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