Friday, February 25, 2005

SPORTS DAY!! :))

Yep, it's Sport's Day tomorrow....and I'm psyched on it!! I missed the cheerleading and marching presentations....and those are the blasts every year!! Hope Shirtliff can revive its lost glory...it has gone down from its heydays since 2003....all hopes on the athletes!!
High jump and track event athletes, it's all up to you!!

(Hope everyone does not get too stressed, ne? :P)

SHIRTLIFF ROCKS!!!

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Half Sane...or Even Worse?

Okay, it seems that this feeling is creeping over me AGAIN.....and it makes me feel really bad.

Why? Read on!

Account of today's scene:

It was originally an okay day....and I felt very happy in school. In the morning, I went to help out with the P.A. system for Sports Day rehearsal to spend the day. Everything went smoothly....I've got the chance to watch the marching parade while listening to my favourite songs! In the end, after we packed our stuff, we were given a treat by Pn. Lim. We asked for cans of mostly 100 Plus and 7Up Ice (in which I've taken 7Up Ice). Jeff then asked for the cans...while Ebbe (I've forgotten who) asked for the openers. It was quite hard to remove it from the can...I had to 'swing' it a few times before it came out.

After school, I went for lunch, but I borrowed Devis's money for lunch ( I didn't bring my purse that day) as I was really hungry. Even the water supply that I brought for school was insufficient for a hot day! Sigh....:(
However, it was worth it....Shirtliff WON for long jump (Boys, Class 2) through Jeff and Timothy. YAY!
After that, I went to the tug-of-war pitch to watch the matches in store. In short, the girls' team qualified for the quarterfinals....but the boys' lost badly. Their match only lasted a short while! I thought they must have been drained of all their energy....but the opposition was really strong! We simply couldn't beat them even though we had done our best. ARGH....

Anyway, back to the main stuff.....I was a bit tired after what happened...and I still have to attend tuition classes. This is where the worst part actually comes....upon reaching tuition, there were only a few students there, so it was still alright. By the end of the class, I felt that my life was sucked out of my soul. Why? Well, someone just 'lied' to me in front of my face....and he / she is my best friend! When I happen to pass by some stuff of my friend's inside the comp, I knew that something bad happened.
I wonder why everyone has to lie....is there any use to it? It only causes grief, bereavement and guilt! :((

In short:
'Honesty is a lonely word.....everyone is so untrue....'

After that, I had to rush to attend a Chap Goh Meh dinner with my relatives and cousins in Taman Connaught. The food was plain, but the sharksfin and the desserts were the saving grace of the dinner. (Well, 'saving grace' might be a little too cliched in this situation, but then I can't find another term suitable for it.) Merissa, Katrin and I then planned to have a visit at the night market there....only to have our plans foiled when they (the relatives) did not allow us. Finally, we had to leave for home right after dinner. Haihz....

Anyway, I'm at home, but I have to stop here while I still have some sanity within me....see you! :P

Saturday, February 19, 2005

Hover, hover over....:P

Haha...just kidding!

School? Just okay....a normal school life!
Most of us were not in class during the first period...Cooke house was doing high jump while Maclay house did long jump. It makes me remember of my long jump stint...so close!

Then, I had to go to computer lab this morning for history lesson. Finally, a chance in heaven after 4 long months! We were supposed to find something about Mat Salleh and Dato' Bahaman...but then I couldn't finish on time (for recess). There wasn't anymore paper in the lab printer, so my friends used my foolscap paper for printing. In the end, my friends used some of my paper...and the printing looked a little....horrible. It looked like an empty space in the middle of a lined paper! I had to wait all the way until the end of recess for my chance to print. What's worse, I had to get blank white A4 paper all on my own, having to buy them from the koperasi. In the end, I could print my stuff out....:P

After that, I was supposed to head to the Bilik Pameran to attend a talk. However...I wasted my time looking for Pn. Khalilah to return to computer lab key to her. When I found her, I was already 10 minutes late....even worse, she asked me to head to the office! (Haihz...another pile of work to do!)
In the office, I had to wait (again...) for the office assistant to help me. By the time it's done, I had to rush to the library to put my stuff....and head to Bilik Pameran.
The talk had started, so I had to keep myself silent while walking into the room. Well...it was interesting...and I filled in the form to join ClubEd before I left.

I met Ranjidam after the talk...and walked to the library together with Rewathy. We realised that the front door was locked, so we went through the back door and put our stuff there. Helped Mun Kum to clear some stuff needed to be done in the library...and cleaning the mess (I mean newspaper cuttings). Great.

I only had 15 minutes of break after school....before I had to go for librarian's meeting. I ran to class, collected my stuff, changed into my house clothes and ran back to the library for the meeting. By the time I was there, I was a little late for the meeting...in fact, I missed some important stuff said by the head librarian.

Around 1.00 p.m., I had to leave immediately for my house practice. It was the second session for Sukan Tara: high jump. Well, I had to wait (again) until it came to all the Form 5s. I was the second person to jump: Esther was absent today. After all 4 attempts....to cut it short....I failed. Even to get past the 1 mark height was difficult. Well, who asked myself not to practice before Sukan Tara? I feel bad about this....:(

Sukan Tara then ended early....I went straying around the school with some of my schoolmates. They were talking to each other....as I was almost non-existent, a follower walking behind them. :(

Then, I headed to Mr. Tan's. I had a simple dinner with Mom at Bangsar before that so that we would not waste much time. Well, that was nothing much but I've got to eat it fast.

When I reached the place, there was nobody in the room. It was a relief...I could have the room to myself and concentrate on studying for my test. It did not last long, though. All my friends came in one by one....and it started to become noisy, so I couldn't study until class started.

All was normal....until break time. My friend (Abirami) tripped while walking down the stairs...and her slipper (the right slipper) gave way. She came up and asked Ajay for his sandals. (Kesian him... he couldn't walk anywhere beyond the carpeted area. He went bare footed.) After that, it was Priya's turn to get bare-footed....when Ajay went out for his break. Well, these are the side effects of buying low quality slippers...

After that, well, I had a good surprise......

Guess......

Well.....

Mr. Tan gave us angpows for each of us after break! Even the non-Chinese were receiving them! It was an unbelievable of windfall.....we should be VERY LUCKY!! :))

I could only reach home about 10.45 p.m. On the journey home before that, we were tired but Mom asked me to buy some bread and milk for the house.

Well, nothing much after that....it's just me! :P

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

No Way!

Gomen gomen gomen.....my Internet connection has gone haywire the past few days...and it's like STRESS!! My father had to call the ISP (Internet Service Provider) company but the connection was not resumed until Monday (about 2.00 p.m.). Sorry for the inconvenience! :(

This is one of those days where I'm early for school...but it was past 6.30 a.m. . I slept the whole time waiting for the library to open...as I was too tired to stay awake last night. The AJK Disiplin then bugged me for my duty report...Jing Yan made it even worse! And my homework's not done! Oh no...I'm starting to get confused. There's many things to do! :(

School was OK, I managed to give the gifts to Deborah. She then lent me her poem book. It was nice...and I managed to contribute a poem into it! :)
After school hours, I had to wait for my friend, Ranjidam to finish up cleaning the class. ( I was on duty today too....I threw the rubbish and closed the windows.) Then, I was in the library, waiting for my turn to photostat my stuff. (I couldn't do it during recess!) I had to wait for some time before it was my turn...by the time I've done, I was late for my house practice!! Nobody reminded me of the time...someone should have told me!! I rushed to the changing room...and saw my friend being late too. (Lucky me...I'm not the only one!) I then went to the field..only to find out that our event hasn't started! Haihz....

The house practice this time is the Ujian Tara for all houses. My house, Shirtliff (and I'm proud of it) is supposed to do the 100 metre run and long jump. I couldn't make the cut for the 100 metre run...not mentioning failing to grasp a mark! It seems that only 2 of us have made the cut...and it was just 1 mark each. Saddening, right?
Next, we (the Form 5s) went for the long jump. We had to wait for minutes under the sun...but it felt like we've waited for ages! What's more agonising is that we have to wait until the other house (Prouse house) has finished their session. It was freaky and extremely hot although I was waiting under a giant umbrella with some of my housemates. After some time, finally, our turn came. We prepared ourselves and jumped....one by one...until it was my turn. I passed (meaning: TAK BATAL)! I'm happy enough that I've achieved my feat...and hurt my right leg in the process. Well, I could still go for my second try. I passed that too, but it was just a little bit into the 1 mark point (the 3m point). ARGH!! :(

Tuition time came...and it's the first time in weeks that I could concentrate on what my teacher was teaching. It's a real relief after struggling for a few lessons that I had to leave early. Sigh. What can I do? I couldn't even change my schedule until after Sports Day!!

Well, I'm home, back in my musky little chamber. I still have some komework to settle, so see you! :)

NOTE: To 'The Amazing Race' fans, CBS is going to show its 7th. season next month. Hope the non-ASTRO viewers get to watch this! And guess what? Rob and Amber will be one of the teams in the 7th. season...so it's going to be a BLAST!! :)

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

CNY's not free and easy.....really!

Oh me, oh my.....

CNY Eve's here and everyone's sitting at theor houses free and easy...but then it's not for me!!

Anyway, I woke up a bit late (about 9.00 a.m.), but then I could only wash my face (without a bath). Guess what I have to do?

Well.......

RENOVATING THE HOUSE!!

Okay, right after the start-ups, I had to paint the whole house from morning 'til evening (this has lasted for 2 days already) with only breakfast and lunch breaks. I felt very, very tired painting the house...not to mention having neck pain in the end! After a whole day's work, my family and I found out that it's only 3/4 done.....there's the living room ceiling and the wall above the balcony door!

What's worse, the tiles were about to crack, so Dad and I had to go patching the cracks at the floor. Luckily it took us not much of our time, so we could continue with our painting. (It seems when the contractor built my house, they didn't do the tilings properly...and the developer was about to get bankrupt....we had to do those on our own!!)

We took a temporary break about 3.30 p.m. After bathing and preparing myself, I went for a Reunion Dinner at Suria KLCC (the shopping centre part of KLCC). We headed for Spring Garden Restaurant at the top floor of Suria KLCC, but then we had to wait for Aunt Suet Chin as Mom promised her to call Dad to take Grandpa up to the restaurant. (Note: Grandpa's on a wheelchair!) I met Aunt Hooi Lee and her son, Dylan (which oddly looks like his father) at Zara's. Next, I went to the other Zara's (there were 2 Zara shops in KLCC) and saw Uncle Tuck Wieng and Hann Lynn. And there was a performance at the Centre Court during that time....using all Chinese musical instruments except a cello! It was great!

My family and I had a parking space at P2 at the shopping centre...it was quite a good lot as it's near the escolator! I went shopping for clothes at Elle..but we didn't have much time as the shop was about to close. Then, we went shopping at Giordano. Dad managed to buy some clothes for himself, I have a red patterned shirt (which was very pretty).....but Mom did not get anything for herself. I feel sad for her....:((. Along our way, we saw that all the shops are closed, so there's nothing much to shop. :(

I was tired waiting after a while, so I went up to the restaurant straight away. I had the chance to get there by lift since there's not many people there. When I reached there, I saw Katrin, Merissa and their family waiting at a room. The waitresses were hurrying us up since they had another customer at 8.30 p.m....but then Aunt Suet Chin haven't turned up yet! A moment later, Uncle Chee Wah (Katrin and Merissa's father) and Dad went down....don't know for what reason...maybe it's something about Grandpa.

So we waited, waited and waited....and Aunt Suet Chin came! With Grandpa, Uncle Chee Wah and Dad! Yee Sang ( a kind of Chinese dish) was ready by that time...and dinner started (without Hann Lynn, Uncle Tuck Wieng and Grandma...they were shopping). Nobody wished each other during Yee Sang...it was quite saddening! At that time, the three of them ( the ones I mention in brackets before this) turned up. I was not really hungry at the dinner anyway, so I didn't eat much. The shark's fin is a little unusual...it is prepared in a different style (if you want to know, ask me and I'll reply). The rice was a little too hard too. (Fortunately, Aunt Suet Chin and Uncle Tuck Wieng could comment about the food at the end of the course, since the former knows the manager very well.)

Halfway through the dinner, I followed Merissa, Katrin and Hann Lynn out for a walk. We were supposed to get to Kinokuniya, but then Merissa (or Merie) decided to go to a telecoms shop since her handphone had not much credit. So we followed her to the shops and couldn't find any. I took a pamphlet on Suria KLCC and found the directory of the centre, so I managed to help her find the nearest shops. However, all was to no avail as both the shops were closed. Sigh.

Katrin and Hann Lynn then decided to head to the washroom. I was surprised that the washrooms were all renovated....and so modernised! Oh gosh...it mesmerised me! Even the taps were arranged differently! WOW! *can't say much here...AAHH!!*

Finally, Merissa and I went to Kinokuniya (Katrin and Hann Lynn went back to the restaurant). We were just about to get in when Mom called and said that we have to return back. Dessert was ready...and it was a bit clear (qing, I mean)...as I had soy bean! It was oishi...(nice to eat...is that the right word?)

Then, it was time to go. Feeling a bit sad, we took Grandma back to her house and then reached home.

Don't think the work was all over....I had to do more tiling. Helped Dad to put white cement on the tiles we worked that day....it was fast! Then, we cleared and cleaned the house as fast as we could before the New Year starts.

5..4..3..2..1..HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

Well, I've finished what I'm supposed to do for the day before....hope to see you soon!

GONG XI FA CHAI!!

Monday, February 07, 2005

So sad....SOS!!

Oh no....haven't been here for the past few days and it's like....erm, a big miss. Really big.

Too many incidents happened...I don't where to start...

Tell you later!!

Wednesday, February 02, 2005

I'm tired. I'm starving to death. I'm as dead as a corpse (well, almost).

This morning, my EST teacher (which happens to be the Penyelaras Ting. 5) gave me something.....creepy.....and totally scary!!

Guess what? It's the SPM enrolment form!!

I had some difficulties completing this form, not to mention that the fees were so EXPENSIVE!! Imagine paying RM10.50 just to sit for a subject......and RM12.00 for some! What's worse, it's the English 1119 paper....we have to pay RM20.50!! And it's a must!! OH NO!!!
Total = RM143.00 minimum (10 subjects)

As usual, the BM teacher went very 'semangat' to give us homework...but luckily I managed to finish it before school was over. I really like my BM teacher by the way, she really makes us think for every question.....on everything!! Kimia was a total bore....we had to 'bentang' straight from the textbook. Physics was interesting...only that teacher didn't like things at the end of the class.....like she said, "Banyak fenomena dekat kelas ini!". Sigh.

House practice went okay.....first was shot put, then the souvenir plannings and the cheer. Shot put was ...um, bad. I couldn't even hold the put properly....and it rolled behind my back! Then, we decided to make badges and necklaces for Sports Day. The theme for the year was dragons...so it's everything dragons! (Makes me remember of Norbert....isn't he cute? :P) At the second attendance, it was the usual norm....some 'taklimats' and stuff. Then, my house competed our cheer with Prouse House. We screamed our voices out....everyone was like very 'semangat'! GO SHIRTLIFF!!

Next, tuition time. Mom told me that she was late for school as there was a massive jam at Jalan Pudu in the morning....out of a very bad accident near the roundabout!!
One car collided with the lamp post.

That's not all....

Just a moment after that, a Kancil drove OVER that car....and landed above it. The next thing she knew, the car BURST INTO FLAMES!! Well, the fire brigade came....and all the cars could only move around 8.30 a.m.

Tuition time came....and I'm feeling dead. Concentration seems to seep away, leaving tiredness and confusion in me....(and I've not taken my lunch!) Easy said, I could not focus on my tuition....and hoped it was over as soon as possible. Then, had to stayback to ask some questions about Add Maths....the teacher also got a bit confused! However, we managed to solve it, thanks to teacher's brilliance! :)

When I headed to dinner from tuition, I had a really good scolding from Mom for being late. It was raining pitter patter outside, not to mention a really massive (well, not as bad as the morning's) traffic jam on the way. I've only managed dinner at 8.20 p.m. The only good thing is....I could get to watch The Amazing Race 6. I feel bad for Adam and Rebecca....getting yielded just for a payback (by Freddy and Kendra). It's even more cruel....as Adam and Rebecca yielded them to help another team a few legs earlier!

Now, I'm back in my little chamber. Halfway through the workloads of the day, I helped Mom to settle some of her school work. Great. At least I could be of help for her.

BGM: Lay All Your Love On Me - Mamma Mia!