schOOL is cOOL~~

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.

these guys have been in the same class since Form 1. they are great buddies, although they don't look so in this picture. Clockwise from left: Jian(Bak) How, Boon Zheng(Sentosa Hotel taukeh son), Khai Chee(Jane's admirer), Cheng You(the silencer), Yiee Tiee(the obssessed vegetarian)

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...

IT'S A BOY! Princess Kiko gives birth to 1st Imperial heir in 41 years

Princess Kiko















Crown Princess Masako

"The Yomiuri Shimbun
Princess Kiko, wife of Prince Akishino, gave birth to a boy Wednesday morning, the first male born to the Imperial family since 1965, when his father was born.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, the newborn prince weighed 2,558 grams and measured 48.8 centimeters.
Both Princess Kiko and the baby--who is third in line to the Imperial throne, next to Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince Akishino--reportedly were doing well. Imperial family members also were delighted that a successor for the next generation of the family had been born. "

Congratulations to the Japanese imperial household. Emperor Akihito must be extremely relieved to hear that news.

But, does anybody outside there even take notice about how Crown Princess Masako is feeling right now?

Does society also understand the heavy burden carried by women, in order to meet the expectations of this highly-patriarchal society?