Rest In Peace, Michael Jackson

Though he is not my most favourite and most inspirational male singer for me, it is indeed a tragic loss for Michael Jackson to leave us on June 25 2009. He leaves us with his own style in music and his sweet sound of music. His one of a kind vocals or what we called the “vocal hiccup”, intrigued me, as he really stood out from the industry to gain fame.

The “Moonwalker” and the “anti-gravity lean” inspired many dancers to emulate Michael Jackson and that was what made him really special. Not many artistes at that time really risked, but Michael’s risk truly paid off, as he is one of favourite, though not most favourite, singer of all times.

His extraordinary talent in singing and dancing, moved my heart and it is indeed a great loss nationwide. I believe that every supporter and die-hard fans out there really missed Michael Jackson. May you rest in peace and may God bless you.

Belated Teacher’s Day Party

I know that Teacher’s Day is over, but the school authorities decided to throw a party to celebrate this special day, dedicated to all teachers. Therefore, almost every class had a class party to celebrate with the teachers. We, Fourth Formers, did not have a chance to be in the hall, so we kind of slacked around everywhere.

First, I had to complete my Moral assignment, and helping my friends to take few pictures for theirs too.

Lloyd and Sean “cleaning” the white board in our class… I’m just wondering, why do we have to this same old project over and over again during these years?

Sean and I… Now what you don’t know, was that he actually took a chance to button up his uniform before taking this photo with me. Well, he did demonstrate his good attitude in front of the camera.

Kevin is on the left, doing his unfinished homework. Chang Sheng (still remember him?!) with his female idol, I guess?

Since the party won’t start until the 3rd period, we sat down and talked but I decided to walk over to 4SA5 class to chat with Wooi Keat and CCC from 4SA1… I saw them discussing their Chinese Debate motion, so I helped one side whereas Chin Chern helped the other side.

Ugh, if you can find one picture of him, without this pose, do tell me!

Two pictures of the school compound. I would prefer if no one walked at the corridor but that wasn’t possible. I spot a car in the car park…

I took a few pictures with my friends, so I’m sharing them with you all…

They are both “aquadite” in Shaun’s upcoming novel… Kee Khai and Chun Qi

Oh My Gawd… what are they discussing? It was so intense that chin Chern had to do the finger-twitching pose again…

Yi Jian, our cute monitor standing while Chee Yang, another cutie is sitting. Both of them are cute… Damn, I feel jealous when sitting with them.

 

Fashion advice: Do not put your face straight on and too near to the camera, otherwise, your face will be bigger!

Lead Kert, caught off-guard… So pathetic…

Here was the case, Cheng Chun Keat and I pretended to look through my camera, but we were actually taking pictures of people like Lead Kert off-guard. We were imitating someone until Lead Kert showed that kind of expression. Lead Kert, congratulations! You are on candid camera! Lead Kert, what were you thinking?

One of the notorious blogger, Lim Chien Ming, checking his camera! He dies for DSLR… The only perfect face you can get from him, is to capture while he does not look at you. See Chien Ming, you don’t have to do your weird facial expressions!

I stayed back after school for our debate discussion. GOOD NEWS!

Team B is back! This is our last chance to prove to the teachers that Team B is capable of winning again in debate! Next Friday, we will be seeing how it goes… Stay tuned…

Wooi Keat spent most of the time in the canteen, flaunting his looks and forcing us to admit that he is one of the cutest… you know what is cute? THIS!

This is cute… Wooi Keat.

Anyways, Chun Yeang was so sarcastic answering Wooi Keat back but Wooi Keat insisted that he was the cutest of them all. I was speechless. The other half, we discussed whether Chin Chern was really  involved in Wooi Keat’s Johor “raping”… We are so childish, I know…

We had a blast of time but the happy moments always end fast. Who does not want freedom from everything? We were happy that we did not have to study for one day.

I hope everybody appreciate their times in school, making friends, bonding friendship, and I hope that everyone will enjoy themselves in school. Don’t fret your school life, you should be grateful that you have this opportunity to study in one of the famous school.

God bless.

辩论心得

陈庆正   吴南财

我们从没想过，这六位好朋友，能够成为一队出色的辩论队伍。我们从没想过，这队黑马，能成为全槟的辩论冠军。然而，背后还有一些不愉快的事情发生了，但我们六人还一定会团结一起，在模拟赛在一鸣惊人，让所有人知道，我们还是行的。

辩论给我们留下了许多许多美好的回忆，从我们中三的六人组合到今天的组合，我们确实学了不少。在学习生涯中，我们从来没有体会过真正团体精神的力量。那份同一条心的力量确实是无比的。

人际关系是一门学问，一个孩子无论多么优秀，他还是要面对别人，要学会怎么和人相处，怎么处事圆滑，这些都得要慢慢参透。辩论学习到团队精神，交多一些朋友，这都是成长的经历。老实说，我们的成长环境是比较受保护的，所以我们所经历的难免不同。我们须学会多走出去，看更多东西，体会出更多心得，待人处事学会更有弹性，在领导方面也要去认识，这对我们都有帮助。

友谊为第一

每当一想起辩论，脑里第一个想的东西，必定是“朋友”。辩论中，最美好的时刻，就是我们这几个朋友，坐在一起讨论，一起绞尽脑汁，一起玩乐，一起吃东西，一起上台的时刻。我们从来没有想过要在辩论场中夺冠，然而最后我们却无意中做到了。辩论让我们知道了更多的时事，增广了我我们的见闻，让我们的头脑比以前灵敏得多，让我们体会合作的美丽，而它的收获，就是那无比的快乐。而我们总觉得，参加辩论最大的价值及高潮点仍在于辩手们一起讨论与快乐的时光。

往往过程都比结果来得更深刻，更值得收藏。所以，我们能够在辩论之外，收获不同的体验和道理。我们的合作和团结常常让大家很钦佩，交朋友就是要这样，一条心，我们就是这样，很自然很单纯，也没什么心机。但另一方面，我们在思想行为上的稳重度还不够，表现在生活中就譬如：无缘无故会玩得很疯狂，或是有一些很难让人接受的小动作和小想法。在这方面我们承认要学会成长，要加多一点理性、稳重、大体在生活中，但做人不可以太世故，太计较或太有心计，我们还要懂得取舍。

重组时刻

重组的那段过程，对我们其他四个，的确可谓是一个艰难的过程。尤其是那两位候补（杨凯祥与黄俊扬），他们的心里又是多么的气愤和伤心，而有的老师还觉得他们犹如我们组里的寄生虫，这的确伤了他们的心。这也是当时为何我们一直希望老师不要重组的原因。我们当时只是希望老师能给我们一个进步的机会，让我们还能上台吸取经验，毕竟我们明年还会参与。我们的导师，吴南财，时常告诉我们要以平常心看待。开始心里虽然会觉得有点可惜，但最后还是会觉得自己让的一大步不是白费的。因为要是当时若我们坚持不重组的话，可能早就进不了全国赛了。重组的这段过程，可说是一个很特别的经历吧。

我们希望可以在挣扎的过程中收获一些刻骨铭心的道理。我们当初的坚持和愤怒只有我们可以了解，但或许我们没有察觉，这里头“捱义气”的成分比较多，我们把所谓的友谊放得很大，才会坚持要原班人马。南财说，没有人觉得那两位候补是寄生虫，每个人都有他的角色，只是站在比赛竞争的立场，必然就会有人比较弱有人较强，有人比较适合有人要被取舍这样而已。派对参赛讲求的是大局，是代表钟灵的队伍。生命就是要学会平常心，有时要学着接受，生命不是每一次都能如愿以偿，有时候失去也是另一种收获。或许，放下了执着，眼前的路也相对的宽阔。我们觉得最后我们都能退一步，就是要能够让对方有更好的出路。无论我们友谊有多重，我们深深体会到我们还是要顾虑大局。

难得的经验，全国赛

在全国赛中，我们看见了各州的代表，他们对辩论又是多么的积极。他们从初中一就开始培养人才，长年累月的磨练，让他们在辩论场上立于不败之地。我们要长期专业的训练，对我们对整个大环境来说，都有很多要跨越的，而且一旦我们走上了这条路，每个人的心态很快就会不同，到时候也许我们的得失心会变得更重，因为既然付出了，期望就相对高很多，赢不了的话我们很难过自己那一关。我们肯定也不会像今天那么快乐，得到那么多成长的感受。

谢谢您，南财

而不管是否重组过，我们都确实学了不少。能够有那份缘份在人生中参与辩论，对我们来说已算是一种福了。也希望我们这几个明年还能有机会同一组。辩论的确给我们在学习生涯中洒下了不少美丽、精彩的彩花。

再次的感恩你这一直以来给我们的帮助。永不会忘记您！

Exam Marathon

Gosh, everybody seems to be working so hard after the miserable test. I tried to maintain my excellent result last test, but I found myself to be not improving… I hate myself for not pushing the best I can. I really don’t want to  disappoint people, especially the closed one.

I am very intimidated by people who are genius, and there a whole lot of students that really frightened me with that insane results. I am not confident at myself all the time, and the outcome of this exam really spank me hard on the face again.

The one subject that I was really really disappointed of was my English. I had a panic attack and was close to tears when I received my essay paper. Out of 35, I only got 27. I was literally shocked as some of those whose English wasn’t really good, scored higher than me… I may felt that I got a little too cocky, but it was a wake up call indeed. I had a little disadvantage because I don’t use many beautiful phrases in my essay. I got so furious that 2 students got 32 out of 35. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY MARK, DAMN IT!

I did improve though, but it was not enough to compensate the deteriorating average mark of mine. One was really happy was my Chemistry. I love this subject so much, that I put in more effort in studying it, and it really paid off with a whooping 90 mark. It may not be the highest in the class, but I was pleased with myself.

I really don’t want to talk about my results, had an emotional shutdown these few days. I cried a lot… The exam papers were indeed hard for me this time around. Now, I am not at the top of the pack again… Ugh! Freaking confused and lost…

Mad Silence

(I will NOT delete this post!)

History will not be repeated… It is all over now…

No smiles, will you see… from this team… Even if we struggle to get it together, we know what the outcome would be…

These pictures were painted black and white to symbolize the end of this team…

All the angst inside of us was overshadowed with pride and glory, no one but us knew what happened…

All these months, is it going to end with our heads hanging low?

The six of us have gone our separate ways:

2 of us are being ditched to the extreme, our effort has gone unnoticed, but being judged as the extras

2 of us are struggling to get hold of their places in the team, but always being pushed down

2 of us are tasting victory and glory, have they forgotten the times with us?

I remembered the times that we laughed together, shared our thoughts together, looked through information together, thought together, shared our laughter together, will all of these drift away with time? Will this team meet the end of the road?

We know we are not the best, but at least we gave our best… Do you all not see that?

We know we have no experience, is that that reason you rejected us?

We know our team is imbalance in techniques, but will you give us a chance?

We know we have our own way to win, but do you see that?

We just hope to have fun together as a team, but all of you just want to win…

The anxiety of waiting the results together as a team, the excitement we have during debate, the passion we have together, the friendship we have as a team, will all of these be gone with the wind?

Mad Silence… It describes how angry we are inside of us, but it has been silenced out…

We agree to disintegrate this team in conditions, but what do we get at the end?

We agree to hold on to this team firmly, but in the end…

We agree not to piss anyone off, but is that all we get in return?

We have so much to say, we often sit in one corner during discussion while only one voice out their opinions on the motion, is this called a team?

We go unnoticed during discussion, do you see that?

(I will NOT delete this post!)

I have my freedom to write this, and don’t you judge me just because I don’t contribute as much as the others in the team.

If you want to spread the words, go ahead! I will not back off. I am pissed off at somebody, who can suck people’s asses just to please them…

As much as I want to spank them, I continue to pray to God to control myself. The pen is mightier than the sword.

God bless.

Chemistry Teacher

Behold, I’m using Chinese…

黄晓雯师

虽然您不是很有经验的老师，但我们都看得出您很认真地教我们化学。

虽然我们有时会气饱老师，但老师还是带着笑容教我们。

虽然我们不是最乖的，但老师还是以最专业的态度与我们开玩笑。

Why do good teachers leave Chung Ling, and the one that are not so good still gets to stay in this school? As I said earlier, Chung Ling is having a downfall, with few good, professional teachers remain in this school teaching… When we get to change teachers because of our schedule, why are the not-so-good teachers sill teaching us?

Behold, my lovely Chemistry teacher…

Miss Ng Xiao Wen…

If you want to find her in school, just look for a tall teacher who wears office outfits every single day in the office. To teach 4 classes of Chemistry, it ain’t easy. Consider yourself, you have to teach the same thing everyday, and you have to balance it out among the 4 classes, so that one of the classes won’t be too far away.

She brings her humour to class, not forgetting her professionalism as a teacher. Maybe our class can be a bit overboard at some times, but Miss Ng can just still smile the next day she enters. Though she may not be a professional Chemistry teacher, but she ignites passion and determination to do her best in teaching us, and I can say, she succeeded! Not like some other teachers in Chung Ling…

To be honest, I did not really want her to leave but she has to… She is indeed a very dedicated teacher, as she reminds me of another dedicated teacher but left Chung Ling also.

The last day she entered the classroom…

All of us clapped our hands, and sang a classic song…

有一个美丽的小女孩，她的名字叫作晓雯…

She couldn’t do anything, MUHAHAHAHAHA! *coughs*

Later, she revealed that she studied in Jit Sin before going to Union High School, showed that she was and is  clever student before and now. Then, she studied in Chung Ling High School during Form 6, and that’s when the pressure kicks in. Then, she advised her to study well in order to get a scholarship easier. The rest, picture-taking…

The trouble-makers, the jokers.

Top (From left): Kevin Tan, Sean Tan, Tan Han Boon

Bottom (From left): Tai Zonghan, Lim Chang Sheng, Jason Ch’ng, Ong Kooi Jin, H’ng Lead Kert

OK, Lead Kert and Kevin Tan, you two don’t qualify for this trouble-maker…

shaky… I DID NOT TAKE THE PICTURE!

3 quarters of the class are in the picture…

funny poses… especially Lim Chang Sheng, just behind our beloved Chemistry teacher…

Then, we took a few more pictures with Miss Ng, including me and her…

Final words, before I end the post…

Miss Ng, you are a very dedicated, young teacher who is willingly to take a step forward to teach us. Even if we have crossed the line, I hope you can still forgive and remember us all the way… We will definitely miss you a lot and we sincerely hope for the best.

Thank you, teacher! As the card we gave to you, You deserve all A’s from us, 4SA3 class! Don’t forget us! Till we meet again. Farewell, Miss Ng!

God bless this wonderful teacher…

To Kris or To Adam?

Like any other Malaysians, I do love to watch American Idol, which is a reality TV show based on talent in singing, in case you don’t know. Kris Allen was recently crowned as the winner of the latest season of American Idol, captivated many hearts with his handsome looks and melodious voice.

To Kris or to Adam?

Kris Allen started to grab my attention when he first sang “Man In The Mirror” during the quarter-finals of American Idol. Not only does he have the looks, he has a very nice voice that just melts your heart away. At the age of 23, he is still a college student with a wife (typical American!), but that voice is just so soothing when he sings ballad. I love his rendition of “Ain’t No Sunshine”, “Falling Slowly” and “Heartless”. He has quite a shaky voice when he strains and did not go unnoticed by the judges. Deemed as the underdog in the competition, Kris has break through against all odds and emerges as the winner.

Adam Lambert  is notoriously known as the singer with black mascara, black fingernails and extraordinary vocal range. He can shout at the top of his lungs and still be able to talk perfectly the next day, which is insanely crazy. He loves to spice up songs with his own rendition. Some may like it, but some may not. He is good at choosing his songs to fully embrace his voice, plus he is the judges’ favourite, especially Paula Abdul, from the very beginning.

Both men, same dream, but the other else are different. Kris can sing ballads well, and Adam can sing practically almost everything. However, both of them are equally talented, so we don’t have to criticize them in any ways. They are talented in different aspects, and it is up to the people to determine their own winner.

Kris Allen has become my Top Three American Idol, coming as third after Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

Let us hope that Kris will have a bright future in the entertainment industry…

sleeping…

When we are tired, we rest. But, how often do we get captured while sleeping? We surely want to look good at different occasions, but sleeping is one occasion we can’t look good…

Surely, the one on the right had the ugliest picture while sleeping among these three pictures…

Picture #1, he sure has a nest…

Picture #2, doing acrobatics in your dreams?

Picture #3, seeing food ahead of you?

When we feel that we are stressed, we sleep. Many argue that sleeping takes away our precious time, but sleeping is definitely better than wasting the time in front of the computer.

So, make sure you keep your best look while sleeping, because it is easy, breezy and charming…

Debate Competition in Batu Pahat (Part 4)

As you all know, Wooi Keat was the victim of the party scene… Trust me, he woke up to a different person. He did not talk to me  or anyone else that morning, and it was scary too.

When I asked to pose, he posed like this… Hiding his emotions behind that face…Slept like a log…

As usual, we had our American-style breakfast in our hotel and rested for a while before watching the finals…

The final was between Kedah and Johor (Outcast).

Kedah was on the left, and Johor (Outcast) was on the right…

“生活更需要激情/理智”was the final motion of the debate competition, and Kedah was the proposer.

Talking about the overall performance, I preferred Kedah’s although Wooi Keat and Chin Chern stated that Kedah could have done better, and Johor was a whack. However, though Johor (Outcast) was a little wobbly at first, I thought that they ended well with well-written script.

The prize ceremony and the closing ceremony held together. Trophies were handed to each round’s best speaker, overall best speaker, overall best team work and the 3 top winners. Kai Deng got the best speaker in the preliminary round and was awarded RM 50 and a certificate. Well done, Kai Deng!

After the long speech by the politician, the most nerve-wrecking time came.

Kedah won the overall best speaker and overall best team work, and we thought that Kedah would bag the ultimate prize, but Kedah lost to Johor (Outcast). Boo, all of us rooted for Kedah to win!

Kedah and Johor (outcast) posing after receiving their trophies…

It was time to pack our luggage before we left, and I quadruple-checked before I locked the hotel door. I was so eager to get out of that room because of the water all over that room. We left our luggage at the lobby and waited for the time to pass by…

And, Miss Yeap Yee Pei, my ex-geography teacher in Form 3, was coincidently, the teacher-in-charge of the Terengganu team, and we met up in the hotel there. Of course, Chin Chern, Wooi Keat, Khai Hean and I were excited to see her again, and took photographs with her…

 

Wooi Keat said that she was cuter than ever…ooo…Heard that she may be coming back to Penang to teach. Miss Yeap will be following us to Penang for her vacation there in the same bus…

3 in the afternoon came and soon we were abroad the bus to Puduraya, Kuala Lumpur. We estimated that we would arrive at 6 but the drizzle, traffic jam delayed our time and we reached KL at 7 pm. We couldn’t do anything but to buy new tickets when we reached there. No dinner, so I bought some bread and biscuits to eat only. Wooi Keat said that he never came to KL before, so he was excited to see the KL tower, KLCC, Times Square, the monorail, the MRT and the whole city. We could see the vast difference between Batu Pahat and Kuala Lumpur…

We managed to buy the 7:40 tickets back home to Penang. For a split second, I thought we would be able to rest for a night in KL to do some sight-seeing and shopping before departing to Penang, but that was not the case. The Puduraya Bus Terminal was crowded with people, which you wouldn’t see in Batu Pahat. Some went to buy food, and some went to the toilet because time could not be wasted there.

It was a sad thing that we were not be able to tour around KL, because I had not been to KL for many years already. Then, we went down to Station 4 to wait for our bus. The bus terminal in KL was much worse than Batu Pahat, not in term of the environment (well maybe!), but the bus was not punctual at all. We had to wait there, all hot and sweaty, in a dark, crowded station for 20 minutes before the bus came. We breathed in all the gases there, you name it! I could not imagine if a friend of mine were to be in that situation…

I slept during most of the journey home to Penang, after having my mini dinner… My mother came to pick me up at the Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal at 12 midnight…

That is the end of my 4 day 3 night journey in Batu Pahat with my friends…

First of all, let me thank the teachers to open up an opportunity for the “helpers” to come along to Batu Pahat.

Secondly, many thanks to Chin Chern and Wooi Keat for making this journey worthy. You guys are still the best since Form 2.

This competition had taught me a lot, although I may  have little passion in debating, debate has taught me to know more about Chinese and techniques on how to debate. I will always treasure the moment when we were the six in Team B. Another moment that I would treasure is being in the same room with Chin Chern and Wooi Keat, sharing experiences as friends.

I joined the debate team with no passion. I wanted to join to know whether debate was my thing. Debate may not be my full passion, but again, debate has brought another level and experience in my life, which I would treasure forever in my mind.

Debate Competition in Batu Pahat (Part 3)

We woke up to a beautiful morning to face another round of the debate competition. Wooi Keat and Kai Deng were so anxious until they had no appetite to eat their complimentary breakfast. We prepared ourselves before up again to the 9th floor to get ready.

Each state had their own banner representing their schools, which was much better to distinguish the teams competing on stage.

Our debaters took our spot against Pahang. Their motion was on “This House Believes that the Government Should Control The Amount of Vehicles on Roads” (direct translation) and Penang was the proposer. I could not record the whole performance as I was not allowed to do so. Despite confronting with a pass champion, Penang debaters still put up a good fight against Pahang. Our performance was stable from the beginning although there were some hiccups. My heart was beating hard throughout this round, especially when they wanted to announce the results.

I already watched how Pahang performed the night before, so I kind of predicted how the outcome would be.

Penang lost to Pahang.

Don’t find it hard to believe, don’t find it too disappointed. I can boldly say that Penang indeed put up a good show for all of us, and I thought that Penang and Pahang did very well in this round. As one of the judges stated, that out team 缺乏爆炸点, meaning that our team lacked a wow factor to the judges. However, the judge did comment that Kai Deng talked like a politician-to-be, and the team work by Penang was commendable.

Several snap shots of the performance…

Since we lost, we went back down to have a good night sleep. Even our teacher said that she needed a good afternoon siesta after staying awake until 2 in the morning. I told you, Batu Pahat made us very asleep throughout the whole competition. The Form 4’s planned to have a mini party at night and bought things…

Lunch came by, at last, they can have a hearty meal…

Before I continue, I have a complaint to make!

Let the pictures do the talking first…

Do you catch my complaint?

First of all, let us thank Wooi Keat for bathing for over 30 minutes in the bathroom… the drainage of the bathroom was really bad, there was no drain near the shower area but only one near the sink, so water needed a longer time to flow into the drain. Therefore, every time one of us went into the bathroom, the bathroom was bound to overflow and we needed to wait for a certain time to bathe. The last day, things got all worse when I got into the bathroom and bathe. Due to the time constraint, we had to hurry and when I came out of the bathroom, the water overflowed half of the room and outside of the room…

BAD DRAINAGE! Thank God it was the last day, or else I was definitely not going to sleep in this room… bad, bad…

Let us continue on our third day…

We played for a while…

Oh right, Pahang, Kedah, Johor (Outcast) and Johor were the four lucky teams to grace the semi-finals.

We had our dinner in another restaurant, where we had to walk a bit further to go there. Let me tell you, the street where this restaurant was located at, was empty and deserted. You can’t see people there walked by and it was scary… I held on to my bag tightly…

The dinner was ok, not too bad… Then, we went back to the hotel to watch the semi-finals between Pahang and Johor (Outcast) first…

Shocking news…

Pahang lost to Johor (Outcast)

which, I thought was an absolutely absurd idea. Pahang was totally better than Johor (Outcast) because I listened to Pahang’s points clearer than Johor (Outcast). The reason of losing?

我很欣赏彭亨的结辩（林少桦）的呈词，但我们不希望看到整组里面只有一个明星，而是要团队精神一样好

Johor lost to Kedah

I did not watch that performance but I heard that both team were equally bad in this round, but I was glad that Kedah will compete with Johor (Outcome), so that justice would be served…

We had some boy-to-boy pillow talk that night after the semi-finals had ended, and had a little party before going to sleep. Little did we know, that our boisterous attitude went a little too far…

Wooi Keat was the “Victim of the Night”. We intended to play with him, but things got nastier and way out of control when the Form Five came up and decided to join in the party. The victim had addressed to me that further details of the party should not be disclosed in this blog.

Let me put it this way, Wooi Keat had an emotional breakdown after that…

We began to sleep at 1 in the morning…

to be continued… find out whether Wooi Keat had became emo after the party scene…