A2 Trial In 2 weeks time

Exam...exam...exam...
I feel like exam's never ending though that's what we all wish!!!
I won't mind if there're never ending serving of food,
or never ending games, movies and dramas available.

BUT,
it's nothing else, it's exams!

Knowing that A2 trial is just around the corner,
I should have really gotten serious and started my "engine" to revise,
well, I think "study" would be a better word to be used than "revise"
as I haven't even finished my syllabus...
However, that's not the case..
I have been procrastinating despite the fact that I don't really have enough time to do so.
Not to say that I do nothing, but is reading a few pages of textbook for the whole day of study considered productive? (prep time included)

At least now, I have only 2 subjects to focus on - GEO and ECONS after dropping HISTORY...
but this also gives me a good reason to procrastinate more...
I'll keep on telling myself that nothing to be worried of as only 2 subjects to tackle, rather than 3 subjects before this.

AaaaH, perhaps I should not be blogging now and should be studying instead.
Am I?
Perhaps the picture that I googled below represent my situation well..xp

Another Exeat in KTJ

"Exeat", I always wonder what other people thinks of exeat, particularly all my awesome friends in my college, or what we invariably call as "ktjians".

Some of my friends will be cheering for the coming of exeat as it means shorter lessons on that particular friday, when we'll all probably be day-dreaming in the class though we can still pretend that we are listening attentively without having to be caught by our teachers. Well, teachers aren't that stupid as we might think(i mean in this very context, no offence!) as they are students before. Ergo, I think they are also pretending that we are listening even though we're not! Aren't we all talented actor and actress? Aside from that, some of my friends who are still having homesick will have their "sickness" cured without having to take any medicine. Why? because they are going home, of which I don't. Not that I don't miss my lovely family members, just that it's so irrational to do so as the air fare is not cheap, which contradicts with AirAsia's slogan- "Now everyone can fly!".

Nevertheless, exeat is special for me as well. It's the only time where you can really see the tranquility that exists within the college. I feel so fortunate to be sent to this college by my sponsor by the virtue of the fact that this college has a particular aspect of which is not possessed by many of the other colleges in Malaysia. What's that? The peacefulness that you will get, away from the hustle and bustle of the city despite the fact that there're not much access to the so-called entertainment sites like shopping malls, cinema, lagoons, etc. Well, we can still have a day trip out to the city or just dropped by mamak with friends, so not much of isolation from the outside world. Otherwise, I'll just sneak into the squash court with my friends as we are not supposed to use the facilities without the staff's supervision. ( I personally think that this particular school policy does not work, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who share the same view!)

However, when exams are around the corner, the former case will be different. There'll be more people staying back for self-study and revision. But still, it's not as busy as normal days when there'll be people walking along the main paths of the college. Instead, you'll see people loitering around at the certain corners of the college, like a plate of green beans scattered all over the places, but too insignificant to be noticed.

Here I'm in ktj again for another exeat. Not much exeats left for me if I were to count it as I'll be leaving this college soon to further my study. Perhaps I should cherish the moment that I have during exeat together with my friends before the time tie a knot to it.

p/s: To all ktj-ians, if you were to stay back during exeat, try walk along the path, which divides the academic blocks and the dining hall. You'll have a grasp of the peacefullness that I mean. If you were lucky enough, you might even see a few squirrels jumping here and there on the trees, or just pass by you, but that's not the main point. If not, you can also go to one of the many fields in ktj, overlooking the beautiful scenery of sunset or even sunrise, which I bet you'll probably oversleep and have the sun shining on you to wake you up instead.

Retrospection

It is really great that somehow, I get to settle down and have a moment of retrospection.
Time has elapsed so swiftly, or perhaps I should say that time has always been in the same pace.
It's me who have been ignoring "it" as there are invariably so much to be done for the past few months...last whole year.

Late enrollment into the college, around the end of January was not an easy start for me.
What's more when I just came out from the National Service camp, where I had been disconnected from the outside world for almost a month.

At first, there was actually a sense of insecure within me as everyone else had been together for almost a month and for the case of august intakes, more than half a year. I felt like they were not ready to meet new comers like me.
However, as days passed, I started meeting new friends and I guaranteed that they are nice and friendly people. I got to built up a strong friendship with them, especially after the 10 days of Outward Bound course in Lumut, getting to know more about them. I would say it was my pleasure to have met all these awesome people.

Last year, or to be exact, past few months, I was still scratching my head, figuring out how to write a personal statement and university application stuffs. Now, I should really be grateful to get all my offers, though another dilemma popped out of to which university should I opt for my 3 years course. LSE? Queen mary? or outside london campus university like Bristol? Guess the puzzle would be a complete picture as soon as the deadline is approaching.

Aside from that, I could still recall the time when I struggled with my subjects' combination, namely Economics, Geography, History and Maths. My teachers told me that it's a very heavy combination and it's not advisable to continue with it. I couldn't agree more with them, but I persisted. I was really in amidst of doubts and uncertainties, and definitely worried about the outcome. Nevertheless,I was really over the moon the moment I got my AS results and I almost cried. I scored straight As in the subjects taken and even got 100s for both history and geography. To be frank, I was prepared to just pass or even fail in the history paper! Ergo, I was dumbfounded by the grades and marks I achieved. What's more unexpected would be the fact that I was awarded high achievement award from Cambridge Examination Board for scoring highest marks in Malaysia for Geography. It was nothing that I longed for and it was indeed a blessing. Now, it serves as motivation for me to do even better in A2 papers, which are just around the corner.

I'm sure there are more interesting things to come in the next half a year time in my college where I will be getting nearer to the edge of teenage life. Credits to all my family members, my friends, my seniors and everyone else for being there to make up the part and parcel of my life. I'm ready to continue my A level journey and will do my best so that no regrets for me when I "looked back" again next time!

Christmas Eve

It has been some time since I last updated my blog...
guess what, I have nothing really interesting to post.
Or perhaps, I'm just lazy to express them in words.

Tonight's christmas eve, which not only reminds me of how fast time has elapsed,
but also the purpose of celebrating christmas.
Thinking about christmas, what are the things that come across your mind?
chrismas tree? santa? turkey? presents?
How many of us today actually remember that it's the birthday of someone special,
someone who not only brings peace to the christmas eve-"silent night",
but also peace to everyone of us in our daily lives?

Yes, you are right! It's Jesus!
He has come to the Earth to be our savior
to save us from the devils and the sins.
We ought to remember that he's the main character of this joyous festival.

Happy birthday, Jesus!
We love you just as much as you love us!

Your son,
David

This second, next moment..

This second, I'm still in kuching, screwing my brain to complete my prep..
(after enjoying my holiday until I did nth on prep)
next moment, I'll be in the plane back to KTJ..and continue my college life..
though the next time I'm back in Kuching, my beloved hometown, it will be 3 months later..
but I still look forward to KTJ's life...hope that I can finished my prep before the class start..

Pail of water

"There is a pail of water beside the water tap,
a father wants to move that pail from the water tap to the other corner of the bathroom.
Apparently, the father himself is strong enough to lift the pail of water, but he, however, asks his 5 years old son to lift it...
this sounds a bit ridiculous because how can a 5 years old son be able to lift a pail of water which may weigh about 1.5 kg.
the son is too young to think rationally and he do believe that he can lift the pail of water,
so eventually he does lift the water, with the help of his father, who lift the water at the same time...
the father praises his son and the son is very happy and he thinks that he has really helped his father lifts the pail of water, but in actual fact, the father has lifted the water all by himself, and he is just letting his son to take part and give him encouragement... because he loves his son.."

This story reminds me of God Father's plans in my life.
Our mighty god can do everything on His own,
He don't need our help at all.
But he invariably let us participate in His mighty plan, to spread his word,
and he has actuallly prepared his word, bible for us to do so..
though we may face challenges, but he'll always be with us...
and even reward us for our hard work when the time comes..
thus, it's really time for us to think of what we hve done for God all these while...
And even if we have done anything which we think is big, always be humble and thanks God..
because He is the one doing it and we are just participating...

inspiration,
david

Housetrip to midvalley

Snapshot of me and my roommate, Afiq outside Midvalley Megamall

Really had a great time here, though we didn't manage to watch Alice In the Wonderland because it's full!!!!

God's Blessing

I couldn't really remember when was the last time I blogged,
3 months ago?
Within these few months, I felt like having a long dream...
as far as I could still remember, I'm heading to National Service camp at Camp Puncak Permai, Bau.
I really had a great time there.
People normally spent 3 months to complete NS, I, however, spent only 3 weeks there..
In NS, I was really glad to have met so many new friends from all over the Malaysia..
We had great time together and we had indeed built up a strong friendship...
I also thanked god that I was selected as Ketua Platun, which enabled me to learn how to work with a group of teenagers from different ethnics and background..and I really missed them a lot..
In the camp, I had a lot of first time..
First time of playing football (it was actually a match against other companies)
First time of canoeing, etc

Just when I was about to have more first time,
I received a call from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM),
I was offered a scholarship to further my study in UK (not Ulu Kapit, apparently)
However, I had to leave the camp and report myself to the college the following week..
It was such a rush and sudden as I intended to finished my whole NS training..
Indeed, it was hard and i was in a dilemma as to whether accept or reject the scholarship..
But I eventually decided to accept it and start my new journey...though I was quite reluctant to do so..
the reason made such a decision was because of my promise to God for that..
Why do I say so?

For most of my friends from west malaysia, BNM scholarship is something very popular among them and they considered it as a prestigous scholarship.
For me, on the other hand, had never heard of this scholarship before..
What I knew were scholarships from JPA, Petronas, Shell and so on...
So, to be offered this scholarship was definitely a blessing from god...
Among all the six BNM scholars, i was the only one who did not apply for the scholarship..
I actually got a call from BNM during my SPM examination, asking me for an interview, as well as assessments in KL Bank Negara..
Initially, I did not feel like going because the interview was on 14 of Dec, and i was going to have my last paper, which was chinese for SPM...
but the BNM conveniently postponed it to 15 Dec..so I decided to give it a try...

The interview actually started at 8am, but I arrived there at about 9.30am, solely because of flight delay.
As soon as I arrived the BN in KL, I was brought into a small room where I met 4 other candidates.
I was quite shocked when I saw them writing pieces and pieces of essays...
Of course, I had to do the same..one English essay and one Malay essay..
I felt quite uncomfortable at that very moment because I expected only interview and didn't expect to have assessments..but I still managed to complete my essays..(obviously I didn't have enough time and the essays are thus a straight thought of mine...not well constructed because I only have about an hour to complete them but others have more than that..)

After that, I was called for the interview..
during the interview, I actually told the interviewers that the course that I wanted was dentistry, which I later found out that it was not offered..so I ultimately came out with my second choice...Law..
After the interview, I thought I could call it a day and i was actually preparing to go to airport after having my lunch since my flight was like 3.40pm..
But, just then I received a "heart attack" when I was told that there were two more assessments to go...group presentation and individual presentation....
Initially, I felt like giving up because I won't be able to make it since I had alraedy booked my flight..
but the dedicated staffs and interviewers were really considerate and tolerant in a way that they actually started the assessment session earlier...I finished my assessments earlier before the others and I had actually lesser time to prepare myself for the presentation (others have more than half an hour..I can only afford to have 10 minutes of preparation)...
After that, I straight away took a taxi and rushed to the airport...
I was actually late for the check in and was about to miss the plane..
In the taxi, I prayed for god's mercy so that the plane will actually delay and I will not miss the flight..
thanked god, who listened to prayers...the plane was indeed delayed for 20 minutes and I managed to negotiate with the staff at the counter to let me through though I'm late...

When I reached home, I was totally exhausted..
that night, I really spent my time with God..
I prayed for the whole night before I eventually went into my world of dream...
I realised that it was quite impossible that I'll be offered the scholarship since I had caused so much troubles and inconveniences to the staffs of BN and did not have enough time to prepare well for my presentation..
But, I prayed to God...
I knew there must be a reason behind..why He blessed me by giving me a chance to be called for the interview..
I told God that if it was really His plan for me to become a lawyer and worked in BN in the future to serve him, give me the scholarships..
If not, I 'll just wait for JPA and apply for dentistry..
And I got His answer when I received the call from BN.....
and that's why I here now in college Tuanku Jaafar, taking my A level...

I know that there will sheer be more challenges coming up..
but I'm now more confident to face them with God by my side..
I thanked God for blessing me with so many good friends here in KTJ..
though A level is not easy..especially history and geography, which are totally different from SPM..and economics is a very new subject for me either..
I'm actually changing from science stream to art stream..based on my subjects taken..
I do hope that my life can once again be enlighted ny God and I really thanked God for the blessings because I assumed myself as someone too ordinary and do not really deserve all these...but God still love me..

I really wanna share His love and blessings with all of you..
do hope that you will see God's plan in your life as well...

God bless,
David

Life after SPM isn's that great!!!

Indeed, I had longed for freedom for quite some time..
Not because I was been kidnapped or jailed..
it's SPM examination, one of the most important exam in malaysians life that
"locked" me in my room just to study and gave the best shot..
Now, when the time really comes,
and SPM is really a history,
my mind suddenly becomes blank..
I am like going through fermentation as
I have nothing to do....
but to stay home and watch television programmes or via net...
I realised that life after SPM isn't that great at all...
I start to miss my school life when I can have something meaningful to do...
Can anyone tell me how to spend my time!?

Global warming Or Global Warning?

Global warming,
is it just a word to describe a phenomenon?
or a word to remind us about our responsibilities?
Weather now is getting hotter and hotter,
what more for me who live in the region called "khatulistiwa"..
perhaps the weather is not as hot as it is in Afrika,
but who knows one day it will....
perhaps i can still "cool" myself down by eating a cup of ice-creams,
but can i still do that in the future?

For sure,
global warming is not just as simple as warming,
but it is a "warning" to all human mankind,
that our daily activities have caused much destruction to our nature..
after watching the latest National Geographic,
I start to realise the effects of global warming..

when you are reading this post,
you may not really understand the effects,
just as I was before,
But, now I can really feel it
I mean, I can really feel the effects of global warming...

Many times I was wondering why global warming is in the Biology syllabus,
but now I understand..
we all have to be taught the effects of global warming,
and on top of that,
we should all be given a chance to be involved
in all the anti-global wariming activities

let us all put our hands together
to help prevent global warimg,
with just a simple action of..
sharing vehicles,
despise open burning,
reduce the use of air-cons,etc
for our own sake,
and to save the Earth

Are you ready to answer a question
that may be asked by the generations
after a decade, or say a hundred years from now?

'What have you done to stop global warming?'

There's yet to come!!!!

Whosh, just completed my once in a lifetime SPM Mock Exam,
It was a harsh one as it lasted for almost a month.
But finally, it ended.

Thinking of relaxing,
is what I want to do now,
but don't know why I seem to be uneasy for doing so..
maybe because the REAL SPM is just one month away,
though it seems to be quite a long time,
but to fully revise all the 11 subjects,
it's just not enough...

At the moment,
I'm also worrying about my mock results,
especially the Chinese..
But I have true faith in God that if I have tried my best,
Blessings will always be with me...
O Lord, give me faith and wisdom,
no matter what I got for my mock....
push me harder so that I'll pull up my socks and continue striking for SPM...

Anyway, I really thank lord for blessing me with wisdom that I got distinction in both English and Mathematics New South Wales Australia Competition..
Hope this will be of help in my coming SPM and most importantly my future..

Is it TRUE?

Gosh, I have not updated my blog for months..
probably because I enjoyed facebooking till
I nearly have forgotten that I still have a blog..
Well, at the moment..
nothing to display,
since all the pictures are already in the facebook..

Just that I'm feeling great now..
Finished my school exam and heading for one week holiday.....
By the way, I hope all my F5 friends will work hard and pull up your socks this coming holiday..
SPM is just within a stone throw away....
Good Luck to you all....

Oh ya! Just flash through my mind that I have got my "L" licence already..
So, now I'm actually planning to have my driving test on 1 September...
Though I haven't go through Route A, B amd C...
Hope it not a difficult task...haha

Anyway, Enjoy the holiday and live your life to the fullest..

David.

It's my birthday!!!

Wao...what an unforgetable birthday!!!
6.20, our school open day and also my birthday...
really enjoy the performance today though it is inevitably hot and scorching today..
also, I feel excited today to ride on the horse,
a new experience..haha
actually, i'm now so tired to post this..
wanna just go and have a nap now...
but i just want to share my happiness and blessings with all my friends..
and thanks for all your birthday wishes, cards and also presents...
I love you all, my friends!!!

Miserable Holiday..

Time flew away just like that,
without waiting for us even a second,
when I was about to go for my physics tuition,
I suddenly realised that one week of holiday was about to come to an end,
but I felt as if I was doing nothing for the past few days,
except chatting and playing friends for sales in the facebook,
and went out playing badminton with friends, which I think, was the only activity that benefited me to be in the pink and perhaps fitter.
Of course, tuition was the following routine which I have to go through almost everyday,
except weekends.

Before the holidays, I was longing for holidays..
Yet, when holidays arrived, I was not prepared for it..
I did not know how to really enjoy my holidays, and use it wisely...

SPM was just around the corner..
I should have started my revision..
but apparently I did not..
I just did not have the mood to revise,
but at the same time,
I felt so worried since I was not serious enough when I was in Form 4,
and there were lots to be done to be really prepared for the SPM..
I was in a dilemma,
as well as so confused with myself..

Can anyone motivate me?
Or perhaps you are in the same boat as me?

Feeling so miserable.............

Funny Toons...

Teachers' Day Celebration 2

Hmm...don't they look like a series of films..haha...lolX

Facebook

Hmm.. I just signed up to the big family of facebook...
though it is actually quite late for me to do so...
I'll probably upload most of my photos there as compared to my blog...
for those who have already joined facebook...do add me and buy me as ur pet..
erm, I mean in the facebook, not in real world...haha..
because I'm not prepared to bark or 'miao" yet..hihi

Teachers' Day Celebration

Me, Han Nee, Felicia, Amy, Karen and Alex taking a shot in front ot the big "blackboard"..

Whoo...it was indeed an amazing day...the performances were much better than previous.

frankly, not only do the teachers enjoyed the day, we as students were in the same boat as well..

Thus, I would like to thumb up for Dr. Lau it was her idea to have an audition before the rehearsal..Also, I would like to thank all the prefects and students for their efforts in making the celebration a success...

As the master of ceremony for today's celebration, I realised that I had became more experienced than before...I was not nervous as I did before after becoming emcees for many occasions except a bit worried since the script was just written this morning, which was less than an hour before the ceremony commenced. Here, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Karen, Felicia, Dr. Lau and some other chinese teachers for helping me in the script, alongside the experiences that I gained all these while.

Now I do not think it is necessary for me to describe the whole celebration because I'm sure most of my friends will post on the event. I will just upload one picture since most pictures are still with Felicia. I'll try get it from her as soon as possible.

*Felicia, do send me the photos when you see this. Thanks!!

Finally...I'm free again!!!

Hello, guys...i feel really sorry for not updating my blog for...erm, let's see...
oh my gosh..more than one month!
Well, the reason is simple, i don't have sufficient time to do so...pls do forgive me...
Tonight, i'm just like an escaped bird which has been locked in a cage for ages..
no more tension and worries about the exam, at the moment...
Though i'll sure suffer undescridable pain when the school reopen since i'll be getting my results by then.

Oh ya...there's a good news to be announced ( though it may be too late to spread the news )
Kuching High Team has crowned the Interchapter First Aid Competition...
Thus, Fabian, Edmund, Eleen, Tan Yee and I will be representing Sarawak for the National Level First Aid Competition which will be held on 29 May till 31 May in Negeri Sembilan...
However, this also means that my team members and I will have to spend quite a lot of time to practise and enhance our first aid skills before going for the competition...
That's also why i feel so stressed since the exam ends at 28 May...resulting in us having to squeeze our precious revision time to come to school for practice..

Until the second week of the exam, which was on thursday, i suppose,
fabian texted me, telling me that the competition had been postponed due to swine flu..
I almost hit the roof when i knew it because we had been spending a lot precious revision time for the practise and yet, they suddenly postponed the competition...

I'm wondering why don't they inform us earlier so that we could really concentrate on our preparation for the exam...And yesterday i just got informed that the competiton will probably be held in August, which is two months before the real SPM exam...I'm once again very worried...
But, what can I do other than to keep my fingers crossed?

I'm back with a cockroach story!!!

Hello guyz, just a day after coming back from the 30 hour famine
and for sure I got a lot to share.
It was not easy to drink only water for 30 hours without any intake of solid food,
but I did it and I gained lots of nice and unforgetable experience in the 30 hour famine camp..
But, now I am very tired and really want to get a good rest.

Also, today I am very sad with my results since I got 2 Bs in Physics and Chemistry and it is just a few marks to A, so now I am feeling very depressed, desperate, speechless......
But I will sure blog on the 30 Hour Famine soon.
Please do wait for it with patience, thank you.

However, I do have something interesting to share at the moment...
It happened during my English tuition this afternoon,
when Wei Lin brought in a cockroach with her without knowing and
the cockroach suddenly flew to my trousers.

"What!" , I screamed when Wei Lin yelled at me and at the same time pointing at my trousers.
Oh my gosh! It was really appaling to see a cockroach on my trousers...
I quickly slapped it away and it flew to the floor, which later made our class to a state of ruckus.

All poeple pulled thier legs up to the chair lest the cockroach climbed to their legs, especially Manfred and Eleen whom I was just in time to take the photo..haha

Of course it included others like Wei Lin and Winnie.

Luckily, Sui Chin was absent, if not, she would surely be the one who screamed the loudest..haha..

The chaos finally ended when the cockroach flew out of the class when our teacher opened the door. Guess what? Madam Ting asked her maid to catch it instead of herselves to do it, which then caused the class to turn into a laughter.

That's all. I hoped you guyz enjoyed the story with some pictures attached.

Till then, wish you all the best in the results you get.

God Bless!!