this is a piece of priceless work that i would describe as irreplacable. we did this during the prefect orientation day 2006. not bad an idea after all. they suggested us to paste a sheet of white paper on our back and let your friends write whatever they like on it. looking back now, it meant more than just a sheet of paper.
六个月前，健豪曾经跟我讲起“十年之约” 这个话题。他说欣颖和祥义至少要十年后才会结婚。现在想起来还觉得有点滑稽。其实，十年后，不只是欣颖和祥义有可能结婚，很多事情也会随光阴的逝去而改变。大家的友情也会随之淡化。到时，大家再碰面的时候，是否还能像现在一样顺手拈来就是有许许多多说不完的话题？你我之间是不是会存着隔膜？什么“友谊永固” 、“友谊万岁” 很多时候都是随口说说而已。真的会有“友谊永固” 这回事吗？我怀疑。SPM 终于完毕了。两年来的辛劳血汗都是为了应付它。可它却存在着什么意义？为了荣获全科A1？我不知道。
haih....it's over...it's so fast...hope it will never end...but it did nevertheless.
last night was zhong qiu jie, the mooncake festival, it was also more importantly...our 5A1 2006 class party. class party was FREAKINGLY fun. i don't know...having difficulties describing. it is always so when it's about my secondary school life, isn't it huh? i am going to keep it short. otherwise, i am going to be a "lao ah pek" very soon. lol.
class party was held at khey junn's house. he is the son of ASRC owner, and shall be inheriting his father's business in few years to come (i guess), and he is once again more importantly...our tall, dark, handsome, responsible, always-smiling, no temper, sporting monitor. i guess khey junn is one of the best monitors i have met during my five years of secondary school life. he was very sporting last night, totally in his element when playing the guitar singing...what, can't remember what's the song title. but aiya, i didn't get the chance to look at see pei's eyes. they said she was totally CAPTIVATED by khey junn when he played the guitar. isn't it obvious that she likes him?
and yeah, i also took the golden opportunity to drive around alor star fetching five other passengers (bak how, quiet hoh, vegetarian tiee, childish hung, cool gee)---(jian how, chee hoh, yiee tiee, chi hung, seong gee). and very unfortunately, my car "xi hui" three times when reversing. you know why? (it takes a lot of courage to admit that, you know?) cos i didn't press the accelarator. OK, LET ME REALLY CLARIFY THIS. normally, i only fetch at most three passengers, and therefore, without pressing the accelarator, the car will still move. but now, since there are five passengers, hence i have to step on the accelerator, so that the car will move, i didn't know that. --thank you seong gee, had it not been for your timely tips, i would have stuck there till someone help us out.
nevertheless, i really enjoyed the whole class party and the whole year that we had been through together as members of 5A1. i had a good time and thank you so much to each and everyone of you for making my day.
*wow, it's not short at all!"
school has been really cool lately. just last saturday, school started the rendition of songs and musics (keat hwa fm)--- probably with one agenda : to bridge the gap between the strict authoritative conservative Chinese school administration with the heavily pressured kiasu academically-obssessed students of Keat Hwa. i was shocked that day. i couldn't believe what i heard. trendy musics...hitz songs...had i entered the wrong school? no songs other than the typical boring meaningless formal rendition of the national anthem had i ever heard from the school...
"Negaraku... tanah tumpahnya darahku... raja kita... "(suddenly feel a sense of patriotism-vomiting...
nonetheless, it was a good start. at least, the atmosphere in school is not that tensed.
and just today, jogathon.
wow, i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was damn fun. the school organised this event to collect funds to employ teachers and wanted each student to collect at least RM 50 and threatened not to give us the leaving school cert if we fail to do so (everybody knows it's not real...save it for your ownself, Mr Chow). students who collected at least RM 50 were allowed to take part in the jogathon. and so did i (my parents didn't know about it. i bet you will keep it a secret too if your parents are paranoid...gah!) it's really a challenge for me since the last time i exercise was two months ago. in the morning, the school invited someone from the fitness centre in penang to conduct the warming up process before we start to run. that was damn fun...i will really regret it if i didn't go to school today. after that, someone from the PIBG wave the flag down and "GO!" initially, it was leonard, chi sheng, yee khai, chee hoh, li pang, kok jie and me...and then after some time, the distance between us become wider and wider. kok jie was left behind, leonard and chi sheng took the lead, yee khai and me slowed down and we increased our rest time.
run-stop-run-stop... i never know it's so tiring. after some 5.5 km, we finally reached. wow, what a relieve.
then there was this lucky draw. i didn't get any of those. God / Buddha is fair. if i am fated not to get those lucky draws, i am going to get something else...in my case, probably better luck in my SPM exam. (i feel so much better now)
it's been a long day. i hope there's a another jogathon. it's so damn fun. but...that's not going to happen anytime soon. well as a consolation, at least, it leaves a sweet memory for me before i leave Keat Hwa.
wonder what shin yun's going to think? she is just sitting beside there. well, see pei has always been the "dian deng pao". seong gee is on the right.
shocked that Chee Hoh has grown taller?
vegetarian? maybe not...
the jogathoners...
Princess Kiko
Crown Princess Masako
"The Yomiuri Shimbun
MASCULINE feminine or... iN BETweEN?
it depends on how you look at it... the question mark can be anything. it can be a blend of personalities but i am sure most of you will consider HARISU the best fit.
forgive me Your Majesty, you are BANNED from entering my future house. i just can't understand why some people like it so much! 
look at the picture. what you see? a bunch of delirious brats enjoying themselves? or...maybe...deep inside each and every one of them a secret they fear most?this is from yi heng, 煜恒, our present 2006/2007 head prefect. he sounds like a nice person...in fact...he is Mr Nice Guy. i can't remember when he said this...oh yeah, i remember it's during the last time we form 5 seniors kumpul. yeah, three years past and i am not going to repeat the cherish-and-appreciate whole thing again. it's getting boring. HALO & HORN, according to yi heng, is an impression people have for you when they first met you. it's something like first impression. he kinda emphasised on the importance of it and blah...blah...blah...being a good prefect although already retire all those stuffs la.
well, i understand first impression is important and will of course uphold my image and integrity as a prefect all time. i think i said that before. anyway, my main aim was to write this to make me remember that there is someone by the name ooi yi heng who was once my senior, and then boy d, last but not least head prefect.
yi heng, good luck and hope that you bring the prefect board greater improvements.
黄煜恒,你能的!!!
加油. (this is the first time i am saying this. i used to think that it sounds fake but i am saying it now! well, contradicting is my forte)
SP, don't get me wrong, it's not Sungai Petani, it's See Pei. another interesting character in my life, more precisely...school life. so what about her attracts me? don't get me wrong. i am not one of those PERVERTS who are constantly scouting for pretty babes with terrific body shape. then again, i don't mean that this particular individual that i am going to be talking about is ugly and possess a pear-shaped body. not at all, she is a sweet girl complete with distinguished characters. the first thing i felt about this girl here is she is very friendly and approachable, not like some girls who although are indeed good-looking, have one of the most annoying level of arrogance on their faces and don't regard others of the same heritage as human beings. (to guys out there, you are bound to meet such girls in society. take my advice, don't date them and DON'T DON'T EVER MARRY them or your life will be RUINED!) alright, i am talking too much craps. let's get back to the main topic. remember xanga and chloey? and the romantic affair between them, see pei is actually the chloey i am talking about. she is the one xanga most probably like and his strong preference for her shows it all. i don't know...but see pei is down-to-earth and is unique in her own way. how is she unique? she will laugh out loud without covering her mouth the moment someone said something funny, unlike other girls who like to kei xi kei xi close their mouth, try to act like very demure and polite. and see pei is definitely not one of these girls. HELL NO. yeah, she also has the right taste for clothings. her clothes are always so matching. there is not once she looks like a typical ah lian in a "poker dot" blause with a yellow background. the clothes always seem so fitting on her. PERFECT. whatmore, there is this TANNED skin covering her entire body. the striking tan. the TYRA BANK's tan. enjoy yourself while with her. she can entertain you well with her rolling eyes. after all this, someone out there as IGNORANT(you can't understand how frustrating it can be sometimes!) as chong x x or Pxxxxxe will jump to a conclusion that i have fell for her. before that SOMEONE actually opens his or her mouth and causes a stir, let me clarify that these are simply praises for an interesting girl whom i think will be successful in her life.
HE IS SO HYPOCRITE!
he is so nice…
HE LIES!
he softens your heart…
HE NEVER TELLS THE TRUTH!
he is so likable…
oh, I don’t know…I am so confused…is he someone I call friend? Anyway, I have sorted it out. since it’s between HIM and me, I would love to keep it strictly under the p & c (private and confidential) status. So that’s it. Sorry for spoiling all the fun. It wasn’t meant for public viewing.
it's over. my three years as a prefect in PBOKH finally comes to an end. wierd though, i was supposed to feel relieved that alas i have time for my studies. but no, i did not feel that way at all. i felt empty. there will be no more duties for me and fellow form 5 prefects in a week's time. somewhat, i start to appreciate the time i dutied. i always thought duties were troublesome and was constantly thinking of tricks to skip my duties for the past 3 years. imagine...3 YEARS...and i was no where near an examplary prefect. no...i was irresponsible, consistently sticking to the mentality that my presence was nothing more than just obtaining a certifcate to acquire easier access into tertiary institutions. during my form 4 year, everybody started to vie for positions as future SCM's and EXCOM's, not excluding me. i never worked hard or put in any effort except during the rotating week and i was NAIVE enough to think that i was better than anybody elses. and then later, i somewhat realised i was not standing a chance at all to be even an EXCOM. i was so frustrated and angry they didn't pick me. eventually, i decided that since they were not going to recognise my "effort", i was not going to give any coorperation either. so, that was when i started my life as a lousy prefect, until just recently.
i was wrong, so...so...so...WRONG. i was too obssessive over social status, wealth, power and fame all this while, and in this aspect, a position in an organisation. i was not diligent enough and yet i thought highly of myself. that is what i call EGO. people who know me are aware that i am very much OVERCONFIDENT and is highly self-esteemed. i wouldn't sacrificed my face even to ask a simple question. thanks to SHEE VEN, she awakened me. i was inspired by her words and actions. in the end, the bottom line is still fulfilling my responsibilities and upholding my integrity as a prefect and not grumbling over why i didn't get a post. the time has arrived for me to shed off my responsibilities and yet...found it hard to let go. i took my yesteryears as a prefect for granted. i regretted i did not do my part. it's too late now. i have retired and there are chances that i may not be entering form 6 after all. i realised how much i love the Prefect Board...how much i love wearing the white uniform with a tie around my neck...and a badge pinned to the shirt bearing the word "PREFECT"...and all the privileges i was honoured.................and yet...i never appreciate. being a prefect is one of the best thing that had ever happened to me. if given a chance to do it again, i swear i will be a responsible prefect...even if i am not literally recognised. maybe this sounds fake to some of you but honestly, these are words form my inner heart.
to those new SCM's and EXCOM's who has just been selected, i hope you guys carry out your duties well and safeguard the board's image not because you are the ketua of xxx or even because of the certificate, do it because you are a member of the Prefect Board of Keat Hwa. to those who are not selected, don't even follow my footsteps or you will end up regretting. do everything opposite of me and you will realised in the end what matters most is you have carried out your duties as a prefect well and realising how much you have GAINED by putting aside your PERSONAL GAIN.
For years I thought I know my life,
Never a thought for my future wife.
Nevertheless the time arrive,
To glance through my past archive.
My life took a sudden turn,
To a stage of no return.
A supposed addition,
Became a mere fiction.
Burning with fire,
I thought “Oh dear!”
Striding with grace,
I rest my case,
Deciding ignorance would be the best embrace.
The love for my own akin,
Is no more close to skin.
The once tight bond,
Is forever gone.
The love which bind,
Has ceased to shine.
Hatred creeps in,
With a silent din.
Vengeance grew,
Without much ado.
But then I realized,
How wrong was I!
My swear my curse,
Drowned by the sea of forgiveness.
Accepting the fact with maturity,
Is still the rightful key.
I have stopped to love,
At least on this earth.
Sungai Petani, here we come! the state level parliamentary debate was due in SMK Ibrahim in SP> this time, it was me going up, replacing chi hung. from the start, it was like i once, chi hung once, while weijian and leonard remains. they are the best, so they got to represent the school for each round. not forgetting pei loon, he is a great researcher and generates lots of good ideas too. the journey there proved to be exciting. Mr Anuar drove us there in his spacious UNSER together with Azmi, the person in charge of taking videos. the whole journey was COOL MAN! the five of us inside there fooling around, easing the loooooming tension as we km-ed closer and closer towards SP. nevermind that, we really enjoyed ourselves.
on reaching SMK Ibrahim, as expected, we were the only chinese team around. kinda wierd huh, especially for a chinese school to represent Kota Star district in a Malay State Level Parliamentary Debate Competition. the organiser was crazier this time. they only let us know whether we were the "kerajaan" or the "pembangkang" one hour before the competition starts. next, they quarantined us inside a room to discuss among ourselves. the first round was nothing la...PEANUTS! = VICTORY=LONG LIVED KEAT HWA!
progressing to the second round, heard pei loon said that our next opponent in the afternoon, SMK Agama Sik were quite good.
"This is not going to be easy!"
"I know"
THE BATTLE BEGINS
guess what, they underestimated us. they sent out a weaker first debater. oh, how "RIGHT" they were, again with the aura of injustice lurking around us. we were bound to lose no matter how good our performance were. yeah, we lose in the end. the fact is they just don't want us to win. obviously, we outshone them. and they obviously choose not to face the fact. summary: the world is NEVER FAIR.
anyway, i am used to injustice and unfairness. what can i say, i am in malaysia, just got to get used to it.
PENGGULUNGAN:
during the two-weeks process, just like any competition that requires team work, conflicts are bound to happen. and sure it did. we quarelled, we cursed, we swore. but in the end, we still make up to each other. i truly appreciate the friendship between the five of us. the whole debate thing bonded us together. after spm, that is around seven months from now, we will go our separate ways and won't be able to meet each other that often anymore. that's why i truly cherish our friendship. last but not least: FRIENDSHIP FOREVER
as a consolation though, we were advancing to the state level, with lady luck on our side. (to weijian, we have lost the final round of the district level, do you still have the confidence in winning the national one? think again...) we took picture though with the runner up price, faking a smile on our faces. lame... didn't have the mood at all, you know...suddenly losing. by the way, the organiser of the competition must be a crazy one. every rounds are so close to each other. for the first day, we have to compete twice, and the third round is two days day later, and the final round is 24 hour after the second round. so, you can imagine how stressful the competition is.and then we have only an afternoon and an evening for a short rest before getting back to the battle grounds. and the next day, the principal asked to see us in the presence of all the PK's and Guru Kanan's and the teachers in charge. how glamarous. it's like suddenly shining in significance. suddenly becoming the school asset. it felt great. the principal himself granted us the permission of entering bilik rujukan the whole day so that to have a thorough preparation. (the principal was popular for his kiasuism) and at the same time sending teachers to help us write the script. how great! i have never been honoured like that before.we came back on fridays and saturdays to prepare too. it demanded a whole lot of us both physically and mentally. it's already two weeks and we haven't really got a good rest. honestly, i think leonard suffer the most. cos he is from jitra and with all the transportation issues, it was difficult for him. he and weijian contributed the most. that's for sure. while frankly i think chi hung, pei loon and myself were just fooling around.just like any process which requires teamwork, our team were nevertheless not free from conflicts between the team members.
oh Buddha! what an experience! so challenging yet at the same time maintaining a high level of fun. really missed the whole process. it was not just a process, it was a tremendously exciting, life altering two-weeks process. before this, did not have the time to write about this all because of that stupid exam la! sorry, guys. this year is most probably my last year in keat hwa. you know... the after-the-SPM-and-going-separate-ways thing, so...really have to cherish every moment i have in school before leaving the whole exam-oriented system. don't want to have that sort of "if i had...wouldn't have been..." stuffs. don't want that to happen to me.our debate team were made up of chi hung, leonard, weijian, pei loon and myself. imagine yeah...an all boys debate team, kinda wierd huh especially when you are in keat hwa (a mixed school). what can i say, our year is seriously lacking of the opposite sex talents! anyway, at first, i don't know if we were lucky or not to be able to have weijian and chi hung joining us. these two geniuses (ATTENTION:THERE ARE NO LAZY GENIUSES IN THIS WORLD) yeah...these two geniuses...they are just so over-confident and very "zi lian" to the extent of visualising us emerging victorious in the national level final round. oh my G/B, for goodness sake, we were just in the district level and considering they are not aware, this is a MALAY parliamentary debate. you expect us to win through the TINTED GLASSES of some particular individuals who call themselves JUDGES!!?? sounds absurd huh? anyway, we did our best for the first three rounds, and it's VICTORY for us, beating the opponents FLAT! (tengku malik, al-bukhari, teknik stadium) you wouldn't know how we feel. we had beaten three Malay Students from Malay Schools who for sure Malay is their mother tongue. we, on the other hand, Malay as our second or third language won. oh, how encouraging.later, we had a look at the next opponent that we are going to meet in the final round. you wouldn't believe how lucky we were. the match between SAINA and KOLEJ was damn intense. both were good. BATTLE OF THE SEXES. three boys versus three girls. alas, SAINA won.and then, chi hung told me that we were going to represent Kota District whether we win or not the next day. the reason given: SAINA is a sekolah asrama, therefore could not represent the district. how exciting huh? but of course that means slowing down a little unknowingly. and guess what, the next day we lose to our opponents. and honestly, it's not because of unfairness, it was because we were not as good as them. (it's true. and we can't never deny that fact)
行行重行行，与君生别离。
相去万余里，各在天一涯；
道路阻且长，会面安可知！
胡马依北风，越鸟巢南枝。
相去日已远，衣带日已缓；
浮云蔽白日，游子不顾返。
思君令人老，岁月忽已晚。
弃捐勿复道，努力加餐饭！
大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰。 遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人间如梦，一樽还酹江月。
wow...what can i say? a great show. deserves a BAND 1. another Jack Neo's film, probably the best show he has ever produced. i wouldn't compare it to Money No Enough. although it generates the highest gross-earnings in singapore, i still think that i not stupid too is his best show up till now. strikes a chord deep inside me, moved me to tears, leaving the deepest impression i ever have for movies, readjusting my yardstick. imagine how great the impact the show can have on me? words can't describe my feelings. i not stupid too circles around the theme of communication breakdown between parents and teenagers set in fast-paced singapore. it's about two teenagers (acted by Joshua Ang and Shawn Lee) who lack family love who were unable to find comfort in their own family and later got involved in petty crimes and at last snatching a necklace from an old lady. it was not until then that their parents started realising how wrong they were from the beginning till the end, how they fail as parents. sounds familiar? of course. it happens so often in our daily life. we teenagers get so frustrated wtih our parents for being unreasonable all the times. they always said that "Kids are meant to be HEARD, not SEEN" then, we will say that they are old-fashioned, orbit and orbiang. remember that? nevermind the old-fashioned thing. let's talk about the show and the actors. yeah...the actors. let's start with Shawn Lee and Joshua Ang. they grew up to be the most bankable teenage lads in present singapore. well, what can i say, they not only have the looks, they too are very good in acting too, especially the emotional part, where you see them shed tears, especially Joshua. you know, it's kinda difficult to shed tears especially for guys. you got to be really involved then only you can really shed tears. the part where the "ah soh" (i don't know what her name is) scolding cheng cai, also very emotional. you can see her shaking in tears. as usual, Jack Neo's movie are always peppered with the local singlish and hokkien comedy. the humourous part is especially effective the part where Selena Tan act as the principal. she is very cute (probably because she is fat) and adorable. i also like the part where the "ah ma" speaking in hokkien. very funny la! don't know how to say! once again, Jack Neo presents us with a great movie, but this time a highly-moral-valued one. i strongly recommends everybody to see it cos it's going to make you a better person.
