks to Joanne for her medicine, I was getting better the next day.
By the way, I have not planned for my holiday, but I will relax and enjoy first, to recharge my battery and regain my energy. Hope that everyone could have a nice holiday, HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!^^

Busy, tired, guilty

It has been a long time I didn’t update my blog. Well, I have to say that I was quite busy these days. We had just done several quizzes last week, and this week we are gonna have 4 tests (we had just done 1 this morning) and a presentation, kinda tired.*sigh*
Actually, I planned to go back home last weekend. I didn’t go back since the last holiday, and I was informed that my family was sick recently. Initially, it was my brother who started to have the illness (something like cholera—vomit and diarrhoea ), but then it spread to my nephews, and after that both of my parents also got it. I worried about them so much, but I couldn’t go back, because of certain reasons.
Another reason for why I wanted to go back was that I wanted to celebrate my best friend’s birthday. Actually her birthday is on this coming Wednesday, but since we all will not be there as it’s a school day, so we planned to bring forward the celebration. Anyway, I really have to say sorry to her for I didn’t appear at the celebration. I always have the feeling of guilt towards her. She is the only one who still stays in our hometown, studying Form6, and the other of us all study at different schools away from our hometown. I know that she is lonely and boring almost all the time, but I can do nothing for her, I even couldn’t appear at her birthday celebration, she must be feeling very disappointed. Hope that after I go back, I can do something to make up for it.
2 more weeks, 2 more weeks to finish everything, to go back home. Hope that everything will be fine and run smoothly within these 2 weeks, especially for the coming final exam next week. XD

Midvalley~~

Yesterday we hung out at Midvalley after class.
Our main purpose was actually to watch a movie.
Initially, the guys planned to watch the ‘Where got Ghost’ (a Singaporean movie), but because some of us had watched it before, and the time available for the movie was a bit too late, so we switched to watch another movie—‘Orphan’.
Well, I have to say this movie is quite ‘challenging’, it can’t be categorized as a horror movie, but it is somehow full of the ‘scary effects’, and the background sound effect makes the whole movie even more scary. You can hear the screams from the audience from time to time.
In short, I would say that it is quite a ‘torturing’ movie (you can imagine how we expect the next horror scene to pop out XD), yet it is nice and worth to watch.^^

By the way,
There was another experience for me on the way back to INTI.
At the Midvalley KTM station, when the first ktm came, it was full with people, yet we still try to get into it(as Feiwen wanna go back earlier)
And while everyone was trying to squeeze into the ktm, you know what I saw? I saw a thief!! His hands were busy touching people’s pocket to steal handphone. He was so ‘expert’ that no one realized his act.
We failed to get into the first ktm, so we had to wait for the next one. We recognized that guy and reminded each other to care of our own properties.
After some time, the next ktm came FINALLY. This time we managed to get into it. But you know, everyone was squeezing each other, and I could feel that I was being pushed inside, not walked inside…>.<
We were leaning against each other inside the ktm, skin by skin, almost zero distance between each other, and we could even feel the breathing between each other, kinda disgusting…
Oh yea, forget to mention that, 5 out of 9 of us managed to get a place to sit, while the rest (including me) had to stand along the journey…T.T(it was unfair!!)
After a few stations, a few people got down and everything turned better (at least we could see the floor and feel the air-con)
Anyway, this was a funny experience full of laughs and screams along the way back whenever there were pushes or even slight movement among each other.LOL
Although it was a tired day, it was an unforgettable day for me too.

P/S: Btw, Happy Mooncake Festival~~

Farewell for Hankee

Yesterday night, we were having a farewell party for Hankee, our beloved friend, who is on the way to Russia right now, i guess …
We enjoyed our steambot as dinner and had a singing session the whole night…
While we were preparing the video slides, all our effort almost put in vain, as the project couldn’t be saved into video file!!…maybe the file size is too large, 400MB++, but luckily, at last we made it, but it took quite a long time~ (anyway, thanks to the guys for helping)
At about 12am, we watched the video together with Hankee. The video lasted for half an hour. After the video ended, we noticed his expression. He didn’t cry, but his eyes were red. We all knew that he was touched at that moment, but he is such tough that he didn’t want to let us feel sad for his leaving. I was one of those who cried at that moment. (I admit my EQ is quite low..>.<) Don’t know why, there were some sort of feelings which I couldn’t really express in words. Though there are some ‘funny elements‘in between the video, but the background music still could bring out the sad atmosphere.
Anyway, wish him all the best…
Do take good care, Hankee.

Happy Holiday

Yay…finally the holiday started…
After having a busy week, with lots of tests
We get to enjoy our one-week holiday finally^^

I reached home on Friday night, around 8pm
After that, at 9pm, I went out to meet my friends
Since I came back from INTI, I’ve spent most of my time going out with friends
A bit guilty >.<
Because we are preparing a farewell for a friend
Who is flying to Russia the coming Wednesday
He is a JPA scholar who will be taking a medicine degree in Russia
For 6 years
I wonder when we can see him again after he goes there.

We plan to make a video for him
Which includes some pictures about his childhood, Malaysian food, our memorable photos,
And also some wishes from teachers.
Now the video is still in the process
Hope that we could finish it on time.

This week, however, not really that relaxing for me
As we have assignments and homework to do
Yet, I will still enjoy my holiday to the maximum
To recharge my power and regain my energy

Happy holiday everyone^^
And Selamat Hari Raya~

A busy weekend

Next week will be the busiest week for me
This week we had done our ENL test, and this morning an ECON quiz was just done,
Later at 4pm, we are going to have another MATHS quiz…>.<
But all these are just the ‘warm-ups’
Next week, we will even have more: a presentation, a quiz and 3 tests
Urghh…almost gone mad!!!

Let me put them in details:
Tuesday—MPW presentation
Thursday—ACC test
SPEC MATHS quiz (just know it yesterday)
Friday—MATHS test
ECON test (just know it this morning)

This weekend is considerably the busiest for me
A lot of stuff to be done (hope that I can finish all these)

Actually it’s sometimes good to have tests
At least when there is a test, I will study (or I’ll never touch my books XD)
Meanwhile, it can show how much I understand for a particular topic, and what I need to improve then
Just like the ENL test which we had just done,
I found that I’m still poor in tenses (sorry to say this, Ms Dil)
Maybe I have to work harder on it…

Hopefully there won’t be any more tests or homework for us
And hopefully all of us can do well for the coming tests and presentation^^
Good luck~~

Character Review for Australia--Nullah

Nullah(played by Brandon Walters) is a child who plays an important role in this movie. He has dark skin, brown curly hair and looks like an aborigine. His innocent eyes attract me the most. He is a mixed race Aboriginal boy who was born to an Aboriginal mother and an unknown white father (Fletcher). White people usually call him half cast or creamy. He grows up in Faraway Downs, a cattle ranch which is managed by Lady Sarah Ashley after the death of her husband.

As Nullah lives in the outback, he is uneducated since he does not have a chance to go to school. In the movie, we can see that he uses broken English and their native language all the way. Furthermore, he believes in magic (kalapa). He tells people that his grandfather King George (an aboriginal witch doctor) has magic; and he teaches him how to sing a fish song to catch fish, how to sing down fear evil spirit and wild beast, how to become invisible underwater, and how to play magic. Nullah also believes the saying of King George that in order to become a man, he has to go on a walkabout.

As a child, Nullah is sometimes naive and has some childish behaviours. At the time when his mother dies, he even throws a tantrum. He curls up against the wall and when Sarah is trying to offer her condolences, he asks her to go away. However, when Sarah asks if he wants to hear a story (he is always interested in hearing stories), he shows his interest and she tells him a bit about the Wizard of Oz. After that, he wants Sarah to sing a song to him; and Sarah sings him the song ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’. He likes the rainbow song as he thinks that it is all about the dreaming. There is also once when Sarah and Drover are sharing a kiss, they are interrupted by Nullah and he asks them if they are going to do wrong-sided business.

Nullah is also friendly and kind. He is friendly to everyone, including Lady Sarah, whom he is just got to know. He tells Sarah that she is like rainbow serpent for them and he wants to sing her to him. He tells Lady Sarah the truth that the administrator Neil Fletcher is stealing her cattle; has killed her husband; and is working for the cattle baron King Carney so that she can take immediate action on the shifty Fletcher. Nullah also develops a good friendship with Flynn during a night when Flynn plays him Somewhere Over the Rainbow on his harmonica.

In this movie, we will also find that the life of Nullah is quite pitiful. At the time the movie is set, 1939, the Australian government would forcibly remove half-Aboriginal children from their mothers, in a misguided attempt to assimilate them into white culture. This is what so-called the Stolen Generations, which the whites attempt to take away these children and place them in missions to phase out the culture. Hence, every time Nullah sees a car coming down Faraway, he has to hide in the water tower, afraid that someone is going to come take him away. There is once when his mother, Daisy follows him to hide from the police in the water tank, and unfortunately, she drowns in the water tank. From then on, Nullah loses his beloved mother and he can no longer say his mother’s name. Besides, there is also a scene where during the ball, Nullah has to be smudged with ash in order to watch the show of the Wizard of Oz (which Nullah loves), as creamy people are not allowed to attend the show. Just because of this half-aboriginal status, Nullah has to live a miserable life.

In addition, it is undeniable that Nullah is a brave and bold boy. In order to make Lady Sarah believes that Fletcher is a bad guy, he runs up the windmill (which Fletcher claims that it has not run in years) and makes the windmill runs, and yells that Fletcher is a liar. Besides, when Drover finds that they have not enough men to drive the cattle to Darwin, Nullah volunteers himself saying that he is plenty old enough to take the task. On the journey to Darwin, when their cattle are being harmed by Fletcher and his men; and when the cattle are all scattered around, Nullah manages to resort to a song and magic to stop the cattle (with King George chanting from the canyon) when the cattle are rushing towards him where at the moment he is at the edge of the cliff.

Nullah is also a tough boy. Though his life is full of frustrations, and he even loses two of his closers (his mother Daisy and Kipling Flynn) within just two days, he is tough enough to face the truth. Although initially he is a bit heartbroken when his mother dies, but later on when he listens to Sarah, he feels better and tells her that they must drive all the cattle to Darwin and onto the metal ship. When Nullah is caught and going to be sent to the so-called Mission Island, he waves goodbye to Sarah (who tries to get him free but failed), saying that he will wait for her to get him back, and he will sing her to him.

In a nutshell, Nullah is a character whom I impress the most. Besides serving as a narrator in this movie, his character also conveys us a lot of messages. Even though he is just a child, he does have mature thinking. He is such brave, tough, and lovely that if without him, the story may not come alive or as interesting as it is.

Favourite Quote:
“Just because it is, it doesn’t mean it should be.” by Lady Sarah Ashley

Movie Review for Coach Carter

Summary
'Coach Carter' is based on a true story of Coach Ken Carter, a controversial high school basketball coach played by Samuel L. Jackson. In 1999, Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes an undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than sports for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them more profoundly than he ever expected.

Main Character—Coach Carter
Ken Carter is once a star player on the Richmond High School basketball team in Richmond, CA, and years later, after establishing himself in publishing and marketing, he is invited to return to the school and to the team as the new basketball coach. Initially, Carter feels reluctant to accept the job when seeing the poor performance and discipline of the team. However, after being persuaded, he accepted the job finally. He knows that in order to guarantee these boys a better future so that they won’t end up in prison or death, he should emphasise more on education than basketball alone. He wants to turn the team from inner city losers into student athletes. So he sets his own rules for the players by signing contracts with them. In the contracts, he wants the players to maintain a grade of 2.3, attend all classes, wear coat and tie on game days and sit in the front row of every class. Although these requirements seem quite impossible and are protested by parents and even the principal, Carter insists. This can be seen when Carter starts the lockout of the gym and continues to cancel the practices and games despite the objections from the whole community. Many will think that Carter is stubborn in the first place, but rather to say that he is stubborn, we should, however, look from other perspective the decisions he has made, which are actually for the bright future of the boys. Besides that, Carter is strict during the basketball training sessions. He imposes strict punishments like push-ups and running suicides when finding the players breaking the rules or acting rudely towards each other. He wants the boys to be respectful and disciplined, and meanwhile, can play as a team. For instance, he wants them to call each other using ‘sir’ since the first day he is introduced to them. In short, Carter is such great that he makes every decision just for the sake of the players. He believes that the players can achieve goals beyond college ball or the NBA despite others don’t think so. He tries every way to make them to excel not only in the court but also in the classroom in order for them to get into college. He never gives up though facing the pressure and all the criticism from the parents and the whole society. Under Carter's insistence, the team finally realises the goals they are supposed to achieve in their future. Carter’s hard work pays off when some of the team players manage to get into colleges eventually.

Social Issues
First, most obviously we can see that the youngsters are impolite and rude. For instance, the language they use, such as ass, nigger, dog, shit and so on. They also disrespect the elders. They show attitude towards Carter, their new basketball coach, and Cruz even tries to beat him, when Carter is first introduced to them. Premarital pregnancy is also another social issue portrayed in this movie. Kyra, girlfriend of Kenyon, one of the team players, gets pregnant during her high school. She plans to born the baby and gives up her study. While on the other hand, Kenyon is in a dilemma. He doesn’t know which road he should take for if he agrees with Kyra to born the baby, he will have to give up his study and his dream to play college basketball. So they end up with a quarrel since they can’t reach an agreement. However, Kyra aborts the baby eventually as she thinks that entering a college is more important to Kenyon. The movie also illustrates that the society is uneducated and ignorant. When Carter introduces the contract to the parents, they show great protest, as they think that grades are not as important as the basketball game. When Carter locks down the gym, canceling practices and games, the parents cause a stir and the whole society creates chaos here and there as they think that the only way their children can get out of the ghetto is by falling into the stereotype of either NBA player or rapper. Even the Principal Garisson disagrees with Carter and has the same thought as the society. Just because of this wide ignorance and the misconceptions of the society, most of the teenagers in that area end up in prison or even death. For examples, Lyle’s father is in jail whereas Junior Battle’s brother is killed. There are also those who get involved in drug-dealing activity, that is Timo Cruz. Drug-dealing seems to be a source of income for him. He stops this only after his cousin, Renny is killed and this is when he realizes how he will end up his life if he keeps doing this.

Meaningful Quotes and Messages
Timo Cruz: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Jason Lyle: You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph.
~Teamwork is necessary for success.

Coach Ken Carter: When we step on the floor every second that clock is ticking, we are pedal to the metal, we run the ball, we pressure the ball, and most importantly we control the tempo of the game, we make them play Richmond Oiler ball.
~Time is precious, don’t simply waste your time; and be confident.

Coach Ken Carter: Young man, think about the choice you’re making if you walk out that door.
~Think twice before you make any decisions.

Principal Garrison: Your intentions are good, Mr. Carter. But your methods are a bit extreme.
Coach Ken Carter: You painted an extreme picture. No one expects them to graduate. No one expects them to go to college.
Principal Garrison: So you take away basketball, the one area of their lives where they have some success?
Coach Ken Carter: Yes, ma’am.
Principal Garrison: And you challenge them academically?
Coach Ken Carter: Yes, ma’am.
Principal Garrison: And what if they fail?
Coach Ken Carter: Then we’ve failed.
Principal Garrison: Unfortunately, Mr. Carter, both you and I know that for some of these kids, this basketball season will be the highlight of their lives.
Coach Ken Carter: Well, I think that’s the problem, don’t you?

Coach Ken Carter: [to the people in attendance at the board hearing] You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit.

Coach Ken Carter: Now I want you to go home and look at your lives tonight, and look at your parents’ lives, and ask yourselves:” Do I want better?”
~Always self-evaluate and remind yourselves about the things you’re doing and do think about your beloved family.

Coach Ken Carter: l came to coach basketball players, and you became students. Coach Ken Carter: l came to teach boys, and you became men.

Coach Ken Carter: You men played like champions. You never gave up. And champions hold their heads high. What you achieved goes way beyond the win-lose column or what’s gonna be written on the front page of the sport section tomorrow. You’ve achieved something that some people spend their whole lives trying to find. What you achieved is that ever-elusive victory within. And gentlemen, I am so proud of you.
~Sometimes, process is more significant than the outcome.

Enjoying moment at Giant

Yesterday, I went to Giant together with five of my friends, Siewlin, Macy, Feiwen, Mayuree and Joanne. This was my first time to Giant although I have been here for more than one month… XD We went there by INTI bus, and the bus was monopolized by us after all—because there was nobody in the bus except us. So we took the opportunity to take a few photos there.

We reached Giant after about 15 minutes and we had our lunch at KFC then. After that, we enjoyed our shopping time and I bought a pair of clothes for each of my twins nephews (make up for their first birthday present)…^^

After finished buying our stuffs, we realized that we had missed the bus.
Therefore we had to wait another hour for the next bus.
While waiting at the bus station, we took some photos (again), as we were too boring…lol

By the way, I had returned to my home this afternoon, and I was now enjoying my time with my beloved family^^
Happy holiday everyone!!

Hoping for holiday

It has been a long time I didn’t update my blog
Is it because I was busy with the assignments and also the endless homework?
I wonder…
Not realizing that I have been in INTI for a month after all
Life is getting more challenging (in other word, TOUGH…XD), yet exciting
Challenging… for the coming tests, assignments, presentations, etc…
Exciting… for having more fun with the friends here…
Next Wednesday, we are going to have our first maths test
And the days onwards, we’ll be getting more tests, assignments and so on…
Now I’m looking forward to the August holiday
And hope that I could have a very relaxing holiday then, though it’s just one week…

A meaningful day~

Yesterday was a really nice and meaningful day for me
Although we had class until 6pm
We still went for badminton games at 7pm
Well, it has been a long time I didn’t touch the racquet
Yet I still managed to play well after taking first few tries
Then we had our dinner at Al-salam

You know what happen after that?
Well,
While we were going back to our hostels
We met a guy at the ground floor of our residential block
He is one of the judges for today’s Inter-campus Debate
He is called Surfi, a Bangladesh
He is currently doing his PhD in Malacca UTM, major in research management

You know,
He knows lots of things
When we asked him something about Malaysian history
He could even tell us everything just like telling a story, nonstop
Wow, just imagine
He has been in Malaysia for 2 years only
Yet he knows more than us about Malaysian history
How shame we are >.<

He also told us some of his achievements,
His experiences of life,
Something regarding his studies,
And how he managed his own time

He has his own principles of life
He thinks that life is like…
First, you have to educate yourself
And then contribute to the society
That’s all, don’t put yourself into trouble

However, in my opinion
I found that his life is quite dull and boring sometimes
But he enjoys it very much
And I think that’s why he could have his achievement today
Because he always holds on his own principles

In short
I would say that it was our fortune to meet him
As we might not have such a luck to meet one even once in our lifetime
He is such great
We really get a lot of messages during our conversation
Frankly, I learn a lot from him
Hope that we could meet again…^_^

you're not alone

I addicted to this song recently
‘You’re not alone’ by MJ
I like it
Every time listening to it
I will somehow feel something
I wanna use this song to encourage my friends
And at the same time reminding myself,
That I’m not alone…

Recently, one of my best friends fall into trouble
She is currently studying in a university which is far far away from her hometown
And she had some problems with her housemate
She started to feel helpless and lonely
She even cries for that

You know,
The moment she telling me this,
I felt like I have the same problem like her as well
Not meaning that I have problems with my roommate
But then you know
When you leave your hometown, your friends, your family
And you have to go to another place to begin your new journey
You will surely feel depressed and helpless especially when you get into trouble and need someone to be there for you
Frankly, I feel homesick too
And I can sure that most of my friends here have the same problem like me as well

Actually I know that I shouldn’t complain anything anymore
Because if compared to the others
I’m even much luckier than them
I know that there are lots of obstacles and challenges awaiting me
I have no choice but to tackle each of them
Although so far I still don’t have 100% confidence that I can get over all these difficulties
But at least I know that there are still many people around me keep supporting me
And thus, I’m not facing all these alone
Because I’m not alone

I wanna share this song with all of you
For my friends
Remember that you’re not alone
You still have us
KC, you’re not alone too
And remember
That we are never alone~~

You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you’re far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we’re far apart
You’re always in my heart
For you are not alone...

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